What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

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.
Artists in America
A survey of 300 years of great American paintings. Artists from every era of American art are featured among the exhibit’s 79 works, including John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, John Singer Sargent, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Robert Motherwell and Sol LeWitt. The works are selected from the permanent collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. Through Feb. 24. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
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 Santa Pups,” a magical heartwarming tale about three pups who secretly stow away in Mrs. Claus’ suitcase, Friday, Jan 4, 2:30 p.m.; also “Hope Springs,” the romantic comedy about a middle-aged couple dealing with issues in their 30-year marriage, with Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Mark Brier’s Comic Relief
An afternoon of comedy, Friday, Jan 4, 12:30 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Art Talk
Examine “Surrealist Adventures of Women,” with art historian Ines Powell, Monday, Jan. 7, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Screening
Watch “My Afternoons with Margueritte,” the 2010 French film about an illiterate man who bonds with an older and well-read woman, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Time
See “This Means War,” the comedy about two top CIA operatives who wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.