Saturday, April 7: After nearly 50 years in the music business, Bettye LaVette’s 2005 album I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise introduced the legendary Detroit-raised R & B vocalist to a wider audience for the first time. It has been red carpets and Grammy nominations ever since.

Friday, April 6: Students from Marist, Bard, Vassar and SUNY-New Paltz come together to present “Kingdom Come: The West African Experience.” What began as the senior project of New Paltz Communications major Nathalie Mensah has blossomed into a much larger unifying initiative.

Friday, April 6: Alex Mazur’s band is fed by a player stream that the Dead itself has drawn from.

Opening on Saturday, April 7: Max’s interest in astronomy drove the development of the “spacy” imagery of his self-described “Cosmic ’60s” period, when his artwork in poster form became a staple of many a dorm-room wall. The pervasive influence of his signature style can be seen in such countercultural iconography of the era as the animation in the Beatles’ film Yellow Submarine.

Saturday, April 7: Opening of “ISDay: Saugerties” exhibition. Throughout April, Saugerties will join hundreds of artists, organizations and institutions in more than 20 countries in celebrating sculpture.

Saturday, April 7: Extraordinary piano music in the woods: The Olive Free Library’s Piano Plus Series continues to situate an incongruously high level of musical programming at the Little Library that Could in the middle of nowhere.