Saturday and Sunday, August 12-13: Visit 37 artists in their creative spaces at the Saugerties Artists’ studio tour. This annual event is free and it’s self-guided; one has only to pick up a map from local businesses (or print one out online at the event website) and chart a course.

Saturday, August 12: In the morning, the Harlem String Quartet will perform a concert for children. All children are admitted free. That evening, internationally known and innovative percussion ensemble NEXUS takes the stage at Maverick. Headed by Woodstock’s master percussionist and instrument-builder Gary Kvistad, NEXUS performs Modernist compositions and world music on a staggering variety of instruments: Swiss cowbells, Chinese drums, Tibetan prayer bowls, Middle Eastern hand drums, Southeast Asian water buffalo bells and much more.

Saturday, August 12: Watch local artists as they work, creating paintings inspired by the landscape of the Huguenot Street National Historic Landmark District.

Saturday, August 12: Nowadays, the German-born artist is headquartered part of the time in Catskill and draws inspiration from the Hudson River School. “Since moving there, I have been enthralled by the Mawignack, the lowlands where the Catskill and Kaaterskill Creeks converge,” Smith reports.

Friday, August 11: The British-born music star was the first reggae artist to have a number-one hit worldwide.