The nation's most-visited national park is replete with remote outdoor adventures, especially in spring.

Bad-boy front man Scott Weiland helms Stone Temple Pilots once again. R.E.M. play from their first great album in a decade. McCarren Park Pool gives us one last season of musical pleasures in the shallow end. Yes, this summer's concert season is unprecedentedly scorching. Here's your reminder to get tickets before they evaporate.

Jazz trio or string quartet? Pop D.J. or bluegrass band? Here, options arranged by cost and musical proclivity.

Musical nods to heritage, whichever yours may be.

Tired of indiscriminate boozing and tepid corned beef on St. Patrick's Day? Fight back with our picks for raucous Celtic bands, a 30-bar drink-athon, Gaelic steak — and Irish pubs where you'll meet an actual Emerald Isler.

Serious about making the last moments of 2007 count? Spend them taking in the drunkest Guns N’ Roses tribute band, the most rockin’ improvised musical, or the world’s very best house D.J.

Brooklyn Lager isn't found on tap in this part of the borough. Shoot-em-up hole-in-the-walls of lore are hard to find, too. Instead, stumble into these Bed-Stuy drinking establishments that have flashy dance floors and a preference for top-shelf booze. Plus, one hole-in-the-wall just for kitsch

To get through the CMJ Music Marathon slog, we've pulled together this handy-dandy itinerary of the worth-it-all shows: Some require CMJ badges; some require getting tickets stat.

Looking for a Halloween party that'll leave you feeling dead the day after? Try moshing to the Misfits, sweating through your mesh shirt to DFA acts, or rooting for the living in a vampiric high-school musical.

Feel the spray of the ocean and the wind in your hair at a high-seas concert of country, classical, or classic rock.