March 25

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Wednesday March 25
CLASSES
Android: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Pearlridge Mall, 9-10 a.m., free. Attend this workshop and learn the basics of your new Android Device. We will review hardware functions, show you how to set up email, add your social network accounts, master device features, how to customize your device and much more! Pre-registration required. (vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)

Sino-Capitalism Forum
Waialae Country Club, 3:30-5:30 p.m., free. The Honorable Joseph W. Prueher, former U.S. ambassador to China, is featured speaker at Chaminade University’s forum. RSVP required. (735-4816, rsvp@chaminade.edu)

Speaking of Health: Keeping Fit in Your Fifties & Beyond
The Queen’s Medical Center, Queen’s Conference Center, 1301 Punchbowl St., 6-7 p.m., free. Learn how to stay safe while exercising with doctors from the Queen’s Center for Sports Medicine. A physical therapist and dietitian will also talk about exercises for balance and nutrition for active older adults. Pre-registration required. (691-7117, queens.org)

Spring 2015 Ocean Rec. Program
Haleiwa Surf Center at Alii Beach Park, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays through April 30, 2-5:30 p.m., free. Surf, SUP, tiny toto, junior guard lessons and more. (637-5051)

Wednesday Night Wedding Workshops
Ward Warehouse conference room, 6:30 p.m., free. Focus on one aspect of wedding planning with The Wedding Cafe to make the process easy, efficient and fun, moving onto grooms. (theweddingcafe.net)

Cancer Support Group
Kaiser Permanente Mapunapuna Medical Office, Maile Room, 2828 Paa St., March 25 and April 22, 5:30-7 p.m., free. Meet with others who have had similar experiences living with cancer. Share challenges, talk about your concerns and learn how others have dealt with the same problems you may be facing. Benefit from speakers who will be invited to present topics of interest to the group. (432-8538)

FAMILY FUN
Butterflies!
Pearlridge Center Downtown Center Court, exhibit runs until April 4, Mondays-Saturdays 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sundays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., $3. See hundreds of living butterflies amidst local flora on this self-guided tour. (203-2366)

Dinosaurs Unleashed
Bishop Museum’s Castle Memorial Building, Feb. 28-Sept. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $8.95-$19.95. A dozen lifelike animatronic dinosaurs with interactive stations and activities explaining how these animals flourished in their respective environments. (847-3511, bishopmuseum.org)

MUSIC
Crystal Lake South High School Band
Ala Moana Center, 3 p.m., free. (alamoanacenter.com)

Mango Season Duo
Lulu’s Surf Club Waikiki, 6-9 p.m., free. Enjoy sun-kissed island soul jazz. (253-9099, mangoseasonmusic.com)

Mayfair High School Showtime and Mariners
Ala Moana Center, 5 p.m., free. (alamoanacenter.com)

Samurai Funktion
Jazz Minds Art and Cafe, 1661 Kapiolani Blvd., 9 p.m., free. (945-0800)

SPECIAL EVENTS
Pacific Risk Management Ohana Conference
Hawaii Convention Center, March 24-26, check website for schedule and cost. Samoa and other Pacific nations discuss the increasing threat of rising sea levels and other disasters, with PRiMO Conference focusing on “The Rising Pacific: Current of Changes and Solutions for Resilence.” Pre-registration required. (primohui.org, 2015primo@gmail.com)

THE ARTS
Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden Photography Exhibit
Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden, 45-680 Luluku Road, March 6-30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., free. A photographic journey through five gardens viewed through the eyes of the garden staff. (233-7323)

Mountain Minorities: The Tamang and Rai Cultures of Nepal
UH-Manoa’s East-West Center Gallery, 1601 East-West Road, Jan. 25-May 10, weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday noon-4 p.m., free. Learn more about the Tamang and Rai peoples of Nepal, with photos, village art and more. (944-7177)

National Memories: U.S.-China Collaboration During WWII
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor Hangar 79, 319 Lexington Blvd., March 14-July 31, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., $12-$25. This traveling exhibit demonstrates the unusual and little-known camaraderie that existed between Chinese and U.S. soldiers during WWII. (pacificaviationmusem.org, 441-1007)

On Oahu: Two Views
UH-Manoa’s Art Building Gallery, March 1-April 10, Mondays-Fridays 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sundays noon-4 p.m., free. Artist photographers Phil Jung and Joseph Maida each present a unique view of the island of Oahu. (956-6888, gallery@hawaii.edu)

‘Peter and the Starcatcher’
Manoa Valley Theatre, play runs until March 29, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 4 p.m., $20-$39. Bree Kale‘a Peters presents “Peter and the Starcatcher.” (988-6131, manoavalleytheatre.com)

‘The Garden’ Screening
Kakaako Agora, 441 Cooke St., 6 p.m., free. Watch documentary “The Garden,” preceded by excerpts from documentaries on local struggles over land access in Hawaii. (info@interislandterminal.org)

Timeless Musings
Honolulu Country Club, 1690 Ala Puumalu St., March 2-April 11, normal clubhouse hours, free. The National League of American Pen Women Honolulu Branch puts on its 90th anniversary celebration exhibit, juried by Pegge Hopper and Roy Venters. (nlapwhonolulu.org, 352-4023)