July 22
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Wednesday July 22
10 Things You Always Wanted to Ask Your Vet
Waianae Public Library, 85-625 Farrington Hwy., 6 p.m., free. Dr. Anya Yuschenko answers questions about natural pet health care, disease prevention, nutrition, parasite control and more. (697-7868)
30 Tips to College Success
Manoa Innovation Center, Presentation Room 173, 2800 Woodlawn Drive, 6-8:30 p.m., free. Academic success coach Jonathan Wong helps incoming college freshmen understand how to finance their education, among other topics. RSVP required. (533-6708, brodi54@hotmail.com)
Basic Computer Class for Senior Citizens
Carole Kai Charities, Inc. Office, 418 Kuwili St. #102, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through Aug. 24, 9-11 a.m. or noon-2 p.m., free. Senior citizens can learn basic computer concepts including email, use of the Internet, composing documents and more. Pre-registration required. (291-6151, renemansho@hawaii.rr.com)
Coaches Clinic
Castle Medical Center, 6-8:30 p.m., $15. Learn and practice how to be an invaluable labor coach, including what you as a coach can do now to prepare for labor and ways to help reduce labor discomfort. (263-5400, castlemed.org)
Wedding Cafe’s Wednesday Night Workshops
Ward Warehouse, Kakaako Conference Room, 1050 Ala Moana Blvd., 6-8 p.m., free. Learn to make the wedding planning process easy, efficient and fun. This week’s theme: budget and planning. RSVP encouraged. (theweddingcafe.com/workshops)
Cancer Support Group
Kaiser Permanente Mapunapuna Medical Office, Plumeria Room, 2828 Paa St., 5:30-7 p.m., free. Meet with others who have had similar experiences living with cancer. Share challenges, talk about your concerns and learn how others have dealt with the same problems you may be facing. (432-8538)
Darts
Mo-Joe’s Sports Bar & Grill, 45-1034 Kamehameha Hwy., 7 p.m., free. Play a round of darts. (234-6656)
Exploring Equity
Twigg-Smith Pavilion, Punahou School, 1601 Punahou St., 5-7 p.m., free. Wo International Center hosts an evening to explore the theme of equity, focusing on gender, education and socioeconomics globally. Featured speakers include Neil Abercrombie, Dean Kaneshiro, writer and director of “Rise of the Wahine,” and gender-equality specialist Jennifer Rose with keynote by a student group from Hyderabad, India. (944-5871)
Dinosaurs Unleashed
Bishop Museum’s Castle Memorial Building, Feb. 28-Sept. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $8.95-$19.95. A dozen lifelike animatronic dinosaurs with interactive stations and activities explaining how these animals flourished in their respective environments. (847-3511, bishopmuseum.org)
Pluto: Exploring New Horizons
Bishop Museum, exhibit runs through July, 2:30 p.m., $19.95/adults. Explore Pluto and astronomy as never before in this brand-new planetarium show. (847-3511, bishopmuseum.org)
Youth Sports Camp
First Baptist Church of Honolulu, 1313 Pensacola St., July 20-24, 4:30-7:30 p.m., $30. Soccer, basketball, cheerleading, Bible stories and singing. (521-4708, 426-6357)
Mango Season Duo
Lulu’s Surf Club, 6-8 p.m., free. Mango Season Duo performs. (253-9099)
Wildest Show in Town
Honolulu Zoo, 4:35 p.m. gates open, 6-7 p.m. concert, $3. Enjoy live local entertainment every week, plus picnic fare, family activities and a mini guided tour. Performing this week: Ohta San and Nando Suan. (926-3191, honoluluzoo.org/wild)
2015 Annual Contemporary Show
1132 Bishop Gallery, 1132 Bishop St., July 13-Aug. 28, regular business hours, free. Featuring oil, acrylic, watercolor, photography, mixed media and 3D work from Association of Hawaii Artists. (542-3147)
A Common Thread: Textiles from the Permanent Collection
UH-Manoa’s East-West Gallery, 1601 East-West Road, May 24-Sept. 20, weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays noon-4 p.m., free. This exhibit features a selection of textiles rarely seen by the general public, including batik from Indonesia and Malaysia, embroidered clothes from China and much more. (944-7177, arts.eastwestcenter.org)
Aloha Aina FOR‘EWA Pono
Kapolei Hale, 1000 Uluohia St., July 13-31, weekdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., free. An exhibit of work by the children who participated in Ewa Beach CBDO art development programs. Artist reception is July 23 from 4:30-6 p.m. (768-6666)
An Expression of My Vision Through Watercolor
Gallery on the Pali, July 12-Aug. 6, Tuesdays-Fridays 10 a.m.-6 p.m., weekends 2-6 p.m., free. Kealohilani Samuel Ahai exhibits his watercolor paintings. Reception is July 17 from 6-8 p.m. (unitariansofhi.org/gallery)
Association of Hawaii Artists 2015 Contemporary Show
1132 Bishop Gallery, 1132 Bishop St., July 13-Aug. 28, regular gallery hours, free. Association of Hawaii Artists hosts its 2015 Contemporary Show. Reception is July 20 from 5-7 p.m. (623-6497, 395-6234)
Collages & a bit of Clay
Honolulu Country Club Gallery, 1690 Ala Puumalu St., exhibit runs until Aug. 8, regular business hours, free. Check out collages and fine craft items from Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden artists. (395-4702, sraoahu@hawaii.rr.com)
CONTACT(ed) 2015
The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave., July 14-Aug. 28, Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m., free. A look at the period of Americanization of the Hawaiian nation (1890s-1930s). Originally exhibited at Honolulu Museum of Art in April, and reinterpreted here.
Mango Days
Honolulu Hale Courtyard, July 20-Aug. 8, 530 S. King St., weekdays from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., free. Enjoy an exhibit of mango-themed artwork from Sunday Drawing in Manoa & Friends, Hawaii Watercolor Society and Honolulu Woodturners. Artist reception on Aug. 4 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. (768-6666)
Nani I Ka Hala; Weaving Hawaii
Bishop Museum, March 28-July 27, open daily except Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $8.95-$19.95. Nani I Ka Hala: Weaving Hawaii is an original exhibition that will explore the rich ulana (weaving) heritage linking Pacific islanders, carried forward in modern Hawai‘i by a thriving community of contemporary lau hala artists. (bishopmuseum.org, 487-3511)
National Memories: U.S.-China Collaboration During WWII
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Hangar 79, 319 Lexington Blvd., March 14-July 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., $12-$25. This traveling exhibit demonstrates the unusual and little-known camaraderie that existed between Chinese and U.S. soldiers during WWII. (pacificaviationmusem.org, 441-1007)
‘Once Upon One Noddah Time’
Manoa Valley Theatre, July 2-Aug. 2, Wednesdays-Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 4 p.m., $42-$20. This Hawaii-spawned local-style musical adapts traditional popular fairy tales into a comedic Pidgin English fantasy brimming with energetic songs, colorful characters and plenny talk-story. (988-6131, manoavalleytheatre.com)
Papahana Kuaola Lelekamanu Program Poster Display
Windward Mall, Center Court, July 13-26, normal mall hours, free. Papahana Kuaola Lelekamanu Programs’ spring and summer participants share their knowledge about Hawaii’s natural and cultural connections to fresh water through art. A special event will be held July 26 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (235-1143)
Shannon Webb
Waikiki Parc Hotel, July 2-Sept. 25, daily hotel hours, free. Check out ceramic art from Shannon Webb, an imminent graduate of UH-Manoa’s BFA program. (956-8364, gallery@hawaii.edu)
National Suit Drive
Men’s Wearhouse, June 22-July 31, regular store hours, free. Donate gently used professional attire to Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii. (bbbshawaii.org)
