Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Tuesday, May 12.
A book launch at Red Eye with a title this melodramatic is exactly the sort of small cultural oddity that can beat a bigger listing.
The all-caps IRON MIC framing makes this feel more like a local challenge night than a polite open mic.
Purgatory hosting a downstairs video-game club is niche in the right way: social, nerdy, and not pretending to be nightlife-as-usual.
Open decks at SILO is a good low-stakes look at who is actually trying things out behind the booth right now.
A fake-nineties talk show at BCC has enough premise to stand apart from the night’s straight stand-up listings.
Spectacle plus a title like Cry of the Wild points toward the sort of strange screening detour that rarely announces itself loudly.
Eris Deep Space is a better fit for this loose jam energy than a cleaner comedy club would be.
An improvised court show has a sharper game than a generic showcase, and UCB is built for that kind of procedural nonsense.
A bad-movie night at Young Ethel's sounds more like a neighborhood ritual than a programmed repertory event, which is the point.
Mezzrow after hours with records is a small late-night move for jazz people who are not ready to go home.