Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

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AB-EX/RE-CON: Abstract Expressionism Reconsidered
AB-EX/RE-CON explores both the best known and less familiar practitioners of abstract and gestural painting who dominated the American art, criticism and commentary during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Artists on display include Diebenkorn, J. Ernst, Frankenthaler, Hofmann, Kline, and Motherwell. Opens Saturday, March 9, through June 16. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour’s monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Drawings, Proposals, Plans, Diagrams
A selection of sculptor Dewitt Godfrey’s works on paper in a range of media – charcoal, pigment, ink, pencil, photography and collage – that showcases his evolving engagement with drawing, both as an end in itself and as a tool for the planning, production and presentation of sculpture and large scale installations. Through April 7. Hofstra University’s Rosenberg Gallery, Calkins Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5474
Faith Ringgold
The acclaimed African-American artist Faith Ringgold – perhaps best known for her painted story quilts – is the subject of an in-depth study. Through March 28. Molloy College’s Frank and Gertrude Kaiser Art Gallery, Public Square, 2nd Floor, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 678-5000 ext. 6549.
The Lyon, the Which and the Warhol
An exhibit of photographs by photojournalist Danny Lyon and visionary pop artist Andy Warhol, culled from the Hofstra University Museum’s extensive photography collection. The exhibit connects their works to those in other media by Chuck Close, Jim Dine, and Lisbeth Firmin (the “Which”), emphasizing parallels between these artists. Through May 19. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s’ increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See the comedy “Frank and the Robot,” a buddy caper about an elderly ex-jewel thief and his new caretaker robot, Friday, March 15, 2:30 p.m.; also “Chasing Mavericks,” the inspirational true story of real life surfing phenomenon Jay Moriarity, Tuesday, March 19, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Film
See the romantic drama adapted by Tom Stoppard from Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel, Friday, March 15, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Movie Time
See Woody Allen’s “To Rome With Love,” Friday, March 15, 1 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Illustrated Art Lecture
Discuss “Mondrian: The Way to Abstraction,” with art historian Vivian Gordon, Monday, March 18, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Monday Movie
Watch the Woody Allen comedy, “To Rome With Love,” Monday, March 18, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Art Talk
Examine the Maya Classic Period, with Professor Thomas Germano, Tuesday, March 19, 1 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Author Visit
Playwright Erik Brogger, founding member of The Playwright’s Center, discusses his works, as part of Hofstra’s “Great Writers, Great Readings” series, Wednesday, March 20, 11:15 a.m. Hofstra University’s Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 1st Floor, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5410 or www.hofstra.edu/gwgr.
New York on Film
Take a celluloid tour of New York with film historian Philip Harwood, Wednesday, March 20, 2 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Movie Showing
See “Wild Target,” the comedy thriller about a beautiful con artist who sells a fake painting to a powerful gangster and discovers that crime doesn’t pay, Thursday, March 21, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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