Rent “Baby It’s You.” Twenty-three-year-old Rosanna Arquette burns up the screen in this story of a smart, ambitious Jewish girl from New Jersey and the sharkskin-wearing townie she loves. This honest, class-conscious depiction of high-school life in the late ’60s is one of John Sayles’s best, and least-known, movies—and it’s never been available on DVD before.

Hear “The Day Is Brave” by Brendan James. His compelling lyrics, soothing tenor and piano virtuosity make this debut album a stunning listen. Highlights include “Green,” a sweet musing on a former girlfriend ($13.98).

Surf pollinator.org. Due to bad environmental practices, pollinating species like bees and butterflies are being threatened. To encourage their proliferation, this Web site offers a downloadable planting guide that tells you which plants are best for encouraging a pollinator-friendly habitat.

Read “The Carbon Age: How Life’s Core Element Has Become Civilization’s Greatest Threat” by Eric Roston ($25.99). This elegant volume takes readers on a grand tour of carbon’s role in the universe, from the element’s star-crossed birth billions of years ago to its role in the fossil-fuel industry and global warming.

Go to the 145th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Witness this three-day re-enactment of one of the most important battles of the Civil War, complete with cannons and mounted cavalry (July 4-6; gettysburg reenactment.com).