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A Community Band Concert and Other Sag Harbor Happenings

Wed, 07/07/2021 - 14:03
Bruce Beyer, a born-and-raised Sag Harbor resident, is a member of the community band.
Christine Sampson

The Sag Harbor Community Band will perform in front of the American Legion building on Bay Street on Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

A show of works by the late Gahan Wilson, a cartoonist and longtime village resident, opens Thursday at the Sag Harbor Whaling and Historical Museum. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.

Temple Adas Israel will hold an in-person tour of the Madoo Conservancy in Sagaponack at 3 p.m. on Sunday. Wine and cheese will be served. The cost is $17, and tickets are available at eventbrite.com.

Daphne Merkin, a novelist, will discuss her latest, "22 Minutes of Unconditional Love," with Charles McGrath, a writer for The New York Times, online next Thursday at 7 p.m., organized by Canio's Books. Registration is on the bookstore's website.

The John Jermain Memorial Library is offering an online class next Thursday on keeping track of internet activity and preventing personal information from being disseminated online. It starts at 7 p.m., and registration is at johnjermain.org.

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