Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
Amanda Selwyn opens rehearsal on Exposed, sharing a free look at how the developing dance work moves from fragmentation toward release before a wine-and-cheese reception.
Vietnamese Boat People and Think!Chinatown invite five storytellers to work around code-switching, language and belonging at the 7th annual Studio slam.
Trumpeter Jon Faddis leads Dizzy’s Club’s birthday tribute with a quartet featuring David Hazeltine, Todd Coolman and Dion Parson, moving through Gillespie staples from “A Night in Tunisia” to “Manteca.”
Viet Thanh Nguyen hosts Symphony Space’s live reading of stories from the new Best American Short Stories, with Jessica Hecht, Denis O’Hare and Sanjit De Silva among the readers.
The Haunting of Miss Robusta returns to Stonewall for a second séance, mixing queer nightlife with a Halloween-season theatrical conceit.
Unsound New York brings three U.S. premieres to Alice Tully Hall: FUJI|||||||||||TA with Ka Baird, Actress’s new audiovisual work and Team Rolfes’ live-built multimedia theatre.
Argentine songwriter Juana Molina brings her intricate loop-built songs to Le Poisson Rouge, where voice, guitar and electronics can shift shape mid-performance.
Brett Goldstein tries out an hour before his tour at the Bell House; the one-off work-in-progress framing makes this a chance to see the material while it is still moving.
Na Zhong discusses her debut novella Three with Rachel Heng at Greenlight, where the story’s family tensions and China’s rapid modernization meet an audience Q&A and signing.
Robert Glasper, Questlove and Bilal meet for the Blue Note’s annual Robtober run, a collaboration that puts jazz improvisation and soul in the same downtown set.