April2013 - Honolulu Family

April 2013
family
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Gotta dance?
Head to Disco
Kidz at the
Loading Zone
every first
Sunday from
Noon to 2 p.m. in downtown
Honolulu. April’s theme: Improv
Acting; loadingzonearts.com
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It’s no April Fools
trick. The 2013
Spring Youth Flag
Football League
starts on Apr.
14. Register at
i9sports.com.
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Create your own original
wearable art using items
collected from nature at the
Hawai‘i Nature Center. Register at hawaiinaturecenter.org
or call 955-0100x118.
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Happy
Birthday to
the Honolulu
Museum
of Art!
Make wearable cupcake rings at
Bank of Hawai‘i Family Sunday;
honolulumuseum.org/events
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Join the Hawai‘i Children’s
Discovery Center for “Once
Upon A Story” every Thursday,
10:30 to 11 a.m.; discoverycenterhawaii.org/kids.html
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Check out Toddler Storytime
at the Liliha Public Library
every Monday at 10 a.m.;
587-7577
It’s Tax Day! Help kids
learn smart money habits
with a fun, free downloadable coin-counting game
from Nickelodeon’s Kai
Lan; nickjr.com and
search Kai Lan
coin counting
Aloha ‘Aina. It’s Earth Day.
Take a hike, go to the
beach or go for a
bike ride and
enjoy our beautiful
island home.
Find some
suggestions on
honolulufamily.com.
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Join Auntie Lisa Confetti for
face painting fun at Pearlridge
Center’s Uptown Center
Court during connect!kids;
pearlridgeonline.com/
events
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Into science and math?
Middle and high schoolers can
attend the STEM Industry Expo at
the Hawai‘i Convention Center,
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; STEMWeekHawaii.org
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Take a shoreline walk
and learn all about
ducks during Preschool
Nature Hour at the
Ho‘omaluhia Botanical
Garden. Reservations
required; 233-7323
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Check out a beginning Jiu Jitsu
class at Egan’s Training Center
in Mānoa. First week is just $1;
hawaiifitcamp.com, 271-3779
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Still feeling earthy? Cut
down on your ‘ōpala with Kōkua
Hawai‘i Foundation’s Waste
Free Lunch guide. Download it:
kokuahawaiifoundation.org/
wastefreelunches/
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The dinosaurs are back at
the Bishop Museum’s Castle
Memorial Hall. Explore 10 exhibits including a robotic skeleton,
crayon rubbing tables and a dinosaur dig; bishopmuseum.org
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Love the circus?
Fascinated by the flying
trapeze? Kids Intro Aerial
Exploration classes begin
today at Samadhi Hawai‘i.
Register at samadhi
hawaii.com/classes.htm
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Bring your lunch for a
free noon concert at the
Cathedral of St. Andrew in
downtown Honolulu, featuring
soprano Sara Stejskal;
thecathedralofstandrew.org
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Drop in for a beginning
Tahitian dance class with
Mehetia Productions at the
Momilani Community Center
in Pearl City (ages 2+);
mehetiaproductions.com
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Storytime at the new
Family Room at the Honolulu
Museum of Art Spalding House.
See what our blogger thought;
honolulufamily.com.
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Toddler Time!
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Jam out! Attend a free sample
music class with ‘Ohana Music
Together at Smart Karate in Kapolei;
ohanamt.com/classes.htm
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Boogie on down to the
Honolulu Botanical Gardens
for an all-ages concert with
the Celtic band Mythica. Bring
the kids and a picnic dinner;
mythicamusic.com
Join storyteller Ben Moffatt
for tales told with stilts,
puppetry, masks
and movement
at the Kāne‘ohe
Public Library,
10:30 a.m.;
233-5676
F R I D AY
It’s opening night
for Charlotte’s
Web at the
Honolulu
Theatre for
Youth (onstage
through May 11);
htyweb.org
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Carnival games, xtreme
rides, local shopping, music,
food, face painting, pony rides
and more: Find it all at the ‘Aiea
High School Family Fun Fair;
382-7713, aieahs.org
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It’s Take Your Child to
Work Day! Bring your keiki
along to learn all about
your career.
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Spring into food, fun and fitness at
the Mililani YMCA Family Night
at the Mililani Town Center.
Play Dance Dance Revolution
and enjoy a healthy snack;
towncenterofmililani.com
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Spaces fill fast! Register early
for the Kroc Center Hawai‘i’s
last Schools Out Day Camp
week offered this year (May 27
to 31); 693-8381 or
kroccenterhawaii.org
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FREE fun for the family!
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Every Wednesday, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Kahala Mall
Visit KahalaMallCenter.com for details.
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Wearable art! Treehouse
Hawai‘i offers a screenprinting
workshop; treehouse-shop.com/
screenprinting-workshop/
Learn how to
turn plants into
paper with the Green
House Hawai‘i’s
Keiki Explorer
Club; register at
thegreenhousehawaii.com.
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Enjoy Hawaiian crafts, native
plants, keiki activities and music
at Hawaiian Electric’s Grow
Hawaiian Festival, 9 a.m. to
3 p.m., at Bishop Museum. Free
for kama‘āina and military with
ID; growhawaiian.heco.com
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Discover crafts, food, live
music, keiki rides and more
at the Pride 4 Ewa community event at Hoalauna Park.
Free; ewabygentry.net or
685-0111 x 31
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