Good Saturday: free jazz in Harlem tonight, a night market and comedy show in Brooklyn, plus a film festival running all week and a free screening tomorrow.
Harlem & Uptown
- West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival — TODAY Sat 8/8, 5–6:30pm at Morningside Park Waterfall (113th & Manhattan Ave). Free outdoor jazz presented by West Harlem Arts Alliance.
- Saturday Morning Stories — UWS Casual Reading Group — TODAY 9am–1pm at Chaotic Good Cafe, 200 W 84th St. Free, low-key morning reading with neighbors.
Live Music
- 31st Ave Open Street — Season 7 Week 16 — Sat & Sun, 31st Ave between 31st and 33rd St, Astoria. Free weekly open street with jazz Saturday, farmers market Sunday, yoga, puzzle/book swap. Recurring.
- Arabic x Native American Microconcert — This weekend (Sat–Sun), Bed Stuy. Fundraiser concert with Arab and Native artists; proceeds to Lebanese Red Crescent.
Film & Performance
- Chain NYC Film Festival — Running through Sat Aug 15, Chain Theatre, LIC (21-28 45th Rd). Indie film fest with shorts, features, and filmmaker Q&As.
- L Train Movie Club: Shanghai Noon — Sun 8/9, hangout at 7:30pm, movie at 8pm. Free outdoor screening.
- Sick Show at Greenpoint Comedy Club — TONIGHT Sat 8/8, 6pm. Stand-up featuring Alex Murdoch, Ian Levy, and more. Tickets at the door.
Outdoor & Free
- Night Market — TONIGHT Sat 8/8, 6pm–12am at 44 Wyckoff Ave, Bushwick. Rescheduled from Friday (rain). Free to attend, local makers and vendors.
All gathered items — what was cut and why (6)
- James Hamilton “Uncropped” Gallery Show and Film Screening — EVENT_PAST: Ran Fri 8/7 at Coney Island (r/Brooklyn)
- Film Screenings & Discussion at Film Noir Cinema (Watch Me US Premiere) — STALE: Filmmaker engagement was Fri 8/7; ongoing run unverifiable from pool (r/Greenpoint)
- Destroyer, Stephin Merritt to Headline Bazooka! Fest — UNVERIFIABLE: No date given — “at The Meadows” but when? (r/Brooklyn)
- Gorillaz have a museum exhibit in NYC — UNVERIFIABLE: No venue or date — link to Bluesky post with no actual exhibit page (Bluesky)
- Prince’s guitar at the Met — UNVERIFIABLE: Vibe post, no link to specific exhibit or installation (Bluesky)
- Best things to do in NYC this weekend: August 7–9 — UNVERIFIABLE: Generic listing page, links to multiple events but none resolves to a specific dated event page (web)
15 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) — logged in the Obsidian raw dump.