Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Thursday, May 28.
A Boards of Canada listening party is niche enough on premise alone, and Rough Trade is the right kind of place for it.
Bookshop bingo is exactly the kind of tiny-format, scene-coded event that larger guides would never bother to notice.
Monument at Anthology keeps the film side grounded in venues that still know how to be specific.
Burlesque improv competition is a beautiful overcommitment to a weird format, which is why it belongs here.
An online open mic tied to the Nuyorican orbit is niche in both format and community, which is a plus here.
Do It Live sounds like a room choosing immediacy over polish, which is the right instinct for this list.
An afterparty this specifically framed sounds like a room full of people who already know exactly why they are there.
Late-night Spectacle is where essay-film weirdness starts to feel like a social scene as much as a screening.
A late set-and-jam at Close Up is exactly the kind of musicians-first programming the main list usually cannot hold.
Vinyl After Hours is still the ideal deep-cut closer: a room with a point of view instead of a blunt party script.