Good Sunday: the season’s last free SummerStage (Angélique Kidjo) is tonight, free jazz in Harlem and free Beethoven on the barge both start at 2pm, Anime NYC closes out its final day, and the L Train Movie Club screens Shanghai Knights tonight in Bushwick.
Live Music
- Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison — TODAY 2–5pm, Ralph Ellison Plaza, Harlem: Berta Indeed presents “Let the Music Play,” free community jazz with local musicians and vocalists, right in Harlem (web · NYC Parks)
- Bargemusic: Complete Beethoven Sonatas, Part 5 — TODAY 2–4pm, Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse: free Beethoven on the barge, Part 5 “The Transition to Heroism” (Op. 31 set + Waldstein), with conversation (web · Live Music Project)
- Angélique Kidjo / Cimafunk / DJ Freshy K — TONIGHT, 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; RSVP link in the thread (r/Bushwick)
Festivals & Outdoor
- Anime NYC — FINAL DAY today, Javits Center, 10am–7pm: the anime/manga/gaming convention wraps tonight; panels, film screenings, Japanese food court, live music; $65–$185 (web · Time Out)
Film & Performance
- L Train Movie Club: Shanghai Knights — TONIGHT, 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: Donna Deitch’s landmark 1985 sapphic romance, free, part of the Ridgewood Commons series (r/Bushwick)
Workshops & Talks
- Scribble Workshop @ P&T Knitwear Bookstore — TODAY, P&T Knitwear Bookstore: first-edition low-stress writing workshop for anyone carrying an idea but stuck at “where do I start”; details in the thread and IG post (r/Astoria)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (9)
- PIGEONS! Art Show - EVENT_PAST: ran yesterday; was in yesterday’s digest (r/Williamsburg)
- Watch Me final screening - EVENT_PAST: ran last night; was in yesterday’s digest (r/Brooklyn)
- 2026 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival - EVENT_PAST: recap post of a past festival (r/nyc)
- NYPD drone authority over the U.S. Open - NEWS: not an event (r/nyc)
- Male masturbating on A/C line - CRIME: safety incident, also NSFW (r/Brooklyn)
- US Open Fan Week tickets sold out? - OFFTOPIC: ticket requests, not events (r/AskNYC)
- US Open Fan Week 2026 - OFFTOPIC: ticket requests, not events (r/astoria)
- Willing to buy US Open Fan Week tickets - OFFTOPIC: ticket requests, not events (r/longislandcity)
- US Open Fan Week for Mon 8/24 - OFFTOPIC: ticket requests, not events (r/longislandcity)
20 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) - logged in the Obsidian raw dump.