Community Calendar

The Hawaii Symphonic Band Presents: A Journey Through Time. A concert featuring pieces including Fugue in g, "The Little" by J. S Bach, Symphony No. 8, Mvt IV Finale by Dvorak, Canzone by Mennin, and more! Free admission, but donations cheerfully accepted.

友達「Friends」
Written by Abe Kōbō
Directed by MFA candidate Robert Morris III

November 15-22, 2025
A Late Night Theatre Company Production

Friends, an absurdist comedy by Abe Kōbō, asks the question “what do you do when 9 eccentric strangers knock on your door, invite themselves in, and decide to make themselves at home?” 90 minutes of slapstick comedy, flirtatious dialogue, and misunderstandings make this the comedy event of the season. This new staging from Late Night Artistic Director Robert Morris reimagines the world of Abe’s play as a studio taping of a sitcom and features live jazz music from a studio band. With its unique mix of music, comedy, and modern themes…there is something here for everyone to enjoy! Bring your own friends and be part of our live studio audience!

Late Night Theatre Company strives to create relevant and innovative performance art-making that dismantles oppression, fosters skills in a pre-professional environment, and empowers our local, national, and global communities. Late Night productions are by, for, and about UHM students.

Please note that tickets to all Late Night Theatre Company performances will only be available at the Kennedy Theatre Box Office starting one hour before each performance.

Address: 1770 East-West Road, Honolulu, HI 96822

Saturday, Nov. 15 at 11:00pm
Sunday, Nov. 16 at 7:30pm
Friday, Nov. 21 at 11:00pm
Saturday, Nov. 22 at 11:00pm

Our 2025 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 https://vimeo.com/939718380 to view a 5-minute film summarizing this work.) We will accept submissions from a variety of disciplines, but are particularly interested in funding the following categories:
- New Media Projects (light, projection, or digital installations)
- Fine Art Performances (pop-up performances, street performances, or happenings)
- Interactive or Participatory Projects (works that invite audience or community engagement)
- Mural or Surface-Based Projects ( large-scale wall, column, or railing installations)
- Experiential or Environmental Art Installations (landscape-scale or site-integrated works)

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. 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: 11/30/25 at 11:59 p.m. MST

Apply HERE https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=16305

The annual Kaiwi Coast Run & Walk is a community oriented journey of approximately 4-miles along the famous Kaiwi Coast scenic highway on the island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.
The event begins with the sunrise over the Kaiwi Channel, a Hawaiian oli (chant) and the blowing of the pū (conch shell horn). The course starts at Awāwāmalu (Sandy Beach), continues around the Kaiwi coastline, passes Hālona and Hanauma Bay, goes over the pedestrian overpass at Kalanianaʻole Highway and Lunalilo Home Road, and finishes at the Hui Nalu Canoe Club on the shores of Maunalua Bay. It is the only pedestrian race sanctioned for this area and limited to 3,000 entrants.

Please join us on the 4th Sunday of every month: let's keep Ka'ehu free of marine debris and research what washes ashore. This beautiful sandy/rocky coastline gets inundated with marine debris from all over the Pacific and locally. These items can be deadly ingestion and entanglement hazards to animals of all sizes. Come lend a hand for a few hours of learning, fun and exercise. All are welcome!

100 Artisans selling their Gifts and Crafts. Maui Fine Art is there with Gallery items at Artist Direct Pricing. We have 100 Artisans which include but are not limited to Men's and Women's Clothing, Jewelry, Pottery, Paintings, Swim Suits, Sunglasses, Hats, Bags, Hand painted Coconut shells, Dog Wear, and so much more. Please come and support local Artisans at the Maui Gift and Craft Fair held every Sunday from 9am to 2pm at Lahaina Gateway Shopping Center where Kihei Cafe, ACE Hardware and Ross Dress for Less are located.

Hawaii Watercolor Society’s Little Picture Show, ARTINI: - See It, Buy It, Keep It, Gift It. Just Don’t Miss It!
Just in time for the holidays, 120+ small pictures, ready to hang, gift and holiday cards, handmade holiday decorations, prints, and even small illustrated books. There’s something “arty” for everyone’s stocking.

The Downtown Art Center will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, November 27, 28th.

Hands On Cold-Process Soap Making Class
Learning about tools, equipment, safely combining ingredients,
how to develop formulations, step by step process, along with some
history of soap making.

Garimo's class may likely be the only hand-on class in Hawaii.
Class limited to six participants.

This exhibition takes the viewer on a journey through the diverse regions of the Philippines featuring centerpieces of Filipino attire, from the southern Muslim and Indigenous communities in Mindanao, to the Indigenous communities in the northern Luzon region, to the predominantly Roman Catholic central Visayan Islands, to the national dress associated with Manila.

Honoring the deep connection between Hawai'i and the Philippines, a display of historical photographs shares the story of the Sakada, the first 15 Filipinos who immigrated to Hilo, Hawai'i, as labor workers in 1906.

Using familiar dance steps like waltz or cha cha cha, Israeli dancers move in a circle (without partners) to Hebrew folk and pop melodies. Men and women, old and young, of whatever level of dance experience are encouraged to join. See website for exceptions to our schedule.