October 19

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Sunday October 19
CLASSES
Giving Birth: The Castle Experience
Castle Medical Center, four Sunday sessions starting Oct. 5, 2-4 p.m., $45/person, $80/couple. Geared towards couples in their third trimester giving birth at Castle Medical Center to learn about different aspects of the birth experience. (263-5400)

Quicksets Volleyball Club Mini Waves Clinics
Le Jardin Academy Upper Campus Gymnasium, 917 Kalanianaole Hwy., Oct. 19, 26 and Nov. 2, 9-10 a.m., $35/drop-in, for ages 3-6. Quicksets Volleyball Club welcomes youth at all skill levels. (673-8571, 234-4550, quicksetsvbc.com)

Quicksets Volleyball Club Youth Clinic
Le Jardin Academy Upper Campus Gymnasium, 917 Kalanianaole Hwy., Oct. 19, 26 and Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23. 9-10:30 a.m., $25/drop-in, for ages 12 and under. Quicksets Volleyball Club welcomes youth at all skill levels. (673-8571, 234-4550, quicksetsvbc.com)

COMMUNITY
Blood Bank of Hawaii
Foodland Ewa Town Center, Bloodmobile, 7-11 a.m., free. Donate blood and help save lives. Appointments recommended. (848-4770)

Blood Bank of Hawaii
Hawaii Kai Public Library Meeting Room, 7-11:30 a.m., free. Donate blood and help save lives. Appointments recommended. (848-4770)

Comic Jam Hawaii
Pearlridge Center Downtown Center Court, 1-4 p.m., free. A regular social event of local artists who create collaborative cartoons, illustrations and sketches while “talking story.” (203-2366)

Craft Fair
Moanalua 99, 1151 Mapunapuna St., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Indoor, air-conditioned craft fair featuring over 35 vendors. Handmade, direct sellers and resellers; lots of closeouts and clearance items. (479-5525)

Craft, Gift & Rubberstamp Expo
Neal Blaisdell Center – Hawaii Suites, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Featuring local vendors selling a variety of wonderful crafts, gift items and craft supplies. A large Crafter’s Clearance Sale will also be a part of this event. (nanstar@hawaii.rr.com)

Dharma Talk with Patricia Lee Masters
Kailua Shambhala Meditation Center, Aikahi Park Shopping Center, 25 Kaneohe Bay Drive #205, 9-11 a.m., free. Morning chants and meditation are followed by a talk from Pat Masters. (291-6865)

Kapolei City Lions Benefit Breakfast
Kapolei High School cafeteria, 91-5007 Kapolei Parkway, 7 a.m.-noon, $6/plate. Eat an island breakfast of Portuguese sausage, scrambled eggs, rice, banana muffins, fruit and POG juice while enjoying live entertainment, vendors, raffles, a karaoke contest and more. (722-2858)

Messy Monsters
ARTS at Marks Garage, 12:30-4:30 p.m., $15. Parents and keiki work to make treat-or-treat bags for Halloween and puppet masks. (rockyhorrorpictureshow2014@artsatmarks.com)

French Impressions
Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall, 4 p.m., $32-$60. Hawaii Symphony Orchestra performs Claude Debussy’s symphonic ode to the sea, “La Mer.” (946-8742, hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org)

French Impressions
Neil Blaisdell Concert Hall, 4 p.m., contact for cost. French conductor Bruno Ferrandis and Italian pianist Fabio Bidini team up for an all-French program. (hawaiisymphonyorchestra.org)

Royal Hawaiian Band
Windward Mall, 2 p.m., free. Royal Hawaiian Band performs. (922-5331)

Shichigosan Children’s Festival
Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu, through Nov. 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., $50 donation includes blessing, Chitose-Ame candy, omamori and gift. The shrine blesses children age 3, boys age 5 and girls age 7. Reservations required. (841-4755, e-shrine.org)

Wine & Tango
150 N. King St., suite 202, 6:30-8 p.m., contact for cost. A night of wine tasting, hor d’oeuvres, socializing and a 45-minute Argentine tango lesson and stag performance by Brett and Jenny. Advanced registration is required. (831-239-6529, info@paradisetango.com)

THE ARTS
’Paheli’ Film Screening
East-West Center Gallery, 1601 East-West Road, 1:30-4 p.m., free. Screening of “Paheli,” directed by Amol Palekar, a retelling of a classic Rajasthani folktale about a woman who falls in love with a ghost. (944-7177)

VOLUNTEERS
October Bike Path Workday
Next to the bike path in the open space across from Ted’s Bakery, along Hoalua Street, 3-6 p.m., free. Volunteers wanted to help maintain the bike path in the Sunset Beach area. (malamakealapupukeabikepath.com)