What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition of highlights from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection features a broad range of works by American and European artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. 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.
Nathan Sawaya: Recent Works
Contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya’s works with Lego blocks are on display. His work elevates brick art to a new phase of artistic expression through large-scale sculpture. Through March 18. Nassau County Museum of Art, Contemporary Gallery, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Omnibus: Diverse Images of a Fragmented World
A group exhibit featuring prints by Rockville Centre’s Naomi Grossman. Other artists on display include Jack Sundquist, Dominique DiMaggio, Jordan Spilman, and Earl Swanigan. Through Jan. 26. Matted LIC, 46-36 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City. (718) 786-8660.
The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works from a Long Island Collection
Drawn from an important Long Island collection, this major exhibition presents approximately 125 oils and works on paper by Louis Comfort Tiffany. It is the first New York exhibit to focus on Tiffany’s paintings in more than 30 years. Examples of Tiffany’s decorative arts, especially stained glass lamps and windows, are also included. Through March 18. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Poor Art Student...8!
Works by current Molloy College art majors are on display. Molloy College, Public Square Art Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Through Jan. 31. 678-5000 ext. 6549 or www.artgallery@molloy.edu.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
This contextualized history explains the 1930s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others, including people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gays, and Polish intelligentsia. 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 “Glee in 3D,” a concert documentary shot during the Glee live concert, Friday, Jan. 13, 2:30 p.m.; also “The Dolphin Tale,” inspired by the true story of Winter, a dolphin rescued off the Florida coast, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Film
Watch “The Help,” based on Kathryn Stockett’s book about African-American maids and the wealthy southern families they worked for during the 1960s, Friday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Movie Matinee
See “Larry Crowne,” the romantic comedy with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, Friday, Jan. 13, 1 p.m. West Hempstead Public Library, 500 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead. 481-6591.
Say That I Tried To Love Somebody...
Explore the messages conveyed in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Sunday, Jan. 15, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
At the Movies
See “The Debt,” thriller about three Mossad agents on a mission to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Time
See “Sarah’s Key,” about a journalist in modern-day Paris whose life is intertwined with a family torn apart during the 1942 Vel d’Hiv Roundup, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, Gold Hall, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.