April 12

Mililani Recreation Center 3, 6-7 p.m., free. Free educational workshop for Mililani residents. Social security: your questions answered. (625-4404)

Hawaii Behavioral Health, 210 Ward Ave. #219B, alternating Fridays until May 15, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (ages 8-12), 7:30-9:30 p.m. (ages 13-17), $10/class. Sibshops increases the peer support and informational opportunities for brothers and sisters of people with special needs and to increase parents’ understanding of sibling issues. (394-7320, autismhi@gmail.com)

Kaiser Permanente – Honolulu Clinic, conference room 2E, 10 a.m.-noon, free. For persons who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or chronic bronchitis, emphysema and/or asthma. (copd.hawaii@yahoo.com, 699-9839)

Kaiser Permanente – Mapunapuna Clinic, 3:30-6 p.m., free. Find out if your child’s car seat or booster is installed properly by a child passenger safety technician from the National Highway Traffic Safety Association. Pre-registration required; by appointment only. (432-2260)

Aiea High School, 4-9 p.m., free admission. Featuring food booths, a petting zoo, pony rides, entertainment, a silent auction and more. Scrips can be purchased be 50 cents each to be used for games, food, face and hair painting, country store and more. An Xtreme wristband can be purchased for $20 for Xtreme rides. (ahsfff@yahoo.com)

Tenney Theatre on the grounds of The Cathedral of St. Andrew, April 5 at 7:30 p.m., continues Saturdays beginning April 6 thru May 11 at 4:30 p.m., ASL performance on April 27 at 4:30 p.m., $10-$20. The Hawaii Theatre for Youth concludes its 2012-2013 “Season of Classics” with “Charlotte’s Web.” (htyweb.org, 839-9885)

Neil Blaisdell Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m., $35-$75. The Oahu Choral Society presents a full orchestral and choral performance of Johannes Brahm’s “Ein deutsches Requiem.” Featuring a chorus of over 100 voices, including the Honolulu Symphony Chorus and Hawaii Pacific University’s International Voice Ensemble, along with a full orchestra of 50 musicians of the Hawaii Symphony. (ticketmaster.com)

Diamond Head Theatre, runs until April 14, Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m., Sun. at 4 p.m., Saturday matinee shows at 3 p.m. on April 6 and 13, contact for cost. Diamond Head Theatre presents “9 to 5: The Musical,” based on popular 1980 movie “9 to 5.” (733-0274, diamondheadtheatre.com)

Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, April 12 and 13, 11 p.m., $5 for UH Manoa students, $8-10. Through confrontations with faceless corporate masters, jealous lovers and personal demons, playwright Steve Yockey explores the collapse of humanity that occurs when we push each other and ourselves past our limits. (etickethawaii.com, 944-2697)

University of Hawaii at Manoa Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, April 5-6 and 12-13, 11 p.m., $5-$10 (tickets go on sale one hour before each show time). The evening is comprised of three short plays by Steve Yockey: “Heavy Cream,” “Foolish Heart” and “A Lovely Violent Ghost Haiku with Gun.” (hawaii.edu/kennedy, 956-7655)

Diamond Head Theatre Rehearsal Hall, April 12 at 7 p.m. and April 13-14 at 2 p.m. Diamond Head Theatre holds auditions for “The Goodbye Girl” which will run from May 24 to June 9. Those auditioning should be prepared to sing; bring a Broadway-style sheet music in your own key. (733-0277)

Hawaii Pacific University Paul and Vi Loo Theatre, HPU Hawaii Loa Campus, through May 5, Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 4 p.m., $5-$20. HPU presents its spring production of Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler.” (375-1282, hpu.edu/theatre)

Gallery ‘Iolani at Windward Community College, show runs until May 3, Mondays and Tuesdays from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Wed.-Fri. and Sun. from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., call for cost. Featuring eight installation artists that define the concept of “comfort space.” Participating artists are Mark Chai, Maura Fujihara, Deanna Itano, Kamaile Puaoi, Keiko Hatano, Mary Mitsuda, Chusak Mjarone and Sally Lundburg. An artists reception will be held on March 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. (236-9155)

The ARTS at Marks Garage, April 12 and 19, show starts at 8 p.m., $12-$15. Honolulu dance-theatre company, Monkey Waterfall, showcases some of Hawaii’s finest dancers and performers in an exploration of what goes on when our monkeys are out on their own. (monkeywaterfallapril2013.brownpapertickets.com)

Kennedy Theatre, April 12-13 and 18-20 at 8 p.m., April 21 at 2 p.m., $13-$24, $5/UHM students. Thread Hell is playwright and director Kishida Rio’s masterpiece of the Japanese avant-garde, or angura, movement. (etickethawaii.com, 944-2697, hawaii.edu/kennedy)

Kennedy Theater Mainstage, April 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20, 8 p.m.; April 21, 2 p.m., $5 for UH Manoa students, $13-24. Thread Hell is playwright and director Kishisda Rio’s masterpiece of the Japanese avant-garde movement. (etickethawaii.com, 944-2697)

UHM Kennedy Theatre Mainstage, April 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 at 8 p.m., April 21 at 2 p.m., $5-$24. Kishida Rio’s “Thread Hell” is a classic work of the Japanese angura (underground theatre) movement. A symbolic exploration of the role of women in Japanese society, set in the 1930s. (etcikethawaii.com)