Throw some modern moves into the mix this week with jazz, hip-hop and theatrical dance lessons for kids and a celebration of Merce Cunningham’s life and work.

Artlog Chelsea Art Crawl
Get exclusive after-hours access to over a dozen of Chelsea’s best contemporary galleries and non-profits. Plus, end the evening with an arty summer party at the Chelsea Art Museum.
Thursday, July 14, 6:30-8 p.m.; party: 9-11 p.m.
See site for check-in locations
Tickets: $25 in advance

Downtown Dance Factory Summer Kids’ Program
Downtown Dance Factory introduces a month of week-long summer programs offering your preschool or elementary-aged child a wide range of sessions in jazz/hip-hop, breaking, choreography, modern dance, craft and costume making, improvisation, and musical theater from TADA!.
July 5th through July 29th; see site for schedule.
291 Broadway, 5th Floor
Fees vary with each week’s program.

House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year
Get your fill of decorating inspiration in a 2,500 square-foot dream kitchen, free and open to the public for tours, tastings, and special events, designed by celebrity chef Tyler Florence, with products and building materials to be donated to Habitat for Humanity when the event ends. Here’s a Sneak preview of what you might find in the stunning designer kitchen.
July 18-22
Rockefeller Plaza

Merce Fair at Lincoln Center Festival
Join Lincoln Center for this day of performances, films, exhibitions, activities, and more in celebration of the life, work, and artistic vision of Merce Cunningham as part of the arts center’s annual summer festival, including a special recording booth, where people may record their own impressions of Merce’s work and his legacy.
Saturday, July 16, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Frederic P. Rose Hall,
See schedule for performance times and ticket prices.

Film Highlights
It’s a good week for cinephiles: Catch a preview screening of of-the-moment director Miranda July’s new film The Future at MoMA (July 13), and attend a Q and A with Ms. July herself at IFC, where she’s curating an evening of Jane Campion shorts (July 14). Also a rare pair of avant-garde films, including Footlight Parade, a classic from trippy choreographer Busby Berkeley and Nocturne, a pre-dogme thriller from distinctive Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier’s film school days, at the Museum of Arts and Design (July 14). If highbrow’s not your bag of popcorn, kick back with Wayne’s World at McCarren Park Summerscreen (July 13).

Live Music Round-Up
Joan Jett puts another dime in the jukebox, baby, for a free concert at Coney Island—part of the Seaside Summer Series (July 14; via Brooklyn Vegan). Tom Ze brings Bossa Nova brilliance to Lincoln Center (July 19). Electronic wonderboy James Blake flips the switches at Webster Hall (July 13). Patti Smith performs at Castle Clinton (July 14). The experimental, talented tUnE-yArDs headline at the always-terrific, free RiverRocks series in Hudson River Park (July 14). And J-pop darlings Cibo Matto are at Bowery Ballroom (July 18). If pop isn’t your thing, the Metropolitan Opera Recital Series belts ‘em out at Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 13.