August 12

Kahala Mall Verizon Wireless, Aug. 12, 15 and 26, 9-10 a.m., visit website for more information and to register. This workshop walks you through hardware functions, setting up your email, adding social network accounts and customizing your device.(vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)

Baby aWEARness, Manoa Marketplace, July 29 to Aug. 19, $35/class, price lower when signing up for at least four classes. Your family and friends will think you slaved away in a hot kitchen all day, but in reality this style of cuisine is faster, funner, and yummier than you would imagine. (macrobiotichawaii.com/chef-services/, leslie@macrobiotichawaii.com)

Mike McKenna’s Windward Ford, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., free admission. This event will include a variety of pets for adoption, prize giveaways, Humane Society items for purchase, entertainment provided by KSSK. (hawaiianhumane.org)

Kaiser Permanente, 3288 Moanalua Road, Honolulu, 1-3 p.m., free. Call to register. This group meeting is for anyone who has lost a loved one and would like a nurturing environment in which to share thoughts and feelings. (371-8611)

Foodland Ewa Town Center, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Moanalua Gardens Missionary Church, Moanalua Middle School, 1337 Mahiole St., Honolulu, 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (bbh.org)

Ward Warehouse, noon to 3 p.m., donations. A benefit for the Hawaiian Humane Society. Dogs being bathed, pampered and prettied. (356-2244)

Atherton Performing Arts Studio, 4 p.m., $30/general, $25/HPR members, $15/students. I-Bei Lin (cello) and Grant Mack (piano) in recital. Call for reservations. (955-8821)

Still & Moving Center, 6:30 p.m., $5. Aug 12: The Living Matrix: The New Science of Healing; Aug 19: Yoga as Therapy; Aug 26: Get Real: Wise Women Speak. (stillandmovingcenter.com)

Kahala Hotel & Resort’s Maile Ballroom, 5:30-10 p.m., $325, call for reservations. Portion of the proceeds for this event will be donated to the James Beard Foundation in support of their efforts to celebrate, nurture, and preserve America’s diverse culinary heritage. (739-8760, restaurants@kahalaresort.com)

National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl, 5:30 p.m., free. The third annual Taps Across America is a tribute to the fallen. (225-6927)

Diamond Head Theatre rehearsal hall, Aug. 12-13, 7 p.m., free. Responsible for launching Barbra Streisand into stardom, Funny Girl is a semi-biographical story, which follows the career of Broadway and film star Fanny Brice, and her rocky relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. diamondheadtheatre.com/season/auditions.html)

Page Academy of Dance, 3478 Waialae Ave., Honolulu, noon to 1 p.m., call for more information. Tau Dance Theater is looking for youth dancers for roles in the Hawaii-Japan Youth Exchange Concert and other community appearances. Must be 9-18 and have previous dance training. Audtion and first class free. (220-9945)