Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Thursday, June 4.
Under St. Marks is exactly the right scale for a title this strange, where the attraction is the oddness as much as the premise.
Caveat can make a title like this into smart weirdness instead of generic stand-up, especially for a crowd that likes lectures gone sideways.
The e-flux title sounds like theory made public, which is exactly the appeal for someone chasing a more cerebral screening-room night.
The title and basement setting point toward a small self-defined performance night with more friction than a clean gallery opening.
This is the Lower East Side nightlife pick that knows exactly what it is: small-room burlesque with no prestige gloss required.
Late Philip Glass orbiting Anthology is for the opera-and-experimental-film overlap, a very particular slice of the night's calendar.
A late Green Fairy night at KGB's Red Room sounds like cabaret, literature, and barroom eccentricity sharing the same small stage.
Close Up's set-and-jam format gives this one a neighborhood-musician feel rather than a polished showcase.
Late vinyl at Mezzrow is less a headline show than a very specific after-hours hang for jazz people who are not done yet.
A Smalls jam just before midnight turns the listing into musician traffic, with the night likely getting looser as it goes.