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. Through July 30. 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.
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 “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” the spy spoof comic thriller, based on the popular comic book, Friday, July 3, 2:30 p.m.; also the documentary “Finding Vivian Maier,” about the nanny and photograher whose photographic legacy was largely unknown during her lifetime, Tuesday, July 7, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Movie Matinee
See “My Afternoons With Margueritte,” the 2010 French film about an illiterate man who bonds with an older and well-read woman, Monday, July 6, 2 p.m. Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne. 599-0750.
At the Movies
See “The Imitation Game,” the historical thiller based on the life of British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who helped solve the Enigma code during World War II, Tuesday, July 7, 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Time
See “Birdman,” the 2014 Best Picture winner, which follows a faded Hollywood actor famous for his role as superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play, Tuesday, July 7, 2:30 p.m. Lynbrook Public Library, 56 Eldert St., Lynbrook. 599-8630.
Movie Matinee
See “Wild,” a biographical drama chronicling a woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe, Tuesday, July, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Big Screen Caper
See “Rififi,” the 1955 French crime film adaptation of Auguste Le Breton’s novel of the same name, starring Jean Servais as an aging gangster, Wednesday, July 8, 2 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Film Showing
Watch “The Theory of Everything,” the acclaimed biopic about physicist Stephen Hawking, Thursday, July 9, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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