Stepping Out

What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

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A Step in Time: Molloy College’s 60th Anniversary Exhibition
The exhibit examines Molloy’s history through photographs, documents and related memorabilia. Through Nov. 20. Frank and Gertrude Kaiser Gallery, Molloy College Public Square, Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. 323-3196 or www.molloy.edu/artgallery.
Doug Hilson: Urbanscapes
An original exhibition of recent works in painting and drawing by Doug Hilson, professor emeritus of fine arts at Hofstra. Imaginative large-scale, complex paintings with twisting perspectives reference the shapes and forms of the urban world. Through Dec. 11. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
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 exhibits 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.
Mysteries of Bats
Tackapausha Museum and Preserve’s exhibit includes varied species of bats, featuring a live family of Egyptian Fruit Bats who fly and “hang out” in the museum’s nocturnal area. Other installations include displays about Long Island’s ecology and interactive activities. Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, Washington Ave. (between Merrick Rd. and Sunrise Hwy.), Seaford. 571-7443.
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 “Age of Adeline,” a romance fantasty about young women who ceases aging after a mysterious accident and keeps her secret for decades until she falls for a man who unwittingly reconnects her with her past, Friday, Sept. 18, 2:30 p.m.; also the nature documentary “Monkey Kingdom,” which follows a newborn monkey and his mother, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Film Time
See “Aloha,” a romantic comedy-drama about celebrated military contractor who returns to the site of his greatest career triumph and re-connects with a long-ago love, Friday, Sept. 18, 2 p.m. Merrick Library, 2279 Merrick Rd., Merrick. 377-6112.
Movie Matinee
See “While We Were Young,” a cross-generational comedy that follows a middle-aged couple’s career and their relationship with a disarming young couple who enters their lives, Friday, Sept. 18, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Mr. M’s Movies
See “Far From the Madding Crowd,” the recent adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s venerable pastoral novel, Friday, Sept. 18, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
On Screen
See the Disneynature documentary “Wings of Life,” Sunday, Sept. 20, 2 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
At the Movies
See “5 Flights Up,” a drama about longtime married Brooklyn couple who ponder the sale of the apartment they’ve shared for more than 40 years, Monday, Sept. 21, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360. Art Talk
Examine “Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work,” with Louise Cella Caruso, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m. West Hempstead Public Library, 500 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead. 481-6591.
Film Showing
Watch “Interstellar,” the sci fi epic about crew of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.

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