NYC Deep Cuts for Friday, May 15

Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Friday, May 15.

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  1. Lingerie Fashion Show

    6:00 PM · Althea's Hideaway NYC

    A lingerie fashion show at Althea's Hideaway is a very specific Friday pregame, not another vague nightlife listing.

  2. Sounds That Move: That Good Sh*t | Honey's Takeover

    6:00 PM · Honey's

    Honey's hosting a party literally called That Good Sh*t has the right homegrown absurdity for a first-stop deep cut.

  3. The Grim Game: Houdini's Daring Escapes on the Big Screen

    6:30 PM · New York Public Library for the Performing Arts -Bruno Walter Auditorium

    Houdini on the big screen at the Performing Arts Library is a pleasingly old-New-York way to turn an archival screening into an outing.

  4. The Man Who Stole the Sun

    7:00 PM · Japan Society

    Japan Society putting The Man Who Stole the Sun in a prime slot is a better cult-film choice than chasing the obvious midnight titles.

  5. ReSolute x Discoteca with Move D

    7:00 PM · Secret Venue, NYC

    ReSolute and Discoteca bringing Move D to a secret venue is for people who still treat the address reveal as part of the night.

  6. AIN'T THAT A FRAME: MUSIC VIDEO NIGHT

    7:30 PM · Cassette

    A music-video night at Cassette is a tight little premise, especially on a Friday when most listings are just DJs and doors.

  7. Lightning Over Braddock: A Rust Bowl Fantasy

    7:30 PM · Spectacle

    Spectacle showing Lightning Over Braddock is the industrial-dream oddity that makes the theater useful beyond cult-horror comfort picks.

  8. This is What We Mean By Short Films: Opening Night 2026

    7:45 PM · Green-Wood Cemetery

    Short films opening at Green-Wood Cemetery gives the program a setting strange enough to matter before you even get to the lineup.

  9. trans fats* , a ruafza show

    8:00 PM · C'mon Everybody

    A ruafza show called trans fats* at C'mon Everybody sounds handmade in the best sense, with a title that refuses to smooth itself out.

  10. Happy Birthday Barbara: Early Works by Barbara Hammer

    10:00 PM · Spectacle

    Barbara Hammer early works at 10 PM is a smart late Spectacle slot: queer film history without museum politeness.