June 1

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Thursday June 1
Building Better Financial Futures Together
Royal Kunia Community Center, 6-8 p.m., free. Learn to create a budget plan to cover expenses, pay debt, save money and put yourself in the driver’s seat to a better financial future. Pre-registration requried. (379-7910, morrisk@mvfcuonline.org)

Discovering Health – Promoting Hawaiian Plants
Waianae Public Library, 10:30 a.m., free. Learn more about the long history of Hawaiian medicinal use of plants, with examples and modern application. (697-7868)

Understanding Ocean Changes
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve theater, 6:30-7:30 p.m., free. Maya Walton and Katy Hintzen discuss “King Tides – A window in the future.” (397-5840)

Blood Bank of Hawaii
Castle Medical Center, 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m., free. Donate blood and save lives. Pre-registration recommended. (848-4770, bbh.org)

Blood Bank of Hawaii
Kailua Town Center, 3-7 p.m., free. Donate blood and save lives. Pre-registration recommended. (848-4770, bbh.org)

Blood Bank of Hawaii
Matson, 7 a.m.-noon, free. Donate blood and save lives. Pre-registration recommended. (848-4770, bbh.org)

Hawaii Pacific University Graduate Open House
Aloha Tower Marketplace, Welcome Center, 6 p.m., free. Learn more about advancing your education with a master’s degree at HPU. Applications for fall are being accepted now. RSVP requested. (hpu.edu/gradevents, 544-0238)

Kaskade Redux
The Republik, 9 p.m., $40/advance. Celebrate Kaskade’s roots in this exclusive set. (bampproject.com)

Twilight Summer Concert Series
Foster Botanical Garden, 4:30-7 p.m., free. Take a stroll through the garden and enjoy a concert from Manny the Jammer. (522-7066)

Read To Me Conference
Koolau Ballrooms & Conference Center, June 1-2, check website for schedule, $200. The annual children’s literacy conference covers the day’s most interesting and important topics with presenters including Bruce Hale, Lee Cataluna, Earl Kawaa and Nyla-Fujii Babb. Pre-registration required. (readtomeintl.org)

Eat, Draw, Relax
Honolulu Museum of Art School, June 1-18, business hours, free. MangaBento hosts an art show inspired by Japanese comics, or manga. (moosubi.deviantart.com)

Screen on the Green
Waimea Valley main lawn, 7:15 p.m., free. Watch a screening of a keiki-friendly film. (waimeavalley.net)

‘Uncles Regularly Scheduled Garage Party is CANCELLED Tonight’
Kumu Kahua Theatre, June 1-July 2, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., $25-$5. Lee Cataluna’s newest comedy finds a group of old friends wondering why Uncle canceled his usual party (as they gather in his garage like normal). (kumukahua.org, 536-4441)