May 3
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Sunday May 3
CLASSES
Giving Birth: The Castle Experience
Castle Medical Center, four Sundays starting May 3, 2-4 p.m., $45/person, $80/couple. Designed and taught by experienced labor and delivery nurses, this class is specifically geared for couples giving birth at Castle Medical Center. You will learn different aspects of the birth experience, from preparing for the hospital to caring for you and your baby. Pre-registration required. (263-5400, castlemed.org)
Life & Happiness Talk
Happiness U, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy. Ste. 117A, 2-3 p.m., free. Founder Alice Inoue discusses how it is possible to change your life by changing your focus. Experience firsthand what Happiness U has to offer. Pre-registration required. (yourhappinessu.com)
Lomilomi Massage Series
Still & Moving Center, 1024 Queen St., Sundays from May 3-June 21, 5-7 p.m., $395 plus $50 materials. Learn lomilomi message techniques as well as components of oli, hula, pule and olelo. (397-7678)
Partnering in Aerial Yoga Workshop
Still & Moving Center, 1024 Queen St., 1-3 p.m., $45. This workshop for continuing students will include an exploration of partner work with the aerial hammock. (397-7678)
Spinal Alignment for Organ Health
Still & Moving Center, 1024 Queen St., 5-7:30 p.m., $45. Mobilize, lengthen and realign your spine with these Feldenkrais Awareness through Movements lessons. (397-7678)
Sundays at the Bay
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Education Alcove Classroom, 3-4 p.m., free. Keith Kamikawa of Fisheries Ecology Research Lab discusses “Bonefishes in Hawaii and the importance of angler-based data to inform fisheries management.” (397-5840)
Women’s Self-Defense Seminar
Egan’s Training Center, 2700 S. King St. Bldg. A, 1 p.m., $300. Learn self-defense techniques from Egan Inoue and Alex O’Loughlin, with all proceeds going to Kapiolani Medical Center. (hawaiifitcamp.com/events/womens-self-defense-seminar/)
COMMUNITY
Arts and Flavors of Hawaii
Hawaii Kai Retirement Community, 428 Kawaihae St., 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Featuring specialty foods, drinks and street food vendors, plus handmade gifts, home organization, boutique and surf clothing, decorating plants, jewelry and more. (232-9208, artsandflavors@gmail.com)
Comic Jam Hawaii
Pearlridge Center, Downtown Center Court, May 3, 17 and June 7 and 21, 1-4 p.m., free. A regular social event of local artists who create collaborative cartoons, illustrations and sketches while “talking story.” (203-2366)
Geology and Culture in Nepal
UH-Manoa’s East-West Center, 1601 East-West Road, 2-3 p.m., free. Arjun Aryal presents an illustrated talk on “Geology and Culture in Nepal.” (944-7177)
Secret of Flowers
Hawaii Nature Center, 2131 Makiki Heights Drive, 9:30-11:30 a.m., $10/non-members, age 3-5. Be a budding botanist for a day and discover the colorful, fragrant treasures of nature and their hardworking pollinators. (955-0100)
MUSIC
¡Espana!
Blaisdell Concert Hall, 4 p.m., $32. Mexican guest conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto will lead Hawaii Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring Edouard Lalo’s Cello Concerto in D Minor and music from Manuel de Falla’s ballet, “Three Cornered Hat.” (hisymphony.org, 94-MUSIC)
Mango Season Trio
Kahala Mall, 1:30-2:30 p.m., free. (253-9099)
Royal Hawaiian Band
Windward Mall, center court, 2-2:45 p.m., free. (235-1143)
SPECIAL EVENTS
HARA Lifetime Achievement Awards
Ala Moana Hotel’s Hibiscus Ballroom, 1 p.m., call for cost. Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts presents its Lifetime Achievement Awards Show, honoring Richard and Solomon “Sol” Ho‘opi‘i, Puamana, Kenneth Makuakane and more. Reservations required. (593-9424, 291-1625, nahokuhanohano.org)
‘Lucky Ducky’ Book Launch and Prayers on Wings Fundraiser
King’s Korner, 2334 S. King St., 2-8 p.m., $15. Celebrate the pre-release of Devin Nakasone’s new book, “Lucky Ducky,” with entertainment from EMKE, The Performing Artist Academy and Maria Lauer Vocal Studio, plus food, raffle prizes and auctions. (341-5820, prayersonwings.org)