What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition of highlights from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection features a broad range of works by American and European artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour’s monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Corporal Edges
An exhibit of the drawings and paintings of Nadege Monchera-Baer. Through Mar. 1. Nassau Community College’s Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Education Dr., Garden City.
Nathan Sawaya: Recent Works
Contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya’s works with Lego blocks are on display. His work elevates brick art to a new phase of artistic expression through large-scale sculpture. Through March 18. Nassau County Museum of Art, Contemporary Gallery, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
The Paintings of Louis Comfort Tiffany: Works from a Long Island Collection
Drawn from an important Long Island collection, this major exhibition presents approximately 125 oils and works on paper by Louis Comfort Tiffany. It is the first New York exhibit to focus on Tiffany’s paintings in more than 30 years. Examples of Tiffany’s decorative arts, especially stained glass lamps and windows, are also included. Through March 18. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Poor Art Student...8!
Works by current Molloy College art majors are on display. Molloy College, Public Square Art Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Through Jan. 31. 678-5000 ext. 6549 or www.artgallery@molloy.edu.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
This contextualized history explains the 1930s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others, including people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gays, and Polish intelligentsia. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Village Art Club Meeting
The Village Art Club’s monthly meeting features a drawing workshop with a clothed male model, Thursday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m. Admission is free and open to non-members. Rockville Centre LIbrary, downstairs meeting room, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information, call Anne Bailey at (516) 887-1770.
Afternoon Movie
See the mystery thriller “Abduction,” with Alfred Molina and Taylor Lautner, Friday, Jan. 27, 2:30 p.m.; also “Real Steel,” the action film about a struggling promoter and a robot boxer, with Hugh Jackman, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Film
Watch “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” the remake of the classic sci fi thriller, Friday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Open Mic Poetry Night
A lively literary event featuring Suffolk County Poet Laureate Ed Stever, hosted by Peter V. Dugan of the North Sea Poetry Scene Friday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
At the Movies
See “Midnight in Paris,” Woody Allen’s latest comedy about artistic creation and personal dreams, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Time
See “The Help,” based on Kathryn Stockett’s book about African-American maids and the wealthy southern families they worked for during the 1960s, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2 and 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.