Monday, Aug 3: 8 events — Harlem Week is in full swing uptown, free live music at the Oculus tonight, a free junk-journaling club in Astoria today, and the week ahead brings Studio Museum Uptown Fridays (8/14), a cat-doc screening (8/8), and the LIC waterfront Crafternoon (8/9).
Harlem & Uptown
- Harlem Week 2026 — day-by-day guide — 16 days, 100+ events running now through mid-August; Harlem’s signature cultural celebration, with a full day-by-day guide live (Bluesky · NY Amsterdam News)
- Studio Museum of Harlem: Uptown Fridays, August 14th, 6–10pm — free Friday evening at the Studio Museum; the Harlem art-scene night (r/Harlem)
- New Farmer’s Market on Central Park North (Farmer’s Gate) — a new farmers market two blocks above the park; recurring, check thread for hours and vendors (r/Harlem)
Live Music
- What’s on in NYC this week (roundup) — free live music tonight at the Oculus (Oculus Unplugged, 8/3), plus family picks like Daniel Tiger at the Bronx Zoo (r/nyc)
Outdoor & Neighborhood
- 31st Ave Open Street — Season 7 Week 15 — the weekly open street runs every weekend through the season; ahead: the final Community Cookout with Outlaw Wrestling (Aug 22) and a Box Set Cinema screening of ET (r/Astoria)
- Sun 8/9 Crafternoon @ LIC Waterfront — free monthly craft gathering at the LIC waterfront, Sun Aug 9; slow down, make something with shared supplies, meet neighbors (r/LIC)
Art & Workshops
- Free junk journaling club Monday 8/3 — free junk-journaling session at Astoria FEC today; supplies provided, just bring a journal (offerings) (r/Astoria)
Film
- Cat Lovers Movie Night — “25 Cats from Qatar” — International Cat Day screening (Sat Aug 8) with 10 Lives Rescue and filmmaker Mye Hoang; snacks and drinks, venue in the thread (r/Brooklyn)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
- St. Nicholas Park free jazz + James Baldwin film - EVENT_PAST: Aug 1; the Maysles series recurs — worth tracking (Bluesky)
- Tony (A24) screening @ Museum of the Moving Image - EVENT_PAST: Aug 2 (r/Astoria)
- Quackade arcade - DEDUP: kept the last two runs; edged out this time by today-utility items (r/LIC)
- Chaotic Good Cafe August events - DEDUP: solid low-cost third-space events, outside the top 8 (r/UWS)
- 31st St Bike Lane Ribbon Cutting - UNVERIFIABLE: no date in the post (r/Astoria)
- Time Out “This Week July 27–Aug 2” - STALE: roundup’s week already over (web)