Community Calendar

Spam can harps, rice bag drums, tin can gongs, and other musical instruments made from repurposed rubbish are on display at Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery now through mid-August. All instruments were custom built by Benjamin Fairfield, author of the illustrated children's book Kani Ka 'Opala: How can garbage sing? Fairfield (lecturer at UH and Hawai'i Pacific University) was featured last October on the Conversation as a climate-action-artist-in-residence with the State Commission on Climate Change in 2025. Come view, play, and listen to an assortment of rubbish instruments. A great way to celebrate Earth Day and aloha 'aina.

2026 High School Photo Showcase
Traditional black & white handprints
May 2 - June 4, 2026
Opening Reception Sunday, May 3, 2026, 6-8pm

We’re excited to showcase our local high school students from Iolani, Kamehameha & Moanalua High Schools. They will be showing black & white darkroom handprinted photographs. This will be our second year showcasing our local students photographs.

Join us for the opening reception on Sunday, May 3, 6-8pm. The photos will be up in the shop May 2 - June 4, 2026.

Hilton Grand Vacations hosts its Made in Hawaiʻi Pop-Up Market every other Friday, twice a month, bringing together local vendors whose products and stories reflect the culture, craftsmanship, and entrepreneurial spirit of the islands. Beyond the shopping experience, the market offers a unique opportunity to connect with the makers.

A few standout vendors include:

North Shore Bees — a Hawaiʻi-born business focused on sustainable beekeeping and educating consumers on authentic local honey.

Sweet Brown Hawaii — founded by a former HGV team member whose caramel brand has become especially popular with Japanese visitors.

Noriko’s Famous Party Mix — a growing local favorite that incorporates ingredients from fellow vendor North Shore Bees.,

And much more!

The Lanikai Mortgage Players open their Spring 2026 production on Friday,
May 1st at 7:30pm with the melodrama, “Wedlockout!” Or “Bedfellows Make
Strange Politics!” This show presents a twist to the Ancient Greece classic,
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata as an 1890’s American political satire dealing with
a clash of the sexes due to their opposing views of war and corruption.
The ironic timeliness of this melodrama written by the late Nelson Shreve,
during a previous Republican administration, will surprise our audiences
while they “swoon” for our heroine, “cheer” for our hero, and “boo” our
villains.
“Wedlockout!” is directed by Brenda-Lee Hillebrenner and stars Alex
Rosenthal, Courtney Nichols, Tad Grenert, Rebecca Horne, Carol Nichols,
Jim Duca, Joe Calavita, Shannon Murphy, Deb Lamb and Dena Clements.
Join us at The Nelson and Lucille Shreve Theater in Lanikai Park on Fridays
and Saturdays, May 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th. Curtain is at 7:30pm.
Box office opens at 6:30pm. There is free parking in the park and, as always,
we provide complimentary popcorn to enjoy in our cafe’ style theater. Our
traditional ‘Olio’ will follow the shows. Tickets are just $10 and can be
purchased through Ticketleap events using the following link:
https://events.ticketleap.com/events/lanikai-mortgage-players/wedlockout
In addition we can be reached at thelanikaimortgageplayers@gmail.com

The American ensemble Lyracle brings us the story of four Japanese boys of noble birth who set sail from Nagasaki to Lisbon. They were students at the Jesuit school in Kyūshū and were sent on a tour of Italy and Iberia as ambassadors of three Japanese daimyō who had converted to Christianity. Music was a key component in their mission, and the American Ensemble Lyracle has assembled a selection of music for voice and viols that they would have brought back to the Jesuit mission in Japan. Follow this fascinating story as they share with us that music and narrative for their first performances in Hawai‘i.

Spam can harps, rice bag drums, tin can gongs, and other musical instruments made from repurposed rubbish are on display at Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery now through mid-August. All instruments were custom built by Benjamin Fairfield, author of the illustrated children's book Kani Ka 'Opala: How can garbage sing? Fairfield (lecturer at UH and Hawai'i Pacific University) was featured last October on the Conversation as a climate-action-artist-in-residence with the State Commission on Climate Change in 2025. Come view, play, and listen to an assortment of rubbish instruments. A great way to celebrate Earth Day and aloha 'aina.

2026 High School Photo Showcase
Traditional black & white handprints
May 2 - June 4, 2026
Opening Reception Sunday, May 3, 2026, 6-8pm

We’re excited to showcase our local high school students from Iolani, Kamehameha & Moanalua High Schools. They will be showing black & white darkroom handprinted photographs. This will be our second year showcasing our local students photographs.

Join us for the opening reception on Sunday, May 3, 6-8pm. The photos will be up in the shop May 2 - June 4, 2026.

The Lanikai Mortgage Players open their Spring 2026 production on Friday,
May 1st at 7:30pm with the melodrama, “Wedlockout!” Or “Bedfellows Make
Strange Politics!” This show presents a twist to the Ancient Greece classic,
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata as an 1890’s American political satire dealing with
a clash of the sexes due to their opposing views of war and corruption.
The ironic timeliness of this melodrama written by the late Nelson Shreve,
during a previous Republican administration, will surprise our audiences
while they “swoon” for our heroine, “cheer” for our hero, and “boo” our
villains.
“Wedlockout!” is directed by Brenda-Lee Hillebrenner and stars Alex
Rosenthal, Courtney Nichols, Tad Grenert, Rebecca Horne, Carol Nichols,
Jim Duca, Joe Calavita, Shannon Murphy, Deb Lamb and Dena Clements.
Join us at The Nelson and Lucille Shreve Theater in Lanikai Park on Fridays
and Saturdays, May 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th. Curtain is at 7:30pm.
Box office opens at 6:30pm. There is free parking in the park and, as always,
we provide complimentary popcorn to enjoy in our cafe’ style theater. Our
traditional ‘Olio’ will follow the shows. Tickets are just $10 and can be
purchased through Ticketleap events using the following link:
https://events.ticketleap.com/events/lanikai-mortgage-players/wedlockout
In addition we can be reached at thelanikaimortgageplayers@gmail.com

Electric Palms presents Space Laces live at The Republik Saturday, May 30, 2026. This event welcomes 18+.

Tickets are on sale now.

Moving the needle in electronic music one groundbreaking release at a time, there’s no artist quite like Space Laces. Planting his feet into the bass music scene over 10 years ago, Space Laces became your favorite producer’s favorite producer by pioneering new limits in sound design and mastering the art of inventing his own unique style. Instantly recognizable through his signature beat tags and unrivaled production techniques, Space Laces reps a release catalogue filled with both modern dubstep classics and sounds of the future. Day-one fans still bask in the glory of singles like 2014’s “Digital Gangsta” and 2016’s “Throwin’ Elbows” with Excision — his releases from years past continue to stand the test of time.As one of the most in-demand dubstep acts of the 2010s, Space Laces rocked the scene with the release of his debut Overdrive EP on Never Say Die Records in 2018. Reaching the number one spot of the iTunes Electronic charts, Overdrive EP single-handedly set a precedent for the new industry standard in bass music. Always delivering a fresh trick up his sleeve with each new release, Space Laces continued to innovate the boundaries of music production throughout 2019 with singles like “Phone Tap” and “D.A.W,” effortlessly blurring the lines between varying styles of bass music. When he’s not cooking up the next big anthem in his studio, Space Lace takes his craft to the stage for high-energy DJ sets with surprising twists and turns that keep his devoted fans at the edge of their seats. Keeping up with his pattern of trendsetting projects, Space Laces solidified his leadership position in the scene with the release of Vaultage, an audio-visual mix series featuring a collection of unreleased original works spanning 2010 to present-day. Debuting in 2018, Space Laces has now unleashed the full Vaultage trilogy totaling 60 tracks across all three mixes. There are only a select few acts who manage to break the internet inside the online dubstep community with a new release: Space Laces accomplishes just that, every single time.

Spam can harps, rice bag drums, tin can gongs, and other musical instruments made from repurposed rubbish are on display at Hamilton Library Bridge Gallery now through mid-August. All instruments were custom built by Benjamin Fairfield, author of the illustrated children's book Kani Ka 'Opala: How can garbage sing? Fairfield (lecturer at UH and Hawai'i Pacific University) was featured last October on the Conversation as a climate-action-artist-in-residence with the State Commission on Climate Change in 2025. Come view, play, and listen to an assortment of rubbish instruments. A great way to celebrate Earth Day and aloha 'aina.