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Weekly calendar of exhibits, theater, music, and more

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The George W. Bush Presidency: Points of Perspective
An original exhibition focusing on seven points of impact to the nation that required responses and decisions from the George W. Bush administration. Works of art, documents, photographs, and related objects present varying and balanced perspectives. Through April 10. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
From Portraits to Tweets: Imagery, Technology and the U.S. Presidency
An original exhibit that traces the public’s shifting perceptions of the American presidency through the use of visual imagery. Through May 8. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
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. 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. Through April. 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’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 “My Old Lady,” a comedy-drama about a down-and-out New Yorker who inherits a Paris apartment from his estranged father and finds a refined old lady living there with her protective daughter, with Kevin Kline and Maggie Smith, Friday, March 27, 2:30 p.m.; also “The Theory of Everything,” the acclaimed biopic about astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, Tuesday, March 31, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Movie 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, Friday, March 27, 2 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Mr. M’s Movies
See “The Theory of Everything,” the acclaimed biopic about Stephen Hawking, Friday, March 27, 2 p.m. Rockville Centre Public Library, 221 N. Village Ave., Rockville Centre. 766-6257.
Big Screen Fun
See “Sweet and Lowdown,” Woody Allen’s comedy-drama set in the 1930s about a fictional jazz guitarist, starring Sean Penn, Sunday, March 29, 2 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Film Classics
See “Chandu the Magician,” the 1932 mystery-fantasy starring Edmund Lowe as a magician/yogi secret agent and Bela Lugosi as the megalomaniac villain that he must stop, Sunday, March 29, 1 p.m. West Hempstead Public Library, 500 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead. 481-6591.
Art Talk
Examine “Botticelli and Piero Di Cosimo,” with art historian Vivian Gordon, Monday, March 30, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Film Showing
Watch “Blended,” the romantic comedy about two single parents who unknowingly sign up for the same exotic vacation with their kids following a disastrous blind date, Thursday, April 2, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square.
488-3444.

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