Stranger, smaller-room, and in-the-know Scope NYC picks for Thursday, November 5, 2026.
Pianist Daniel Beliavsky gives a concert-lecture on Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition at Steinway Hall, a close look at the suite alongside its performance.
Soundoff brings SPILATA to Cafe Erzulie at 7 p.m., a 21+ RSVP show in the Bushwick room's local live-music program.
Nerd Nite takes its curious lecture format to Caveat with three talks about butts and sitting, an unexpectedly focused subject for a Thursday night.
Red Bull Theater stages Shelley's verse tragedy in which Beatrice Cenci plots against her tyrannical father; the 105-minute production plays Symphony Space's Thalia Theater.
At e-flux, Aline Bouvy's La Merde and Jakub Jansa's The Silence of the Mole screen together, followed by an in-person conversation with the artists.
Graphic Content pairs Morton Feldman's centennial with a performance of Three Voices by Nina Guo; doors open at 7, with music at 7:30 in St. Michael's Church.
Alto saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis joins bassist Sean Conly and drummer Michael Sarin for a 7:30 p.m. Close Up set built around an unusually lean trio.
Nori Reed brings Nori Is Present LIVE to Union Hall at 7:30 p.m., a single-performer bill tucked between the venue's larger comedy bookings.
Nylon Fusion and Axial preview John Patrick Shanley’s new play, a comic fable about an aspiring writer returning to Colorado to face her mother and a failing marriage.
One Man Funeral is Noah and friends' campy comedy cabaret at Caveat, letting a mock memorial become an excuse for a late-night character-driven show.