Performances/On Stage
Grease
The kids from Rydell High are back on stage, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 10-11, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 12, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 13, 2 and 7 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 15-16, 8 p.m. $76 and $71. John W. Engeman Theater, 250 Main St., Northport. (631) 261-2900.
The Hambones
For the Kids
Puppet Project
Design and engineer a stick and rod puppet, Thursday and Friday, Aug. 10-11, 1-3 p.m.; also Monday through Friday, Aug. 14-18. Develop your puppet’s character and learn how to perform for family and friends. $5 with museum admission. ($4 members). Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. 224-5800 or www.licm.org.
Instrument Petting Zoo
Get up close with different types of musical instruments at the interactive program, Friday, Aug. 11, 11 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Registration required. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Summer Movie Showcase
See the animated monster comedy adventure “Hotel Transylvania 2,” Friday, Aug. 11, 8:05 p.m. Nickerson Beach Park, East Terrace, 880 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach. 572-0355.
Movie Fun
See Disney’s “Zootopia,” the animated buddy cop comedy mystery adventure, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 7:55 p.m. North Woodmere Park, Branch Boulevard and Hungry Harbor Rd., North Woodmere. 572-0355.
Madagascar
A musical journey out of the zoo and onto the stage, based on the popular animated film, Thursday, Aug. 17, 10:30 a.m. $11, $13 at door. BroadHollow Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. (631) 581-2700 or www.broadhollow.org.
Movie Night
See “Sing,” an animated musical comedy about a hustling theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a singing competition in a city of humanoid animals, outdoors on Eisenhower Park’s big screen, Thursday, Aug. 17, 8:30 p.m. Eisenhower Park, Lakeside Theatre, East Meadow. 572-0355.
Museums/Galleries and more...
Converging Voices: Gender and Identity
An original exhibition that focuses on issues of gender and identity, reflecting an international scope. Featured artists include Ghada Amer, Mariam Ghani, Martine Gutierrez, Guerrilla Girls, Yee I-Lann, Zanele Muholi, Pinaree Sanpitak, Carrie Mae Weems, and Philemona Williamson. Through Dec. 15. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hostra.edu/museum.
New York, New York
The exhibition, guest curated by Director Emerita Constance Schwartz, portrays the city’s grit and glamour, its excitement and bustle as interpreted through more than 140 artworks. Artists on view include John Sloan, Reginald Marsh, Childe Hassam, Red Grooms, Robert Henri, Fairfield Porter, Berenice Abbott, Milton Avery and Georgia O’Keeffe, among others. Through Nov. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or
www.nassaumuseum.org.
Women in Contrast
An exhibition of iconic imagery captured by a selection of innovative modernist and contemporary female photographers. Photographers on view include Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Marilyn Bridges, Nancy Burson, Imogen Cunningham, Donna Ferrato, Toni Frissell, Mary Ellen Mark, and Dorothy Norman. Through Aug. 18. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
Afternoon Movie
See “Julie & Julia,” the comedy-drama starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child, Friday, Aug. 11, 2:30 p.m.; also “Brooklyn,” the romantic drama about a young Irish immigrant in 1950s New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.