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.
The Black Presence in Civilization: At Home and Abroad
An exhibit, created by Adelphi University Prof. Hugh Wilson, detailing the abundant contributions that Africans and African-Americans have made to the world from the dawn of civilization to the present. Through Feb. 20. Adelphi University’s University Center Gallery, Garden City. 877-3844.
Corporal Edges
The drawings and paintings of Nadege Monchera-Baer are on display. Through March 1. Nassau Community College’s Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Education Dr., Garden City.
The Disappearing Landscape: Selections from the Hofstra University Museum Collection
An original exhibition of 27 drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, and sculpture from the museum’s permanent collection. Featured artists include Alexander Calder, Harry Callahan, Lucien Clergue, Currier & Ives, Edwin Dickinson, Sally Gall, April Gornik, James McDougal Hart, Katsushika Hokusai, Donald Resnick, Yevgeny Rukhin, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, and Michael A. Smith. These works illustrate the artistic need to capture the ever-changing and disappearing global landscape. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Jim Torok: New Work
An installation of Torok’s “POP” Story Boards, wildly colored works on paper that are lyrical free-associations from childhood through his present-day life. Through March 27. Molloy College’s Public Square Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 678-5000 ext. 6549.
Nathan Sawaya: Recent Works
Contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya’s works with Lego blocks are showcased. 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.
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.
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 the romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day,” with an all-star cast, Friday, Feb. 17, 2:30 p.m.; also the romantic comedy “Leap Year,” about a woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend, with Any Adams, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Movie Time
See “The Help,” based on Kathryn Stockett’s book about African-American maids and the wealthy southern families they worked for during the 1960s, Friday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Friday Film
Watch “Glee: The Concert Movie,” Friday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Movie Time
See “The Debt,” the espionage thriller about Mossad agents, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.