Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Tuesday, July 28.
A stacked, hybrid bill at The Broadway reads like a real local scene collision rather than a clean category listing.
A pun competition at Caveat is aggressively specific comedy, likely more word-nerd tournament than standard stand-up night.
Spectacle plus a Jean-Louis Costes program points straight at the grubby edge of cult-cinema commitment.
The Bell House can make a premise this odd feel communal instead of random, which is the sweet spot here.
The title has enough theatrical abrasion to make this open mic feel like a little downtown dare.
The title is strange, crowded, and specific enough to make Ornithology feel like a small-room experiment tonight.
E-flux gives this image-and-afterlife framing the right experimental context, far from ordinary repertory comfort.
A late Spectacle slot with a title this lurid feels built for people who want the night's film choice to get weirder.
Late-night vinyl inside Mezzrow is a narrow, satisfying lane for listeners who want the night to get quieter and more particular.
A Smalls jam near midnight is less a headliner pick than a way into the working jazz ecosystem.