Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Thursday, September 17, 2026.
The Lesbian Herstory Archives connects electronic music with leatherdyke history, placing dance culture inside a community archive.
Vietnamese Boat People and Think!Chinatown meet for a Story Jam, a community storytelling stop on Pike Street.
Marta Sanchez joins Cafe Erzulie’s Soundoff Session, an early live-music stop in the Brooklyn space.
Leslee Warren centers Lena Horne in Light Dark & Stormy, giving this Chelsea cabaret evening a specific musical subject.
Facts Machine combines science, comedy and trivia at Caveat, with questions as much a part of the night as jokes.
Shirley Clarke’s A Moment in Love meets Akerman’s portrait of Pina Bausch on tour, pairing outdoor choreography with backstage observation.
Jason Fulford introduces Marie Menken’s accelerated New York and John Smith’s meditation on glassmaking, both on 16mm, for his book launch.
Dennis Lim introduces Glawogger’s portrait of dangerous manual labor, moving from Ukrainian mines to Indonesian sulfur carriers and Pakistani shipbreakers.
Nightcap Theatre Company brings Macbeth to the Red Pavilion at 9:30, shifting Shakespeare into a late-night setting.
Director Jeff Leroy and special guests join this late Visual Vengeance screening, with a Q&A after the cult-horror feature.