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null, "category": "film", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Documentary on the creative process of synth-pop star and composer with Q&A.", "event_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999005011", "source_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/", "score": 7.9, "rationale": "A Q&A with the cinematographer and producer of Sakamoto's Opus, moderated by Kogonada, is a specific one-time occasion attached to named participants at a repertory cinema." }, { "title": "Eater Bang Bang with Rolo\u2019s x Chambers at Rolo\u2019s", "date": "September 30, 2026", "time": "6:30 PM - 6:45 PM", "venue": "Rolo's", "address": null, "price": "$225 per guest + tax", "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Brooklyn", "description": "Rolo's chef Rafiq Salim and Chambers chef Jon Karis collaborate on a multi-course dinner with a shared dessert on September 30.", "event_url": "https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/venues/rolos/events/bang-bang-2026-09-30-6", "source_url": 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gives the tour a distinct thematic hook that fits the profile's guided-history interest, though the listing is thin on further detail." }, { "title": "Vermouth & Amaro Cocktails", "date": "October 21, 2026", "time": "6:30 PM", "venue": "Astor Center NYC", "address": "399 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003", "price": null, "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Cocktail workshop featuring vermouth and amaro with Cristina Martin.", "event_url": null, "source_url": "https://www.astorcenternyc.com/calendar.aspx", "score": 7.9, "rationale": "A hands-on vermouth and amaro cocktail workshop directly matches the profile's amaro/bitters special favorite, though the listing gives only a thin description with a named instructor." }, { "title": "Next Generation: Champagne Walkaround Tasting", "date": "September 25, 2026", "time": "5:30 PM", "venue": "THIRST Series: A New Perspective on Wine", "address": null, "price": "$150", "category": "food_drink", "borough": null, "description": "La Paul\u00e9e and Loyalist teams conduct a walkaround champagne tasting featuring grower and house champagnes.", "event_url": "https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/venues/thirst-series-a-new-perspective-on-wine-presented-by-pressoir-and-american-express/events/next-generation-champagne-walkaround-tasting-2026-09-25-6", "source_url": "https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/events", "score": 7.9, "rationale": "A Champagne walkaround tasting is a direct sparkling-wine fit, but the listing gives only a title with no producer or venue detail." }, { "title": "Eugene O'Neill and the Village, walking tour", "date": "September 20, 2026", "time": "2 PM", "venue": "Jefferson Market Library", "address": "425 Ave. of the Americas", "price": null, "category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour exploring Eugene O'Neill's connections to the Village neighborhood.", "event_url": "https://thoughtgallery.org/events/eugene-o-neill-and-the-village-walking-tour/", "source_url": "https://thoughtgallery.org/all-categories/", "score": 7.9, "rationale": "A named-figure literary/historical walking tour (Eugene O'Neill's Village connections) meets the profile's carve-out for a specific historical theme, though the description gives little further detail." }, { "title": "High and Low", "date": "October 4, 2026", "time": "1:15 PM", "venue": "Metrograph", "address": "7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002", "price": null, "category": "film", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Kurosawa's 1963 35mm white-knuckle thriller transposing Ed McBain to Japan with Mifune.", "event_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999000181", "source_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/", "score": 7.9, "rationale": "Kurosawa's High and Low is a prestige crime thriller with real craft, screening as a repertory presentation at a seated cinema." }, { "title": "Side by Side: French and Italian Wines", "date": "October 7, 2026", "time": "6:30 PM", "venue": "Astor Center 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7.9, "rationale": "Specific named architectural eras (Gilded Age to Jazz Age hotel architecture) confirm style per the profile's carve-out, though the walking-tour format is only implicitly small and it recurs on multiple dates." }, { "title": "Sant Andreu Jazz Band \u2013 The Jazz House Sessions with Paul Nedzela", "date": "September 20, 2026", "time": "7:30 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Sant Andreu Jazz Band performs The Jazz House Sessions with Paul Nedzela.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21510/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "Sant Andreu Jazz Band is a known acoustic-forward youth jazz ensemble in a warm swing/hot jazz tradition, fitting the brass-forward jazz thread, though the listing itself gives no descriptive detail beyond names and a jazz club setting." }, { "title": "Aberdeen & 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"borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Photographer Christopher Payne discusses MTA photographs and his artistic process.", "event_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/the-inside-track-christopher-payne-on-photographing-the-mta-09-23-2026/", "source_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "A photographer's talk on his MTA photography process is a plausible fit for the profile's photography-as-craft interest, tied to a specific one-off talk, but the description gives no detail confirming style or scale." }, { "title": "KRU \u00d7 Emily Duncan", "date": "September 30, 2026", "time": "5:30 PM - 9:30 PM", "venue": "KRU Brooklyn", "address": null, "price": null, "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Brooklyn", "description": "", "event_url": "https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/venues/kru/events/kru-emily-duncan-2026-09-30-6", "source_url": "https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/events", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "A named guest collaboration (\"KRU 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Emmet Cohen & Friends", "date": "September 29, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Emmet Cohen and friends perform at YoungArts' 45th anniversary jazz celebration.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21341/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "Emmet Cohen is a recognized swinging, groove-driven jazz pianist leading a one-night anniversary celebration at the small Dizzy's Club listening room, though the listing gives little further detail." }, { "title": "Lou Donaldson Centennial Celebration", "date": "November 9, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "A centennial celebration of alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson's legacy.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21698/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "A centennial tribute to soul-jazz alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson, a bluesy hard-bop figure aligned with the warm groove-driven jazz thread, at a club-format jazz room, though the listing gives no details on the actual lineup or performers." }, { "title": "Pop-up - Maharashtrian Village Cuisine Thali ($20 deposit required)", "date": "September 27, 2026", "time": "1 PM", "venue": "Pangat", "address": null, "price": "$65\u2009-\u2009$70", "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Brooklyn", "description": "Pangat serves Maharashtrian village cuisine thalis with goat, chicken, fish, and vegetarian options in communal Pangat-style dining.", "event_url": "https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/venues/pangat/events/pop-up-maharashtrian-village-cuisine-thali-20-deposit-required-2026-09-27-6", "source_url": "https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/events", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "A one-off regional Indian thali pop-up (deposit-based, limited run) fits the profile's interest in unusual, occasional cuisine formats, though the listing gives little detail beyond the title." }, { "title": "Sant Andreu Jazz Band with special guest Paul Nedzela \u2013 Ellingtoniana", "date": "September 20, 2026", "time": "5 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Sant Andreu Jazz Band performs with special guest Paul Nedzela in an Ellington-inspired program.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21508/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "A Duke Ellington tribute with a specific big-band lineup fits the warm, brass-driven jazz thread, staged as a one-night special-guest program in a listening-room jazz club, though the description gives little further detail." }, { "title": "Fish Cheeks x Kiko 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"Metropolitan Opera's immersive cemetery preview of Lincoln in the Bardo based on George Saunders' novel.", "event_url": "https://www.green-wood.com/event/lincoln-in-the-bardo-immersive-cemetery-preview/", "source_url": "https://www.green-wood.com/calendar/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "A one-time immersive opera preview tied to a specific new work and a distinctive cemetery setting, though the listing gives little detail on the program itself." }, { "title": "Jeremy Pelt \u2013 50th Birthday Celebration", "date": "November 7 - 8, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$70", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt celebrates his 50th birthday.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21693/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "Jeremy Pelt is a recognized straight-ahead/hard-bop trumpeter whose brass-forward jazz plausibly fits the profile's warm acoustic jazz thread, celebrated in a one-off birthday run at a listening-room-format club, though the listing gives no further program detail." }, { "title": "Jason Marsalis Presents the Rare Works of Ellis Marsalis", "date": "November 5 - 6, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Jason Marsalis showcases lesser-known compositions by his father Ellis Marsalis.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21688/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 7.5, "rationale": "A Marsalis-led jazz program of rare Ellis Marsalis compositions plausibly fits the warm, brass-driven jazz thread, in a small-club listening-room format, though the listing gives little further detail." }, { "title": "Evan Wood \u2192 Listening Session", "date": "September 23, 2026", "time": "8 PM", "venue": "Ernest Records", "address": null, "price": "$20", "category": "music", "borough": "Brooklyn", "description": "Jazz listening session at independent record store.", "event_url": "https://dice.fm/event/6a80c7801247880001623438", "source_url": "https://dice.fm/browse/new_york-5bbf4db0f06331478e9b2c59/music/gig/jazz", "score": 7.0, "rationale": "A named artist listening session at a record store is explicitly intimate, but no genre or style detail is given to confirm fit with any music thread." }, { "title": "Apotheke Academy - MARKET FRESH", "date": "November 7, 2026", "time": "2 PM", "venue": "Apotheke", "address": null, "price": "From $200", "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Cocktail academy class featuring seasonal, market-fresh ingredients and techniques.", "event_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apotheke-academy-market-fresh-tickets-2000537561700?aff=ebdsoporgprofile", "source_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/o/apotheke-mixology-2096822729", "score": 7.0, "rationale": "A seasonal cocktail class at a known speakeasy-style bar fits the profile's craft-cocktail interest, but the listing is thin and gives no specifics on drinks or format beyond \"fresh, locally-sourced.\"" }, { "title": "Little Syria and Lower West Side", "date": "October 3, 2026", "time": "3 PM", "venue": "Little Syria, Lower West Side", "address": null, "price": "$50", "category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour exploring the historic Syrian immigrant neighborhood and surrounding Lower West Side.", "event_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tours/little-syria-and-lower-west-side/", "source_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/upcoming-tours/", "score": 7.0, "rationale": "A named, specific historical neighborhood theme (Little Syria's Syrian immigrant history) confirms style per the profile's carve-out, but the listing gives no other detail and no sign 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"category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour exploring cast-iron buildings and architecture of historic Ladies' Mile shopping district.", "event_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tours/gilded-age-shopping-tour-ladies-mile-emporia-and-cast-iron-architecture/", "source_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/upcoming-tours/", "score": 7.0, "rationale": "The title names a specific architectural theme \u2014 cast-iron buildings of the Ladies' Mile district \u2014 which counts as stated style, though the listing gives no further detail and no scheduling scarcity." }, { "title": "prospect park cookbook club no.3", "date": "September 26, 2026", "time": "1 PM", "venue": "Prospect Park", "address": "Near Grand Army Plaza entrance", "price": "$3", "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Brooklyn", "description": "Fall cookbook club featuring Noor Murad's Lugma; sign-up required with dish contribution.", "event_url": null, "source_url": "https://partiful.com/explore/nyc", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A cookbook club built around Noor Murad's Middle Eastern-leaning Lugma with dish sign-up is a hands-on food format that fits, but it's a recurring numbered series in a park with no capacity or host detail given." }, { "title": "The Catharsis Trio: Ryan Keberle | Camila Meza | Jorge Roeder", "date": "September 22, 2026", "time": "9:00 PM & 10:15 PM", "venue": "Lun\u00c0tico", "address": "486 Halsey St, Brooklyn, NY 11233", "price": "$10", "category": "music", "borough": "Brooklyn", "description": "Grammy-winning trombonist leads chamber jazz with South American folk and indie rock influences.", "event_url": "https://www.barlunatico.com/calendar/2026/9/22/the-catharsis-trio-ryan-keberle-camila-meza-jorge-roeder", "source_url": "https://www.barlunatico.com/music/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "Chamber jazz trio blending South American folk influences plausibly fits the warm, groove-driven acoustic jazz thread, and the small-club venue format is capped though no explicit seat count is given." }, { "title": "The Age of Innocence", "date": "October 9, 2026", "time": "4:20 PM", "venue": "Metrograph", "address": "7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002", "price": null, "category": "film", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Scorsese's 1993 35mm Wharton adaptation of 19th-century New York high society manners.", "event_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999000057", "source_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A 35mm repertory screening of Scorsese's prestige literary drama at Metrograph fits the prestige-drama film vein, with the format (seated repertory cinema, 35mm print) implying intimacy though not explicitly stated." }, { "title": "A Bittersweet Life", "date": "October 9, 2026", "time": "9:30 PM", "venue": "Metrograph", "address": "7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002", "price": null, "category": "film", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Kim Jee-woon's 2005 4K DCP noir thriller of mob enforcer Lee Byung-hun fighting for survival.", "event_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999005015", "source_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A Korean crime noir/revenge thriller screening in 4K restoration fits the prestige crime vein, shown at a seated repertory cinema." }, { "title": "Bluesday: Doug Wamble Blues In The Present Tense", "date": "October 6, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Doug Wamble performs blues in the present tense at Bluesday night.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21465/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "Blues guitarist in a jazz-club setting matches the warm, groove-driven blues thread, though the description gives little detail beyond the concept." }, { "title": "The Hot Sardines", "date": "September 29, 2026", "time": "7 PM", "venue": "Birdland Jazz Club", "address": "315 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036", "price": "$46", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "The Hot Sardines bring New Orleans jazz and vintage swing to Birdland.", "event_url": "https://www.birdlandjazz.com/tm-event/the-hot-sardines-11/", "source_url": "https://www.birdlandjazz.com/page/3/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "Vintage-style jazz act with upbeat vintage arrangements fits the warm acoustic-jazz thread, and the club-format setting implies a capped small room even without explicit seat counts." }, { "title": "Secrets and Tales of the West Village", "date": "October 18, 2026", "time": "12 PM", "venue": "West Village", "address": null, "price": "$50", "category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour revealing hidden stories and secrets of the charming West Village neighborhood.", "event_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tours/west-village-walking-tour/", "source_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/upcoming-tours/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "Named neighborhood social/literary history theme (bohemian West Village) fits the outdoors profile but the listing gives no guide credentials and runs on multiple dates." }, { "title": "Architecture and Nature in New York's Gilded Age: The Careers of Calvert Vaux and Frederick Clarke Withers", "date": "September 20, 2026", "time": "2 PM", "venue": "Jefferson Market Library", "address": null, "price": "Free", "category": "art", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Lecture on Gilded Age architects Calvert Vaux and Frederick Clarke Withers.", "event_url": "https://thoughtgallery.org/events/calvert-vaux-jefferson-market-lecture/", "source_url": "https://thoughtgallery.org/all-categories/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A lecture on named Gilded Age architects Calvert Vaux and Frederick Clarke Withers is a specific architectural-history topic fitting the outdoors/built-environment thread, held at the small, distinctive Jefferson Market Library." }, { "title": "Orange Wines: Exploring Skin-Contact White Wine", "date": "November 13, 2026", "time": "6:30 PM", "venue": "Astor Center NYC", "address": "399 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003", "price": null, "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Exploration of skin-contact white wines with Andrew Fisher.", "event_url": null, "source_url": "https://www.astorcenternyc.com/calendar.aspx", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A skin-contact/orange wine tasting led by a named host fits the profile's traditional skin-contact wine interest, but the listing gives only a thin description with no format or venue-character detail beyond the host's name." }, { "title": "I Hired a Contract Killer", "date": "September 23, 2026", "time": "8:15 PM", "venue": "Metrograph", "address": "7 Ludlow St, New York, NY 10002", "price": null, "category": "film", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Kaurism\u00e4ki's darkly comic portrait of a newly unemployed Frenchman hiring a hitman in London.", "event_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999001903", "source_url": "https://metrograph.com/film/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "Kaurism\u00e4ki's dark comedy is a repertory screening whose deadpan, offbeat tone plausibly fits the dark-comedy vein, screened at a seated arthouse cinema." }, { "title": "THOUGHT GALLERY CURATIONS | The Private World of Gilded Age Gramercy", "date": "September 25, 2026", "time": "2 PM", "venue": "Southwest corner of Madison Avenue and East 26th Street, at Madison Square Park", "address": null, "price": "$95", "category": "art", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour exploring the history and architecture of Gramercy Park's gilded mansions.", "event_url": "https://thoughtgallery.org/events/gramercy-curation/", "source_url": "https://thoughtgallery.org/all-categories/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A named, specific theme \u2014 Gilded Age Gramercy Park mansions and their architecture \u2014 gives real historical specificity, though the listing offers no guide credentials or further detail." }, { "title": "Django Reinhardt NY Festival", "date": "November 11 - 15, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": null, "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "A five-day festival celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21704/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A Django Reinhardt festival implies gypsy jazz/hot jazz in the profile's acoustic brass-and-swing thread at a club-format venue, but the listing gives no specifics on the lineup or program beyond the theme." }, { "title": "An Evening of Opera, Song, and Musical Theater", "date": "September 24, 2026", "time": "7:30 PM", "venue": "Paul Hall", "address": null, "price": "$25", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Part of the Juilliard Fall Festival featuring opera, song, and musical theater.", "event_url": "https://www.juilliard.edu/event/186681/evening-opera-song-and-musical-theater", "source_url": "https://www.juilliard.edu/calendar", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "Opera and song program fits the classical thread, but the listing gives no specifics on soloists or repertoire beyond the festival name, and Paul Hall is a small recital space implying but not stating intimacy." }, { "title": "Blind Wine Tasting: Old World vs. New World", "date": "September 25, 2026", "time": "6:30 PM", "venue": "Astor Center NYC", "address": "399 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003", "price": "$89", "category": "food_drink", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Blind tasting comparing Old World and New World wines with instructor Vitalii Dascaliuc.", "event_url": "https://www.astorcenternyc.com/controls/class-blind-wine-tasting-old-world-vs-new-world.ac", "source_url": "https://www.astorcenternyc.com/calendar.aspx", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A blind Old World vs New World wine tasting with a named instructor fits the wine interest, though the listing gives little detail beyond the format and instructor's name." }, { "title": "The Hidden History of Greenwich Village", "date": "September 26, 2026", "time": "2 PM", "venue": "Greenwich Village", "address": null, "price": "$50", "category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour revealing lesser-known stories and historical sites in Greenwich Village.", "event_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tours/greenwich-village-history-walking-tour/", "source_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/upcoming-tours/", "score": 6.5, "rationale": "A named neighborhood social/cultural history walking tour fits the outdoors profile, though it runs on multiple dates and gives no guide credentials." }, { "title": "Corcoran Holt Quintet: Freedom of Art Album Release", "date": "October 13, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Corcoran Holt Quintet launches their album \"Freedom of Art.\"", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21483/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 6.0, "rationale": "An album release show at a jazz club is a genuine occasion, but the listing gives no stylistic detail about Holt's quintet to confirm it fits the warm, brass-forward jazz thread." }, { "title": "Johnny O'Neal Celebrates 70: When October Goes", "date": "October 27, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Pianist Johnny O'Neal celebrates his 70th birthday with \"When October Goes.\"", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21564/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 6.0, "rationale": "A one-night 70th birthday jazz piano celebration is a genuine occasion in a small-club format, but the listing gives no detail on musical style beyond the pianist's name and event title." }, { "title": "Steven Feifke Big Band Album Release", "date": "October 12, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Steven Feifke Big Band celebrates their album release.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21480/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 6.0, "rationale": "Big band jazz album release is a one-off occasion at a jazz club, but the listing gives no detail on musical style beyond genre and bandleader name, which isn't a recognized figure confirming style fit." }, { "title": "Mike LeDonne Big Band: 70th Birthday Celebration", "date": "October 26, 2026", "time": "7:00 PM & 9:00 PM", "venue": "Dizzy's Club", "address": "10 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023", "price": "$30\u2009-\u2009$60", "category": "music", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Mike LeDonne Big Band celebrates his 70th birthday.", "event_url": "https://ticketing.jazz.org/21561/", "source_url": "https://jazz.org/dizzys/", "score": 6.0, "rationale": "A one-off big band birthday celebration at a jazz club fits the category but the listing gives no stylistic detail beyond \"big band,\" and organ/piano jazz isn't clearly the brass-driven, groove-forward style the profile favors." }, { "title": "Revolution in Old New York: Soldiers, Spies & Statesmen", "date": "October 24, 2026", "time": "11 AM", "venue": "Lower Manhattan", "address": null, "price": "$50", "category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour covering American Revolution history and key figures in old New York.", "event_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tours/american-revolution-tour/", "source_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/upcoming-tours/", "score": 5.5, "rationale": "The title names a specific historical theme (Revolutionary War figures and espionage in old New York), which counts as stated style for a walking tour, but it's a thin listing running on multiple dates rather than a true one-off." }, { "title": "Revolution in Old New York: Soldiers, Spies & Statesmen", "date": "November 15, 2026", "time": "2 PM", "venue": "New York City", "address": null, "price": "$50", "category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour exploring American Revolutionary War history in old New York City.", "event_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tours/american-revolution-tour/", "source_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/upcoming-tours/", "score": 5.5, "rationale": "A specifically themed Revolutionary War walking tour of old New York fits the outdoors/history profile, but it runs on six dates and gives no guide or group-size detail." }, { "title": "The Other Side of the Gilded Age", "date": "October 16, 2026", "time": "2 PM", "venue": "Lower Manhattan", "address": null, "price": "$50", "category": "outdoors", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Walking tour examining the working-class history and social contrast during the Gilded Age.", "event_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tours/other-side-of-the-gilded-age/", "source_url": "https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/upcoming-tours/", "score": 5.5, "rationale": "A named historical theme (working-class social contrast during the Gilded Age) gives specific enough framing to count as stated style, but no guide or group-size detail is given and no dates suggest a standing tour." }, { "title": "Curator Tour: Design Across Time", "date": "October 14, 2026", "time": "1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. ET", "venue": "Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum", "address": "2 East 91st Street, New York, NY 10128", "price": "Free with museum admission", "category": "art", "borough": "Manhattan", "description": "Curator-guided tour of permanent collection exhibition featuring newly displayed historic and contemporary works.", "event_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/event/curator-tour-design-across-time-10-14-2026/", "source_url": "https://www.cooperhewitt.org/events/", "score": 5.5, "rationale": "Curator-led design museum tour fits the profile's design/craft interest, but the description gives no specific theme beyond generic \"across time\" framing and no indication of frequency, so it reads as a standing program." } ]