Monday’s nine picks include free East Village bluegrass tomorrow, Audiofemme’s weekend festival, ongoing exhibitions and self-guided outings. Check the Monday museum and gallery closures below.
Live Music
- Live Weekly Bluegrass with Allison Kelly. Tomorrow, Tue Oct 20, 8pm, at Lucinda’s, 169 Avenue A, East Village. Free ($0 listing). A small-venue bluegrass night with no ticket bill.
- Jackson Harden at Hart Bar. Still scheduled for Thu Oct 22, 8pm, at Hart Bar, Brooklyn. 21+; price unstated. The touring singer-songwriter plays classic and indie folk. Check the artist’s thread for admission details.
- Audiofemme presents Agenda Fest. Fri–Sat Oct 23–24, at Sleepwalk, 251 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn. 21+; tickets from $39.66. Music and industry/community programming support the Agenda Grant for womxn artists. The dated DICE booking page lists 6pm doors. Check the daily running order for individual session times.
Harlem & Uptown Art
- Monarch’s Journey. Still on at AMNH, Upper West Side, Gilder Center, Floor 2. Included with museum admission; no standalone free entry. Today’s hours are 10am–5:30pm, but the Columbus Avenue Gilder entrance closes at 3pm. The illustrated exhibition follows monarch migration. Tomorrow, Tue Oct 20, the whole museum closes at 3pm.
- Lines of Survival. Still on through Nov 1 at The Africa Center, 1280 Fifth Avenue at 109th Street. Free, no registration. The photography exhibition explores climate storytelling. Visiting hours remain unstated; check the venue before traveling.
- Across the Sea. Still on through Dec 22 at Onishi Gallery, 16 East 79th Street. Price unstated. The Japanese KOGEI exhibition continues. No regular Monday hours are listed; the next regular opening is tomorrow, Tue Oct 20, 10am–5pm.
Museums & Self-Guided Outings
- Art of Manga. Still on through Jan 31, 2027, at Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway. Paid timed ticket. The original-art exhibition is closed today and tomorrow. The next regular opening is Wed Oct 21, 11am–6pm. Book a slot ahead.
- The Lady in Greenpoint audio walk. Still walkable this October, starting at Pulaski Bridge. Free / $10 suggested donation; self-guided timing. The three-mile ghost-story route and October charcoal-art stop remain available.
- Transit Museum 50th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt. Still extended through year-end, self-guided around NYC using the museum app. Cost unstated. Explore transit history on your own schedule.
All gathered items - what was cut and why (22)
- Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison - EVENT_PAST: The Oct 18 program ended; no Monday edition established. (NYC Parks)
- Eagle Street block party - EVENT_PAST: The Sunday Oct 18 bands-and-swap party ended. (r/Greenpoint)
- Open House New York drop-in map - EVENT_PAST: The weekend program finished Oct 18. (r/UpperWestSide)
- Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade - EVENT_PAST: The parade was Saturday Oct 17. (r/nyc)
- Paper-making Workshop at YUME! - EVENT_PAST: The linked workshop was Saturday Oct 17. (r/Brooklyn)
- Free Pao de queijo?? / TAP DJ promotion - EVENT_PAST: Sunday’s post advertised that day’s promotion until 2pm. (r/Astoria)
- Flatiron scaffolding photo - NEWS: A building photograph, not a scheduled cultural program. (r/nyc)
- Clara Wu Tsai billionaire profile - NEWS: A profile and funding report, not a public cultural event. (r/nyc)
- Earl Monroe charter-school building report - NEWS: A school-building report, not an attendable cultural program. (r/nyc)
- Petal & Flames Harlem Workshop Series - UNVERIFIABLE: Readable sources give no actionable next date and time. (r/Harlem)
- Roof Concert?? - UNVERIFIABLE: An unidentified concert sighting gives no actionable next date and time. (r/Bushwick)
- Wednesday sourdough tasting cross-post - DEDUP: Repeated tasting promotion; the Oct 21 event itself is upcoming. (r/Williamsburg)
- Wednesday sourdough tasting cross-post - DEDUP: Another copy of the same upcoming Wednesday tasting. (r/Greenpoint)
- Warm Up to Throw Down! pottery cross-post - DEDUP: Repeated workshop promotion; the Oct 24 event itself is upcoming. (r/Williamsburg)
- Warm Up to Throw Down! pottery cross-post - DEDUP: Another copy of the same upcoming pottery workshop. (r/Greenpoint)
- Warm Up to Throw Down! pottery cross-post - DEDUP: Another copy of the same upcoming pottery workshop. (r/LongIslandCity)
- NYC FHEPS housing discussion - OFFTOPIC: A housing complaint, not a public cultural outing. (r/Brooklyn)
- Brownstones being split into condos? - OFFTOPIC: A housing discussion, not a public cultural outing. (r/Brooklyn)
- Any jazz bassist? - OFFTOPIC: Musician recruitment, not a performance listing. (r/AskNYC)
- Ham & Cheese Croissants? - OFFTOPIC: A food-shopping question, not a cultural event. (r/Astoria)
- Who is selling butternut squash? - OFFTOPIC: A grocery question, not a cultural event. (r/Greenpoint)
- Member Dinner in Portland’s Brooklyn neighborhood - OFFTOPIC: The listing is in Portland, not New York City. (Bluesky)
The collector auto-dropped 25 records with past-date timing flags, logged in the Obsidian raw dump.