Good Tuesday: free folk jam in Greeley Square tonight and the lunchtime piano series back at Bryant Park, a free park walk tonight, Desert Hearts (free film) tomorrow night, double free jazz in Harlem Friday, and Dino Jr.’s free park show Saturday — Santa Rosalia’s feast runs all week.
Live Music
- Folk Jams in Greeley Square Park — TONIGHT 6–8pm, Greeley Square: free participatory music night: bluegrass jams, a kalimba orchestra, impromptu choir; show up and play or just listen (web · NYC Parks)
- Piano in Bryant Park — TODAY 12:30–2:30pm, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park: free lunchtime ragtime/stride/jazz — the daily weekday series’ Tuesday edition (web · NYC Parks)
- Charlie Parker Jazz Festival — 34th year: free three-day jazz fest through the weekend; Fri 8/28 7pm headliner Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Marquis Hill, Ekep Nkwelle and Sherman Irby; Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park among the venues (web · doNYC)
- West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival — Fri 8/28 6–7:30pm, James Baldwin Lawn, St. Nicholas Park: free annual jazz from West Harlem Arts Alliance + Harlem Late Night Jazz (web · NYC Parks)
- Dinosaur Jr. and Friends @ Maria Hernandez Park — Sat 8/29, Bushwick: the big free outdoor indie-rock show of the weekend (Show Brain + Fender), free w/ RSVP and first-come entry; RSVP link in the thread (r/Bushwick)
Festivals & Outdoor
- 52nd Anniversary Feast of Santa Rosalia — on through Sun 8/30, 18th Ave, Bensonhurst: the 52nd year of Brooklyn’s big free Italian street festival, running daily from 10am (web · doNYC)
Film & Performance
- Desert Hearts — free screening — Wed 8/26, 7:30pm, Ridgewood Commons, 585 Woodward Ave: Donna Deitch’s landmark 1985 sapphic romance, free (r/Bushwick)
Community & Outdoor
- McCarren Park Walk — TONIGHT 7pm, McCarren Park → Domino Park and back (~2 mi): free, low-key group walk to meet neighbors; RSVP via Partiful (r/Greenpoint)
All gathered items - what was cut and why (9)
- US open fan week tickets sold out? - OFFTOPIC: pass-hunting; access capped, not a walk-in rec (r/AskNYC)
- Willing to buy us open fan week tickets - OFFTOPIC: pass-hunting; access capped, not a walk-in rec (r/LongIslandCity)
- US Open Fan Week Access Tickets - OFFTOPIC: pass-hunting; access capped, not a walk-in rec (r/LongIslandCity)
- why is no one buying my US open tickets? - OFFTOPIC: pass-hunting; access capped, not a walk-in rec (r/AskNYC)
- New York unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent - NEWS: score 1017, not an event (r/nyc)
- Male masturbating on A/C line - Hoyt - Schermerhorn - CRIME: safety incident, also NSFW (r/Brooklyn)
- [Crystal Ship Doors tribute Wed 8/26 Forest Park](no URL found) - DEDUP: Wed 7:30pm conflicts with Desert Hearts; music slots full at 5
- Come to a free local bar screening of SHREK this weekend! - DEDUP: fully specified but Saturday slots held by Dino Jr. (r/Bushwick)
- End of Summer Prom at the Gutter on 8/25! - UNVERIFIABLE: body empty, no time/cost/lineup (r/williamsburg)
20 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) - logged in the Obsidian raw dump.