Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Friday, October 9, 2026.
At the BCC Pig Pen, Alise Morales and Jetta Juriansz host an open mic for performers’ strangest three-minute characters.
West Nordic Film Days opens with the Faroese feature The Last Paradise on Earth, followed by shorts from Iceland and Greenland.
Violinist Raaginder brings his be:coming tour to National Sawdust, folding Indian classical ragas into R&B, pop and hip-hop.
Anthology screens two programs of Berlin-based artist Vika Kirchenbauer’s films, with Kirchenbauer joining the audience after each program.
Eleanor Johnson discusses her book on the history of terrifying women, then signs copies and screens Robert Eggers’s The Witch.
Close Up schedules two one-hour sets with LEX KORTEN, Rafael Enciso and Miguel Russell, at 8 and 10 p.m.
Onettizens, The Days are Just Packed and Dash Dance reshape video-game themes alongside jazz and city pop at Wonderville.
Aaron Sorkin’s courtroom drama A Few Good Men returns to the Vivian Beaumont, where military lawyers defend Marines accused of murder.
At The Stone, drummer Harris Eisenstadt pairs drum set and batá drums with pianist Aruán Ortiz for a residency duo.
Refuge lines up producers Colin Benders and Lewis Fautzi with DJs Briela Veneno and Elle Dee for its 10 p.m. Friday night.