Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Monday, June 15.
The goth sapphic social framing gives this an actual micro-scene, more pointed than the usual Pride-month mixer language.
A 19th-century magic program at the Performing Arts library has a peculiar archival-showman flavor that most Monday listings cannot touch.
The slam format keeps this live and porous, with Bowery Poetry Club giving the night a spoken-word crowd instead of a polished reading.
Club Cumming gives this drag-king bingo night the right cabaret mischief, small enough to feel like a neighborhood secret.
Burlesque bingo is exactly the sort of oddly engineered Monday premise that works because it refuses to be just one thing.
Anthology's late showing gives this queer DIY landmark the right rough-edged home, more discovery than canon-checking.
That title belongs at Caveat: part fringe fundraiser, part personal mythology, and far stranger than a normal comedy showcase.
A 10 p.m. Spectacle slot for a Hisayasu Sato program is pure microcinema bait, lurid and specific without trying to smooth itself out.
Close Up's set-and-jam format lets the night move past a fixed concert, built for players and listeners who like the edges left open.
A late vinyl session at Mezzrow is narrow in the best way, more like slipping into a jazz collector's after-hours corner than seeing a show.