‘Red, White, Tubas!’
“Stars and Stripes Forever: Red, White, and Tubas,” a performance by the Long Island Tuba Quartet, will happen on Sunday afternoon from 3 to 4 at the Montauk Library.
The quartet will celebrate the semiquincentennial with music by John Philip Sousa, Scott Joplin, and others, and conduct a discussion about the history of tubas and euphoniums.
The band’s members are Don Sherman, euphonium; Michael Canipe, euphonium; Jeff Furman, euphonium and tuba, and Jerry Felker, tuba and euphonium.
For Flag Day
Speaking of stars and stripes, the Southampton Arts Center will honor Flag Day on Sunday, starting at 12:30 with a panel discussion featuring Karen LeFrak, a composer who created a musical composition specifically for the arts center’s current exhibition, “The Story of America 1776-2026,” and Pamela Wright and Madison Wright of the Museum of Democracy, the organizer of the exhibition. The conversation will illuminate the inspiration and creative process behind the show.
Visitors can also join a gallery tour with the Wrights at 1:30 as they listen to LeFrak’s music. The Flag Day celebration is free.
Music at the Temple
A music-filled weekend at the Sag Harbor Masonic Temple begins Thursday evening at 7 with the Glam Jam, a female-led open mike and jam session. Azuco de ChoCho, winner of this year’s Battle of the Fantasy Girl Bands at the Stephen Talkhouse, will headline, and many other musicians from that event are expected. Participants can sign up for one open mike song, and one inviting others to jam. Admission is a can of nonperishable food.
Friday will bring Wood Dogg to the temple at 8 p.m. for a program of Americana and country songs. Fronted by Woody Boley, the band also includes Scott Hewett on drums, Dylan Hewett on bass, and Dean Frischer on guitar. Tickets are $20.
Hopefully Forgiven will return to the temple on Saturday at 8. The band promises to “harmonize and bastardize everything from traditional folk to country, rock, reggae, and blues . . . a cocktail of American music and spirits.” The current lineup includes Telly Karoussos, vocals and guitar; Fred Trumpy, drums, and Benjamin Goodale, bass. Tickets are $20.
Dance at Watermill
Jeanine Durning, an award-winning choreographer and performer in residence at the Watermill Center, will perform a new work there developed in response to Trisha Brown’s “Glacial Decoy” (1979), on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Joining Durning in residence through June 19 and onstage for the free program are members of the Trisha Brown Dance Company.
Poster From Jeff Koons
The world-renowned artist Jeff Koons has designed and donated this summer’s annual seasonal poster for the Southampton Playhouse. Koons will unveil the poster and discuss his influences on Friday at 4 p.m. with Eric Kohn, the theater’s artistic director.
“I’m honored to have been asked to share my work for the Playhouse’s summer season,” said Koons. “Returning to the East End, where I have shared many works and have spent much time, feels like a homecoming.”
“We are honored to welcome Jeff Koons to the Southampton Playhouse, and are grateful he has graciously donated this piece of art to our Southampton Playhouse community,” said Maria A. Botsacos, the theater’s executive director.
Designing With Food
Up next in the lecture series of the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons is Christian Douglas, an award-winning landscape designer, on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Bridgehampton Community House. In “Gardens With Purpose: The Art and Ecology of Designing With Food,” Douglas will reveal how edible landscapes can restore ecological balance, inspire cultural shifts, and strengthen our connection to food.
Douglas’s work has been featured in Architectural Digest, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times. His first book, “The Food Forward Garden: A Complete Guide to Designing and Growing Edible Landscapes” was published by Artisan Books in 2024.
The talk is free for members, $10 for nonmembers.
