Performances/On Stage
In The Heights
The acclaimed musical about a community on the brink of change, Thursday and Friday, March 22-23, 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 24, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m; Wednesday, March 28, 8 p.m. John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport. (631) 261-2900 or www.engemantheater.com.
Adelphi Symphony Orchestra
Cupcake Wars
Show off your cupcake decorating skills and see if you have what it takes to be crowned the ultimate cupcake master, Friday, March 23, 4 p.m. For grades 5 and up. Registration required. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Seussical the Musical
Musical based on the works of Dr. Seuss, Saturday, March 24, 2 p.m. Merrick Theatre & Center for the Arts, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400 or www.merrick-theatre.com.
Your’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
The lighthearted musical comedy based on Charles Schulz’s beloved characters, Saturday, March 24,11 a.m.; Sunday, March 25, 12 p.m. The Show Place at the Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. 599-6870 or www.plazatheatrical.com.
The Lightening Thief
The popular book comes to life on stage in a new musical, Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m. Madison Theatre, Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 323-4444 or www.madisontheatreny.org.
Willem de Kooning: Reimaging the Figure
Explore de Kooning’s life and art, at the art workshop presented by Long island Children’s Museum, Thursday, March 29, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Experiment with color and materials to create unique representations of people. For grades 6-12. Registration required. West Hempstead Public Library, 500 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead. 481-6591.
Museums/Galleries and more...
Abstracting Art: Way of Seeing
A solo exhibition of the works of Adel Gorgy. On view are 16 of the artist’s recent large scale photographic pieces. Through April 29. Kellenberg Gallery, Molloy College, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre 323-3196.
Long island’s Best: Young Artists 2018
This juried exhibition, now in its 21st year, features 80 works of art by students in grades 9 through 12 attending public and private schools throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Through April 15. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
The Jazz Age: Picasso, Matisse, Chanel, Gershwin, Joyce, Fitzgerald and Hemingway
The wild times and brilliant work of a tightly connected group of musicians, artists and writers during the 1920s are the subject of this exhibition. On view are masterpieces of the 1920s, including neoclassical paintings by Picasso. Through July 8. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Mysteries of Bats
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve’s exhibit examines varied species of bats, featuring a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and “hang out” in the museum’s nocturnal area. Other installations include displays about Long Island’s ecology and interactive activities. Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Washington Ave. (between Merrick Rd. and Sunrise Hwy.), Seaford. 571-7443.
Romare Bearden: Storyteller
An original exhibition that showcases Romare Bearden’s work, spanning historical, political and religious topics that explore everyday African-American life in 20th century America. The exhibit includes prints in a variety of methods (aquatint, engraving, etching, lithograph, and silkscreen). Through Aug. 17. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hostra.edu/museum.
Afternoon Movie
See “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” the acclaimed darkly comic drama about a mother who challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder, Friday, March 23, 2:30 p.m.; also “Darkest Hour,” the biopic that tells of Winston Churchill’s first weeks as Britain’s prime minister as Western Europe crumbles under the Germans’ blitzkrieg assault, Tuesday, March 27, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.