What's happening on Long Island this weekend

Exhibits and more...

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.
Linear Constructions
Rockville Centre artist Naomi Grossman’s wire sculptures are on display in a three-person exhibit, also featuring Ellen Dickenson and Larry Monat. Through June 14. Patchogue Arts Gallery, 20 Terry St., Patchogue. (631) 627-8686.
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 exhibits 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.
Objects of Witness: Testimony of Holocaust Artifacts
Items lent or donated by families of victims and survivors are on display. Many of these artifacts were kept hidden during the Holocaust, at great risk to those who hid them. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Out of the Vault: 25 Years of Collecting
A comprehensive exhibition of works from Nassau County Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The multi-faceted exhibit highlights rarely seen patron gifts to the museum. Through July 12. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Afternoon Movie
See “50 to 1,” a drama based on the true story of Mine That Bird, the undersized thoroughbred that won the 2009 Kentucky Derby in one of the race’s biggest upsets, Friday, June 5, 2:30 p.m.; also “Still Alice,” the drama about a linguistics professor and her family whose bonds are tested when she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Tuesday, June 9, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
At the Movies
See “Into the Woods,” the film version of the Broadway musical, Sunday, June 7, 1:30 p.m.; also “Selma,” the biopic that chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition, Monday, June 8, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Movie Matinee
See “Kill the Messenger,” a newsroom thriller based on the true story of a muckraking journalist, Friday, June 5, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Film Time
See “Love Is Strange,” a drama involving a recently married gay couple who are forced to move into separate households after they lose their home, Tuesday, June 9, 10 a.m., 1 and 7 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence.
239-3262.
Matinee Time
See “Interstellar,” the sci fi epic about crew of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity, Wednesday, June 10, 2 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Art Talk
Examine “The Ultrecht Caravaggism,” Baroque Dutch artists influenced by the art of Caravaggio, with art historian Ines Powell, Thursday, June 11, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Showing
Watch “I’ll Follow You Down,” a sci fi tale about time travel involving a scientist who disappears during a business trip, Thursday, June 11, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.