Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Sunday, August 9.
The Think!Chinatown Q&A turns this documentary slot into a local storytelling node rather than a passive screening.
John S Hall at Mama Tried reads like a downtown-rock in-joke that became an actual Sunday afternoon plan.
A communal Fiddler sing-along at Caveat is specific enough to feel like a neighborhood joke with a chorus.
The title promises a sideways variety-show impulse, and Alphaville is the right room for something a little scrappy.
Caveat suits a comedy night built around listening and odd structure, not just a row of stand-up sets.
Brick Aux plus that apocalyptic pajama-party title gives this theater pick a nicely handmade edge.
A shorts program at Spectacle under the Disassociating with M. Woods banner is exactly the small-cinema rabbit hole to surface.
Anthology's acid-western frame makes this stranger than a normal repertory western and far more cult-minded.
A late Close Up set-and-session with Tom Rainey in the mix feels made for listeners who follow the musicians, not the marquee.
A midnight-adjacent Smalls quartet set has the after-hours seriousness that casual jazz calendars usually miss.