Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Monday, October 12, 2026.
French jazz-funk group Cortex shares Knockdown Center's Main Hall bill with Adrian Younge and J.Rocc, bringing live band interplay and crate-digger DJ craft under one roof.
The Nuyorican Bowery Slam brings its two-round Monday poetry competition to the Bowery Poetry Club, where audience energy and a cash prize make the night participatory.
Steven Feifke brings his Grammy-winning big-band writing to Dizzy's for an album-release set, moving between swinging charts, lush ballads and funk-inflected passages.
Margo Cilker and Lilly Hiatt share the Baby's All Right bill for a focused songwriter double feature, with doors at 6:30 and music at 7.
Minnesota Opera turns Kamala Sankaram and Minita Gandhi's adaptation of The Many Deaths of Laila Starr into performance excerpts and a moderated conversation at the Guggenheim.
Chef and Lost Kitchen star Erin French joins Evie McGee Colbert at Symphony Space to talk through the recipes and rituals behind Seize the Supper.
J. Wortham's The People's Beach anchors Film at Lincoln Center's New York Shorts, a five-film program followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.
The Bechdel Cast brings its 10th-anniversary tour to the Bell House for a live celebration of the podcast's film-and-gender conversations.
Brand New's Barclays date frames a two-era set around 7 YEARS and 13 OF THE DEVIL AND GOD ARE RAGING INSIDE ME, a rare large-room chance to hear those records in concert.
The Residents stage Eskimo live at Sony Hall, with DJ Alex Kayne on the bill; the album's strange, theatrical world suits a full night out better than a standard club set.