April 22

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Wednesday April 22
CLASSES
Government Contract 101
Bank of Hawaii, Ala Moana Center Branch, 1441 Kapiolani Blvd., 9-11 a.m., free. Learn more about the potential benefits of doing business with government. (hiptac.org, 596-8990 ext. 1008)

Healthy Pregnancy Class
Castle Medical Center’s Ohana Room, 6-8 p.m., $10. Learn valuable and important information such as prenatal nutrition and exercises that will help keep you healthy and at low risk during pregnancy. Pre-registration required. (263-5400, castlemed.org)

How to Start a Small Business
ChefZone, 2888 Ualena St., 10 a.m.-noon, $10. Hawaii Small Business Development Center presents a workshop on starting your own small business, covering entrepreneurship, business organization, sources of capital and more. Pre-registration required. (945-1430, hisbdc.org)

Spring 2015 Ocean Rec. Program
Haleiwa Surf Center at Alii Beach Park, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays through April 30, 2-5:30 p.m., free. Surf, SUP, tiny toto, junior guard lessons and more. (637-5051)

WordPress Workshop Wednesdays
ProtoHUB, Wednesdays through April 29, 6-7:30 p.m. $25/class, $100/five classes. Learn to develop attractive, functional and sustainable websites with WordPress for their business or pastime. (protohubhonolulu.net)

Adult Learners Open House
Windward Community College Hale Akoakoa 105, 5:30-8 p.m., free. See how convenient it can be to either begin your college path or finish a degree program started years earlier, with information on financial aid, scholarships and more. (235-7387)

Cancer Support Group
Kaiser Permanente Mapunapuna Medical Office, Maile 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. Benefit from speakers who will be invited to present topics of interest to the group. (432-8538)

JASH Friendship Golf Classic
Hawaii Prince Golf Club, 10 a.m., $250. Japan-America Society of Hawaii hosts its 25th annual Friendship Golf Classic, with proceeds going towards the society and its educational programs. (524-4450, cjacobson@jashawaii.org)

COMMUNITY
Leadership and Career Opportunities with the CIA
Mandalay Restaurant, 1055 Alakea St., 5:30-8:30 p.m., $10. Please join us for a dinner presentation to hear about internships, scholarships and career opportunities with the CIA, sponsored by the National Association of Asian American Professionals Hawaii Chapter. Pre-registration required. (naaaphi.org)

Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane Town Hall Meeting
Kailua District Park Multi-Purpose Room, 21 S. Kainalu Drive, 6:30-8 p.m., free. Learn more about hurricanes, tropic depressions, how Hawaii is impacted and more. (783-5396, ctomasa@gmail.com)

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)

Earth Day at Lyon Arboretum
Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Road, 4-6 p.m., $200. Enjoy a private tour at the arboretum to learn more about the life and gardens of Honolulu botanist Beatrice Krauss. RSVP required. (295-5495)

Aloha Aina: A Kanikapila for Earth Day
Windward Community College, Hale A‘o Hawaiian Studies music halau, 2-5 p.m., free. Hawaii Music Institute hosts a kanikapila with Teresa Bright, Ka‘ala Carmack, Mahealani Cypher and more. (236-9130, kaalac@hawaii.edu)

MUSIC
Samurai Funktion
Jazz Minds Art and Cafe, 1661 Kapiolani Blvd., 9 p.m., free. (945-0800)

THE ARTS
Abilities Unlimited Film Festival
Consolidated Theatres Ward Stadium 16, 6:30 p.m., $10/advance, $12/at the door. Abilities Unlimited presents the second annual Abilities Unlimited Film Festival, featuring six short films by local filmmakers focusing on adults with disabilities. (532-2119, snishimoto@abilitiesunlimited.org)

Ancient Hawaii
Honolulu Museum of Art School, 1111 Victoria St., April 2-30, normal museum hours, free. Hawaiian mythology comes to life from photographers Colin Anderson and Robert King Andia. (532-8741)

Communities, Disaster and Change
Windward Community College, Gallery Iolani, April 2-30, weekdays and Sundays from 1-5 p.m., free. Twenty-eight Alaskan artists address the theme of natural disasters and their effects on communities. (236-9155, gallery.windward.hawaii.edu)

Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2015
The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave., April 3-25, Tuesdays-Saturdays, noon-5 p.m., free. Fifty photos from 50 artists will be on display in this seventh annual exhibit sponsored by UH-Manoa’s Pacific New Media program. (956-8244, outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)

Digital Variations 2015
Cedar Street Galleries, 1132 Bishop St., March 14-May 2, regular hours, free. Digital Art Society of Hawaii presents new work. (589-1580)

Hawaii Watercolor Society Members’ Show
Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden, 45-680 Luluku Road, April 5-25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Sponsored by the Hawai’i Watercolor Society, this annual juried exhibition showcases the best in watercolor painting with diverse techniques from traditional to experimental. (233-8520, lrumstead@yahoo.com)

Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden Art Exhibit
Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden, 45-680 Luluku Road, April 4-30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. A multimedia show featuring plants and flowers in the garden. (233-7323)

Mountain Minorities: The Tamang and Rai Cultures of Nepal
UH-Manoa’s East-West Center Gallery, 1601 East-West Road, Jan. 25-May 10, weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday noon-4 p.m., free. Learn more about the Tamang and Rai peoples of Nepal, with photos, village art and more. (944-7177)

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)

’River of Dreams’
Aiea Public Library, 10:30 a.m., free. Ben Moffatt offers a unique storytelling program using puppetry, stilts, magic, music and movement. (483-7333)

Spring Has Sprung
Honolulu Country Club Gallery, 1690 Ala Puumalu St., April 13-May 16, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., free. Reception on April 19 from 5-7 p.m. (441-9420)

The Grandeur of Brush Painting
Honolulu Hale Courtyard, April 20-May 1, weekdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Students of Sachie Saigusa display more than 50 Japanese brush painting. (768-6622)

Tokyo Midtown Awards
Waikiki Parc Hotel’s Parc Promenade Gallery, 2233 Helumoa Road, April 2-June 26, daily hotel hours, free. An exhibit of award-winning works from Tokyo Midtown design competitions. (956-8364)

VOLUNTEERS
Call for Ti Leaves
550 S. King St., second floor, April 1-May 18, 7:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m., free. Ti leaf donations are needed to make la‘i lei to drape on grave markers at Punchbowl for Memorial Day. (768-6666)