Community Calendar

Keiki Club with HouseMart Ben Franklin Crafts
Free Monthly Craft Event for Kids at Queen Kaʻahumanu Center

Calling all creative keiki!

Join us for Keiki Club, a fun-filled, hands-on crafting experience hosted by HouseMart Ben Franklin Crafts—right at Queen Kaʻahumanu Center!

Every Third Saturday
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Let your little ones explore their imagination through exciting crafts and creative play. We provide all the supplies—you just bring the smiles!

Whether your keiki is a budding artist or just loves to get crafty, this free event is the perfect way to spend a Saturday morning.

Maui resident artists showing paintings, wood carving, jewelry, ceramics, photography, feather art, and more they've created, fridays & saturdays under tents in the grassy area of the parking lot. A non-profit started in the 1960s LAS provides free art and music classes to Maui youth. Come and talk story with the artists.

It's Mana'o Radio's 24th Anniversary celebration with Shea Derrick and the Full Flavor Band, plus Mana'o Radio's own DJ Chris Ca'ryn, spinning disco dance tunes at the preshow. Come boogie down to the retro sound, dressed in your best vintage 70s attire. 100% of the proceeds benefit Maui's only commercial-free, all volunteer radio station. For more information visit www.manaoradio.com/boogie

Maui Public Art April 2026 Call to Artists

Our 2026 Request for Qualifications (RFQ) stems from Hui Mo‘olelo, a program that cultivates site-specific stories through community workshops rooted in Maui County. Selected artists will interpret one of these stories as a work of visual, performance, or experiential public art developed in collaboration with community members. The goal of these public art projects is to promote the unique history, culture and community of distinct sites throughout the County of Maui.

Please review each project description below carefully and base your proposal on one of the provided story excerpts. (Click HERE https://vimeo.com/939718380 to view a 5-minute film summarizing this work.)

Artist applications will be reviewed by a community panel. Selected artists will then enter a collaborative development phase, working closely with community members, Maui Public Art Corps, and partners to refine their initial ideas into a site-specific, participatory artwork (with the exception of Project Category C6, which converts selected submissions directly to production). This process includes identifying a proverb from Mary Kawena Pukui’s ʻŌlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings to ground each work in historical and cultural context.

Application requirements: ​Applications will only be received via CaFÉ and will not be accepted after the marked deadline. Entry Deadline: April 7, 2026 at 11:59 pm HST.
Apply HERE: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17104

Request for Qualifications | Echoes of the Land: A Call for Narrative Playscapes

The Hui Moʻolelo Intergenerational Playscape Project is a visionary initiative to create three (3) permanent, story-grounded playscape installations within public parks across Maui County.

This project follows a "Design & Venue Matching" model. Rather than applying for a specific park, multidisciplinary teams are invited to submit their qualifications and a conceptual approach based on our Hui Moʻolelo story archives. Following a review of the application pool, our community panel will match selected finalists with specific park locations that best align with their design aesthetic and the cultural narratives of that community.

In a gesture of renewal and resilience, the County of Maui invites (but does not require) design teams to consider the integration of salvaged wood and stumps recovered from the 2023 wildfires in Lahaina and Kula, offering these honored remnants a second life as foundational elements of play and memory within the new playscapes.
Total Project Opportunity: Three (3) distinct commissions.
Capital Budget: $500,000 per site (comprehensive of design, fabrication, and installation).
The Foundation: This is a "listening-first" project. Teams will not collect new stories; instead, they will select from a curated "menu" of recorded community moʻolelo to serve as the conceptual heart of the build.
RFQ Process: Selected finalists may enter a stipended "Refinement Phase" to adapt their concepts to a specific matched venue before final contracts are awarded. Due to the project deadline, we encourage you to be as detailed as possible in your application.
Project Development Process: Applications will be reviewed by a community panel. Selected team/s will then enter a collaborative development phase, working closely with community members, Maui Public Art Corps, and partners to refine their initial ideas into a site-specific, participatory artwork. This process includes identifying a proverb from Mary Kawena Pukui’s ʻŌlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings to ground each work in historical and cultural context.

Application requirements: ​Applications will only be received via CaFÉ and will not be accepted after the marked deadline. Entry Deadline: April 7, 2026 at 11:59 pm HST.
Apply HERE https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17103

Please join us at Ka'ehu for our 4th Sunday of every month cleanup of this beautiful bay! We work together to pick up marine debris that's continuously washing ashore, from all around the Pacific Ocean and locally. Then we weigh, sort and count it all. This information gets added to our ongoing database since 2012, when we first began these regular cleanups at Ka'ehu.

It's a very rewarding and educational experience (with good karma and outdoor exercise). All are welcome to join this adventurous trashy treasure hunt! Please rsvp so we can provide our most updated safety and access information:
sharkastics@gmail.com

Mahalo!

Join us EVERY 4th SUNDAY from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM at Queen Ka’ahumanu Center for a Spectacular Polynesian Hula Show by Aumakua Productions!

Celebrate the heart of Hawaii with these graceful dancers and don’t miss their captivating performances at center court!

Jazz Maui presents Sunset Jazz featuring the Tanama Colibri Quintet at the Maui Ku’ia Estate Chocolate Factory in Lahaina. Enjoy classics and straight ahead jazz performed by vocalist Tanama Colibri with drummer Forris Gump, keyboardist Jeff Hellmer, bassist Dave Graber, and saxophonist Paul Bunuan. Seating is limited and often sold out so advance ticket purchase is required at www.JazzMaui.org or https://mauichocolate.com/pages/sunset-jazz.

Sunset Jazz features two shows every Sunday. The seating for the first show begins at 4:30pm with live jazz from 5-6:30pm. The second seating begins at 7pm with live jazz from 7:30-9pm. Each concert is an hour and a half of great live jazz with no intermission. Advance ticket purchase is required at https://www.mauichocolatetour.com/sunset-jazz/ or JazzMaui.org.

Held in the tropical ambience of the upstairs open-air pavilion at the Chocolate Factory, Sunset Jazz spotlights an all-star line-up of local and visiting professional jazz musicians and offers great live jazz music and sunset views. During the concert, sweet and savory café menu items and chocolate/beverage pairings are available for purchase. Maui Ku’ia produces world-class chocolate from the company’s acres of cacao tree grown on the verdant slopes of the West Maui Mountains.

Maui Ku’ia Estate Chocolate, through its Chocolate Laulima program, supports local nonprofit organizations such as Arts Education for Children Group/Jazz Maui. Proceeds from concert ticket sales benefit Jazz Maui’s music education programs.

Jazz Maui, a branch of the 501(c)-3 nonprofit Arts Education for Children Group (www.aecfg.org), provides opportunities for participation in high quality jazz music education and performances. Throughout the year Jazz Maui presents special concerts, clinics and classes held at various venues around the islands. Selected performances presented by Jazz Maui are live-streamed on the organization’s website: www.JazzMaui.org.

Magic in Paradise
Starring former Warren & Annabelle’s Headliner David Kuraya!
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Starts at 7:00pm
1 Hour, No Intermission
BUY TICKETS HERE: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/proartsmaui/items/580645/

About the Show
Prepare to be dazzled by world-class entertainer and expert in sleight-of-hand magic, Maui’s own David Kuraya. David is one of six elite magicians– and the only magician from Maui– who performed regularly at the renowned Warren & Annabelle’s Magic Nightclub in Lahaina before the fires. A deeply community-oriented performer, David, carries on the legacy of that beautiful show with the blessing of his longtime friend and mentor Warren. At each show, he donates parts of his proceeds to local charities.

Other upcoming dates in the Series coming soon! Some featuring special guest performers!

More About David
David also entertains corporate groups and colleges throughout Hawaii and the United States mainland. He was the strolling magician for Tony Robbins’ “Connect to My Essence” seminar on Maui, resident magician at Mana Kai Resort, and headlining performer at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood. David regularly entertains at private events for politicians, TV stars, and businessmen, such as the founder of Ellie Mae Inc., Sig Anderman, who said of David’s show, “I have worked with many magicians, but David is just THE BEST, as good as it gets, a ten out of ten.” Clients know they get more than magic when they book David Kuraya. His curated routines are original, clean, and personalized for each group. The message of David’s show is, “When we come together, amazing things happen.” The magic does not come from a colorful box or magic wand but through the whole audience’s teamwork. The result is a unique bonding experience that will leave a lasting effect long after the show. See you at showtime!

BUY TICKETS HERE: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/proartsmaui/items/580645/

David Kuraya - ProArts Maui

Ticket Information
Premium Seating:
$42.40 Extra large and comfy front row seats from A1 to A6 with side tables
Preferred Seating:
$37.10 Best-view seating in either the Front row (seats A7 to A15) OR the front row of any elevated section
Regular Seating:
$26.50
Partially-Obstructed View Seats:
$21.20
Discounts:
$10 OFF Keiki and $5 OFF Teens and/or Kama’aina (with valid State of Hawai’i ID)

Maui Public Art April 2026 Call to Artists

Our 2026 Request for Qualifications (RFQ) stems from Hui Mo‘olelo, a program that cultivates site-specific stories through community workshops rooted in Maui County. Selected artists will interpret one of these stories as a work of visual, performance, or experiential public art developed in collaboration with community members. The goal of these public art projects is to promote the unique history, culture and community of distinct sites throughout the County of Maui.

Please review each project description below carefully and base your proposal on one of the provided story excerpts. (Click HERE https://vimeo.com/939718380 to view a 5-minute film summarizing this work.)

Artist applications will be reviewed by a community panel. Selected artists will then enter a collaborative development phase, working closely with community members, Maui Public Art Corps, and partners to refine their initial ideas into a site-specific, participatory artwork (with the exception of Project Category C6, which converts selected submissions directly to production). This process includes identifying a proverb from Mary Kawena Pukui’s ʻŌlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings to ground each work in historical and cultural context.

Application requirements: ​Applications will only be received via CaFÉ and will not be accepted after the marked deadline. Entry Deadline: April 7, 2026 at 11:59 pm HST.
Apply HERE: https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=17104