Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
Fifteen accordionists rotate through five park stations, from Colombian cumbia and klezmer to Cajun music and Tex-Mex conjunto.
Cruising Pavilion traces how queer desire has reshaped parks, bathhouses and digital spaces, with a book discussion at the LGBT Center’s bookstore.
Light Industry pairs Chris Marker’s portrait of a Soviet filmmaking train with Medvedkin’s silent peasant comedy Happiness.
An adults-only improv show lets Richard Scarry’s bustling animal world loose on the Eris Mainstage, complete with apple-driving worms.
Mike Kuchar, once Millennium’s projectionist, returns with recent films for its 60th anniversary; doors at 7:30, films at eight.
Annie Chen’s sextet previews new music built from Chinese mountain songs, bird life and experimental improvisation before November’s recording sessions.
Hip-hop, dub and IDM meet live visuals by Strange Rays at Wonderville; audience members can join the beats on the mic.
Ryan Keberle, Camila Meza and Jorge Roeder bring trombone, voice, guitar and bass to Catharsis’s mix of jazz and South American folk.
Comedians recount improbable but true New York encounters in Caveat’s late storytelling show, with the city itself supplying the plot twists.
Michael Glawogger follows ingenious, precarious livelihoods across Mumbai, Mexico City, New York and Moscow in Spectacle’s late documentary slot.