ART
Artist J Penry curates a series of contemporary collaborations inspired by ‘60s and ‘70s counterculture in “Watermelon Sugar” at V&A Gallery. Through Aug. 11. vandanyc.com
PERFORMANCE
The Lincoln Center Festival presents the Kirov Opera in a monumental production of Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle. See the opera as Wagner intended, over four consecutive nights. At the Metropolitan Opera House, July 16-19. lincolncenter.org
MOVIES
See John Travolta in drag when the latest remake of movie-musical “Hairspray” opens July 20.
hairspraymovie.com
MUSIC
Eastern European folk music meets punk rock when Gogol Bordello Performs at Irving Plaza.
irvingplaza.com
SCREENING
Head over to Tompkins Square Park for the first in a series of outdoor summer screenings, when “Films at Tompkins” premiers with the retro favorite “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” July 18. nycgovparks.org
