First Tuesday back after the holiday: free music returns to the parks — lunchtime ragtime at Bryant Park and participatory folk jams in Greeley Square tonight, Public Record’s free live-album finale at the Delacorte, Christie’s Devil Wears Prada 2 costume exhibit opening free at Rockefeller Center, and the week stacks a salsa-and-swing dance party plus a textile-art opening Thursday, a free Dracula screening Friday in Astoria, and West Harlem jazz Saturday.
Live Music
- Piano in Bryant Park — TODAY 12:30–2:30pm, Upper Terrace, Bryant Park: free lunchtime ragtime, stride and jazz — the daily weekday series’ Tuesday edition, still on through Oct 1.
- Folk Jams in Greeley Square Park — TONIGHT 6–8pm, Greeley Square Park (32nd St): free participatory music night — pick along to bluegrass jams, join the kalimba orchestra, or lend your voice to an impromptu choir.
- Bryant Park Picnic Performance: Dance Party All-Stars — Thu 9/10, 7–9pm, Bryant Park Lawn: free double bill — Lindy hop to the George Gee Swing Orchestra, then Latin jazz and salsa from Alfredo De La Fé’s All Star Band (the violinist who put the fiddle in salsa, an Eddie Palmieri band alum who played with Tito Puente and Celia Cruz).
- West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival — Sat 9/12, 5–6:30pm, Morningside Park Waterfall (113th St & Manhattan Ave): free jazz from West Harlem Arts Alliance + Harlem Late Night Jazz — uptown’s standing summer series, Morningside edition.
Art Openings & Exhibits
- Christie’s The Devil Wears Prada 2 Exhibition — OPENS TODAY, through Sun 9/13, 10am–5pm, Christie’s at 20 Rockefeller Center: free public exhibition of clothing, jewelry and accessories from the film — costume-house finery, no ticket needed.
- Untethered Works — Textile Art Gallery, 529 W 20th St, 6th Fl; on view now, with two free events Thu 9/10 for NY Textile Month XI: an artist talk midday plus the opening reception early evening — Peggy Black, Julia Graziano and Sarah Pavlik push embroidery and thread into sculptural territory; free, register via textileartnyc.com.
Theater & Performance
- Public Works: Public Record — Finale — TONIGHT 8–10pm, Delacorte Theater, Central Park: the Public Theater’s Public Works brings 100+ community musicians and dancers from all five boroughs to make a live album on stage in real time — final night of the 9/3–9/8 run, free; the finished record is preserved by the NYPL for the Performing Arts.
Film & Screenings
- Free screening: Bram Stoker’s Dracula — Fri 9/11, doors 8pm / film 8:30pm, Medusa Art Studio & Events, 18-14 Astoria Blvd: Coppola’s gothic horror masterpiece on a bar-and-cafe venue screen — free, no RSVP, 21+.
All gathered items - what was cut and why (6)
- 3 people shot in Crown Heights near New York Carnival Parade festivities + Manhunt launched after three men found with gruesome stab wounds before New York Carnival Parade - CRIME: parade-crime coverage, not events; the parade itself ran yesterday (r/nyc)
- NYPD ramps up security for West Indian Day parade as past shootings remain unsolved - CRIME/NEWS: the 9/5 post; parade already passed (r/nyc)
- Labor Day Block Party at The Wolfhound + Party at Wolfhound right now - EVENT_PAST: block party ran yesterday 9/7 (r/astoria)
- Aldi grand opening Sept 10 + Aldis on Morgen opening Wednesday according to their site - OFFTOPIC: retail openings (r/Greenpoint)
- African American Day Parade: Sunday, September 20th 2026 - STALE: 12 days out, empty body; watch mid-month (r/Harlem)
- Come to a local horror comedy show & get those spooky season vibes started - DEDUP: the 4-run UNVERIFIABLE Basket Case watch finally resolved with venue + tickets, but paid and tonight’s 8pm slot goes to Public Record’s free finale (r/williamsburg)
19 events auto-dropped by the timing filter (past dates) - logged in the Obsidian raw dump.