November 22

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Saturday November 22
2014 Poses emPOWER
The Modern Honolulu, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., $40-$220. Learn SUP yoga (on a stand-up paddleboard), ROGA (yoga preceded with a beach run and ending), Soul Flow (yoga with soul music), GlowFlow (yoga with blacklights, glow-in-the-dark paint) and more. Pre-registration required. (poweryogahawaii.com)

American Red Cross Instructor Training
American Red Cross Hawaii Chapter, 4155 Diamond Head Road, Nov. 22-23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $500. For those interested in becoming an American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED Instructor. (456-0431, earl.yamaguchi@redcross.org)

Android: Getting Started
Verizon Wireless at Kapolei Commons, 8:45-10 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. (https://vzwworkshops.verizonwireless.com/vzwworkshops/)

Building Your Home for Life
Honolulu Country Club, 1690 Ala Puumalu St., 9-11 a.m., free. Homeowners can learn where to start, how to select a builder, what to watch out for and other concerns about building a home. Pre-registration required. (593-2808, grahambuilders.com)

Feng Shui for Hawaii
Hawaii Kai Public Library, 249 Lunalilo Home Rd., 10:30 a.m., free. Author Clear Englebert will discuss the most common feng shui problems in and around Hawaii homes in 2014, with an emphasis on Oahu. (397-5833)

Feng Shui for Hawaii
Hawaii State Library, 478 S. King St., 1:30 p.m., free. Author Clear Englebert will discuss the most common feng shui problems in and around Hawaii homes in 2014, with an emphasis on Oahu. (586-3529)

Fertilizers & Compost
Mulkern Landscaping & Nursery, 41-639 Kaulukanu St., 10 a.m., free. Learn Kevin’s secret to a great garden, as well as everything you need to know about organic and chemical-based fertilizers. (396-6595)

Life Skills Group
SECOH Ocean Pointe Location, Sept. 20 through Dec. 20, 2-3 p.m. or 3-4 p.m., $40 private pay, may be billable to insurance. Teens age 15-23 learn skills necessary for independent living and socializing. (348-5056)

Retirement Seminar
Location in Honolulu will provided with RSVP, 10 a.m.-noon, free. Ed Shitabata discusses “Retiring soon? What you need to know to have a safe and secure retirement.” (888-3217)

Sitting is the New Smoking
Honolulu Club, 932 Ward Ave., Nov. 22 and 29, 12:45-2:15 p.m., $30-$75/members, $40-$99/non-members. If you’re sitting for 6-8 hours a day, chances are you’re doing your body as much harm as if you were smoking. Find out how to correct your posture in this series from Li Si Yang. (585-9626)

Social Skills Group
SECOH Ocean Pointe Location, Saturdays from Sept. 20 through Dec. 20, 2-3 p.m. or 3-4 p.m., $40 private pay, may be billable to insurance. Teens age 15-23 will learn social skills and foster healthy peer interactions in small groups. (348-5056)

Sports Photography with Peter Read Miller
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Sakamaki C102 and on location, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 22, 6-10 p.m. Nov. 23, $250. Sports Illustrated photographer Peter Read Miller shares tips and techniques from his 35-year career as a sports photographer. Advanced registration is required. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)

Walk the Dance, Dance the Walk Training
Ala Moana Beach Park, Magic Island Circle, second Saturdays through Jan. 17, 8:30 a.m., contact for cost. Ron Takamoto leads trainees for Walk the Dance, Dance the Walk, open to school children and adults. (597-1341)

Writing Retreat
Windward Community College Hale Akoakoa 107/109, 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m., $10/advance, $12/walk-in. Meet and write in company with other beginning and experienced writers and get non-critical reader responses. (235-7433)

Worm Composting
Kapolei High School Portable 1, 9 a.m.-noon, $15/person, $40/families of three. Learn about composting worms: how to care for them, what to feed them and how to harvest them, then take home a mini-starter worm bin. Pre-registration required. (483-0678, malamalearningcenter.org)

Yamuna Body Rolling
The Healing Arts Center, 98-030 Hekaha St. Room 27, 9 a.m.-10:15 a.m., $25. Practice Yamuna Body Rolling, with a focus on face ball and TMJ. Pre-registration required. (484-4881, HACinAiea@gmail.com)

Your Best Self
Chaminade University, first and second Saturdays through Dec. 13, 9-11 a.m., $100. For those ages 4 to 21. Prepare for upcoming transitions in education and employment opportunities with a workshop that includes strategies for engagement, and a networking session that cover speed engagement. Advanced registration is required. (prayzehim.com)

E-waste Recycling
Pearl City Highlands Elementary, 1419 Waimano Home Road, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Pacific Corporate Solutions sponsors an e-waste recycling event, accepting computers, monitors, laptops, printers, fax machines and more, with no quantity limits. Check website for full list of acceptable and unacceptable items. (ewastehawaii.com, 488-8870)

FOR’EWA Pono Community Fair and Ho‘ike
Hawaii Maoli in Kapolei, across from the fire station, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Purchase gifts and enjoy food from local vendors, plus a Ho‘oala Ukulele and Voice performance from keiki at 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (674-4188, ewabeachcbdo.org)

Holiday Plant and Craft Sale
UH-Manoa’s Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Rd., 9 a.m.-2 p.m., free. Various nurseries will sell plants, flowers, holiday wreaths and more, along with ceramic pots and planters. (988-0456)

HPD Community Safety Event
Windward Mall Center Court, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., free. HPD and other community partners share safety and awareness information, various agency displays, musical entertainment and more. (235-1143)

TOD Symposium: Ready to Roll
Neal Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall’s Pikake Room, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., free. Symposium will feature guest speakers and more to update the public on its transit-oriented development plans. Pre-registration required at bit.ly/1ug4aE1. (768-8000)

Waimanalo Makahiki Competition and Ceremonial
Bellows Beach Park, 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., free. Hawaiian Civic Club of Waimanalo hosts the annual day of competition in traditional Hawaiian games and ceremony. Pre-registration required. (386-6248, uilani99@yahoo.com)

Wilson School Fun Fair
Wilson School, 4945 Kilauea Ave., 9 a.m.-3 p.m., free. Delicious food, baked goods, games and crafts for all ages, prizes, Scholastic Book Fair, inflatables, silent auction, fresh corn for sale, and free entertainment by the Royal Hawaiian Band, Taiko Center of the Pacific, Kaimuki Middle School Band and Kalani High School Band. (733-4740)

Allison Adams
Hawaii Pacific Radio’s Atherton Studio, 738 Kaheka St., 7:30 p.m., $30/general. Multi-lingual vocalist Allison Adams Tucker returns to HPR as part of an ongoing celebration of her second CD, “April in Paris.” (955-8821, hprtickets.org)

Mango Season Trio
Nico’s Pier 38, 6-9 p.m., free. Mango Season Trio performs. (253-9099)

Ronald Grinage
Masaki School of Music, 250 Ward Ave. #226, 7 p.m., free. Pianist Ronald Grinage performs works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Shostakovich, and Tchaikovsky for Hawaii Music Teachers Association. (388-8695, hmtainfo@gmail.com)

Saturday Roots Sesh
The Studio at Hawaiian Brians, 1680 Kapiolani Blvd., 10 p.m.-1 a.m., $5/ages 21 and up, $10/ages 18-20. Mike Love performs. (deltabetaomega@gmail.com)

The Joy of Music…International Style
Koolau Ballroom, 5:30-9:30 p.m., $125. Windward Choral Society hosts a gala celebrating John Starr Alexander, with awards, multiple entertainers, a silent auction, food, drinks and a special performance from WCS. (782-3924)

13th Annual Ukulele Guild of Hawaii Exhibition
Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort, 2335 Kalakaua Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. exhibition, 5-9 p.m. dinner/concert, free. This celebration of all things ukulele features a handcrafted uke display, seminars for players and builders, live entertainment, silent auction, vendors and more. (387-1703, 778-8481)

Cup of Java
Mid-Pacific Institute’s Bakken Auditorium, 4-6 p.m., $25/at the door, $20/advance, $10/students. Celebrate Java culture with music and dance performances. (ewcarts.bpt.me, 1-800-838-3006)

The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kennedy Mainstage, Nov. 22-23, see website for times, $5-$18. Roald Dahl’s classic book about the 24-feet high Big Friendly Giant and a little orphan named Sophie. (hawaii.edu/kennedy, 956-7655)

’The Midtown Men’
Hawaii Theatre, 1130 Bethel St., Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 23 at 2 p.m., $37/admission. Four stars from Broadway’s “The Jersey Boys” star in a concert experience celebrating the music that defined the ‘60s. (528-0506, hawaiitheatre.com)

The Nature of Things and Pairs to Provence
The Gallery at Ward Centre, 1200 Ala Moana Blvd., exhibit runs until Nov. 30, Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., call for cost. Susie Y. Anderson displays her oil paintings, while George Woollard, Babs Miyano-Young and Gordon K. Uyehara show off their sculptures, fashion and metal clay art, respectively. (597-8034)

Waialua Sketchers
Waialua Public Library, 11 a.m., free. Bring sketchbook, pencils/pens, and an object for a group still-life. Meet other artists, share your work and enjoy an hour of drawing. (637-8286)

Waikiki Roots & Royal Style
Royal Grove and Helumoa Hale at Royal Hawaiian Center, 5 p.m., call for cost. Royal Hawaiian Center honors Hawaii’s fashion designers, stylists and business owners with a fashion show and VIP cocktail reception. (922-2299)

Baskets of Blessings
King Intermediate School cafeteria, 8:30 a.m.-noon, free. PACT Kaneohe Community Family Center seeks volunteers to help pack and decorate gift baskets and make cards to accompany them for its annual Baskets of Blessings drive. Donations also welcome. (235-7747)

Da Hui North Shore Clean-Up
Meet at Turtle Bay Resort’s West Lawn, 8 a.m., free. Help keep the North Shore clean, then enjoy music from Culture Nation and The Late Ones, and a free BBQ. (mahina@dahui.com)

Pouhala Marsh Wetland Restoration
Pouhala Marsh, Waipahu, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Hawaii Nature Center seeks volunteers to help wetland restoration at Pouhala Marsh. Work involves invasive plant removal. Bring work gloves and bottled water. Wear a hat, use sunscreen and dress to get dirt, wet and muddy. Footwear and long pants are required, and participants are encouraged to bring a change of clothes, towel and slippers for after. Advanced registration is required. (955-0100 ext. 118, volunteer@hawaiinaturecenter.org)