Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Sunday, September 20, 2026.
Jennifer Reeves’ Chronic anchors a program that includes early 16mm shorts, the previously unseen Mother’s Day and a work-in-progress excerpt.
Malaya Sol launches both Madura and her DRTY KTCHN cookbook, connecting her music with recipes shaped by migration and memory.
Tara Jane O’Neil and Samara Lubelski join Hairbone and Scott Kiernan at Stereo Mandrax, free with RSVP at Pianos.
Spectacle projects dance experiments by Maya Deren, Amy Greenfield, Hilary Harris and Sara Kathryn Arledge, all on 16mm.
Spell Checc turns a spelling bee into a live gameshow at littlefield, with language itself supplying the competition.
Asher Perlman interviews Weiji Ma about consciousness at Caveat, bringing a comedian and a scientist to the same question.
Adam Nussbaum and Ohad Talmor meet the two-guitar pairing of Steve Cardenas and Nate Radley in Close Up’s intimate room.
ARTIFACT pairs MSHR’s sculptural electronics with Tamio Shiraishi and Julia Santoli’s duo and Kristina Warren’s electro-acoustic work.
Verse4Verse puts drag and poetry on the same Dada bill, letting performance and the spoken word share the spotlight.
Saul Rubin’s Zebtet starts at 11:55pm at Smalls, a late ensemble set for keeping Sunday going past midnight.