Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
Fifteen acts rotate through five Bryant Park stations, from Argentine bandoneón to Scandinavian tunes; wander between them from 5 to 7.
Terre Roche performs and talks with David Browne about the Roches’ Runs in the Family box set; doors 5:45, program 6.
MUBI’s Pablo Martín and Michelle Cho unpack the typography, trailers and print behind its identity; doors at 6, talk at 6:30.
Dan English, Wendy Eisenberg and Bella Litsa share Elsewhere’s rooftop, a three-artist bill separate from the electronic sets downstairs.
Daniel Avery and Dopplereffekt each play live at Elsewhere’s Hall, bringing two distinct electronic projects to the same bill.
Seven shorts explore grandmothers, migration and inherited memory, followed by Yasmina Price and Jessica Lynne in conversation at Anthology.
Scientists and improvisers visit climates past, present and future, with Andrea Jones-Rooy joining Caveat’s deliberately unruly science talk show.
SL Carroll discusses a novella about a woman whose body becomes a museum, joined by Art Monster author Marin Kosut.
Subtle Asian Polers brings an all-AAPI pole and cirque revue to the Red Pavilion, turning its cabaret stage into an aerial showcase.
Roger Copeland’s fractured post-9/11 film follows three lives tangled in paranoia and media imagery, screening late in Spectacle’s anniversary series.