Thursday, Aug 6: 8 events — music is thin but Friday is stacked: James Hamilton’s free Coney Island opening, the CHAIN film festival kickoff, and the Bushwick Night Market all land Aug 7, plus a free screening Sunday and a Twine workshop tonight.
Live Music
- Live Jazz Jam Session — UWS jazz jam, posted today; flyer post, check the image/thread for venue and set time (r/UpperWestSide)
- Arabic x Native American Microconcert, Bed Stuy — Arab and Native artists, this weekend Aug 8–9; fundraiser benefiting the Lebanese Red Crescent. Venue/time in the thread (r/Brooklyn)
Art Openings
- James Hamilton “Uncropped” — gallery show & film screening, Free — Fri Aug 7, Freak Bar Gallery, Coney Island (1208 Surf Ave, 6–11pm per thread): career-spanning photos from the Village Voice staff photographer, plus a free documentary screening and Q&A (r/Brooklyn)
Film & Performance
- CHAIN NYC Film Festival — Aug 7–15 at the Chain Theatre, LIC; indie features and shorts all week, e.g. a filmmaker’s short screens Wed Aug 12 at 6pm (tickets via chainfilmfestival.com) (Bluesky · janiehaddad)
- L Train Movie Club: Shanghai Noon, free — Sun Aug 9, hangout 7:30 / movie 8pm. Free outdoor-ish screening of the “greatest Western ever made.” (r/Bushwick)
Food & Markets
- Night Market, 44 Wyckoff Ave — Fri Aug 7, 6pm–midnight. Free to attend, local makers (r/Bushwick)
- Farmer’s Gate market, Central Park North — new recurring farmers market on Central Park North (110th-ish) (r/Harlem)
Workshops & Talks
- Interactive Fiction in Twine @ the Collaboratory — TONIGHT Thu Aug 6, $10–20 sliding scale, 21-07 41st Ave near Queensbridge: learn to build choose-your-own-adventure web games and visual novels (luma.com/rppxsupp) (r/Astoria)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
- Pottery in the park next Monday night! and Pottery in McGolrick Park! 8/10 6 PM - DEDUP: free workshop with materials, edged out by music-priority picks (r/Williamsburg + r/Greenpoint)
- New Yorkers will need to show some form of ID to access the city-owned grocery stores - NEWS: policy news, not an event (r/nyc)
- Please Help Me Identify Attacker/Stalker - CRIME: crime post, not an attendable event (r/UpperWestSide)
- VIP concert seating at Lefrak - UNVERIFIABLE: thread confirms a real Aug 7 concert at the Prospect Park rink but never names the artist (r/Brooklyn)
- Film Screenings & Discussion at Film Noir Cinema - UNVERIFIABLE: real screenings this week, no dates given (r/Greenpoint)
- Gorillaz have a museum exhibit in NYC. Take a look. #musicnews - UNVERIFIABLE: no venue, dates, or link (Bluesky)