Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

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Exploring the Centuries: 3rd-20th Century Asian Art
Works are of historic, spiritual and artistic importance and highlight centuries-old artistic traditions, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s collections. The cultures of Japan, China, India, Tibet, and Thailand are featured in three categories: Buddhism, Devotional Sculpture and Flowers, Animals and the Seasons. Through Feb. 8. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Objects of Witness; Testimony of Holocaust Artifacts
An exhibit of items lent or donated by famiies of victims and survivors. Many of these artificats were kept hidden during the Holocaust, at great risk to those who hid them. Through April 2015. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Past Traditions/New Voices in Asian Art
Juxtaposing traditional Asian subject matter with modern Western influences, this multimedia exhibition features works from contemporary Asian artists from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. Artists include Xu Bing, Fx Harsono, Yun-Fei Ji, Bari Kumar, Dinh Q. Lê, Nyoman Massriadi, Shahzia Sikander, and Ai Weiwei. Through Dec. 10. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
Picture Perfect: Selections From the Permanent Collection
This exhibition showcases works with appeal to a wide range of aesthetic sensibilities. Brightly colored paintings by Stuart Davis, George D. Green, Richard Hennessy, and Wayne Gonzales contrast evocative landscapes by Ralph Albert Blakelock, Jerome Blum, and Matthew Spender. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Still Life: 1970s Photorealism
An exhibit devoted to works associated with Photorealism movement. Artists featured include Audrey Flack, Ralph Goings, Duane Hanson, Malcolm Morley, Ben Schonzeit and Idelle Weber. Through Nov. 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Tiffany’s Orient
Paintings and decorative arts inspired by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s travels and surroundings in North Africa and the East are on view. Through Nov. 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Afternoon Movie
See “Million Dollar Arm,” the sports drama based on the true story of baseball pitchers Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel who were discovered by sports agent J.B. Bernstein after winning a reality show competition, Friday, Oct. 31, 2:30 p.m.; also “How to Marry a Millionaire,” the romantic comedy with Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Film Time
See “The Railway Man,” the war thriller based on a best-selling autobiography about a British Army officer who is tormented at a Japanese POW camp during World War II and tracks down his captor decades later, Monday, Nov. 3, 1:30 and 7 p.m.; also “The Fault in Our Stars,” the romantic drama based on the popular novel that tells the love story of two terminally ill teens, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Dorothy Fields: The Woman Songwriter
Singer-historian Harvey Granat performs, with guest pianist David Lahm, Dorothy Fields’ son, Thursday, Nov. 6, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Matinee
Watch “Monuments Men,” the action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves, based on a true story, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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