October 10
Please email calendar@midweek.com for event submissions
Infant Safety
Adventist Health Castle, Kailua, 6-8:30 p.m., $15. Recommended for parents, grandparents and other non-professional childcare providers, this course teaches basic life support techniques for toddlers as well as how to make your home safe for young children. Registration recommended. (263-5400, castlemed.org)
Medicare 101
1585 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1020, 1-2 p.m., free. If you are turning 65 or retiring, come and learn all about Medicare and how to apply. This class will make Medicare easy to understand. Parl at Ala Moana Shopping Center by Macy s. (780-7989)
THe OJams Improv Show
Chinatown Artists’ Lofts, 1159 Nuuanu Ave., 7 p.m., $5-$10. Join the fun in this full hour of improv where audience members will be given the opportunity to participate. Reservations recommended. (521-2903, info@artsatmarks.com)
Blood Bank of Hawaii
C&C Honolulu Hale, Bloodmobile, 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m., free. Donate blood and save lives. Pre-registration recommended. (848-4770, bbh.org)
Blood Bank of Hawaii
Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel, ballroom, noon-6 p.m., free. Donate blood and save lives. Pre-registration recommended. (848-4770, bbh.org)
Blood Bank of Hawaii
The Shops at Dole Cannery, Bloodmobile, Costco Parking Lot, 8 a.m.-noon, free. Donate blood and save lives. Pre-registration recommended. (848-4770, bbh.org)
Blood Bank of Hawaii
UH Manoa Campus Center, Executive Dining Room, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., free. Donate blood and save lives. Pre-registration recommended. (848-4770, bbh.org)
Creative Arts Experience
KEY Project’s Kipuka Cafe, 8:30-10 a.m., contact for cost. (239-5777)
Let s Get Graphic
Modern Honolulu Conference Center, Ballroom A, 3:50-5:10 p.m., contact for cost. This panel is moderated by Roy Chang, editorial cartoonist for Honolulu MidWeek and author/illustrator of Aloha Pepe. Panelists include Christopher Caravalho, Napua Ahina and Stacy Hayashi. (pacrim.hawaii.edu)
Toddler Times
Waianae Public Library, Oct. 10, 17, 24 and 31 at 9:30 a.m., free. Story time for the very small based on Every Child Ready to Read and early literacy research. Each includes stories, songs and playtime. This event is intended for children between 0 and 3 years. (697-7868, librarieshawaii.org/waianae)
Children s Music with the Kailua Elks Club Band
Kailua Elks Club, Lodge #2230, 48 Maluniu Ave., 11-11:45 a.m., free. Come enjoy a fun twist on musical favorites like “Wheels on the Bus” and “I m a Little Teapot” with the Kailua Elks Club Band. Sing along, clap along, dance along and learn some new songs, too. Great for children under the age of 5, and fun for the whole family. Reservations recommended. (keikimusic.eventbrite.com)
Jazz Peace Concert
ARS Cafe, 3114 Monserrat Ave., 3:30-6 p.m., donations appreciated. Enjoy this jazz concert featuring Jim Guss, Tommy Hamasu, and Mihoko M. in a beautiful art gallery/coffee shop setting. (734-7897)
Royal Hawaiian Band
Iolani Palace, noon, free. (rhb-music.com)
Willie K
Blue Note Hawaii, 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., $25-$45. This show features Willie K, the only artist in the world who can go into an Irish pub in the middle of Maui and play anything from indigenous acoustic Hawaiian music to jazz, reggae, rock, country and even opera, and leave everyone within earshot slack-jawed in astonishment. (bluenotehawaii.com)
Hitchcocktober
Kahala Theaters, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, $10. Consolidated Theatres will showcase some of the most iconic films from Sir Alfred Hitchcock in this special celebration. The screening series will come to a shocking conclusion on Halloween, with presentations of “Psycho” at both Kahala and Olino Theatres. (consolidatedtheatres.com)
