March 7
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Find Fireworks, Food and Friendship at Honolulu Festival
>> >> Honolulu Festival owns the weekend throughout Honolulu and Waikiki, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday (March 7). Expect art, music food and more — all free. A highlight is the Nagaoka Fireworks Show at 8:30 p.m. Sunday (March 8) on Waikiki Beach. For the complete schedule, visit honolulufestival.com. Photo courtesy Honolulu Festival
Saturday March 7
CLASSES
Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED
American Red Cross Hawaii Chapter, 4155 Diamond Head Road, March 7, 20, 22, 24, 29 and 30, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 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. (1-800-733-2767, redcross.org/take-a-class)
First Aid
American Red Cross Hawaii Chapter, 4155 Diamond Head Road, March 7, 20 and 22, 8:30-11:30 a.m., $70. Learn emergency action steps and first aid procedures for injuries and sudden illnesses. (1-800-733-2767, redcross.org/take-a-class)
Game For Your Brain and Your Family
Windward Community College, Hale Palanakila 224, 45-720 Keaahala Rd., 9 a.m.-noon, $60. Sharpen your mind and have fun with educational games for the whole family. Pre-registration required. (235-7433, windwardcce.org/self-development.htm)
Hawaiian Canoe Sailing
Windward Community College, Hale Imiloa 133, 45-720 Keaahala Rd., class meets for six Saturdays, 1-4 p.m., $190. Learn basic Hawaiian canoe sailing and navigational skills while increasing your swimming and water safety skills. Pre-registration required. (235-7433, windwardcce.org/sailing.htm)
I Can Cope Cancer Class
Kaiser Permanente Mapunapuna Medical Office, Maile Room second floor, 2828 Paa St., 9:30-11:30 a.m., free. Get information about cancer diagnosis and treatment and receive practical help in coping with some of the emotional issues resulting from a cancer diagnosis. Pre-registration required. (432-8538, 432-2260)
K-Drama 102
Windward Community College, Hale Kuhina 106, 45-720 Keaahala Rd., class runs for three Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon, $60 plus $5/lab fee, Go deeper into the world of K-Drama with Korean history, touring a Korean supermarket and learning to cook a few simple dishes. Pre-registration required. (235-7433, windwardcce.org/k-drama.htm)
Keiki Explorer Club: Transform Plants into Paper!
The Green House, 224 Pakohana St., 10-11:30 a.m., $20/keiki-parent team. Harvest a variety of plants and explore the differences in the fiber they produce. Pre-registration required. (524-8427, thegreenhousehawaii.com)
LSAT Preparation Course
UH-Manoa’s William S. Richardson School of Law, Classroom 3, 8:30 a.m., $165/course. Take a diagnostic test today to be considered for enrollment in Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law’s LSAT prep course. Bring the completed application to the test. Applications otherwise due by March 14. Classes start April 2 from 6-9 p.m.. RSVP required. (lawlsat@hawaii.edu)
Playing Your Life – Gamifying Your Finances, Health, Day to Day Living
Windward Community College, Hale Palanakila 224, 45-720 Keaahala Rd., 2-5 p.m., $60. Experience the exciting new world of Alternate Reality Gaming — where you overlay an exciting game over your own life in order to enhance your health, financial, educational, or professional goals. Pre-registration required. (235-7433, windwardcce.org/self-development.htm)
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
UH-Manoa’s Richardson Law School, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., $100-$130. Hear from featured speakers Susan Fletcher, Sarah Ellis and Kat Brzozowski, and learn more about the world of children’s book publishing. (hawaii.scbwi.org/events/2015-scbwi-hawaii-annual-conference/)
Spring in the Garden: Reaping What You Sow!
The Green House, 224 Pakohana St., 1-3 p.m., $25. Tia Silvasy explores a variety of harvesting and seed-saving techniques, how to put your garden to “bed” and how to make natural fertilizers and bug sprays, and more. Pre-registration required. (524-8427, thegreenhousehawaii.com)
COMMUNITY
Aloha Aina Recycling Drive
Puohala Elementary School, 9 a.m.-noon, free. Check website for acceptable and unacceptable materials. (kokuahawaiifoundation.org, 3rs@kokuahawaiifoundation.org)
Crafters’ Clearance and White Elephant Sale
Castle High School cafeteria, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., free. Castle’s 2015 Project Grad sponsors a crafters’ clearance and white elephant sale, featuring Pilo the Breadman, collectible cookbooks, food and more. (953-7011, projectgradgaragesale@gmail.com)
E-waste Recycling
Pacific Corporate Solutions, 99-1305B Koaha Place, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Accepted materials include computers, monitors, laptops, printers and more. No quantity limits. Check website for complete list. (ewastehawaii.com, 488-8870)
Going Green Recycling Drive
Farrington High School, 1464 N. King St., 9 a.m.-1 p.m., free. Save your recyclable waste and help turn trash into cash for community programs. Acceptable items include scrap metal, cell phones, batteries, computers, HI-5 beverage containers and more. (291-6151, renemansho@hawaii.rr.com)
Kualoa/Hakipu‘u Canoe Festival
Kualoa Regional Park, Campground A, 49-479 Kamehameha Hwy., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Learn more about ancient traditions of canoeing in Polynesia, and participate in activities, showcases and more. Girl Scout Troop 377 will host educational booths on the effects of the sun. (www1.honolulu.gov/parks/programs/beach/kualoa.htm)
Rummage Sale & Tunnel Tours
WWII tunnels near Aikahi Shopping Center, 221 Iliaina St., 8 a.m.-2 p.m., $5/adult tours, $3/keiki tours. Browse a rummage sale and take tours of the bunker from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. every hour, in support of Hawaii’s abandoned and abused animals. (253-0675)
University Lab School Pa‘ina and Cultural Festival 2015
University Lab School, 1776 University Ave., 3-9 p.m., free. Celebrate Pacific Rim cultures with food, entertainment, games and keiki activities on the lawn, plus a country store, silent auction and musical performances. (956-7833)
Zeuterin Sterilizations
Windward Community College, March 7-8, time based on appointment, free. The first 50 male dogs will receive Zeuterin sterilizations, a non-surgical technique. Pre-registration required. (356-2222)
Discover Your Future in Flight at Pacific Aviation Museum
>> >> Anyone interested in planes — or pursuing a career in aviation — should check out Pacific Aviation Museum’s sixth annual “Discover Your Future in Aviation” from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday (March 7). Aircraft flyovers, demonstrations, activities and more are planned for attendees. Entry fee is $6 in advance and $10 at the door. Visit pacificaviationmuseum.org or call 441-1007.
Photo courtesy Pacific Aviation Museum
FAMILY FUN
Discover Your Future in Aviation
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., $6/advance, $10/at the door, free with museum admission or to museum members. Young people can see aircraft flyovers, remote control aircraft demonstrations, hands-on activities, career information and more. (pacificaviationmuseum.org, 441-1007)
Dole Plantation Family Fun Day
Dole Plantation, 64-1550 Kamehameha Hwy., 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free. Dole Plantation offers buy-one-get-one-free admission alongside live music, hula, arts and crafts, prize giveaways and more. (220-4981, doleplantation.com)
Easter Bunny Arrival
Windward Mall, center court, 10 a.m.-noon, free. The Easter Bunny arrives early, bringing Easter cookie decorating, craft making, temporary tattoos, balloons and more. (235-1143)
Ko Olina Children’s Film & Music Festival
Ko Olina’s Kohola Lagoon and throughout Aulani and Ihilani properties, 1-8 p.m., $10-$30. Keiki can enjoy live stage performances, interactive music and video studios, including a showcase of family-friendly Disney movies and HIFF films. “Frozen” will be screened on the beach at sunset. (koolinachildrensfestival.com)
HIKES & TOURS
Manoa Cliff Trail Hike
Manoa Cliff Trail, call for meeting place, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m., $10/non-members. Sharpen your botanical knowledge on a three-mile hike with noted author and geographer Dr. Mark Merlin. (955-0100)
Waihe‘e Ahupua‘a Cultural Access
Meet on Waihee Road fronting the BWS pump station across from Kahaluu Regional Park, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $10-$20/recommended donation. Take a moderate hike to Waihee and Hamama Falls, see the lands, hear history, learn about water resources and more. Pre-registration required. (235-8111, legendsofkoolau@aol.com)
Walk to Diamond Head Lighthouse
Meet in front of Mahatma Gandhi Statue near Honolulu Zoo entrance, 2 p.m., free. Learn about the volcanic crater and its surroundings as you stroll through Kapiolani Park and past the Gold Coast to the Kuilei Cliffs. (528-0528)
MUSIC
Hanayagi Dancing Academy Hawaii Foundation Maizome
Mission Memorial Auditorium, 530 S. King St., 1 p.m., free. Recital to showcase student accomplishments in Japanese classical/traditional dance and music (Nagauta shamisen). (839-6092)
Harps of March: Hear and Learn About Harps
Wahiawa Public Library, 820 California Ave., 2:30 p.m., free. Harpists Trisha Yee and Marci Prins celebrate spring and share information about their custom-built lever harps. (622-6345)
Jazz at Medici’s – Rea Fox and Elliot Maker
Medici’s at Manoa Marketplace, 2754 Woodlawn Drive #7-103, 7:30-10:30 p.m, $15. Rea Fox and Elliot Maker perform. (351-0901)
Melodie
Jazz Minds Art and Cafe, 1661 Kapiolani Blvd., 9 p.m., $7. (945-0800)
Royal Hawaiian Band
Kawaiha‘o Church, 7 p.m., free. The band performs at the Hawaiian Choral Festival/Prince Kuhio Choral Concert led by Nola Nahulu. (922-5331)
Royal Hawaiian Band
Lincoln Elementary School, 10 a.m., free. The band performs at the fifth annual Ohana Health Fair. (922-5331)
Ulfuls Special Mini Concert
Hawaii Convention Center, Kamehameha Exhibit Hall, 5 p.m., free. Enjoy a special concert for Ulfuls, which coincides with the Honolulu Rainbow Ekiden relay. (honoluluekiden.com)
Unity in Diversity: VPCS Concert Fundraiser
The Great Lawn at Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., 4-9 p.m., free. Na Hoku Award-winner Mike Love and other local talents, including 24-VII Dance Force, cultural performers and more, gather to support Voyager Public Charter School. (864-7193, jtamayowilson@gmail.com)
Honolulu Festival
Multiple locations, including Hawaii Convention Center, Waikiki Beach Walk and Ala Moana Center, March 7 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and March 8 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Attendees will enjoy cultural entertainment by performers from Japan, the Pacific Rim, and Hawaii. Highlights include traditional taiko drumming, cultural dances, musical performances, hula, exhibits and more. (833-3378, honolulufestival.com)
THE ARTS
Book Celebration
Na Mea Hawaii at Ward Warehouse, 2-4 p.m., free. A celebration for Sydney Lehua Iaukea’s “Keka‘a: The Making and Saving of North Beach West Maui,” with an author talk and Q&A session. (741-2762)
‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’
Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel St., March 7 at 7 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m., $5-$10. This cross between “Snow Queen” and “Beauty and the Beast” sees a little girl battling the supernatural to free the young man she loves from a terrible spell. (528-0506)
Halau Hula o Leilehua
Windward Mall, center court, 1-2 p.m., free. Say aloha to the hula dancers of Halau Hula o Leilehua. (235-1143)
’Superior Donuts’ Auditions
TAG – The Actors’ Group, 650 Iwilei Road #101, March 7 at 11 a.m. and March 8 at 7 p.m., free. Multiple roles available for interested actors in “Superior Donuts.” (taghawaii.net, 741-4699)
’The Brave’
The Leeward Theatre at Leeward Community College, 8 p.m., $15-$25. New Zealand’s Massive Company presents the stories of eight diverse Auckland men to share their most sincere ponderings on what it takes to be a man. (455-0380, ltheatre@hawaii.edu)
VOLUNTEERS
Foster Care Trainings
Hawaiian Humane Society, 2700 Waialae Ave., 1-2 p.m., free. Hawaiian Humane Society seeks foster homes for animals in need. (356-2229, lshaughnessy@hawaiianhumane.org)
