September 2

Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, Spalding House Performing Arts Room, pre-register online by Sept. 2, classes take place Sept. 9 and 11, 6-8:15 p.m., free. AAA Hawaii launches “Dare to Prepare,” which provides critical information that parents and teens ages 14 and 15 need to know before teens take the wheel. A parent or caregiver must accompany participating teens. (aaa.com/safety4teens)

Windward Community College, Hale Palanakila 216, Mondays and Wednesdays until Sept. 18, 6-8 p.m., $140 plus a $30 lab fee. An open ceramic studio for community people. Lab assistants help to teach the basics of preparing clay, the potter’s wheel and hand-building techniques. (235-7433)

1041 Maunakea St., July 29 to Sept. 20, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Sundays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., $1800 plus $150 for materials. Instructors William Zwick and Tanvi Pathare, graduates of the Florence Academy of Arts, teach this course. Students have the opportunity to work with live models on extended poses, as well as classical sculptures. (bdbzwick@yahoo.com)

Contact meeting location, 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., $8-$12. The annual train ride is a 90-minute round-trip to Kahe Point and back. A ride in the special Deluxe 1880’s Dillingham Parlor Car (seats only 14) also is available for $25. (4ewa.org)

Martin & MacArthur at Outrigger Reef on the Beach, reception takes place 4-6 p.m., performance (at Kani Ka Pile Grille) takes place 6-9 p.m., contact for cost. Martin & MacArthur hold a reception to celebrate the release of “Na‘auao,” the newest album by Sean Na‘auao. (martinandmacarthur.com, outriggerreef.com)

Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden, daily through Sept. 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. Featuring paintings by Marti Wiese Rounds in watercolor batiks and modernistic acrylics that showcase her new “Retro Hawaii” series. (233-7323)