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JUNE 22, 2011

Plenty of song and dance and a few other ways to make a racquet around the city this week.

Rooftop Films: Home Movies and Commercial Kings
A special collection of short films that let us peek into the lives of strangers, plus a special sneak preview of Commercial Kings, a new series on IFC. The event’s live music will be by electro-indie goddess Erika Spring of the Brooklyn-based trio Au Revoir Simone.
Thursday, June 23; Doors: 8 PM; Music: 8:30 PM; Films: 9 PM; After-party: 11:30 PM
Outdoors in the backyard at Crown Vic; 60 South 2nd Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Wimbledon 2011 at Rockefeller Plaza
HSBC brings a taste of Wimbledon to Rockefeller Center with a five day event tennis fans won’t want to miss. Get your racquet restrung, get a chance to play on Manhattan’s only grass court, get tips from pros, watch Wimbledon screenings and more.
June 20-24; check site for events
Rockefeller Plaza between 50th and 51st Streets

Banners & Cranks: A Cantastoria Festival
Join HERE for this celebration of song and theater, as pre-cinematic technology takes over for a week of contemporary cantastoria, cooked up by puppeteers, artists and craftspeople. A millennium-old art form is rejuvenated and re-imagined, as performers animate paintings and banners alongside texts, puppets, jokes, songs and stories.
June 22-26; program schedule is here
HERE, 145 Sixth Avenue;
Entrance on Dominick Street, 1 Block South of Spring Street
Tickets: $15-$30

Stinkfest 2011 Cheese Eating Contest from Stinky Bklyn
Strictly for non-Velveeta types; not for the faint of nostril. Plenty of cheese will be on hand as well as additional refreshments, live music and more.
Sunday, June 26; festivities from 11 AM to 6 PM; contest is at 2:30 PM
Stinky Bklyn cheese shop; 261 Smith Street between Douglass and DeGraw, Brooklyn

Pixar Revisited Film Screenings at MoMA
Give the nanny/sitter/mom/dad the day off and bring the kids to MoMA for daily screenings of classic favorites like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles and more as part of the museum’s salute the animation studio, now celebrating its 25th anniversary.
June 25 - July 9; screening schedule here
Film admission (without museum admission): Adults-$10, kids & members free

Le Tigre Documentary Screening at the Ace Hotel
As part of the Ace Hotel’s brilliant Liberty Hall basement event series, WHO TOOK THE BOMP? LE TIGRE ON TOUR follows iconic feminist electronic band Le Tigre on their 2004-2005 international tour. Director Kerthy Fix and Le Tigre members Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman will be in attendance for a Q&A.
Sunday, June 26, 7 PM
Liberty Hall in the Ace Hotel New York, 20 West 29th Street
$Free

Midsummer Night Swing
This out-of-doors dance and music favorite kicks off with the beginning of summer with a free swing session with the Jonathan Stout Orchestra and Lindy Hop lessons (all Swing nights offer lessons before the big shindig) at this much-loved Lincoln Center after-work event.
Monday, June 27, dance lessons at 6:30 PM, live music at 7:30 PM
Damrosch Park, 62nd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues