Good Saturday: 8 events — the 31st Ave Open Street season-finale block party (Outlaw Wrestling, silent disco) and the PIGEONS! art show are today, Watch Me’s final screening is tonight, and the weekend wraps with the last free SummerStage (Kidjo) and Anime NYC’s final days — plus a free Dinosaur Jr. show next Saturday.

Live Music

  • Angélique Kidjo / Cimafunk / DJ Freshy K — Sun 8/23, doors 6pm, show 7–10pm, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park: the season’s last free SummerStage, five-time Grammy winner Kidjo with Cuban funk from Cimafunk (web · City Parks Foundation)
  • Dinosaur Jr. and Friends @ Maria Hernandez Park — Sat 8/29, Maria Hernandez Park, Bushwick: the big free outdoor indie-rock show of next weekend (Show Brain + Fender), free with RSVP and first-come entry; the RSVP link is in the thread (r/Bushwick)

Art Openings

  • PIGEONS! An Art Show Inspired by Pigeons — TODAY Sat 8/22, 4–9pm, Cloud City, 85 N. 1st St, Williamsburg: 26 artists in photography, painting, collage and sculpture; draw-your-own-pigeon station, live pigeon feeding at 5:45pm — free, works $25–$1,000 (r/Williamsburg)

Festivals & Outdoor

  • Anime NYC — through Sun 8/23, Javits Center (today 10am–7pm, Sun 10am–4pm): final two days of the anime/manga/gaming convention — panels, film screenings, Japanese food court, live music; $65–$185 (web · Time Out)
  • 31st Ave Open Street — Season 7 Week 18 finale block party — TODAY Sat 8/22, 31st Ave Open Street, Astoria: the final Community Cookout of the season: free food, programming, a silent disco, a screening of Mac & Me (1988), and the return of Outlaw Wrestling; Sunday brings the Astoria Farmers Market and a plant swap — free (r/Astoria · 31staveopenstreet)

Film & Performance

  • Watch Me — final screening — TONIGHT Sat 8/22, Film Noir Cinema, Greenpoint: the indie feature shot in Zagreb and Paris closes its NYC run with its last show; 2-for-1 tickets, details on the Film Noir website (r/Greenpoint)
  • L Train Movie Club: Shanghai Knights — Sun 8/23, hang at 7:30, movie at 8pm, Talon Bar, Bushwick: free screening of the Jackie Chan/Owen Wilson sequel (r/Brooklyn)
  • Desert Hearts — free screening — Wed 8/26, 7:30pm, Ridgewood Commons, 585 Woodward Ave: free screening of Donna Deitch’s 1985 lesbian romance, the landmark sapphic feature by a lesbian filmmaker; part of the Ridgewood Commons series (r/Bushwick)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
  • [The Voice of Miles - A Symphonic Celebration](no URL found) - EVENT_PAST: was in yesterday’s digest; ran last night
  • Creative Social × Variety Visual Arts Fundraiser - EVENT_PAST: ran last night; auto-dropped correctly (r/Bushwick)
  • [Summer Streets finale, Sat 8/22](no URL found) - DEDUP: event day but 4th consecutive cut; no new info since the 8/18 write-up
  • Future Cops free screening, today 5pm Freddy’s Bar - DEDUP: free, announced 8/18; 4th consecutive cut, reader has it (r/Brooklyn)
  • Harlem Wednesday karaoke + $1 wings at Skybox - DEDUP: real weekly, Harlem, but a standing event with no date urgency; edged for slots (r/Harlem)
  • [Coney Island Fireworks](no URL found) - STALE: next edition Fri 8/28, a week out; re-anchor when closer

17 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) - logged in the Obsidian raw dump.