NYC Events for Friday, August 21, 2026

Browse NYC events for Friday, August 21, 2026 with curated picks, deep cuts, reminders, and a live city feed from Scope NYC.

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  1. Pellentesque Risus Ridiculus

    7:00 AM · Brooklyn Music School Theatre

  2. Porta

    7:00 AM · Secret Project Robot

  3. How To Divorce During The War

    10:55 AM · IFC Center

  4. Floor to Ceiling Dance and Learn: Graham Technique

    11:00 AM · The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

  5. Back to the Future

    12:00 PM · Paris Theater

  6. The Samurai and the Prisoner

    12:00 PM · Film Society of Lincoln Center

  7. Late Fame

    12:15 PM · Film Forum

  8. The Same River Twice

    12:15 PM · Film Forum

  9. Billy Liar

    12:20 PM · Film Forum

  10. Victor Neufeld's Jazz Party

    12:30 PM · Bryant Park

  11. Where is the Friend's House?

    12:30 PM · Alamo Drafthouse

  12. Franz

    12:30 PM · Film Society of Lincoln Center

  13. Piano in Bryant Park

    12:30 PM · Upper Terrace in Bryant Park - Between the Bryant Park Grill and the Bryant Park Café

  14. It Ends

    12:35 PM · IFC Center

  15. Chungking Express

    12:45 PM · Metrograph

  16. Dementia 13: Director's Cut

    1:00 PM · Film Forum

  17. Withnail & I

    1:15 PM · Metrograph

  18. Late Fame

    1:15 PM · Film Society of Lincoln Center

  19. How To Divorce During The War

    1:25 PM · IFC Center

  20. Art Camp (FREE)

    1:30 PM · QED

  21. Union County

    1:30 PM · IFC Center

  22. Lincoln Center Tours

    1:45 PM · Lincoln Center

  23. Wild Inside

    1:50 PM · IFC Center

  24. Mysterious Skin

    1:55 PM · IFC Center

  25. Smalls Afternoon Jam Session Hosted by Andrew Kushnir

    2:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club, New York, NY

  26. Afternoon Jam in the Cafe

    2:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club

  27. New York Sign Museum

    2:00 PM · 2465 Atlantic Ave

  28. Alphaville

    2:00 PM · BAM

  29. Audio Production in the Studio

    2:00 PM · BRIC House Media Center

  30. Late Fame

    2:25 PM · Film Forum

  31. Sherman's March

    2:35 PM · Film Forum

  32. Center Stage

    2:40 PM · Film Forum

  33. It Ends

    2:40 PM · IFC Center

  34. Pellentesque Risus Ridiculus

    3:00 PM · Secret Project Robot

  35. Tropical Warmth

    3:00 PM · Muse Paintbar - Tribeca

  36. In the Mood for Love

    3:00 PM · Metrograph