Events on Long Island

Exhibits and more...

African American Dolls
A selection of African American dolls from the collection of Freeport artist April Marius are on view, commemorating Black History Month. Through April 17. Phillips House, 28 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 764-7459.
Artists Choose Artists

An exhibition based on a mentoring relationship between established artists and young artists in Nassau County. Works by Charles Winslow, Doris Campbell, Kenneth Smith, James Brown, Rosa Hanna Scott, Maxine Townsend-Broderick, Brent Bailor, Hershel Manier, Rebecca Fowler, David Wilson, and Bernard James, among others, are on display. Through March 25. Molloy College Art Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 678-5000 ext. 6549.
Donald Baechler
This large-scale installation by artist Donald Baechler is accompanied by several of his collaged paintings. Through May 8. Nassau County Museum of Art, Contemporary Gallery, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or
www.nassaumuseum.org.
Identity Crisis: Authenticity, Attribution and Appropriation
A new exhibit that explores issues relating to the artistic use of other artists’ styles and images. Historically popular artists had followers, imitators, and forgers, while more recent artists openly adopt well-known images and styles to comment on originality, authorship, and culture. Old Master and 19th century works from The Heckscher Museum Permanent Collection provide a framework to examine these issues. Contemporary artists including George Deem, Audrey Flack, Kathleen Gilje, Paul Giovanopoulus, Jane Hammond, Deborah Kass, Man Ray, Vik Muniz, Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol, among others, provide a counterpoint to the historical works in the show. Through March 27. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Milton Avery & The End of Modernism
View works by the artist who brought the sketch to the status of a finished painting. The exhibit examines the contributions of Milton Avery as a significant figurative painter from the late 1920s through the early 1960s and places Avery’s work within a long history of modernist practice that recognizes the artist’s sketch as a finished work. Through May 8. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Soweto Art: From The Collection Of Violet And Les Payne
An original exhibit that commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. Over 30 paintings and works on paper are on view from the collection of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Les Payne, who covered South Africa during that time period. Artists of Soweto represented include David Mbe le, Velaphi Mzimba, Hargreaves Ntukwana, and Winston Saoli. Through April 21. Hofstra University's Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
These Are My People: Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Examine photographs and historical documents of the families Sousa Mendes, the Portugues Consul in France, saved during the Holocaust. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
A Timeless Legacy
This installation highlights Heckscher Museum’s most recent acquisition, Shinnecock Hills, a Long Island landscape by the American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, as well as a selection of other works by the master and his numerous students. Works on view include Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Virgin, Child, St. John the Baptist and Angels, 1534, the earliest painting in the Museum’s Permanent Collection; Melchoir d’Hondecoeter’s Stripped of Borrowed Feathers: The Raven-Jackdaw; and François Girardon’s rare bronze, Rape of Proserpine, 1693; all from the original August Heckscher Collection. Through March 27. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Transforming Lives
An exhibit of photographs of Uganda's youth taken by artist/activist Stephen Shanes. Through March 17. Nassau Community College, Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery,
College Center Building, Garden City. 572-0619.
Bird Banding
Join Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center volunteers and naturalists to learn about the process of bird banding, Saturday, Feb. 26, 9 a.m. Enjoy a light breakfast and help with release of wild birds. Ages 12 and up welcome. $5. Reservations required. Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center, 134 Cove Rd., Oyster Bay. 922-3200 or email trsac@audubon.org.
Exhibition Tea And Tour
View Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibit on a private, docent-led tour, with introduction by museum director Karl E. Willers, Wednesday, March 2, 2:30 p.m. Followed by tea in the Museum Cafe. Reservations required. $45. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or
www.nassaumuseum.org.
Great Writers, Great Readings
Martha McPhee, Hofstra Associate Professor of English, discusses her fourth novel “Dear Money,” Wednesday, March 2, 11:15 a.m. Hofstra University’s Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Lilbrary, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5410.

Theater/ Music

Cabaret
The musical masterpiece set in 1930s Berlin, Thursday and Friday, Feb 24-25, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 26, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 2 and 7 p.m.; Wednesday, March 2, 8 p.m. $60. John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport.
(631) 261-2900 or www.engemantheater.com.
Dial M For Murder
Thriller about a man plotting his wife's murder, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26, 8:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m. $20, $16 students and seniors Friday and Sunday. Merrick Theatre & Center for the Arts, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.
1940s Radio Hour
Musical about a live broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade from the Hotel Astor’s Algonquin Room on Dec. 21, 1942, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 2:30 p.m. $20, $18 seniors, $16 students, $14 ages 12 and under. Studio Theatre, 141 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst. (631) 226-8400 or www.studiotheatreli.com.
One White Crow
The world premiere of Dale Griffiths Stamos’s drama about a journalist and a television medium, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m. $20 Friday and Sunday, $25 Saturday. Arena Players Main Stage Theatre, 296 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale. 293-0674 or www.arenaplayers.org.
12 Angry Men
The gripping drama about a diverse group of all-male jurors, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 2:30 p.m.; Wednesday, March 2, 2 and 8 p.m. $23, $21 seniors, $18 students, $14 youths 12 and under. BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont (631) 581-2700 or www.broadhollow.org.
The Best Of Broadway In Concert
Adelphi University students recreate some of Broadway’s greatest moments, Saturday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 3 p.m. $20 and $15. Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center, Garden City. 877-4000.
Piano Recital
Amber Yiu-Hsuan Liao performs, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2:30 p.m. Tickets required. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.

Family

Blues Clues Live!
Become part of the fanciful world where Steve lives with his animated puppy Blue, presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Thursday, through Saturday, Feb. 24-26, 11 a.m. $10. The Show Place, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. 599-6870 or
www.plazatheatrical.com.
Lion Dance Mask Workshop
Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit by creating masks worn during traditional Chinese New Year festivities, Thursday Feb. 24, 1 p.m. Make a mask, listen to traditional Lion Dance music, then march through LICM. $3 with museum admission ($2 members). Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. 224-5800 or www.licm.org.
The Gizmo Guys: Comedy Jugglers
Allen Jacobs and Barrett Felker amaze and amuse with a combination of technique and humor, Friday, Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets required. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Stories From The Heart Film Festival
Watch short films with the theme of “Stories From The Heart,” Friday Feb. 25, 1 and 3 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 27, 2 p.m. Free with museum admission, $8 theater only.Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. 224-5800 or www.licm.org.
The Jungle Book
The adventures of Mowgli and his friends, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m. $10. Merrick Theatre and Center for the Arts, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.
The Pirates Of Treasure Island
Ride the high seas to adventure, Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 26-27, 1 p.m. Arena Players Second Stage Theatre, 296 Rte. 109, East Farmingdale. 293-0674 or
www.arenaplayers.org.
The Wizard Of Oz
Travel down the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy and her friends, Saturday, Feb, 26, 2 p.m. $10. BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. (631) 581-2700 or
www.broadhollow.org.