November 25

Castle Medical Center, Ohana Room, 6-8 p.m., $10. This one-hour class for couples will help prepare you for a healthy pregnancy. You will learn valuable and important information such as prenatal nutrition and exercises that will help keep you healthy and at low risk during pregnancy. Pre-registration required. (263-5400, castlemed.org)

Kaiser Permanente Mapunapuna Medical Office, Maile Room, 2828 Paa St., 5:30-7 p.m., free. Meet with others who have had similar experiences living with cancer. Share challenges, talk about your concerns and learn how others have dealt with the same problems you may be facing. (432-8538)

Castle High School, 3-5 p.m. drop-off, $20. Drop off a turkey or chicken for the imu (no pork, please), and benefit Castle High’s agriculture program. Call for pickup times. (305-0735)

Halawa Xeriscape Garden, 99-1268 Iwaena St., Wednesdays and Saturdays in November, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Pick up free seeds of Lignum Vitae and other plants this month at the garden. (748-5320)

Kailua High School, 451 Ulumanu Drive, 3-4:30 p.m., $25/tray of food. Kailua High School Athletics hosts a Thanksgiving fundraising imu for the first 400 orders, 25 pounds per tray. Pickup is 8-9:30 a.m. Nov. 26. Checks payable to the high school. (266-7910, 391-8275)

Royal Hawaiian Center, Royal Grove, 5:15-8:30 p.m., free. Royal Hawaiian Center kicks off the holiday season with an evening of entertainment from Honolulu Youth Symphony, Heart & Soul Band, Halau Hula Olena and Kawika Trask & Friends. Tree-lighting with Santa is at 6 p.m., and then he’ll stick around for photos until 8:30. (royalhawaiiancenter.com)

Windward United Church of Christ, 38 Kaneohe Bay Drive, 7 p.m., free. Rev. Jessica Gibo leads the service, with sacred hula from Kailua United Methodist Church. Offering goes toward St. Anthony’s Outreach. (254-3802)

Windward Mall, Sports Authority wing, Nov. 14-Dec. 20, mall hours, free. Write Santa a letter. Bring your own postage. (235-1143)

Pearlridge Center, Uptown Center Court, Nov. 20-Jan. 10, Mondays-Saturdays from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $3.50/ride, $29/10 rides. Ride Hawaii’s only scale-model, fully functioning train around the mall. (203-2366, pearlridgeonline.com)

Ala Moana Center, Nov. 21-Dec. 23, check website for times and cost. Take a picture with Santa just in time for the holidays. (alamoanacenter.com)

Ewa Beach Public Library, 10:30 a.m., free. Lani Moo and Calci read stories about farm animals and healthy eating, with a meet-and-greet to follow. (689-1204)

Windward Mall, Center Court, Nov. 14-Dec. 24, Mondays-Saturdays from 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $25. Take a photo with Santa and his elves. (windwardmall.com)

Lulu’s Waikiki, 6-9 p.m., free. (383-3103)

The Republik, 1349 Kapiolani Blvd., 9 p.m., $25. Jimmy Weeks Projects performs with special guests The Late Ones, Kiwini Vaitai, DJ Hapa Boy, Eli-Mac and Siaosi. (jointherepublik.com)

Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden, Visitor Center Gallery, 45-680 Luluku Road, Nov. 2-29, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Association of Hawaii Artists hosts its third annual Miniature Show. Reception is Nov. 14 from 4-6 p.m. (associationhawaiiartists.com)

Bishop Museum, Aug. 9-Nov. 30, normal museum hours, $19.95-$8.95/museum admission. Bishop Museum honors the legacy of Duke Kahanamoku with a special exhibit featuring archival video and photos, objects from his life, fun activities and more. (bishopmuseum.org)

Gallery on the Pali at First Unitarian Church of Honolulu, 2500 Pali Hwy., Nov. 8-Dec. 3, Tuesdays-Fridays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., weekends from 2-6 p.m., free. Jimi Tablante displays his art in watercolor and mixed media, portraying life on Oahu. Opening reception is Nov. 13 from 6-8 p.m. (unitariansofhi.org/gallery, 595-4047)

Waikiki Parc Hotel, Parc Promenade Gallery, Oct. 1-Jan. 8, free. Recent UH graduate Jonathan Holshue displays his glass sculptures. Reception is Oct. 1 from 6-8 p.m., featuring a performance from Aaron Cardenas. (956-8364, tasakas@hawaii.edu)

Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Oct. 3-Jan. 5, check website for schedule, $10-$3. Enjoy unique laser light shows in a domed theater, including “Fright Light,” “Legends of the Night Sky: Perseus and Andromeda” and more. (bishopmuseum.org, 847-3511)

Second Floor at Cedar Street Galleries, 817 Cedar St., Nov. 20-Jan. 3, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free. This miniature art show features dozens of local artists. (cedarstreetgalleries.com)

Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant St., Nov. 5-Dec. 6, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m., $5-$20. A football scholarship leads to unexpected family and cultural strife in a Hawaiian home. (kumukahua.org, 536-4441)

UH-Manoa’s Art Building, Art Gallery, Oct. 4-Dec. 4, weekdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays from noon-4 p.m., free. This exhibit examines the phenomenon and reasons for the resurgence of abstraction. Works by 29 New York artists are featured. (956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu)

UH-Manoa’s East-West Center Gallery, John A. Burns Hall, 1601 East-West Road, Oct. 11-Jan. 24, weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays from noon-4 p.m., free. View Parsi textiles, highlighting aspects of the long and varied development of the South Asian community. (944-7177, arts.eastwestcenter.org)

Brue Bar, 119 Merchant St., Nov. 4-Dec. 10, 7 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Sam Guerrero displays the struggle between beauty and the cost of paradise. Opening reception is Nov. 4 from 5-7 p.m. (441-4470)

Manoa Valley Theatre, Nov. 12-Dec. 13, Wednesdays-Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 4 p.m., $39-$20. Enjoy the explosive rock-n-roll musical, “The Who’s Tommy,” based on the iconic 1969 rock concept album. (manoavalleytheatre.com)

Kahala Mall, Nov. 23-Jan. 4, Mondays-Saturdays from 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free. Toyota Hawaii displays the art of local finalists in its 2015 Dream Car Art Contest. (toyotahawaii.com)

Bishop Museum, Oct. 3-Feb. 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $19.95. The museum spotlights 32 award-winning garments from the international World of Wearable Art competition, with interactive installments. (bishopmusem.org, 847-3511)