What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

Enduring Images
An exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, focusing 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.
Maxfield Parrish: Paintings and Prints from the National Museum of American Illustration
An exhibition of works by the American imagist, embodying the artist’s long career and extraordinary accomplishments. Original artworks as well as a large collection of vintage prints are included. Through Feb. 28. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Mysteries of Bats
An exhibit of varied species of bats, featuring a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and “hang out” in the museum’s nocturnal area. With displays about Long Island’s ecology and interactive activities. Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Washington Ave. (between Merrick Rd. and Sunrise Hwy.), Seaford. 571-7443.
You Go, Girl! Celebrating Women Artists
An overview of 50 women artists from the 19th century through today. Working in representational and abstract styles, and in varied artistic modes, including painting, sculpture, prints, mixed media, and photography, these artists express a wide range of personal and aesthetic concerns. Artists on view include Berenice Abbott, Elaine de Kooning, Dorothy Dehner, Audrey Flack, Jane Hammond, Mary Nimmo Moran, Georgia O’Keeffe, Betty Parsons, Miriam Schapiro, Esphyr Slobodkina, Emma Stebbins, Jane Wilson, and others. Through April 3. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Afternoon Movie
See “Locke,” a thriller involving a man whose life unravels after he leaves a construction site at a critical time and drives to London to be present for the birth of a child conceived during a one-night stand, Friday, Jan. 8, 2:30 p.m.; also “The End of the Tour,” a drama that recounts a five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed writer David Foster Wallace, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Flick
See “Inside Out,” Disney-Pixar’s acclaimed animated coming-of-age comedy-drama, Friday, Jan. 8, 1 p.m. Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream. 825-6422.
Movie Matinee
See “Ant-Man,” the superhero adventure based on the Marvel Comics superhero Ant-Man, Friday, Jan. 8, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
On Screen
See “The Graduate,” Mike Nichol’s ground-breaking late ‘60s film, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2 p.m.; also “Irrational Man,” Woody Allen’s campus-set murder mystery, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Film Time
See “Mr. Holmes,” a new twist on the world’s most famous detective, reimagining him as an elderly man living on a farm with his housekeeper and her young, inquisitive son, Monday, Jan. 11, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Movie Matinee
See “Gosford Park,” Robert Altman’s ensemble mystery thriller that follows a party of wealthy Britons and an American, and their servants, who gather for a shooting weekend at an English country house, Monday, Jan. 11, 2 p.m. Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne. 599-0750.
Wonders of the Night Sky
Examine the wonders of our night skies and take in some sidewalk astronomy, with Tom Lynch, Monday, Jan. 11, 7 p.m. Lynbrook Public Library, 56 Eldert St., Lynbrook. 599-8630.
Film Showing
Watch “Wish You Well,” a coming-of-age drama based on David Baldacci’s best-selling novel, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.
Illustrated Art Lecture
Examine Caravaggio’s revolutionary low-light scenes that inspired European artists to flock to Rome in the 17th century, in “Picturing the Dark Side of Rome,” with art historian Vivian Gordon, Thursday, Jan. 14, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.

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