Events

Three days of animation:

Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 60min Fri, Jul 25 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15pm Animation Weekend opens with Lapsus (pictured) from Argentina, about a curious nun; John and Karen, about the romantic complications of a British polar bear; and I Met the Walrus, an Academy Award-nominated film.

Animation Block Party 1 90min Sat, Jul 26 at 2, 6:50pm Experimental works and music videos include Air, an abstract collage of smoking; Illuminant, a stop-motion animation made up of photographs; andOne Skin (pictured).

Animation Block Party 2 90min Sat, Jul 26 at 4:30, 9:15pm Features Guy Talk, in which dude mice talk smack about ladies on a plane; the inventive Teat Beat of Sex, a take on sex exclusively from a woman's perspective; and Hot Dog by celebrated NYC animator Bill Plympton.

Animation Block Party 3 90min Sun, Jul 27 at 2, 6:50pm A secret agent attempts to rescue a child's goldfish in Operation Fish, while Goobees exposes the dark side of candy manufacturing, and two superheroes share a drink in a Gotham bar in Batman and Wolverine.

Animation Block Party 4 90min Sun, Jul 27 at 4:30, 9:15pm Everyone's favorite packing material has its day in Fantaisie in Bubblewrap,while Whoopi Goldberg's eyebrows go AWOL in Whoopi's Eyebrows, and a pear and apple discuss life in the fridge in Fresh Fruit.

For tickets and more information visit www.bam.org

Queens Farm Museum July 25, 26 and 27 30th Annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Pow Wow http://www.queensfarm.org/events.html New York City 's oldest and largest powwow will feature three days of intertribal Native American dance competitions to which the public is invited. Over 40 Indian nations are represented at this spectacular event held in the apple orchard on the farm grounds. A large selection of quality Native American art, crafts, jewelry and foods are available. Admission: Adults $9.00 (all weekend pass $15.00), children: $4.00 (age 12 and under) (all weekend pass $5.00) Performance Times Friday 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. Saturday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Gates open at 12:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. Sunday 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Gates open at 10:00 a.m.