Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
New York trio Weak Signal joins Masaaki at Union Pool, bringing Mike Bones, Sasha Vine and Tran’s stripped-down guitar-band interplay to the back stage.
Art21 marks 25 years of its PBS artist documentaries with a newly framed screening of eight short films from its first season.
Adam Cesare launches the Video Night reissue at The Twisted Spine, followed by a mystery VHS screening with Night Owl Video.
A burned-out flutist finds his way into an old classmate’s chaotic sound experiments in Lauri-Matti Parppei’s Finnish debut, screening with English subtitles.
Andrew Chan and Emily Lordi talk Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston at Greenlight, pairing pop criticism with Lordi’s new book Holding Lightning.
Jairo Pinilla’s Colombian horror debut pits a greedy stepmother against her adopted daughter; Spectacle presents the 1977 film in a new 2K restoration.
The Tear Garden brings The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key together at LPR, with Orange Decoder Ring opening this industrial-psychedelic bill.
The Moth StorySLAM brings true personal stories to the Bell House stage around a new theme, keeping the night unpredictable and listener-led.
Peter Evans opens his Stone residency with Pulverize the Sound: trumpet, Tim Dahl’s bass and electronics, and Mike Pride’s drums and percussion.
Nightcap Theatre Company takes Macbeth into Red Pavilion’s 9:30 slot, putting Shakespeare’s murderous court inside the Bushwick cabaret venue.