What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

AftermodernisM Spring 2014
This exhibition illustrates a broad range of styles spanning non-objective abstraction. Featured artists include Michael Bevilacqua, James Busby and Ridley Howard. Through July 6. Nassau County Museum of Art, Contemporary Gallery, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Don Resnick: Essence of Place
An exhibition showcasing Don Resnick’s landscape paintings, drawings, and watercolors, highlighting the artist’s interest in and commitment to preserving the natural environment. Through Aug. 15. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
Garden Party
The imagery of fête champêtre — outdoor entertainments and garden parties — is explored through paintings, sculpture, costume, fabrics and decorative arts. Works by a range of artists are represented. Through July 6. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Mysteries of Bats
Tackapausha Museum’s reopened exhibit features varied species of bats, including a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and “hang out” in the museum’s nocturnal area. Other exhibits include displays about Long Island’s ecology and interactive activities. Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Washington Ave. (between Merrick Rd. and Sunrise Hwy.), Seaford. 571-7443.
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.
Spirit and Identity: Melanesian Works from the Hofstra University Museum Collections
An exhibit of ethnographic artworks and objects created by the distinct regional communities of the South Pacific, including ancestral figures, ceremonial masks, warrior shields, and ritualized practical objects. Through Aug. 29. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s’ increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See “Veronica Mars,” the neo-noir mystery comedy-drama based on the TV series, Friday, June 20, 2:30 p.m.; also “Her,” the romantic comedy centering on a lonely writer who develops a relationship with an intelligent computer operating system with a female voice and personality, Wednesday, June 25, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Film
See “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, Friday, June 20, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Movie Matinee
See“The Book Thief,” the historical drama based on the best-selling novel about a spirited young girl in World War II Germany, Friday, June 20, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Film Time
See “Saving Mr. Banks,” the comedy-drama that tells the surprising backstory behind the making of “Mary Poppins,” with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, Monday, June 23, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.; also the documentary “Young@Heart,” the British film profiling a New England chorus of senior citizens that sings contemporary and classic rock and pop songs, Wednesday, June 25, 2 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Art Talk
Examine “The Six Greatest Living Artists,” with SUNY Farmingdale Professor Thomas Germano, Wednesday, June 25, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Showing
Watch “The Way, Way Back,” a coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old’s summer vacation with his mother and her boyfriend, Thursday, June 26, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.