May 11

Palisades Elementary School, 2306 Auhuhu St., Pearl City, 3-7 p.m., free. There will be Xtreme Fun, Aloha Clowns, Frozen Fun Mobile, a bake sale, and games. (453-6550)

Big City Diner, 108 Hekili St. #101, Kailua, 9-11:30 p.m., free. 11th Hour delivers UNPLUGGED renditions of modern, alternative. (347-1323)

Mililani High School gym, 95-1200 Meheula Pkwy., Mililani, 9 a.m., free. Each grade level of Mililani Waena will be performing a special song, and they look forward to seeing everyone there to celebrate this special event with them. (372-4567)

Waterfront at Aloha Tower Marketplace, 6-11 p.m., $30/door, $25/advance. U.S.VETS Waianae Civic Center presents its 2012 Music Festival. (usvetsinc.org, 696-6775)

Shack Mililani, 9:30 to close, cover. Resistor Hawaii’s premier rock and roll band playing a variety of your favorite rock tunes (showproevents@aol.com)

Academy Art Center at Linekona, 1111 Victoria St., Honolulu, May 11-20, Tuesday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sundays 1-5 p.m., free. Hawaii Quilt Guild’s Annual Show 2012. (782-1297, johnsusanhawaii@gmail.com)

Bishop Museum, 5:30-9 p.m., $25. The Hawaii Book Publishers Association will present the 2012 Ka Palapala Pookela Awards. (596-8885)

Polynesian Cultural Center Gateway, 55-370 Kamehameha Hwy., Laie, 7:30-9 p.m. dinner, $25/door, $22/presale. Island Times 2 will be playing hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s. (367-7060)

The Dragon Upstairs, 10 p.m. to midnight, continues to 2 a.m., $5/cover at door. Show begins at 10 p.m. with a 90-minute show including both acoustic and eletric sets by Oil in the Alley. (facebook.com/OILINTHEALLEY)

Blaisdell Center’s Pikake Room, 4 p.m., $60/general, $45/HIFF members. Historic Hawai‘i Foundation has announced honors in exemplary achievement in the field of historic preservation to be presented at the 37th Annual Preservation Honor Awards. (historichawaii.org)