The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a timely set of tips for people who plan to explore the great outdoors this summer.

As has been the tradition in East Hampton Village for more than four decades, hundreds of people marched down Main Street on Monday for the Memorial Day parade, which honored military men and women who have been lost in the line of duty since the Civil War.

Susan Kaufman's photographs of the city's handsome facades, ornate buildings, townhouses with their high-windowed loveliness, flower-bedecked stoops, and hidden alleys are all the things one rarely associates with the megacity's fiercely splendid, in-your-face personality. 

The Star's music writer offers a selection of live pop music highlights set for this summer with more than 30 concerts from Hampton Jazz Fest, including Wynton Marsalis and dozens of other recommendations from Riverhead to Montauk.

On the heels of their sold-out show at Radio City, the Revivalists will perform an intimate benefit concert on July 4 at the Stephen Talkhouse.

Docs coming up at the Sag Harbor Cinema include one about Al Franken, who will be on hand to talk after the screening, and another about Andy Warhol, who will be remembered by close friends

Landscape Pleasures will feature talks by noted landscape designers Laurie Olin, David Hocker, and Joe Wahler, as well as self-guided tours of five private gardens.

Nature's colors at Christie's Southampton, Faith Ringgold in Montauk, new shows at the Leiber Collection, Mark Borghi, and Keyes Art, and much more

Protest songs at Calvary Baptist Church, talks at LongHouse, jazz at Duck Creek, drama at the Southampton Cultural Center, PechaKucha returns, community day in Water Mill, classical concerts on Shelter Island

Guild Hall puts its theater renovation plans on hold in order to incorporate feedback from the community.