Music-forward Tuesday: six free shows ahead — two of them today (lunchtime piano at Bryant Park, folk jams tonight in Greeley Square) — plus Harlem Week’s second half running through Friday and a free Aliens screening Saturday.
Live Music
- Folk Jams in Greeley Square Park — TONIGHT Tue 8/11, 6–8pm, Greeley Square (32nd/Broadway): bluegrass pick-alongs, kalimba orchestra, impromptu choir — free, drop in whenever
- Piano in Bryant Park — today 12:30–2:30pm, Upper Terrace: NYC’s finest on ragtime/stride/jazz, free lunchtime set
- Golden Hour at Greeley Square — Thu 8/13, 6:30–8:30pm: free sunset music festival, Americana/jazz/emerging indie, curated by keystone cultural partners
- Summerween Free Concert — Fri 8/14, Astoria: free live set from Brother Nico, RSVP via Partiful
- Bryant Park Picnic Performances: NY Guitar Festival — Fri 8/14 + Sat 8/15, 7pm: free outdoor fest on the lawn; Day 2 (Sat) headliner The Messthetics
- Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison — Sun 8/16, 2–5pm, Ralph Ellison Plaza (Harlem): Berta Indeed’s community jazz series, local musicians and vocalists, free
Festivals & Cultural
- Harlem Week Part II of III — running now through Fri 8/14, mostly free: music, films, food and more across Harlem; full day-by-day schedule at harlemweek.org/events
Film & Screenings
- Free screening of Aliens — Sat 8/15, doors 6pm, preshow game 6:15, movie 6:30, Pine Box Rock Shop, 12 Grattan St, Bushwick (L/Morgan): Scream Scene presents Cameron’s 1986 classic with horror host Martin Monster — free
All gathered items — what was cut and why (6)
- NYC’s first-ever Jamaican Day Parade draws huge crowds — NEWS: parade ran Sun 8/9; recap, nothing to attend (r/nyc)
- Jacobi Hospital opens new art exhibit for behavioral health patients — NEWS: internal hospital exhibit, not a public event (Bluesky)
- Gorillaz have a museum exhibit in NYC — UNVERIFIABLE: 3rd run in a row, still no venue or dates named (Bluesky)
- Chain NYC Film Festival — DEDUP: 4th consecutive keep; finale week edged out by Aliens as the fresher film lead (Bluesky)
- [Summer Streets Sat 8/15](no URL found) — DEDUP: kept on 8/10; this run’s manhattanbuzz slot went to Harlem Week (Bluesky)
- Bazooka! Fest — DEDUP: dates verified Aug 22–23 at The Meadows, but 11 days out and music slots are full (r/Brooklyn)