Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

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BA Djibril Ngawa
A solo exhibit by the West African artist. Photographs and paintings inspired by the shapes, colors, traditions and nature that surrounded Ngawa during his childhood in Mauritania. Opens June 27 and runs through July 30. Meet the artist at the opening reception, Saturday, June 27, 1-3 p.m. Frank and Gertrude Kaiser Gallery, Molloy College Public Square, Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 323-3196 or www.molloy.edu/artgallery.
Enduring Images
An exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, that focuses on the lasting record created by an artist’s visual responses to critical moments in time. Yonia Fain, a Holocaust survivor considered a “witness to history,” is represented, along with artists such as George Grosz, Käthe Kollwitz, and Jacob Lawrence. Through Jan. 31. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Mysteries of Bats
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve’s exhibit includes varied species of bats, featuring 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.
Objects of Witness: Testimony of Holocaust Artifacts
Items lent or donated by families of victims and survivors are on display. Many of these artifacts were kept hidden during the Holocaust, at great risk to those who hid them. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting
A comprehensive exhibition of works from Nassau County Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The multi-faceted exhibit highlights rarely seen patron gifts to the museum. Through July 12. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Afternoon Movie
See “Rudderless,” a drama about a grieving father who gets a new lease on life playing his late son’s music, Friday, June 26, 2:30 p.m.; also “McFarland, USA,” the sports drama based on the true story of a 1987 cross country team from a predominantly Mexican-American high school in California, Tuesday, June 30, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Flick
See “Selma,” the biopic that chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition, Friday, June 26, 1 p.m. Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream. 825-6422.
Movie Matinee
See “Top Five,” a comedy about a New York City comedian-turned-movie star who tries to get his career back on track, with Chris Rock, Friday, June 26, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Movie Time
See “Notorious,” Alfred Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller, with Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant and Claude Rains, Monday, June 29, 2 p.m. Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne. 599-0750.
Film Showing
Watch “Unbroken,” a biographical war drama about U.S. Olympian Louis “Louie” Zamperini who survived in a raft for 47 days after his bomber was downed in World War II, then was sent to a series of prisoner of war camps, Thursday, July 2, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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