Monday after the big finale weekend: two free concerts today (Piano in Bryant Park lunch, Big City Folk at Greeley Square tonight), a producer meetup in Astoria tonight, plus a full week ahead — Just Sixties at Cunningham Park tomorrow, free comedy Wednesday, and the Miles Davis symphonic show in Harlem on Friday.
Live Music
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Piano in Bryant Park — TODAY 12:30–2:30pm, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park: New York’s finest playing ragtime, stride, and jazz — free lunchtime set, bring a sandwich (NYC Parks)
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Big City Folk at Greeley Square Park — TODAY 6–8pm, Greeley Square Park (33rd & Broadway): NYC singer-songwriters showcase their newest work, hosted by Niall Connolly — free, Herald Square-adjacent (NYC Parks)
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Just Sixties Concert — Tue 8/18, 6:45–8:30pm, Cunningham Park (Union Tpke & 196th St), Queens: the longest-running 60s tribute band in the US — free; rain date 8/26 (NYC Parks)
Workshops & Meetups
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Astoria Producer Meetup — TONIGHT 6:30–8:30pm, Heart of Gold, Astoria: casual meetup for local music producers to talk music, share work, and connect — free, RSVP on Partiful (r/LIC)
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Pottery in McGolrick Park (rescheduled) — Tue 8/18 evening, McGolrick Park, Greenpoint: free pottery workshop, picture frames theme — materials provided, rain date Wed (r/Williamsburg)
Comedy
- FREE Comedy Show: Mucho Funny — Wed 8/19, 8:30pm, Halyards Bar, Gowanus: up-and-coming local stand-ups, zero cover — RSVP on Eventbrite (r/Brooklyn)
Midweek Pop-Ups
- Midtown Music at Greeley Square Park — Wed 8/19, 2:30–5:30pm, Greeley Square Park: pop-up live performances, free (NYC Parks)
Friday in Harlem
- The Voice of Miles: A Symphonic Celebration — Fri 8/21, 7–9:30pm, Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, Marcus Garvey Park, Harlem: the acclaimed Miles Davis documentary Birth of the Cool transformed into a live concert with orchestra — free SummerStage event, presented with Jazzmobile SUMMERFEST (City Parks Foundation)
All gathered items — what was cut and why (14)
- Central Park West Shooting: Lost my glasses — CRIME: shooting incident report, top-score pool item (r/UpperWestSide)
- Brooklyn Cyclones Withheld Tips From Concessions Workers, Records Show — NEWS: labor story, nothing to attend (r/nyc)
- Mo’s Burger Closing! — OFFTOPIC: retail closure, not an event despite Oct 31 end date (r/Harlem)
- Delivery driver from Court Square Diner keeps parking on the sidewalk after hitting a pedestrian — CRIME: safety incident video (r/LIC)
- Paint & Sip @ Fifth Hammer Brewing, TONIGHT — OFFTOPIC: $40 self-promo, paid workshop (r/Queens)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs tribute band, come see us August 25 — DEDUP: paid show 8 days out, live music slot already filled (r/Williamsburg)
- [Art in the Park Harlem Aug 29](no URL found) — STALE: 12 days out, empty body, too far for a Monday digest
- Is there a parade for pakistan/india independence day? — EVENT_PAST: both independence days already passed (8/14–15) (r/AskNYC)
- LOCKTOBERFEST NYC 2026 — NSFW: hard exclusion, chastity kink promotion (Bluesky)
- Green Between outdoor art exhibition — EVENT_PAST: opening party was 8/15, on view months but already covered in prev digests (Bluesky)
- Come learn how to mend your clothes this Sunday! — UNVERIFIABLE: 4th run, site shows no Sunday time/cost for the passed date (r/LIC)
- Marsha P. Johnson State Park Events — UNVERIFIABLE: “two events this August,” no specific dates or links (r/Greenpoint)
- FREE Comedy Show: Mucho Funny (cross-post copy) — DEDUP: kept the original over empty cross-post copy (r/Brooklyn)
17 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) — logged in the Obsidian raw dump. Includes: Astoria Rumor Mill (8/10), Ceramics Stoop Sale (8/15), Lawrence of Arabia 70mm resale (8/15), Cat/Kitten Adoption Event (8/16), Live Music Let Love Inn (8/12), Harlem Fire Watchtower (8/16), What’s happening on Broadway? (8/16), Come visit us Saturday (8/14), Storm King Sun Ra tickets (8/15), Any cool events (8/13), Mending workshop (8/13 — Sunday 8/16), Pete’s Candy Store ×2 (8/13), Artists & Makers Market ×2 (8/16), and others.