Weatherman and More
The Knowledge Friday series at The Church in Sag Harbor will welcome Bill Evans, program director, chief meteorologist, and D.J. for 92.1 FM WLNG, on Friday at 6 p.m. The station, on the air since 1963, is revered for its local news coverage, oldies programming, "Swap & Shop," and live coverage of community events.
A 15-time Emmy Award winner, Mr. Evans was the senior meteorologist for WABC-TV Channel 7 Eyewitness News, 95.5 FM WPLJ Radio, and 77 WABC AM Radio for 30 years. He is the author of a novel, "Category 7," a techno-thriller about a hurricane bound for New York City.
He will talk about his career, why he chose Sag Harbor's WLNG as his current endeavor, and what it's like to run a radio station during the days of streaming and satellite radio.
Tickets are $10, free for members, with registration required.
Channeling Tom Petty
Free Fallin, a Minneapolis-based tribute band that has toured the country since 2007, will recreate the experience of a Tom Petty concert next Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead.
The show features such classic Petty hits as "American Girl," "Free Fallin'," "Refugee," "Even the Losers," and "The Waiting." Free Fallin's 2018 Broken Hearted Tour played more than 90 shows in 15 states, and the band was invited that year to play for Petty's annual birthday weekend celebration in his hometown of Gainesville, Fla.
Tickets are $59 to $69.
Eighties Music
The Cherry Bombs, fresh off a Dec. 22 show at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett, will make their New York City debut on Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Mercury Lounge at 217 East Houston Street. The previously all-female band, which performs music of the 1980s by such artists as Blondie, Prince, the B-52s, and Talking Heads, will feature a new guitarist, Christopher Walsh, who moonlights as a senior writer for The Star.
Admission is $27.65
Winter Gardens
The next round-table discussion of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons, set for Saturday morning at 10 in Bridgehampton, will focus on some of the elements that make a garden inviting during the winter months.
Moderated by Pamela Harwood, the talk, which is free to all, will consider evergreen trees and shrubs that create the "bones" of a winter garden, deciduous trees with outstanding canopies and height, the silhouettes of weeping trees, deer-resistant varieties, heated bird baths, and much more.
Guests have been invited to present cuttings of their own favorite plants.
