Community Calendar

Par Hawaii is celebrating 20 years of Fueling Dreams for local athletes. From April 14 to May 26, 2025, island drivers can go the extra mile by making a donation at check out at any participating Hele station including 20 on Oahu, eight on Hawaii Island, and five on Maui. Every dollar pumped into this campaign helps athletes with intellectual disabilities train and compete free of charge.

Par Hawaii, marketer of Hele and 76 Hawaii, has been a strong supporter of Special Olympics Hawaii for more than three decades. To date, the Fueling Dreams campaign has raised more than $1,057,120 for Special Olympics Hawaii athletes and programs.

Mid-Pacific Institute Virtual PE Course, PE Lifetime Fitness

Mandatory orientation will be held on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 (time to be announced).
Synchronous sessions on the following dates: 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, 3/24, 4/7, 4/21, 5/5, and 5/19, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Registration is open now for the January – May 2025 session. Registration closes on Monday, December 30, 2024. Find the complete schedule and register at https://www.midpac.edu/the-center/globalx-virtual.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 10:30 am - starting on January 3rd, 2025. Reservations are recommended. Call (808) 768-7135.

Here are some additional details:

Public Tours of Foster Botanical Garden resume in January 2025!

Volunteer docents will conduct tours on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., rain or shine.

Docents just completed a six-week training and are eager to engage the public meaningfully.

On these tours, docents will provide an overview and some details of some of the gardenʻs seven sections. No two tours are the same—different docents bring different background knowledge and life experiences. All are passionate about plants.

Please call (808) 768-7135 to reserve your spot.

Tours are limited to about 20 people and are included in the price of admission ($5 for visitors, $3 for residents, $1 for children).

For school or other organized groups, please call the number above to discuss differentiated tour options.

Foster Botanical Garden has a rich history and a world-renowned collection. Here are some quick facts:
-14 acre historic garden opened to the public in 1930
- Dedicated to the “people of Hawai’i” by Mary Elizabeth Mikahala Robinson Foster
- Portions once owned by Queen Kalama
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Oldest of the five gardens and the headquarters of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens
- Home to 21 “Exceptional Trees” protected by City Ordinance

Bringing together the work of 49 artists and artist collectives, across multiple sites, on three islands, Hawai‘i Triennial 2025 (HT25) is the state’s largest, thematic exhibition of contemporary art from Hawai‘i, the Pacific, and beyond. Every three years, Hawai‘i Contemporary presents the Triennial across museums, galleries, and outdoor and unconventional art spaces, and offers a complementary program of public engagements.

Entitled ALOHA NŌ, HT25 invites visitors to [re]consider their own notions and preconceptions of aloha. Artists will explore the practice of aloha, as it engenders a deep connectivity to the ʻāina (land), oceanic environment, elements, and each other. It enables us to protect and defend inter-archipelagic relations, that which we love, and our mutual interdependence.

The Hawaii Kai Library Bookstore will be having 50% off of Home and Garden books as well as regular Cookbooks for the month of April. The Bookstore shelves are constantly being filled and there is more then just books of every genre as it also has CDs, DVDs, LPs, Audio Books, a Children's and Teen Section, Anime, Comics, Puzzles, games, sheet music and more. Prices are excellent.
Note the bookstore will be closed to observe Easter Sunday on April 20th. Please see schedules.

The Hawaii Kai Library Bookstore will be having a 50% off sale of all Hobbies, Crafts and Travel books for the month of May. Be sure to stop by as the Bookstore has books of all genres as well as DVDs, CDs, Audio Books,
LPs, a Children's and Teens section, Anime, Comics, Puzzles, Games, Sheet Music and more all at great prices.
Please Note that the Bookstore will be closed on Saturday through Monday May 24 to May 26 in
observance of Memorial Day.

🍻Truck Stop Thursday is back! Every Thursday we will have two local food trucks parked out front doing all the food! Join us every week from 5-8pm for an evening of delicious food, refreshing drinks, and a laid-back atmosphere. And now with live music by Ola Akau playing from 5pm to 7pm in the courtyard.

Check out our website to see who is coming this week! www.kauaibeer.com/events

🍴 Schedule:
* Lunch: Kauai Beer Company kitchen open from 11am to 4pm
* Food Trucks: Serving all the food starting at 5pm
* Live music by Ola Akau from 5pm to 7pm

Enjoy live music from the talented local guitarist and singer, Darin Cumpston. He will performing relaxing sunset vibes at Hula's Bar & Lei Stand, Waikiki, from 6pm to 9pm. The event is free and welcome to adults 21+.

In addition to the full band, Glabicki strips down to the bare essentials on a duo tour where he and longtime bandmate Dirk Miller take the old Rusted Root favorites along with new material and perform reenvisioned versions of them in an up close and intimate setting.

“We go into the crevices of the songs and expand them out and open up the music to whatever happens in the moment,” Glabicki says of his shows with Miller. “It’s completely improvisational, to the point where we surprise ourselves a lot. Things just happen, and I start laughing. It’s like we’ve never heard it sound like that before. We have a great time with it and the audience seems to enjoy the musical exploration too.”

A multifaceted musician, producer and songwriter, Glabicki’s talents are unique and extremely uplifting. His new projects and music are extensions of his creative talent, and will inspire all those who participate. Tour dates and additional information can be found on Glabicki’s website and social platforms.

Tickets $30-$40

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CLUB POLICIES

Seating is First Come, First Served
$20 Food or Beverage Minimum Per Person
Full Bar & Full Dinner Menu Available
No refunds or exchange. Please make sure you purchase tickets for the correct date and time. Mahalo!

Hawai‘i Conservatory of Performing Arts presents William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing directed by Taurie Kinoshita, playing at Palikū Theatre April 25 – May 4, 2025.

Much Ado About Nothing is a raucous comedy filled with dancing, drama, mistaken identity, decisive deceptions, and hapless misunderstandings. Full of romantic liaisons and male rivalry, the verbal sparring of Benedick and the outspoken Beatrice is wildly fun and revolutionary for its time. Subsequently, having female characters who are intellectual equals became popular on stage.

Director Kinoshita says, “The genius of Much Ado About Nothing is proven by nearly 500 years of continuous performance, and as one of Shakespeare's most modern plays it’s accessible to all. Benedick and Beatrice are as immortal as Romeo and Juliet - but funnier, and spoiler alert: they don't die! Disco, drag, dueling lovers, and disguise-parties… what more could you want?”

This production is set in 1973. Young men are returning from the Vietnam War and negotiating civilian life while the political climate is changing radically: Roe v. Wade, Watergate, homosexuality rightfully no longer classified as a disease by the National Psychiatrics Board… it was an optimistic time. Despite events like Kent State and the Second Wounded Knee, young people had a sense of empowerment. Boogie back to a time when the world seemed to be turning around, when we made more love than war, and even in the most profound grief there was humor and hope.