Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music and more

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Enduring Images
An exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, that focuses on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual responses to critical moments in time. Yonia Fain, a Holocaust survivor considered a “witness to history,” is represented, along with artists such as George Grosz, Käthe Kollwitz, and Jacob Lawrence. Through Jan. 31. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Mysteries of Bats
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve’s exhibit includes varied species of bats, featuring a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and “hang out” in the museum’s nocturnal area. Other exhibits 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.
Objects of Witness: Testimony of Holocaust Artifacts
Items lent or donated by families of victims and survivors are on display. Many of these artifacts were kept hidden during the Holocaust, at great risk to those who hid them. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting
A comprehensive exhibition of works from Nassau County Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The multi-faceted exhibit highlights rarely seen patron gifts to the museum. Through July 12. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Friday Flick
See “Blue Jasmine,” Woody’s Allen acclaimed film about a troubled New York socialite who travels to San Francisco to be with her sister, Friday, June 19, 1 p.m. Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream. 825-6422.
Movie Matinee
See “The Theory of Everything,” the biopic about astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, Friday, June 19, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin.
223-6228.
Mr. M’s Movies
See “Camp X-Ray,” an independent drama based on the detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Friday, June 20, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre.
766-6257.
At the Movies
See “Wild,” a biographical drama about a recently divorced woman who embarks on a hike of the Pacific Crest Trail as a way of self-discovery and healing, starring Reese Witherspoon, Monday, June 22, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Film Time
See “The Theory of Everything,” the biopic about astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, Tuesday, June 23, 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Lights, Camera, Trivia!
Film enthusiast Richard Knox leads an interactive multi-media trivia program, Wednesday, June 24, 2 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Art Talk
Examine “Sir Frederic Leighton’s ‘Flaming June’,” with art history professor Thomas Germano, Thursday, June 25, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Showing
Watch “What If,” a romantic comedy about a medical school dropout who falls in love with his best friend, with Daniel Radcliffe, Thursday, June 25, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.
Afternoon Movie
See “Rudderless,” a drama about grieving father who gets a new lease on life playing his late son’s music, Friday, June 26, 2:30 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.

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