April 28
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Thursday April 28
Adult & Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chapter, 4155 Diamond Head Road, 8:30-3 p.m., $110. Get trained to recognize and care for victims of illness and sudden injuries and life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults, children, and infants and learn how to use an AED. Pre-registration required. (1-800-733-2767, redcross.org/take-a-class)
Adult CPR/AED
American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chapter, 4155 Diamond Head Road, 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., $70. Learn to recognize and care for victims of life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies and to use an AED on adults. Pre-registration required. (1-800-733-2767, redcross.org/take-a-class)
Adult First Aid/CPR/AED
American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chapter, 4155 Diamond Head Road, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., $90. Get trained to recognize and care for victims of illness and sudden injuries and learn how to administer CPR and use an AED for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies on adults. Pre-registration required. (1-800-733-2767, redcross.org/take-a-class)
Android: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Pacific Guardian Tower, 2-3 p.m., free. Learn how to use your new Android device. Pre-registration required. (vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops)
Eat Well for Life: Journey to Japan
Castle Medical Center’s Wellness Center, 6-7:15 p.m., $10. Explore the cuisine of Japan and learn to make sekihan (red bean rice) and other traditional favorites. Pre-registration required. (263-5400, castlemed.org)
‘Issei Women at Work’
Kapiolani Community College cafeteria, 7:30 p.m., free. Kelli Y. Nakamura discuses “Issei Women and Work: Washerwomen, Prostitutes, Midwives and Barbers,” about how Japanese gender roles were transformed in Hawaii. (hawaiianhistory.org, 537-6271)
Lei Po‘o
Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden, 10 a.m.-noon, $15. Make lei with flowers from your yard for May Day. Flowers provided. Pre-registration required. (522-7066)
Successful Online Marketing – SEO, Web Design and Advertising
Email for location and times, $40-$50. Professional Women’s Network hosts its monthly luncheon with special guest Daniel Hildebrandt, CEO and founder of DH Internet Marketing Consulting. (reservations@pwnhawaii.org)
Unearthing the Polynesian Past: An Archaeology Odyssey
Bishop Museum, Atherton Halau, 1525 Bernice St., 6-7:30 p.m., $10/general. Dr. Patrick V. Kirch looks back on 50 years of Polynesian archaeology, reflecting on how our knowledge and methods have evolved. Pre-registration required. (eventbrite.com/e/totp-lecture-unearthing-the-polynesian-past-an-archaeology-odyssey-by-dr-patrick-v-kirch-tickets-24409449320)
Using Hip-Hop Pedagogy to Engage Students
CCC in Wist Hall, 4:30-7 p.m., free. Learn more about using hip-hop culture in the classroom across content areas with Today’s Future Sound. (corbink@hawaii.edu)
Comedy Hospital – Open Mic Comedy
Station Bar, 1726 Kapiolani Blvd., 7:30 p.m. sign ups, 8 p.m. show, free, age 21 and up. Hawaii’s longest-running open mic comedy night. (mraaronpresents.net)
Cancer Support Group
Kaiser Permanente Mapunapuna Medical Office, Plumeria Room, 5:30-7:30 p.m., free. Meet other who are living or have lived with cancer. Share challenges, talk about concerns and learn how other have dealt with problems you may be facing. (432-8538)
Mu‘umu‘u Heaven + Hana Hou Vintage Pop Up Launch Party
Island Bungalow Hawaii, 131 Hekili St., 5-8 p.m., free. Find the perfect vintage attire for May Day at this special pop-up sale with the help of stylists. The sale runs April 24-May 8. (536-4543, islandbungalowhawaii.com)
Waialua Readers’ Group
Waialua Public Library, 9:30-11 a.m., free. Pick of the month is “Wolf Hall” by Hilary Mantel. (637-8286)
‘Fat Cats, Magical Roosters and Pesky Fairies’
Hawaii Kai Public Library, 10:30 a.m., free. Dr. Margaret Read MacDonald reads lively folktales from around the world. (397-5833)
‘Island Kine Stories’
Wahiawa Public Library, 10:30 a.m., free. Auntie Jan will present humorous folktales, poetry and participatory games from around the world — local style. (622-6345)
Jeff Peterson
Aloha Tower Marketplace, Multipurpose Room 2, 6 p.m., $10. Jeff Peterson performs Hawaiian slack-key music and discusses his craft. (544-0805)
Music from Shakespeare’s Time
Hawaii State Library, noon, free. Learn more about and hear samples from the music of Shakespeare’s time from Ian Capps, president of Early Music Hawaii. (586-3520)
Newsbury Park Adventist Academy
Ala Moana Center, Center Stage, 5 p.m., free. (955-9517)
Just Eat It HI — A Film Screening and Chef Challenge
Iolani School, 563 Kamoku St., 5 p.m., $45-$5. Watch a screening of “Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story,” and sample the results of a chef showdown between Mark Noguchi, Lee Anne Wong, Ronnie Nasuti and more. (justeatit-hi.eventbrite.com)
Pic Exchange: ‘Sons of Halawa’
Doris Duke Theater at Honolulu Museum of Art, 7 p.m., free. Molokai’s Pilipo Solatorio wonders who will carry on the traditions of Halawa Valley in this documentary screening. Pre-registration required. (piccom.org)
$10 Funky Fridays
Sugino Dance Academy, 404 Ward Ave. #202, Fridays through May 27, 6-10 p.m., $10. Get a beginner/intermediate and advanced dance lesson, followed by social dancing. Light refreshments served. (321-1380, info@islandmagicdance.com)