November 20
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Thursday November 20
About Boating Safety
Leilehua High School Classroom 18, Nov. 20, 25 and Dec. 2, 6:15-8:15 p.m., $45. This 10-hour course fulfills all requirements to obtain a State of Hawaii “boat driver’s license.” (778-5738)
Android: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Pearl Highlands Center, 4-5 p.m., free. Attend this workshop and learn the basics of your new Android Device. We will review hardware functions, show you how to set up email, add your social network accounts, master device features, how to customize your device, and much more! Pre-registration required. (https://vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)
Creating Self Portraits
Art Explorium, 1142 Koko Head Ave., Thursdays in November, 4-5:30 p.m., $15/day, ages 7 and up. Students will get to work with plaster, water color, transparencies, paint, and various drawing materials. They will get to make masks, prints, collages, and sketches that express who they are and show the many sides of themselves. Pre-registration required. (312-4316, artexplorium.org/afterschoolart)
Creative Media Masters Series
UH-West Oahu Library’s Uluulu Exhibition Space, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., free. YouTube star AJ Rafael discusses his songwriting process and how he uses YouTube to share his music with the world. (wlorenc@hawaii.edu)
Feng Shui for Hawaii
Kailua Public Library, 239 Kuulei Rd., 6:30 p.m., free. Author Clear Englebert will discuss the most common feng shui problems in and around Hawaii homes in 2014, with an emphasis on Oahu. (266-9911)
Foster Care Training
Hawaiian Humane Society, 2700 Waialae Ave., Nov. 20 and Dec. 18, Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m., Thursdays from 5-8 p.m., free. Hawaiian Humane Society trains volunteers in foster care for animals. (356-2229, lshaughnessy@hawaiianhumane.org)
Sports Photography Talk
UH-Manoa’s Art Auditorium, 7 p.m., free. Peter Read Miller shares images, tips and stories from his 35-year career as a sports photographer. (956-8244)
Yoga
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Honolulu Medical Office, Tuesdays and Thursdays through Dec. 9 (no class Nov. 11 and 27), 5-6 p.m., contact for cost. Promote your health and well-being using basic yoga poses. Advanced registration is required. (432-2260)
Yoga Pilates
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Waipio Medical Office, Thursdays through Dec. 4 (no class Nov. 27), 5:30-6:30 p.m., contact for cost. This class features a combination of yoga and pilates for a full body workout. Advanced registration is required. (432-2260)
Zumba
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Moanalua Medical Center, Mondays and Thursdays through Dec. 4 (no class Nov. 27), 5:45-6:45 p.m., contact for cost. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international dance themes blended with body sculpting movements and easy to follow dance steps. Advanced registration is required. (432-2260)
Hawaii’s Most Endangered Historic Places
IBM Building’s Courtyard, 1240 Ala Moana Blvd., 5:30-7:30 p.m., $10. Historic Hawaii Foundation presents the 2014 additions to the list of in-danger historic sites. Reservations required. (historichawaii.org, 523-2900)
Land Use System Meetings
Washington Middle School, 6-8 p.m., free. The State Office of Planning holds meetings to hear from interested stakeholders on the effectiveness of the state’s land use system. (587-2885)
Public Talk
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Art Auditorium, 7 p.m., free. Peter Read Miller leads a public talk about sports photography, showing images from his 35-year career. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Lanakila Baptist Elementary School Choir
Pearlridge Downtown Center Court, 6:30-7:30 p.m., free. (203-2366)
Mango Season Quartet Live
The Point at Turtle Bay Resort, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free. Mango Season Quartet performs. (253-9099)
Oahu Jazz & Blues Festival
Turtle Bay Resort, Nov. 20-23, check website for times, $40. First-ever jazz and blues festival features Les McCann, Skip Martin, The Iguanas!, John Cruz, Benny Uyetake, Brother Noland and more. (oahujazzandbluesfestival.com)
PJM
Jazz Minds, 1661 Kapiolani Blvd., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., $7. (945-0800)
’Closer Than Ever’
Manoa Valley Theatre, show runs Nov. 13-30, Wednesdays-Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m., $39/general. A musical about aging, mid-life crises, second marriages and unrequited love in the modern world. (988-6131, manoavalleytheatre.com)
’Fiddler on the Roof’
Paul and Vi Loo Theatre, 45-045 Kamehameha Hwy., play runs Thursdays-Sundays from Nov. 7-30, $20/general, $15/seniors, military, students, HPU faculty and staff, $5/HPU students. Joyce Maltby directs “Fiddler on the Roof,” about a Jewish community’s struggles in Czarist Russia. (375-1282, hpu.edu/theatre)
Out Loud in the Library
Windward Community College Library Learning Commons, lower level, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free. Bamboo Ridge Readers perform, with live music and refreshments after the event. (235-7374)
’the underneath’
Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant St., play runs Nov. 6-Dec. 7 on Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., $5-$20. Susan Soon He Stanton’s play “the underneath” makes its world premiere at Kumu Kahua. (536-4441, kumukahua.org)