Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

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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.
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 “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” the indie film that takes place in a southern Louisana bayou community, Friday, Feb. 1, 2:30 p.m.; also the classic “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” with Spencer Tracy and Sidney Poitier, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
At the Movies
See Clint Eastwood’s “Trouble With the Curve,” about an ailing baseball scout in his twilight years who takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip, Friday, Feb. 1, 1 p.m.; Monday, Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Feature Film
See the Woody Allen comedy, “To Rome with Love,” Friday, Feb. 1, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Illustrated Art Lecture
Examine “Dadaism,” with art historian Ines Powell, Monday, Feb. 4, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Monday Movie
Watch “Hope Springs,” the romantic comedy about a devoted couple who try counseling to put some excitement back into their marriage, starring Meryl Streep, Monday, Feb. 4, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Movie Time
See “Hope Springs,” the feel-good romantic comedy about a devoted couple who seek help to put some excitement back into their marriage, starring Meryl Streep, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Screening
See Woody Allen’s romantic comedy, “To Rome with Love,” Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Art Lecture
Explore the life and career of sculptor Auguste Rodin, with Professor Thomas Germano, Thursday, Feb. 7, 1 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Movie Showing
See “My Reputation,” the classic wartime love story with Barbara Stanwyck, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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