Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Friday, October 16, 2026.
Dieu Donné opens its Brooklyn Navy Yard studio for pulp-painting demonstrations, hands-on paper making, gallery visits and hourly tours of its archive. The free afternoon offers a rare look at the material process behind contemporary handmade-paper art.
Hiroko Ohno opens Event Horizon with a 96-by-152-inch diptych made with mineral pigments, seashells, mica, coral and salt. The Amos Eno reception is the first chance to see the Japanese artist’s new large-scale paintings and sculptural work.
San Diego’s Rocket from the Crypt bring their Scream, Frankenstein, Scream! tour to Irving Plaza, with the 16+ show anchored by the band’s punchy blend of punk, garage rock and horns.
Chilean-Spanish duo Emilia y Pablo bring Latin American folk and flamenco-inflected songwriting to Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium. Their U.S. debut folds close harmonies and theatrical movement into a free 75-minute set.
Joshua Conyers, Kiera Duffy and Nicole Cabell lead Eastman students through Black composers’ art songs, including music by Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still and George Walker. The Kaufman program gives this rarely performed repertoire a full evening in Merkin Hall.
Sekou McMiller’s new Urban Love Suite joins live music and dance to trace the cultural links of Afro-Latin movement. Lincoln Center presents the premiere at Alice Tully Hall in a 100-minute program with choose-what-you-pay tickets.
Buster Keaton’s The General screens with Carl Davis’s score performed live by the UnSilent Film Orchestra. The New School presentation gives the silent comedy a full concert treatment in Tishman Auditorium.
Amelia Rose Larson and Celine Bassman share DOUBLES #7, a split bill that puts two distinct choreographic practices in one Green Lung Studio evening. The small Bushwick space keeps the focus on movement and close viewing.
Ravi Coltrane marks the centennial of his father John Coltrane at the Village Vanguard, a compact setting for a personal tribute led by the saxophonist’s own band.
NYC Sketchfest’s Los Esketchis bring bilingual, Latine sketch comedy to the PIT Loft in The Fourth Space. The late set is a chance to catch a locally rooted ensemble in the festival’s intimate improv venue.