Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theaeter, music, and more

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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.
The Moderns
A sweeping showcase of modern art that encompasses two exhibitions, Selections from the Saltzman Family Collection and Long Island Collects Modern Art. The exhiibits include works by well-known modernists such as Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Constantin Brancusi, Edgar Degas, Robert Delaunay, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger and many others, along with choice examples of 20th-century art from significant Long Island collections. Through Nov. 8. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Scenes of Horror: A Photo-History of the Armenian Genocide
A multi-media exhibit detailing the political and personal through film, text, and photos. It includes a mini-exhibit on the American Near East Relief Organization and the 1919 silent film “Auction of Souls.” Through Sept. 30. 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 “Child 44,” a thriller about a disgraced Russian military police agent who investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union, Friday, Aug. 21, 2:30 p.m.; also “Far From the Madding Crowd,” the recent adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s venerable pastoral novel, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Friday Flick
See “The Imitation Game,” the historical World War II thiller based on the life of British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, Friday, Aug. 21, 1 p.m. Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, Valley Stream. 825-6422.
Mr. M’s Movies
See “Woman in Gold,” a drama about an octogenarian Jewish refugee who takes on the Austrian government to recover artwork confiscated by the Nazis that she believes rightfully belongs to her family, Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Monday Matinee
See “Run & Jump,” an Irish drama about an American doctor who documents the struggles of an Irish housewife as she and her family cope with the aftermath of her husband’s stroke, Monday, Aug. 24, 2 p.m. Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne. 599-0750.
Movie Showing
See “Black Sea,” an adventure thriller involving a rogue submarine captain and a misfit crew on the search for a sunken treasure, Monday, Aug. 24, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
At the Movies
See “Woman in Gold,” the drama about an elderly woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for what happened to her family in Austria during World War II, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Time
See “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, Aug. 25, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Summer Screen
See “Wild,” a biographical drama chronicling a woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2 and 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Art Talk
Examine “Sargent: Portraits of Artists & Friends,” with art historian Vivian Gordon, Thursday, Aug. 27, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Showing
Watch “Chef,” the comedy-drama about a prominent L.A. chef who loses his restaurant job and then starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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