Community Calendar

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Thursday, July 11, 1996

FRIDAY 7/12

Professional Women's Network: Reserve by noon Friday for luncheon Monday with Julie Owens on the topic of domestic violence in Hawaii, at Hale Koa Hotel. Costs $19 general. Call 533-4800.

Music Break: Night Train plays R & B, jazz and blues, noon, Tamarind Park.

Hawaii Pacific University: Free financial aid seminar, 12:15 p.m. Call 544-0238.

Futures discussion group: Those who require accommodation for disability are asked to give notice by Friday for a meeting at UH-Manoa 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. July 19. David Pfeiffer, a professor at Suffolk University and editor for the Disabilities Studies Quarterly, shares two images of the future with respect to disability. Call Vincent Kelly Pollard at 956-2888. E-mail: pollard@hawaii.edu.

SATURDAY 7/13

Delivering your message: Community activists, media representatives, legislators and lobbyists give advice on how to make the most of your message in a four-part series, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 27, Aug. 10 and Aug. 24. Family Community Leadership workshops are $15 each or $40 total. First up: "Grassroots Communications." Call 956-7212 or 235-7433.

Grant application workshops: Hawaii Community Foundation grants of $2,000 to $5,000 are available to Oahu-based organizations with limited financial resources for clean-up activities, crime prevention, newsletters and other projects. Learn the eligibility criteria 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Waianae Honolulu Community Action Program; 9 a.m. July 20 at Waipahu Cultural Garden Park; 6 p.m. July 23 at Harris United Methodist Church; and 9 a.m. July 29 at Waialua Community Association. Call 537-6333.

Sandwich Islands Genealogical Society: John Baird, a Family History advisor from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, describes the church's World-Wide Records Extraction Program, for the purpose of adding records to the genealogical pool, 9 to 11 a.m., Manoa Recreation Center, 2790 Kahaloa Drive. Free. Call 951-9317 after 7 p.m. weekdays.

Urban Garden Center: Home vegetable gardening class, field tour and hands-on activities, 9:30 a.m., Pearl City. Donation. Call 453-6050.

Plant care classes: How to plant and care for a tree, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kaneohe. Free series continues with pruning basics, July 20, and recycling for plant growth, July 27. Bring work clothes and shoes, bug repellent and rain gear. Reserve at 233-7323.

"Laughter and Humor in the Pacific": Scholars, writers and artists discuss humor in Pacific cultures, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church. With James Grant Benton, Darrell Lum, Victoria Takamine Holt, Fred Blake, Ku'umealoha Gomes, Geoffrey White, David Swift and Arnold Hiura. Free. Call 956-7866.

Barnes & Noble: Daniel S. Janik talks about water quality and recycling, 2 p.m., Kahala.

"The Many Voices of June Foray": Meet a woman whose voice has given life to such characters as Rocky the flying squirrel, Boris' pal Natasha and Lena Hyena, 7:30 p.m., UH-Manoa Art Auditorium. Foray talks about her work, presents clips and creates voices from audience suggestions. Free. Call 956-7866.

SUNDAY 7/14

Hawaii Military Insignia Collectors Show: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Washington Intermediate School cafeteria. Including uniforms, equipment, paper collectibles and other items. Bring your old collectibles for sale, trade or identification. Call 941-3414.

MONDAY 7/15

Japanese doll-making: Michiko Nakase of Ishikawa, Japan, teaches how to make kimekomi ningyo, a grooved wooden doll dressed in kimono fabric, 8 a.m to noon Monday through July 21 (no meeting Wednesday), Japanese Cultural Center. Students may come at any time; projects will take at least two hours. Tuition $20 for full day, $10 partial day; supply fees from $20 to $105, depending on project. Call 945-7633.

Hawaii Pacific University: Weekend MBA program for business professionals, 12:15 p.m. Free. Call 544-0238.

Barnes & Noble: Jill Morton from Colorcom presents a graphic image Internet seminar, 7 p.m., Kahala.

TUESDAY 7/16

Swim classes for adults: Tuesday/Thursday classes from July 16 through Aug. 15 at the Nuuanu YMCA. Costs $75 general. Call 536-3556.

Urban Garden Center: Home vegetable gardening class on asparagus, beans, corn, carrots and cucumbers, 9:30 a.m., Pearl City. Donation. Call 453-6050.

Hawaii Pacific University: Free nursing seminar, 12:15 p.m. Call 544-0238.

Pacific Asian Lecture Series: Chol Lee speaks on "How To Do Business Successfully with Korea," 4:15 p.m., UH-Manoa's Business Administration building, Room C102. Free.

American Recorder Society: Bring Early Music instruments for ensemble playing, 7:15 to 9:30 p.m., Academy Art Center. Call 922-2873.

Barnes & Noble: Chris Peterson discusses space exploration and Spaceweek '96 events, 7:30 p.m., Kahala.

WEDNESDAY 7/17

Brown Bag Biography: "Weaving Jagged Words: Frank Marshall Davis and the Writing of Self-History," by John Edgar Tidwell, English professor at Miami University, Ohio, noon, Biography Cottage 96-36, 1777 East-West Road, next to Burns Hall. Call 956-3774.

Hawaii Pacific University: Free computer seminar, 12:15 p.m. Call 544-0238.

Wildest Show in Town: AT&T presents a concert with Willie K, 6 p.m., Honolulu Zoo. Free admission from 4:35 p.m. Concerts continue Wednesdays through Aug. 28.

Hawaii Photographic Society: Image sharing with Joe Lau, "Club Entries," 7:15 p.m., Makiki District Park. Call 536-4066.

THURSDAY 7/18

Urban Garden Center: Home vegetable gardening class on cabbages, dasheen, eggplants, lettuces, potatoes, 9:30 a.m., Pearl City. Donation. Call 453-6050.

Hawaii Pacific University: Free accounting seminar, 12:15 p.m. Call 544-0238.

Pacific Asian Lecture Series: "A Europe-Asia Strategic Comparison of the Automobile Industry," by J. Semeijn with Geert Duysters, 4:15 p.m., UH-Manoa's Business Administration building, Room C102. Free.

Plantation "tour": Explore Waialua's role in the Hawaii sugar industry through photographs, slides and maps, with historian Stephanie Lei Fitzpatrick, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Kapiolani Community College. Costs $7. Call 734-9211.

"Ticklish Subjects": Writer and director Tremaine Tamayose talks about the use of humor in dealing with sensitive subjects, 7:30 p.m., Yukiyoshi Room, UH-Manoa's Krauss Hall. Free. Call 956-7866.

FRIDAY 7/19

American Society of Interior Designers: Luncheon 11:30 a.m. at the Pacific Club. Costs $20. Reserve at 593-8950.

Music Break: Contemporary, R & B and Hawaiian jazz by Roshan & Shivanni, noon, Tamarind Park.

Futures discussion group: David Pfeiffer, a professor at Suffolk University, Boston, and editor for the Disabilities Studies Quarterly, shares two images of the future with respect to disability, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., UH-Manoa's Porteus Hall, Room 116. Call 956-2888.

Barnes & Noble: Tony C performs, 8 p.m., Kahala Mall.