February 2
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Sunday February 2
CLASSES
Play In Clay
Windward Community College – Hale Palanakila 216, Mondays and Wednesdays through Feb. 19, 6-8 p.m., $140 + $30 lab fee payable to instructor. Open ceramic studio where lab assistants teach the basics of preparing clay, the potter’s wheel and hand-building techniques. (235-7323)
Puppet Workshop
Art Explorium, 1142 Koko Head Ave., Feb. 2 and 9, 1-2:30 p.m., $25, ages 4 and up, registration required. Create unique characters and learn how to performwith them in the 2-part workshop. (www.artexplorium.org)
MUSIC
Honolulu Piano Teachers Association Scholarship Benefit Concert
University of Hawaii Music Department – Orvis Auditorium, 4 p.m., $10-20. Scholarship winners are Grant Carvalho, Sun Yong Lee, Xin Lin, Ji Su (Cinnia) Park and Juben Garces. (779-5363, carolynstanton@hotmail.com)
Benefit Concert Featuring Singers From Japan
Hawaii Theater, 5 p.m., free. Chorus Without Borders from Japan perform Japanese cultural songs and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in its entirety. Donations are encouraged to help support victims of the 2011 tsunami in Tohoku, Japan. (528-0506)
Royal Hawaii Band Performance
Royal Hawaiian Center at the Royal Grove, noon, free. (922-5331)
SPECIAL EVENTS
Super Bowl Party
Hula’s Bar and Lei Stand, 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Watch the game on six screens and enjoy food and drink specials. (923-0669)
HIKES & TOURS
President Obama’s Hawaii
Central Union Church, corner of Punahou and Beretania Streets, 2 p.m., free. Informative walking tour covers Obama’s biographic details. (528-0528)
NIGHTLIFE
11th Hour Performance
Moose McGillycuddy’s, 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., free, ages 21 and up. 11th Hour delivers modern and alternative original rock music. (347-1323)
THE ARTS
’Art of Aloha: In Celebration of Women’
Gallery on the Pali – First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, till Feb. 20, Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday 2-6 p.m., contact for cost. The gallery watercolors by Patrice Federspiel. (595-4047, www.artofaloha.com)
Ballroom Dancing Registration and Classes
Makakilo Community Park, 7 p.m., through Feb. 24, 7 p.m., contact for cost. Monday night classes in Merengue and West Coast Swing. (781-2076 or 220-6026)
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)
