November 19
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Tuesday November 19
CLASSES
AARP Driver Safety Program
Kaiser Permanente – Waipio Clinic, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $12-$14. Review the rules of the road and learn how aging can affect driving, how to help prevent accidents, how to deal with traffic and more. Pre-registration is required. (545-6024)
Bread From the Heart and Hands
Castle Medical Center’s Wellness Center, payment and reservations due at least two days in advance, class takes place Nov. 21, 6-7 p.m., $10/person. Learn how to make yeast bread the old-fashioned way without a bread machine. All foods prepared and served in the course are made with non-animal food products. Samples and written recipes available. (263-5400, castlemed.org)
Cat and Dog First Aid
Wayland Baptist University, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., $90. Learn basic information on how to recognize and care for emergencies and injuries in dogs or cats. Included with this course is your choice of either one cat or one dog participant manual. Contact to register. (redcross.org/take-a-class)
General Newborn Care
Castle Medical Center, 5:30-8:30 p.m., $30/two people. Learn how to tell if your baby is sick, how to take your baby’s temperature, why babies cry, how to calm a crying baby and how to bathe your baby. Contact to register. (263-5400, castlemed.org)
Japanese Flower Arranging
Windward Community College Hale Kuhina 115, Nov. 12-Dec. 17, Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., $48. Use your aesthetic awareness to assemble materials, choosing their most beautiful aspects, assemble them in a different color and endow them with a value transcending that which they had in nature. (235-7433)
Magnegosyo Entrepreneurship Workshop
FilCom Tech Center, five sessions every third Tuesday of each month (except Dec.), 6-8 p.m., free registration. Topics include marketing and sales, government contracting and more. (680-0451, 547-2700)
COMMUNITY
150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address
Lincoln Elementary School, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., free. Students at President Abraham Lincoln Elementary School present “Four Score of Seven Years Ago: The Enduring Words of President Lincoln,” a 12-15 minute presentation inspired by the famous speech. (587-4480)
Kahuku Public and School Library 45th Anniversary
Kahuku Public and School Library, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free. Kahuku Public and School Library celebrates its 45th anniversary with a special performance by storytelling troupe Bento Rakugo. Contact the library ASAP if special accommodations are needed. (293-8935)
Medicare Outreach
Mina Pharmacy, 440 Kilani Ave., 9 a.m.-1 p.m., free. The Sage PLUS, a Medicare program, with the Executive Office on Aging, offers unbiased counseling for 2014. (586-7299, hawaiiship.org)
Memory Screenings
Lanakila Mutli-Purpose Senior Center from 8 a.m. to noon and Catholic Charities Hawaii from 1 to 5 p.m., free. Catholic Charities Hawaii offers confidential memory screenings and educational materials as part of National Memory Screening Day, an initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. Contact to make an appointment. (Lanakila, 847-1322; CCH, 527-4777)
Neighborhood Solar Q&A Event
Kalihi Palama Public Library, 6-7 p.m., free. The Q&A addresses how to manage the new solar project application process, how solar works, how to save money with solar and more. (revolusun.com, 748-8888)
Sleep Secrets
New Hope Diamond Head Resource Center, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free. Learn the secrets of what you can do to get better sleep. Pre-registration is required. (737-5544)
Bento Rakugo Performs
Kahuku Public and School Library, 6 p.m., free. Bento Rakugo performs in the traditional Rakugo (“fallen words”) storytelling style with a modern twist to the Japanese comedy. All stories spoken in English. Contact the library ASAP if special accommodations are needed. (293-8935)
THE ARTS
The Monkey King
Hawaii Children’s Discovery Center, through Jan. 31, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat. and Sun., $8-$10. Explore the history and culture of China as you discover the superpowers and humorous mischief of Monkey, a hero in the classic Chinese story, “The Journey to the West (Xiyouji).” (524-KIDS, discoverycenterhawaii.org)
In The Beginning
Gallery of Hawaii Artists (GoHA), through Dec. 20, Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., free. GoHA announces “In The Beginning,” an exhibition of a major photography project by artist Willy Branlund. (galleryofhawaiiartists.com)
