April 17

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Thursday April 17
CLASSES
Android: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless, Pearl Highlands Center, 4-5 p.m. April 17 and 9-10 a.m. April 27, free. Learn the basics of the Android device. Advanced registration is required. (vzworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzworshops)

April After School Art Classes
Art Explorium, Thursdays through April, 4-5:30 p.m., $50/month, $15/class. Look at and discuss a couple of works by a contemporary painter before trying the same style. Appropriate for children ages 7 and older. Advanced registration is required. (artexplorium.org)

Books and Bake Sale
Safeway, Kaneohe, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The Senior Moments Ministry of Kailua Assembly of God holds a books and bake sale. Proceeds benefit the Wounded Warrior Hawaii program. (254-3736)

Easter Egg-stravaganza
Windward Mall, Center Court, 4-7 p.m., contact for cost. The City and County Department of Parks and Recreation holds an Easter Egg-stravaganza. (windwardmall.com, 235-1143)

Explore Scholarship Opportunities
University of Phoenix, Honolulu Campus, 5-6 p.m., free. Learn how to research scholarship opportunities and develop scholarship strategy. Advanced registration is required. (uopxhawaii.eventbrite.com)

Hawaii Veterans and Small Business Forum
Hale Koa Hotel, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., $60 (includes parking validation). The 2014 Hawaii Veterans and Small Business Forum provides existing and aspiring veteran-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and other small businesses an opportunity to learn, network and market their businesses. (eventbrite.com/e/2014-hawaii-veterans-and-small-business-forum-tickets-10278542397)

Maundy Thursday
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, 7 p.m., free. Eucharist, food washing and stripping of the altar. (267-8176)

Maundy Thursday
Windward United Church of Christ, 7:15 p.m., free. Windward United Church of Christ holds a Maundy Thursday celebration with communion and tenebrae worship. (254-3802, windwarducc@hawaii.rr.com)

After School Thursday Art Classes
Art Explorium, Thursdays in April, 4-5:30 p.m., $50/month, $15/class. Learn color mixing, classic brushwork in watercolor and acrylic and more. Open to ages 7 and older. Registration is required. (artexplorium.org)

SPECIAL EVENTS
Held For Ransom Benefit Concert
Crossroads at Hawaiian Brian’s, 7 p.m., $10 suggested donation. The Saloon Pilots, Doolin rakes and Hooligan’s Harp, along with other guests, provide music during a benefit concert for Saloon Pilots member Mark Ransom who recently was diagnosed with stage 3 throat cancer. (hawaiianbrians.com)

THE ARTS
Heritage
Hawaii Pacific University’s Paul and Vi Loo Theatre, April 4-27, Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 4 p.m., $5-$20. “Heritage” tells the story of Abraham Lincoln in a very different light. (375-1282, hpu.edu/theatre)

Huki Day
Kuliouou Beach Park, 9 a.m. Malama Maunalua holds a “huki” event to remove algae from the bay. (395-5050)