December 23

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Monday December 23
General Newborn Care
Castle Medical Center, Kailua, 5:30-8:30 p.m., $30/two people. Learn how to tell if your baby is sick, how to take your baby’s temperature, why babies cry, how to calm a crying baby and how to bathe your baby. Registration is required. (263-5400, castlemed.org)

Hawaii Healthy Monday Wellness Activities
Pearlridge Center Uptown, 8:30-10:30 a.m., free. Experience purifying and flower therapies, as well as the Japanese Bontemae tea ceremony. (pearlridgeonline.com, 488-0981)

Pearlridge Express
Pearlridge Uptown Center Court, through Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Christmas and New Year’s Eve, $3. Hawaii’s only scale-model and fully-functioning train. (pearlridgeonline.com)

Santa’s Beach House
Ward Centers, Nov. 23-Dec. 24, noon-8 p.m. Mon.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. Sun., photo packages start at $19.99. Located on level three near the Ward 16 Theater. The Santa visitation area features a Hawaii-inspired design, interactive keiki activities and photo opportunities. (wardcenters.com)

Ashley Huang
Parc Promenade Gallery at Waikiki Parc Hotel Lobby, through Feb. 28, 2014, contact for time, free admission. Ashley Huang’s ceramic sculptures are highlighted in a new gallery as part of an expanded arts partnership with UH Manoa, the Halekulani and its sister hotel, Waikiki Parc. (921-7272)

Matchbox Plus IX
Second Floor @ Cedar Street Galleries, through Jan. 5, Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m., contact for cost. The ninth annual miniature art show featuring over 90 local artists working in all media, showing their small-scale size original, two-dimensional and three-dimensional artworks. (cedarstreetgalleries.com)