East Oahu Highlights

Below are highlights of East Oahu events. Email items by Nov. 28 to cchang@midweek.com or fax them to 585-6324. The next edition is Dec. 5.

* NEIGHBORS Kaimuki Neighborhood Board meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at Kaimuki Christian Church Fellowship Hall, and Hawaii Kai meets at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at Hahaione Elementary cafeteria. Call 768-3710.

* WIRELESS TIPS The Kahala Mall Verizon Wireless store runs free workshops on its products at 9 a.m. Nov. 21 (Samsung Galaxy S III) and Nov. 25 (Droid Razr by Motorola). Call 734-0250.

* STAR PARTY Hawaiian Astronomical Society has a free public star party from 5:45 to 10 p.m. Nov. 24, complete with telescopes, at Kahala Community Park, 4495 Pahoa Ave. Go to hawastsoc.org.

* FILM NIGHT Native Hawaiian Legal Corp. sponsors a cultural film night and benefit at 5 p.m. Nov. 24 at Mamiya Theatre, featuring the Australian aboriginal film Murundak: Songs of Freedom and the Hawaiian film Fishing Pono: Living in Harmony with the Sea. Tickets cost $75 and $25 and include pupus, live music and a silent auction. Call 521-2302 or visit nhlchi.org.

* SENIOR SUMMIT Kaiser Permanente has a free Senior Summit at 11:45 a.m. Nov. 27 at KaimukiWaialae YMCA on fall prevention and urinary incontinence. Call 737-5544.

* HANAUMA TALK Hanauma Bay Education Center presents a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29 on UH graduate student research of tsunami maps, Kaneohe Bay stream health and Hilo Bay pollution in the park’s Cynthia M. Bond Memorial Theater. Call 397-5840 or 956-7031.

* BLOOD DRIVE Hawaii Blood Bank has a donor drive from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Nov. 29 at Chaminade. Call 848-4711.

* BEST CRAFTS A Season’s Best Craft Fair runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 1 at Aliiolani Elementary with 200 vendors. Call 683-6064.

* GIFT IDEAS Family and Community Education volunteers share holiday gift and decor ideas at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 1 at Aina Haina Library. Call 377-2456.

* HOLIDAY FESTIVAL Hawaii Kai Retirement Community has a public holiday festival and fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 2 at 428 Kawaihae St. Call 395-9599.

* CHORALE Honolulu Chorale presents its 47th free holiday concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 2 in Sacred Hearts Academy Chapel, featuring Norman Luboff’s African Mass with soloists Stan Baptista and Ian Capps, and the Mele Mai Paki Lima Community Handbell Choir. Call 595-0327.

* KAIMUKI MARCH Kaimuki Business and Professional Association’s Kaimuki Christmas Parade is from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 6, starting at Saint Louis School and traveling down Waialae to Koko Head Avenue and the municipal parking lot. Call 739-5272.

* HORSE PHOTOS Koko Crater Stables has an open house from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 8, plus a family photo session with the horses for $8 and information about riding lessons. Call 256-1317.