What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

Enduring Images
An exhibition, drawn from Hofstra University Museum’s permanent collections, focusing 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.
Maxfield Parrish: Paintings and Prints from the National Museum of American Illustration
An exhibition of works by the American imagist, embodying the artist’s long career and extraordinary accomplishments. Original artworks as well as a large collection of vintage prints are included. Through Feb. 28. 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.
You Go, Girl! Celebrating Women Artists
An exhibition highlighting 50 women artists from the 19th century through today. Working in representational and abstract styles, and in varied artistic modes, including painting, sculpture, prints, mixed media, and photography, these artists express a wide range of personal and aesthetic concerns. Artists on view include Berenice Abbott, Elaine de Kooning, Dorothy Dehner, Audrey Flack, Jane Hammond, Mary Nimmo Moran, Georgia O’Keeffe, Betty Parsons, Miriam Schapiro, Esphyr Slobodkina, Emma Stebbins, Jane Wilson, and others. Through April 3. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Afternoon Movie
See “The Family Stone,” a dramedy about the holiday misadventures of the Stone family in a small New England town, when the eldest son brings his uptight girlfriend home with the intention of proposing to her with a cherished heirloom ring. Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
At the Movies
See “Inside Out,” Disney-Pixar’s acclaimed animated coming-of-age comedy-drama, Sunday, Dec 27, 2 p.m. West Hempstead Public Library, 500 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead. 481-6591.
Candlelight Tour
Visit Pagan-Fletcher Restoration by candlelight, presented by Valley Stream Historical Society, Sunday, Dec. 27, 6-8 p.m. Bring donations of canned food items for local pantries. 143 Hendrickson Ave., Valley Stream. 825-7157 or 872-4159.

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