What’s Up in Windward Oahu
Wednesday
January 8
Kahaluu board meets
Kahaluu Neighborhood Board meets at 7 p.m. at KEY Project on Waihee Road. Call 768-3710.
Adult school signups
The Windward campus of Waipahu Community School for Adults registers students now through Jan. 17 at Kalaheo High School. Spring term classes run Jan. 27-May 15. Call 254-7955 or visit winsa.k12.hi.us.
Kailua stories
Kailua Library has a free preschool storytime and craft hour at 10:30 a.m. Call 266-9911.
Breast-feeding
Castle Medical Center conducts a class in breast-feeding at 5:30 p.m. today or Jan. 29 for new and expectant parents. Fee is $25 or free with any childbirth class (General Newborn Care, Infant Safety and Healthy Pregnancy). For details on all January offerings and to register, call 263-5400.
Stargazing
Hokulani Imaginarium presents “Stargazing” at 7 tonight and “Tales of the Maya Skies” at 7 p.m. Friday at WCC. Admission is $7-$5. Call 235-7433.
Singles support
Marriage and family therapist Susan Ray begins a support group at 5 p.m. for newly single men and women at her Kailua office, #A-212 in Pali Palms Plaza. The group will meet the second Wednesday of the month. RSVP to 277-6791.
Thursday
January 9
Hanauma Bay talks
Hanauma Bay Education Center presents a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the park theater on American Samoa tsunamis, DNA sequencing, and anthropogenic CO2. Call 397-5840.
Koolauloa board meets
Koolauloa board meets at 6 p.m. at Hauula Community Center on Kukuna Road. Call 768-3710.
Readers theater
Hui o Pohai Nani presents Ladies at the Alamo, a Readers Theater production, at 7 tonight and 2 p.m. Sunday in the retirement home’s newly renovated auditorium, starring local theater veterans Jo Pruden, Cecilia Fordham, Shari Lynn, Kathe James and Sylvia Hormann Alper. Donations are welcome. Call 254-4885.
Friday
January 10
Kaneohe music
Hookani entertains from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. at Haleiwa Joe’s on Haiku Road. Call 247-6671.
Blood drive
Hawaii Blood Bank has a donor drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kalaheo High library. Call 848-4770.
Saturday
January 11
Alzheimer’s help
An Alzheimer’s support group meets at 10 a.m. at Kaneohe Community Family Center at King Intermediate School. Call Melany at 235-7747.
Tea and bingo
A Cup of Tea hosts Bingo Night at 6 p.m. at 407 Uluniu St. #101. For tea room reservations, call 230-8832.
Caregiver help
Ohana Caretakers Support Group meets at 9 a.m. at Queen Liliuokalani Children’s Center on Haiku Road. Call 234-2207.
Lanikai recycling
Lanikai Elementary School has an Aloha Aina recycling drive from 9 a.m. to noon, accepting all kinds of items. Email 3rskokuahawaiifoundation.org.
Senior living options
Retirement outreach coordinator Wesley Young gives an overview of Oahu’s retirement communities and home services options at 10:30 a.m. at Kailua Library. Call 266-9911.
Card-making deadline
Deadline is today to sign up for Sue Laufer’s Valentine’s Day Cards workshop, set for 10:30 a.m. Jan. 18 at Kailua Library. Call 266-9911.
Waimanalo recycles
Hui o Ko’olaupoko and Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council stages a community recycling drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Waimanalo Beach Park, accepting all kinds of recyclable items for the benefit of local environmental projects. Call 381-7202.
Blood drives
Hawaii Blood Bank has donor drives from 7 to 11:45 a.m. today at Kaneohe Bay Shopping Center, 7:15-11:45 a.m. Sunday at Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay and 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kahuku High School. Call 848-4770.
Tuesday
January 14
Children’s council
Windward Community Children’s Council meets at 6 p.m. today in the Windward Health Office conference room. All parents of children with special needs are welcome. Call 586-5371.
Piano songs
Hui o Pohai Nani presents pianist Allan Fisher playing singalong songs at 7 p.m. at Pohai Nani auditorium in a free public program. Call 234-6639.
Upcoming
Flexibility
Marie Riley will lead a free public class in “Relaxing into Flexibility” at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 15 at Kaneohe Library, featuring self-help acupressure, Chu Kung breathing techniques and more. Call 233-5674.
Bishop’s breakfast
St. John Vianney School will host its annual Breakfast with the Bishop at 8, 10 and noon Jan. 19 in the parish hall, featuring good food, homegrown entertainment, celebrity pancake flip-pers and a chance to meet the Most Rev. Larry Silva. Tickets cost $20 and $12 by Jan. 17. Call the school office at 261-4651.