Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Sunday, May 3.
A speedbag drummer at Surya Sound Temple is strange enough to justify the morning slot before the day turns more predictable.
Xanadu's Sunday skate party is a low-pressure scene detour with more personality than another brunch listing.
A secret Hong Kong 35mm noon screening at Nitehawk is exactly the sort of cinephile side quest worth catching.
A Bowery Palace hardcore matinee with a title this direct is built for people who know what they are walking into.
A Neopets meetup at Purgatory is funny before you even get there, and specific enough to feel like an actual micro-scene.
Mama Tried hosting The Scene Is Now with Time Trout and Drew Gardner sounds like a neighborhood bill with its own internal logic.
KGB Bar is a good fit for a release party tucked behind the phrase Private Curtain.
Vaudeville 3000 at Alphaville has just enough absurd promise to beat the more generic Sunday rock listings.
A drag king and thing open stage at Young Ethels is nicely unpolished in a way the bigger nightlife listings are not.
C'mon Everybody taking this title late on a Sunday points to performance with a sharper downtown bite.