Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

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Africa: Sub-Saharan Diversity

Drawn exclusively from the Hofstra University Museum’s collections, this exhibition explores the rich diversity of 25 ethnic cultures across West and Central Africa. Themes of protection, prestige, and masquerade are illustrated through selected masks, weapons, sculptures, jewelry, and textiles. Through Aug. 12. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
In Print
An exhibit that focuses on printmaking processes such as relief (woodblock, woodcut, linocut) intaglio (engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint), planographic (lithograph, monotype) and stencil (screenprint, pochoir) prints. Drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s collections and dating from the late 16th to the 21st century, featured artists include Romare Bearden, Albrecht Durer, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Robert Kipniss, Andy Warhol, Max Weber, and James McNeill Whistler. Through Sept. 18. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Kenny Scharf
An exhibit devoted to the works of the muralist-painter-installation artist, who emerged out of the 1980s street art movement. Highlights include the expansive mural Pop Renaissance, a version of the artist’s Cosmic Cavern and a recreation of his former Brooklyn studio. Through July 10. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Mysteries of Bats
An exhibit of varied species of bats, featuring a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and “hang out” in the museum’s nocturnal area. With displays about Long Island’s ecology and interactive activities. Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Washington Ave. (between Merrick Rd. and Sunrise Hwy.), Seaford. 571-7443.
Afternoon Movie
See ““Truth,” the political docudrama based on the controversy surrounding Dan Rather’s 2004 “60 Minutes II” report on then-President George W. Bush’s military service, Friday, April 15, 2:30 p.m.; also “In the Heart of the Sea,” the maritime epic the tells the story of a New England whaling ship in 1820, which inspired Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick,” Tuesday, April 19, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Flick
See “A Walk in the Woods,” an adventure biopic based on the memoir of a travel writer who decides to hike the 2,200–mile Appalachian Trail with an old friend, Friday, April 15, 1 p.m. Registration requested. Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream. 825-6422.
Movie Matinee
See “Bridge of Spies,” Steven Spielberg’s Cold War espionage thriller, Friday, April 15, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Documentary Screening
See DisneyNature’s “The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos,” Sunday, April 17, 2 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
La Damnation de Faust
A screening of the Berlioz opera, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Bryn Terfel, filmed at the Opera de Paris, Sunday, April 17, 2 p.m. $20. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. 877-4000 or www.aupac.adelphi.edu.
Art Talk
Examine “The Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse,” with art historian Vivan Gordon, Monday, April 18, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
At the Movies
See “Black Mass,” the biographical crime drama about mobster Whitey Bulger, starring Johnny Depp, Monday, April 18, 1:30 and 7 p.m. With open mic. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside.
766-2360.
Film Showing
See “Testament of Youth,” a British drama based on Vera Brittain’s World War I memoir about an independent young woman who abandoned her Oxford studies to become a war nurse, Thursday, April 21, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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