November 26

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Wednesday November 26
Healthy Pregnancy Class
Ohana Room at Castle Medical Center, Kailua, 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. (263-5400, castlemed.org)

How to Communicate with Your Doctor
Honolulu Country Club, RSVP by today for event on Dec. 2 at 6:3-8 p.m., free. Dr. Keola K. Beale discusses the importance of communicating with your doctor as a key part of a cancer’s survivor’s journey. (427-6645, agnes.zsigovics@lls.org.)

Move Camp
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Mapunapuna Medical Office, Mondays and Wednesdays through Dec. 8, 5:30-6:30 p.m., contact for cost. Use the latest fitness tools such as resistance bands, medicine balls, ropes and more to build cardio, strength, balance and core. Advanced registration is required. (432-2260)

Zumba
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Honolulu Medical Office, Mondays and Wednesdays through Dec. 8, 5:30-6:30 p.m., contact for cost. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international dance themes blended with body sculpting movements and easy to follow dance steps. Advanced registration is required. (432-2260)

’Go For Broke’ Exhibit
Central Pacific Bank Main Branch, 220 S. King St., exhibit runs until December, Monday-Thursday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m., free. “Go For Broke: Japanese American Soldiers Fighting on Two Fronts” honors World War II veterans of the four Nisei units. (544-0500)

Kalua Turkey Fundraiser
St. John’s By-the-Sea, 47-074 Lihikai Drive, drop-off on Nov. 26 from 4-5 p.m., pickup on Nov. 27 from 9-10 a.m., $15/item. Bring your pre-seasoned turkey in an oven bag and foil pan to St. John’s and have it cooked it in their imu for Thanksgiving. (239-7198

Share a Holiday Feast
Foodland and Sack N Save stores, fundraiser runs until Dec. 31, donations welcome. Make donations at checkout to those less fortunate in Hawaii. Salvation Army will distribute proceeds in the form of Foodland gift certificates to the needy. (foodland.com/stores)

Dear Santa Letter Writing Station
Windward Mall’s Sears wing, during mall hours until Dec. 24, free. Write Santa a letter, and bring a stamp to make sure he can send you a reply. (235-1143)

Pearlridge Express
Pearlridge Center Uptown Center Court, runs until Jan. 4, 2015, Mondays-Saturdays 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $3.50/ride, $29/10 rides. Keiki can enjoy riding the traditional Christmas train. (488-0981)

Toy Works Santa Photo
Windward Mall, during mall hours through Dec. 24, $21 and up. Take a photo with Santa and his elves, and get an activity book. (235-1143)

Holiday Kickoff
Royal Hawaiian Center, 6 p.m., free. Watch Santa’s grand entrance and the tree illumination, then enjoy Celtic Pipes & Drums and Kawika Trask & Friends performing live. Santa will stick around to take photos at the tree until 8:30 p.m. (royalhawaiiancenter.com)

Samurai Funktion
Jazz Minds, 1661 Kapiolani Blvd., 9 p.m.-1 a.m., $5. (945-0800)

Binding & Looping
University of Hawaii Art Gallery at UH-Manoa, exhibit runs Oct. 5-Dec. 5, gallery hours Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays noon-4 p.m., free. “Binding & Looping: Transfer of Presence in Contemporary Pacific Art” brings together artists from Hawaii and the Pacific. (956-9043)

’Closer Than Ever’
Manoa Valley Theatre, show runs Nov. 13-30, Wednesdays-Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m., $39/general. A musical about aging, mid-life crises, second marriages and unrequited love in the modern world. (988-6131, manoavalleytheatre.com)

Colorful Stories: Indian Folk Paintings
East-West Center Gallery, UH-Manoa campus, exhibit runs through Jan. 11, 2015, weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays noon-4 p.m., free. Scroll paintings and other folk art forms from India are on display. (944-7177)

Hawaii’s Modern Masters
Luxury Row, 2100 Kalakaua Ave., exhibit runs until Dec. 1, daily 10 a.m.-10 p.m., call for cost. Featuring Daven Hee, Quinn Donnelly, Sharon Doughtie and many more. (589-1580)

I Value…
Filipino Community Center, 94-428 Mokuola St., exhibit runs until Nov. 28, Mondays-Sundays 9 a.m.-5 p.m., free. Enjoy photography from UPAAH members that reflect community values. (680-0451)

Living Art Marine Center
Living Art Marine Center, 3239 Ualena St., exhibit runs through Nov. 30, call for cost, free. Kahi Bisho opens his first art exhibition, showcasing his wave photography art. (841-8080)

Local View of People and Places
Ginny Walden Art Gallery (41-829 Kakaina St., studio A-4), exhibit runs until Dec. 1, contact for days, times and cost. Features Ginny Walden’s drawings, paintings and sculptures. (389-0579, ginnywalden.com)

Mixed Media Miniature Show XVII
Koa Art Gallery at Kapiolani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head Road, exhibit runs until Dec. 17, Mondays-Fridays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Browse some great gifts for the holidays amidst unique works of art. (734-9374)

Stills and Abstracts
Louis Pohl Gallery, 1142 Bethel St., exhibit runs Nov. 3-29, gallery hours Tuesday-Friday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Keiko Thomas and Kay Chun Sasaki exhibit paintings. (521-1812)

The Nature of Things and Pairs to Provence
The Gallery at Ward Centre, 1200 Ala Moana Blvd., exhibit runs until Nov. 30, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., call for cost. Susie Y. Anderson displays her oil paintings, while George Woollard, Babs Miyano-Young and Gordon K. Uyehara show off their sculptures, fashion and metal clay art, respectively. (597-8034)

Third Annual Miniature Show
Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden Gallery, 45-680 Luluku Road, exhibit runs Nov. 2-29, gallery open daily from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., artist’s reception Nov. 15 from 4-6 p.m., free. The Association of Hawaii Artists puts on its third annual show, with Warren Stenberg curating.

Two Men on the Edge
Gallery on the Pali, exhibit runs until Dec. 4, Mondays-Fridays 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturdays-Sundays 2-6 p.m., free. Stuart Robson and Brennan Simcock display paintings and monoprints. (595-4047)