Friday, May 26: “Amp It Up” takes over the Falcon in Marlboro with a very New Paltz-centric musical lineup. Old 97’s frontman, solo recording artist and longtime area resident Rhett Miller will be joined by New Paltz roots/rock institution the Trapps (fronted by the songwriter and Fighting Spirit Karate Studio founder Sean Schenker) and the eccentric progressive pop band the Sweet Clementines, fronted by guitarist and Almanac Weekly music critic John Burdick.

Sunday, May 28: Sometime in May Bob Dylan will turn 76, and while he might not know about it, he will be helping one of the area’s finest service organizations, Family of Woodstock, to raise funds for its Crisis Hotline and its John Herald Fund, which helps musicians and artists in need.

The artist’s letters are scattered on tables and chairs, and visitors are encouraged to pick them up and read them.

Saturday, May 20: “First Loves and Fresh Ink” follows the sold-out “Classics on Hudson” season opener in newly restored 1855 opera house.

Saturday, May 20: Catch them by Heather Hart’s Oracle of Lacuna installation.

Friday, May 12: In a perfect pairing for fans of garage attitude, New York City’s badass punk/soul band the Mighty Fine teams up with the Young Skulls for a show at BSP in Kingston.

Friday, May 12: Two longtime regional favorites will perform simultaneously at the Falcon in Marlboro. Good thing there are two venues.

Opening May 13: The Oracle of Lacuna is the latest in Heather Hart’s interactive “Rooftop Oracles” series in which viewers are invited to crawl over and inside what appear to be the severed roofs of houses, life-sized.

Saturday, May 13: Hit songwriter, art-rock bandleader, A-list producer and genuine technology visionary: Only Todd “Is God” Rundgren comfortably fits that description. The Wizard of Mink Hollow returns to his former home region.