What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

Africa: Sub-Saharan Diversity
Drawn exclusively from the Hofstra University Museum’s collections, this exhibition explores the rich diversity of 25 ethnic cultures across West and Central Africa. Themes of protection, prestige, and masquerade are illustrated through selected masks, weapons, sculptures, jewelry, and textiles. Through Aug. 12. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
You Go, Girl! Celebrating Women Artists
An overview of 50 women artists from the 19th century through today. 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, 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 “Big Stone Gap,” a romance involving a long-buried family secret that disrupts the quiet life of a single, middle-aged woman, Friday, March 11, 2:30 p.m.; also “The 33,” the disaster survival thriller, based on the Chilean mine collapse that trapped 33 miners underground for 69 days, Tuesday, March 15, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Movie Matinee
See “Girl Rising,” the groundbreaking documentary about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to transform societies, Tuesday, March 15, 6:30 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Movie Time
See “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,” the reboot of the classic ‘60s TV series, Wednesday, March 16, 2 and 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Literary Expressions
Playwright Amy Herzog discusses her works, as part of Hofstra’s “Great Writers, Great Readings” series, Wednesday, March 16, 11:15 a.m. Hofstra University’s Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5410 or www.hofstra.edu/gwgr.
Art Talk
Examine “Rebels with a Cause: Caravaggio to Duchamp,” a discussion of radical shifts and rejections of accepted styles, with Professor Thomas Germano, Thursday, March 17, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Showing
Watch the John Wayne classic “The Quiet Man,” Thursday, March 17, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.