September 9
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Wednesday September 9
Android: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Pacific Guardian Tower, 2-3 p.m., free. Learn how to use your new Android phone. Pre-registration required. (vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)
Android: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Pearlridge Center, 9-10 a.m., free. Learn how to use your new Android phone. Pre-registration required. (vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)
Apple iPhone: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Moanalua Center, 1-2 p.m., free. Learn how to use your new iPhone. Pre-registration required. (vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)
Apple iPhone: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Pearlridge Center, 9-10 a.m., free. Learn how to use your new iPhone. Pre-registration required. (vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)
ARMA Hawaii General Membership Meeting
First Hawaiian Bank Center, Po‘okela Room, 999 Bishop St., 8 a.m.-1 p.m., $25-$40. Learn more about “Compliant Application Retirement – Understanding the Pieces” and “Blue Skies for Data in a World of Clouds” at the ARMA Hawaii membership meeting. RSVP required. (armahawaii.org, rsvp@armahawaii.org)
Breastfeeding Class
Castle Medical Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m., $25. Pre-registration required. (263-5400, castlemed.org)
Christ-centered Yoga
Prisma Dance Studio, 2184 N. King St., Wednesdays from Sept. 9-Oct. 14, 6:45-8 p.m., $60. Learn prayerful breath yoga, presented in hatha/vinyasa flow, focusing on the presence of God. Bringing a movement and breath practice into your life can provide health to the body with the peace and stability you crave. Pre-registration required. (prayerfulbreathyoga.com, 343-7416)
Family Fun Night
Waianae Public Library, 6 p.m., free. Matt Bowden from Once Again Hawaii teaches a seminar about succulents. Each attendee gets one plant to take home. (697-7868)
Swim Lessons
Kalihi Valley District Park swimming pool, Sept. 8-Nov. 9, call for dates and times, free. Learn to swim with classes, a swim team, water exercise and more. (832-7814)
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: floral, decor and design. RSVP encouraged. (theweddingcafe.com/workshops)
Life Reimagined for Work Breakfast
YWCA Oahu, Fuller Hall, 1040 Richards St., 7:30-9 a.m., $15-$20. Get information on the latest research about women and negotiating, and hear advice and personal stories to help seize new opportunities from Colleen Hanabusa, Joanna Amberger, Phyllis Horner and Cheryl Soon. Pre-registration required. (lifereimagined.cvent.com/ReimagineWorkHawaii)
Sip & Spa — An Environ Event
Windward Medispa, 25 Maluniu Ave. #202, 5-7:30 p.m., free. Learn more about anti-aging treatments via an exclusive line of Environ skin products. Enjoy complimentary drinks, pupus, product samples and prize giveaways. RSVP required. (261-8346, reception@windwardmedispa.com)
Blind Wine Tasting
Honolulu Design Center, Cupola Events Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m., $110. Kakaako Improvement Association hosts a blind wine tasting of three red and three white wines, with pupu and door prizes. (sgoyallc@aol.com, 722-8487)
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)
ACTION!
Brue Bar, 119 Merchant St., exhibit runs through September, free. Painter and printmaker Annie Irons displays her work at Brue Bar. A reception will take place July 29 from 5-7 p.m. (441-4470)
‘Aina Aloha Mural Installation
The ARTS at Marks Garage, Sept. 1-26, regular gallery hours, free. This storytelling mural and visual manifestation of Hawaii features murals by Al Lagunero, Meleanna Meyer, Harinani Orme, Kahi Ching, Carl Pao and Solomon Enos. Reception is Sept. 4 from 6-9 p.m. (521-2903)
‘Brave’
Hawaii Kai Public Library, 249 Lunalilo Home Road, 2:30 p.m., free. Screening of the Disney Pixar film “Brave.” (397-5833)
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku
Bishop Museum, Aug. 9-Nov. 30, normal museum hours, $19.95-$8.95/museum admission. Bishop Museum honors the legacy of Duke Kahanamoku with a special exhibit featuring archival video and photos, objects from his life, fun activities and more. (bishopmuseum.org)
Groeniger [Meta]
UH-Manoa’s Art Gallery at the Art Building, Aug. 24-Sept. 18, weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays noon-4 p.m., free. Associate professor Scott Groeniger presents a collection of recent digital prints and videos. Reception on Aug. 30 from 2-5 p.m. (956-8364, gallery@hawaii.edu)
‘Honu by the Sea – The Musical’
Hawaii Theatre, Sept. 12 and 19 at 2 and 7 p.m., Sept. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m., $10/general. Johnson Enos presents an underwater fantasy about protecting the ocean environment. (hawaiitheatre.com)
HouMinn Architecture Exhibition
UH-Manoa’s Architecture Building, Haigo and Irene Shen Architecture Gallery, Aug. 26-Sept. 20, weekdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Explore the alternative approach to design and production of HouMinn Practice. (956-2859)
‘Little Teapots’
Louis Pohl Gallery, 1142 Bethel St., Sept. 1-Oct. 15, Tuesdays-Fridays from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Explore teapots — one of the most difficult forms of pottery — from 26 different artists. Reception on Sept. 4 from 6-8 p.m. (521-1812, louispohlgallery.com)
Louis Pohl Gallery Centennial Celebration
Louis Pohl Gallery, 1142 Bethel St., Aug. 24-Oct. 16, Tuesdays-Fridays from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Celebrate Louis Pohl’s legacy with a special centennial exhibit at the gallery. Celebrations on Sept. 19 and Oct. 2 from 6-9 p.m. (521-1812)
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)
‘Shear’ Delight: Weaving in the Year of the Sheep
Honolulu Museum of Art School Gallery, Aug. 25-Sept. 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Hawaii Handweavers Hui celebrates the year of the sheep in Chinese astrology and will look at wool as an important element in fiber traditions. (hawaiihandweavers.org)