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 19th and 20th century American and European artists. 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.
The Disappearing Landscape: Selections from the Hofstra University Museum Collection
An original exhibition of 27 drawings, paintings, photographs, prints, and sculpture from the museum’s permanent collection. Featured artists include Alexander Calder, Harry Callahan, Lucien Clergue, Currier & Ives, Edwin Dickinson, Sally Gall, April Gornik, James McDougal Hart, Katsushika Hokusai, Donald Resnick, Yevgeny Rukhin, Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin, and Michael A. Smith. These works illustrate the artistic need to capture the ever-changing and disappearing global landscape. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Jim Torok: New Work
An installation of Torok’s “POP” Story Boards, wildly colored works on paper that are lyrical free-associations from childhood through his present-day life. Through March 27. Molloy College’s Public Square Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 678-5000 ext. 6549.
Nathan Sawaya: Recent Works
Contemporary artist Nathan Sawaya’s works with Lego blocks are showcased. 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 pres ents 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.
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.
Afternoon Movie
See “Contagion,” thriller centered on a threat posed by a deadly disease, with Matt Damon and Kate Winslet, Friday, March 9, 2:30 p.m.; also “Courageous,” a police drama about four officers, Tuesday, March 13, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Movie Time
See “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” a new twist on the classic sci fi thriller, Wednesday, March 14, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Art Lecture
Examine the works of Lyonel Feininger, Thursday, March 15, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.