Events

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Join us for an evening of Cacao Elixir and Chocolates! Every Friday Night the Hawaiian Sanctuary brings you a Cacao Ceremony and DJ Dance Party! Spinning this week: DJ TaiSun Cacao Elixir included with admission! Cacao Ceremony starts at 7pm. Dance starts at 8pm. Quality Sound - Laser Light Show - Fire Performances by Pirotic […]

Navigating the Night Sky is an interactive program that features live observation from the Visitor Information Station (VIS) on Maunakea, coupled with a presentation by 'Imiloa staff on the Oceanic navigational starlines and Hawaiian Star Compass.

Electric Palms Hawaii presents Borgore performing live in Honolulu at The Republik on Friday, August 11th. Tickets are on sale Thursday, July 13th, 2017 at 10:00am at all locations listed below. This is an 18 and over event. Borgore is one of electronic music’s most popular and polarizing artists. Called the enfant terrible of bass […]

No bells & whistles, just boots & cats. ;) We're gonna hana hou this event because the last one was so snazzy! Stacking those subs and tops so you can experience the music in all its audible glory. All DJs will be jamming 2 sets each of DOPE House Music; Deep, Funky, Gee, Future, Tech, […]

We're back to school, and it's time to do some updates to get the garden ready for classes. We'll be installing sinks in the new kitchen area and doing some garden maintenance. Join us for a fun morning in the garden!

The public is invited to observe and participate in the Association's regular maintenance of its demonstration colonies at the Komohana Apiary and Apiary Garden. No registration. No fee. Participants must wear protective clothing (hat, veil, suit, and gloves). Weather permitting. Garden maintenance begins at 9 am. Colony maintenance begins at 10 am. For more information, […]

The Hilo Public Library welcomes chess players of all ages and skill levels to our weekly club gatherings every Saturday. Players can challenge one another in friendly weekly competitions and learn various strategies from ranked BICC chess players. Players may use chess boards purchased with Friends of Hilo Public Library funds during this designated time. […]

Grandma Gigi will share her love of reading!

Type II Diabetes is no longer just an epidemic in this country, but a world-wide pandemic. JOIN US to learn which foods to include and which foods to avoid to stop diabetes in its tracks. You can eat your way back to great health, and eat to totally prevent type II Diabetes from ever being […]

Free hands-on art activities for all ages! Every second Saturday of the month. Museum galleries will be open; admission is always free. Drop in at any time, allowing about 30 minutes to complete a project. All materials provided. (August 2017 activity to be announced) First floor Multipurpose Room, No. 1 Capitol District Building. Parking across […]

Free hands-on art activities for all ages! Every second Saturday of the month. Museum galleries will be open; admission is always free. Drop in at any time, allowing about 30 minutes to complete a project. All materials provided. (September 2017 activity to be announced) First floor Multipurpose Room, No. 1 Capitol District Building. Parking across […]

Amongst all this conflict and confusion around food, how do we make the best decisions about how we feed ourselves? Amidst a brutally polarized debate marked by passion, suspicion and confusion, FOOD EVOLUTION, by Academy Award®-nominated director Scott Hamilton Kennedy (The Garden, Fame High, OT: Our Town), explores the controversy surrounding GMOs and food. Traveling […]

A representative from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will discuss the following topics: How to get a Green Card How to become a U.S. Citizen Rights and Responsibilities of U.S. Citizenship This 90-minute informational program is suitable for ages 18 and older. Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library 10 days in […]

August is Romance Awareness Month! Set a date with your significant other to focus on your relationship. Susan LeBron, award winning author, can help you foster an effective approach to communicating. Build genuine and mutually satisfying connections. Transform trust and ignite intimacy in your relationship. Experience being “emotionally naked” with your partner. For committed adult […]

Please join us in the First floor Reading Room for another Saturday Afternoon at the Movies. Young Kubo, against his mother’s repeated warnings, stays out after dark during the festival of Obon. As soon as the moon hangs in the sky, Kubo is relentlessly pursued by the Moon King’s twin daughters, an evil pair who […]

X1 World Events #48 – August 12, 2017 “RAY COOPER III vs JORGE PATINO” Live on Pay Per View from the Blaisdell Arena Ray “Braddah” Cooper III vs Jorge Patino Chirs Cisneros vs Zane Kamaka Sale Sporat vs Rafael Brewster Michael Nakagawa vs Russell Mizuguchi This Event will be featured on Spectrum Pay Per View […]

Join us at Sugar Beach Events for our 5th annual farm-to-table celebration of local agriculture featuring local chefs and student-produced films! This year's event will feature additional chef-run farm-to-table stations and an expanded silent auction with mobile bidding. Guests will enjoy live music by Keith Ranney, Bentley Kalaway and Joel Katz and a food-themed student […]

Come on down on Saturday, August 12th, at 6pm, talk story, play some bingo, enjoy some ONO GRINDZ and support your local Veterans all at the same time!! Yummy, yummy!! Dinner includes chili, vegetarian chili, rice, cornbread, salad and a variety of desserts! You receive 2 complimentary bingo cards with dinner! This is sponsored by […]

Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) presents the HOT Orvis Opera Studio: Live in Concert with Maestro Timothy Shaindlin, on Saturday, August 12, at the Mae Z. Orvis Auditorium at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. This free event is offered by HOT’s Education Department. Doors to the public will open at 6:30pm. Both on street and limited parking […]

Featuring :Suzanne Mac Adam (vocals) Jeff Enriques Ikeda (bass and vocals) Will Divine (drums and vocals) Wesley Matsuda (guitar and synths)

Johnnie and the RockNess Monsters are going to surface and rock your soul this Saturday night! No cover!

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival Series These festivals function as a showcase for some of Hawai`i's foremost artists in the slack key guitar genre. These artists, through the festival, help to promote, preserve, and perpetuate Hawai`i's indigenous guitar art form that is 185 years old. These festivals also serves as an educational tool for visitors […]

Partners in Time is a Honolulu band that plays ethnic music from the Balkans and the Near East — primarily Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Armenian, and Turkish — and also some Middle Eastern music. Besides playing traditional ethnic music, the group also mixes some jazz styling and original jazz-ethnic fusion compositions into its music. Sponsored by […]

Join North Kohala’s published and amateur authors as they read from their recent work and share stories of their writing life. Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library 15 days in advance to request a sign language interpreter or if special accommodations are needed.

An all inclusive Jazz Jam with a rotating house band. Created to strengthen the Big Island Jazz community through networking & jamming. Bring your favorite charts & the instrument of your choice or enjoy the vibrations of people improvising together in the Jazz Tradition, 6-9pm every Monday night. Free for all ages.

Open mic Open stage, No Cover!!

Join the North Kohala Public Library’s writer’s group from 10 a.m. until noon on the third Tuesday of each month to exercise and enhance your writing skills. For beginning writers or published authors–the timid, the brave–serious or amateur–prolific or blocked. The group is facilitated by published author, Eila Algood, who asks that you bring pen, […]

While supplies last, come to Kihei Public Library and ask for your FREE book, thanks to a generous grant from the Kay A. Edwards Memorial Fund.

Learn how to use an embroidery machine in our MakerSpace!

Learn how to use an embroidery machine in our MakerSpace!

No Reservations Required • 2nd Floor Dining Area Join the Love Life! Team in Kahului for their FREE Vegetarian Cooking Class! They'll be showing how to make easy and incredibly delicious vegetarian meals. Every 3rd Tuesday of the month 5:00pm - 6:00pm We'll be teaching the following recipes: -Carrot Fries -Vegan Chipotle Aioli -S'mores Nut-Milkshake […]

No Reservations Required • 2nd Floor Dining Area Join the Love Life! Team in Kahului for their FREE Vegetarian Cooking Class! They'll be showing how to make easy and incredibly delicious vegetarian meals. Every 3rd Tuesday of the month 5:00pm - 6:00pm We'll be teaching the following recipes: -Carrot Fries -Vegan Chipotle Aioli -S'mores Nut-Milkshake […]

Live Classic Hawaiian music from 6:30 to 9:30 pm. No cover!

Arts Chat 6: Hawaii's Creative Economy Randy Cohen,Vice President of Research and Policy for Americans for the Arts will present the results of the Arts and Economic Prosperity 5 (AEP5) report. Data for AEP5 was collected from 341 study regions across all 50 states, and provides specific and reliable information about spending by arts organizations […]

Papa Lopaka (Robert DeVinck) is a writer, English literature scholar, and long-time reader of classic books. Come enjoy a dramatic reading of the Classics Illustrated comic book of W. H. Hudson’s Green Mansions, projected on a large screen. Following the reading, Papa will encourage children to read the original book. Small snacks are included (refreshments […]

Papa Lopaka (Robert DeVinck) is a writer, English literature scholar, and long-time reader of classic books. Come enjoy a dramatic reading of the Classics Illustrated comic book of W. H. Hudson’s Green Mansions, projected on a large screen. Following the reading, Papa will encourage children to read the original book. Small snacks are included (refreshments […]

Don’t miss this important event! This is the time for teachers to talk directly with parents about the learning program, specific curriculum issues, home-school connections, classroom policies and procedures, and more. It is important for us to be a united team, working together in the best interest of your son or daughter. Board members will […]

Don’t miss this important event! This is the time for teachers to talk directly with parents about the learning program, specific curriculum issues, home-school connections, classroom policies and procedures, and more. It is important for us to be a united team, working together in the best interest of your son or daughter. Board members will […]

Free salsa dance event 6-10pm. No cover!

Hawaiian Sanctuary is proud to present: Plant Aloha, a FREE educational series of sustainable farming classes. Every Thursday morning, from 9:00am until 12:30pm, with special Saturday monthly offerings, led by local and visiting experts. Visit our website for more information: http://hawaiiansanctuary.com/plantaloha Thursday, August 17th 2017 – 9:00am-12:30pm Locally Adapted Annuals with Wade Bauer Start with […]

Join musician and early-education specialist Uncle Wayne Watkins for a rollicking good time! This special storytime will feature songs, laughter, learning and fun — spot-on for toddlers and preschoolers. Children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver. Program schedule is subject to change.

The Thelma Parker Memorial Public & School Library would like to invite you to join us for story time fun. We host story time every Thursday for keiki 2-5 and their caregivers. Each story time includes stories, songs, and crafts. Story time has many benefits, such as helping brain development by increasing knowledge, vocabulary, imagination, […]

Nā 'Imi 'Ike is an 'Ōlelo Hawai'i study group open to all ages and skill levels. Our goal is to create of group of motivated learners in North Kohala who will support each other towards fluency in the Hawaiian Language. Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library 15 days in advance to request […]

Nā 'Imi 'Ike is an 'Ōlelo Hawai'i study group open to all ages and skill levels. Our goal is to create of group of motivated learners in North Kohala who will support each other towards fluency in the Hawaiian Language. Program schedule is subject to change. Contact the library 15 days in advance to request […]

For the month of August, the Hawaii State Library Book Group will discuss Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave. Inspired by his grandparents, who were separated for three years after getting engaged in 1941, bestselling author Chris Cleave crafts a heartbreaking novel of wartime love that travels from Blitz-torn London to the Siege of […]

Amazing music from Wendell Ing and friends. No cover!

The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts will be closed on Friday, August 18, 2017 in observance of Statehood Day.