Sunday, Sept. 22: The Chinese-born artist will present create a piece titled 1.7 Mile Lights to connect Church’s Olana with the Cole Site. He will reflect beams of light across the sky above the Hudson River to illuminate the bonds connecting the two 19th-century artists, their homes and our contemporary moment. The light performance will be visible from Olana’s Ridge Road, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge walkway and the Skywalk path from the Thomas Cole Site to the Bridge.

Saturday, Sept. 21: The Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical A Night with Janis Joplin celebrates the legendary ’60s powerhouse vocalist and her biggest influences, such as Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith.

Wednesday, Sept. 25: An Acholi woman from northern Uganda, Akello’s war-themed songs often address the suffering of the Acholi people, during and after the Lord’s Resistance Army War. She sings in six languages and has scored hits with the love ballad “Amari” and the gospel-styled “Samanya.”