September 16

Windward Community College, Hale Kuhina 114, Sept. 9-Nov. 22, Mon.-Thurs., 1-5 p.m., $25. A student support program designed to accelerate a participant’s preparation for entry into WCC and/or its workforce training programs in careers related to healthcare, sustainable energy or agriculture. (235-7433)

Windward Community College, Hale Palanakila 216, Mondays and Wednesdays until Sept. 18, 6-8 p.m., $140 plus a $30 lab fee. An open ceramic studio for community people. Lab assistants help to teach the basics of preparing clay, the potter’s wheel and hand-building techniques. (235-7433)

1041 Maunakea St., July 29 to Sept. 20, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Sundays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., $1800 plus $150 for materials. Instructors William Zwick and Tanvi Pathare, graduates of the Florence Academy of Arts, teach this course. Students have the opportunity to work with live models on extended poses, as well as classical sculptures. (bdbzwick@yahoo.com)

Waikiki Community Center, 10 a.m., free. Author Karen O’Neil with guest speaker Cheryl Takabayashi, attorney at law, speak. (gettingaffairsinorder.com)

Pearlridge Center Upton, second level fronting Ecko Unlimited, 8-9 a.m., free. Blood pressure and blood-sugar level testing offered. (488-0981, pearlridgeonline.com)

Gordon Biersch at Aloha Tower Marketplace, 6 p.m., free admission. The debut event of Science Pub-Hawaii, sponsored by HPU, features seabird expert David Hyrenbach speaking about “Wings Without Borders: Using Seabirds to Track Ocean Plastic Population.” (hpu.edu/sciencepub-hawaii/)

Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden, daily through Sept. 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Featuring paintings by Marti Wiese Rounds in watercolor batiks and modernistic acrylics that showcase her new “Retro Hawaii” series. (233-7323)