Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Wednesday, May 13.
Harold O'Neal in the Smalls early set is a clean jazz start, with enough player credibility to avoid feeling like a default club pick.
Fridman gives Laurena Finéus a focused downtown art setting, and the title has more charge than the usual Wednesday opening copy.
Kurimanzutto pairing Dr. Lakra with Miguel Covarrubias should make for one of the sharper gallery stops of the evening.
The Jazz Gallery is exactly where a project called The Trap Music Orchestra can be more than a novelty title.
McNally Jackson gives this Elaine Kraf event the right literary context, especially for readers who want something more focused than a general author night.
Tina Fey at Symphony Space is the obvious big-name talk tonight, but it earns the slot because the venue is built for this exact format.
C'mon Everybody hosting a Black burlesque revue is a better live-performance bet than most midweek club listings.
Grace Exhibition Space opening a 20-year festival is a real performance-art marker, not just another anniversary label.
The Poetry Project is still one of the city’s best rooms for language and performance to blur into each other, and this pairing fits that lane.
Dave Douglas leading a Vanguard quintet is the night’s most dependable serious jazz anchor.