NYC Deep Cuts for Saturday, May 30

Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Saturday, May 30.

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  1. Projectorfest: Bari + Why You Should Hire Me To Care For Your Child/Beg Me To Date Your Son

    1:30 PM · Caveat

    That title is doing exactly what a deep-cut title should do: sounding slightly unhinged and totally intentional.

  2. Manchurian Avenger

    3:00 PM · Spectacle

    Spectacle showing Manchurian Avenger is the kind of curatorial left turn that makes a Saturday feel less predictable.

  3. Video 50

    6:15 PM · Anthology Film Archives

    Anthology plus a title this spare suggests a real experimental-film crowd rather than a casual movie night.

  4. DIRTY CIRCUS: Variety Show

    6:30 PM · House of Yes

    House of Yes plus a title this blunt usually means the premise is better experienced before it is explained.

  5. Dungeon Aid: A Nerdy Charity Drag Show

    6:30 PM · Purgatory

    A nerdy charity drag show at Purgatory sounds like a real self-selected scene instead of generic nightlife packaging.

  6. Lust Caution: A Neo-Noir Cabaret

    8:30 PM · The Red Pavilion

    Neo-noir cabaret at The Red Pavilion is exactly the sort of heavily stylized night that belongs here.

  7. Robert Wilson and the CIVIL warS

    8:30 PM · Anthology Film Archives

    Robert Wilson and the CIVIL warS reads like one of those uncompromising archival programs that only lands in a room like Anthology.

  8. Piano Karaoke with Ben Easton

    9:00 PM · Sid Gold's Request Room

    Piano karaoke at Sid Gold's is still one of the city's better niche-social formats when you want the crowd to do half the show.

  9. Projectorfest: Smart Bidet: A Keynote Presentation + The Better Binness Bros. Save America

    9:30 PM · Caveat

    A fake-keynote setup at Caveat is the right kind of comedy-brain weird for this list.

  10. NOAH HALPERN - Late Set and Session

    11:30 PM · Close Up

    A late Close Up session like this is for people who want the night to get more specific, not more convenient.