The Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader was known for his genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression that inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists.

The “bones” of Theo Jansen’s “strandbeesten” — beach animals in Dutch — have taken over a former cable factory in Delft, the small city in the western Netherlands that Jansen has called home for decades.

Just a quick stop off the Atlantic City Expressway, the South Jersey city known as the “Blueberry Capital of the World,” is no longer just a pit stop for blueberries but a destination all its own with its thriving Main Street, annual food truck festival, great Mexican cuisine and enduring Italian businesses.

Tied to the arrival in the 1990s of fast fashion -- which for the uninitiated is essentially the ability to churn out new clothing lines at cheap prices -- the environmental destruction caused by discarded and disintegrating clothing cannot be understated. Attempts at reuse and recycling have only put a small dent in the worsening problem, hindered by a thorny set of technological obstacles to making old clothing new again.

The marquee launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2, Mario Kart World, demonstrates its creators’ passion for a fully-featured game and player experience.

While most Roman amphitheaters have long since succumbed to the ravages of time, several remain or have been refurbished to a standard allowing them to host events in our own day and age.

For many, a trip to Prince Edward Island is an homage to “Anne of Green Gables,” L.M. Montgomery’s 1908 novel about a red-haired orphan who falls in love with the island’s windswept beauty. With several sites connected to Montgomery and her novel, P.E.I. encourages visitors to slow down, whether it’s watching the tide roll in over a stretch of red sand or lingering over a plate of fresh Malpeque oysters

Here are a few of the upcoming trips scheduled by military bases.

Listings for recently announced concerts, special concerts and shows and on-base theater.