Community Calendar

Game Day at Hawaii State Library

Honoka'a Hongwanji Buddhist Temple will sponsor our first annual Holiday Bazaar with shopping and dining opportunities in the Social Hall, the Thrift Store and parking lot. A variety of vendors selling everything from holiday crafts to auto parts to collectibles are anticipated. Food trucks and food vendors will also be positioned in the Temple parking lot and Da' Temple Basement Store will be open for business.

The event will raise funds for the Temple's various expenses. Honoka'a Hongwanji engages in numerous community programs such as “Feeding Our Keiki and Kupuna,” which has distributed over 100,000 meals and a million pounds of groceries on Fridays over the past 6-1/2 years. Its Peace Committee has been producing the Peace Day Parade and Festival since 2007. Other programs include “Fundraising for Ukraine Families” and the documentary film about the labor martyr, Katsu Goto.

For questions or to learn more, visit our website https://www.honokaahongwanjibuddhisttemple.org/home

When: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 10:30 am
Walk-ins accepted as capacity allowed
Reservations: Recommended – Call (808) 768-7135
Cost: Free with garden admission

About the Garden:

Step away from the city and enjoy a refreshing visit to Foster Botanical Garden, the oldest of the Honolulu Botanical Gardens. This 14-acre oasis features a world-class collection of tropical plants, including some magnificent trees planted in the 1850s by Dr. William Hillebrand. These trees mark the beginning of what would become the Honolulu Botanical Gardens.

What to Expect:

Tours are led by dedicated volunteer guides who have completed a six-week training program. They bring the garden to life with in-depth stories, history, culture, and fascinating insights into its plants and animals.

Organized Group Tours:

For schools and organized groups, please call (808) 768-7135 to discuss possibilities.

Garden Highlights:
Upper Terrace
Palm Garden
Economic Garden (with herbs, spices, and other plants with commercial value)
Prehistoric Glen Cycad Collection
21 Exceptional Trees (as designated by Hawaii’s Exceptional Tree Program)
The Conservatory (with orchids, pitcher plants, and more)
Outdoor Butterfly Garden
and an affiliated Gift Shop

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.

In honor of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, the Hawai‘i State Library and the Jane Austen Society of North America Hawai‘i Region invite you to a delightful celebration filled with Regency-era activities. Join us for this free, festive event fit for Austen fans, anglophiles, cosplay history buffs, and anyone else curious about the life and times of the woman who penned six celebrated English novels, including "Pride and Prejudice."

Each month join local musicians for genre base workshops, ensembles, and open mics.

Bring your instrument or borrow.

This is our third year and we are looking forward to providing free music education for years to come. Please enjoy sharing and all the events at BIG (Big Island Guitar).

Unlike any other music gathering we encourage all to come learn and teach. We cover music theory how to chart songs and meet others that share your passion for music…. Heck possibly even form a group!

One of our instructors, Wago Howard, shares the event via YouTube for those who choose the couch tour approach.
https://youtube.com/@wagohowardmusic?si=mVwKahU4cA6T8rUt

For all others, see you every first Saturday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM of each month. For Amazing Music Events:
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Saxophone Beginner Jazz Ensemble : First Tuesday Bi- monthly

6:00pm-7:30pm

(Apr. Ist , June. 3rd, Aug. 5th, Oct.7th, Dec.2nd)

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Family Ukulele Night : 4-5pm First Saturday of each month

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“OPEN JAM” FULL BAND :

5:00-7pm First Saturday of each Month through end of year!

Edith Kanakaʻole World Oli Festival is an interdisciplinary conference centered on oli (Hawaiʻi chant). Oli is vibrational expression and a primary technology and mode of communication, anchored in the Hawaiʻi soundscape, that is easy to access. The pursuit of relationships in resonance with our environment can take many forms, which is why EKWOF honors multiple ways of knowing and multiple intelligences. This festival is for ANYONE interested in learning to connect to place and apply that connection to your personal and professional life. You will gain access to oli guides via our concert, backstage passes, in ʻAha, workshops, Co-Keynote presentations, an Oli Challenge, and our Wa Kanaloa Integrated Arts Market. If you are curious, this is for you! For more information and to register visit www.halauohia.com/olifest2025

It's a pau hana-style fundraising event celebrating 75 years in Pursuit of Fairness and Justice. We'll enjoy music from Makana and heavy pupu from Nui Kealoha and recognize several community champions of justice. Legal Aid assists more than 8,000 low-income and otherwise vulnerable people across the state each year, and this event (the first we've held in 10 years) is one way to help support this work.

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

BAMP Project presents Mike Sherm live at The Republik on Saturday, December 6, 2025. This event welcomes all ages (accompanied by an adult 18+).