Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
At Positive Exposure Gallery, Intertwine Arts turns its yearlong Woven Together exhibition into a runway. Disabled models wear original fiber art by disabled and non-disabled designers, making this 6–8 p.m. finale as much about access and representation as the clothes.
Anna Webber brings Shimmer Wince’s experiments in tuning and improvisation to Close Up’s Orchard Street Jazz Festival, with an early 6:30 set.
Cate Le Bon, Lucrecia Dalt and Dagmar Zuniga share Knockdown Center’s Main Hall for three distinct approaches to adventurous songwriting; doors open at 6.
Jacques Schwarz-Bart celebrates Resistance with bassist Or Bareket and drummer Elé Howell, bringing his Afro-Caribbean jazz language to the Jazz Gallery.
Yuen Woo-ping sends a fugitive escort through the Taklamakan Desert in this wuxia adventure, part of MoMA’s survey of his martial-arts filmmaking.
Amir Bar-Lev joins the opening-night Q&A for his K2 documentary, tracing how commercial expeditions and celebrity climbers collide with a perilous winter ascent.
Chriss Kinsey’s PVMNT brings new choreography, ambient music and original artwork together at CPR, with a reception following the performance.
Emmy Blotnick and Joe Zimmerman work stand-up bits into shape at Union Hall, with Chris Gethard and Brittany Carney joining this edition.
Lorely Rodriguez’s shape-shifting electronic pop gets a Brooklyn club date, with Queenie opening this 18+ Music Hall of Williamsburg show.
Nate Wooley’s chamber improvisers share Roulette with Larry Ochs, Charles Burnham, Trevor Dunn and Ikue Mori, putting collective listening at the center of both sets.