Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Friday, November 6, 2026.
Johan Orellana’s exhibition occupies BRIC House Hallway through Dec. 12. Stop in when the gallery opens at 11 a.m. to see this BRIClab-linked installation among BRIC’s current contemporary art program.
Sandra Wollner’s Cannes prize-winning drama arrives at Film at Lincoln Center for an exclusive week. The 3:30 screening follows a mother, her younger daughter, and a dead girl’s boyfriend as they move through grief and an unsettled family trip.
Jason Marsalis honors his father Ellis with rarely performed compositions at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The 7 p.m. performance draws from Ellis’s catalog of overlooked pieces, with a second set later in the evening.
Hiss Golden Messenger brings its I’m People tour to Irving Plaza with Sam Amidon opening. Live Nation lists a 7 p.m. start, so the bill offers an early start to an Americana and indie-folk night.
Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular puts the Rockettes’ precision choreography and synchronized kicklines back onstage for the season. The 7 p.m. show runs about 90 minutes without an intermission.
Diovanna Obafunmilayo shares participatory excerpts from GODBODY, a ritual opera in development, at CPR. The 7 p.m. open lab explores how light and audience interaction can shape a ritual in a theater; tickets are pay-what-you-can from $0 to $25.
Onur Tukel’s 2025 feature follows an aging itinerant puppeteer and his estranged son, once a puppet and now cursed with human life. The 7 p.m. screening at Bohemian National Hall is followed by a Q&A with Tukel, producer Bonnie Sue Stein, and star Vít Hořejš.
MC Hammersmith brings his live comedy show to the Bell House at 7:30. The New York stop is a chance to catch the British performer’s quick-turning, rap-inflected comedy in a Brooklyn room.
Ethan Iverson brings a sextet to the Village Vanguard for its Friday 8 p.m. set. The club lists this engagement across Nov. 3–8, a good chance to hear the pianist’s larger ensemble in one of the city’s close-up jazz rooms.
Noah Avidan’s Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk turns a show about vices into original songs, with music direction and piano by Matthew Ricketts, cello by Maya Shabbir, vocals by Maya Dalack, and opener Kenny Outside. Club Cumming lists an 8 p.m. start and $15 general admission.