SPECIAL EVENTS

AVCO TECH SHOW 2010
Date: March 31th - April 1st, 2010
Place: Neil Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, Oahu
Contact: Jason Walters, jwalters@campus.hpu.edu
Experience the latest groundbreaking innovations sweeping the high-tech world at the first ever AVCO Tech Show 2010. You'll see the hottest cutting edge tech gadgets such as Panasonic's MONSTROUCIOUS 103 INCH plasma screen, Video Conferencing Systems, Control Systems and a lot more! alternativehawaii.com. Brought to you by The Audio Visual Company (AVCO), Hawaii's largest audiovisual systems integration organization, this two-day tech show, March 31 - April 1 at the Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, will showcase the latest in display, communication, and education technologies.

PACIFIC ROLLER DERBY: BOUT 2 IN HAWAII KAI
Date: April 3rd, 5 pm - 7 pm, 2010
Place: Kamiloiki Community Park, Oahu
Contact: Sylvia (PR - Pacific Roller Derby), sylflores@gmail.com
Pacific Roller Derby invites you to the second home bout of the season! Oahu's Villains will be challenging the Crazy 808s from Maui! Come and support these rockin' rollergirls at 5pm on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at Kamiloiki Community Park, at the corner of Lunalilo Home Road and Hawaii Kai Drive! This family friendly event starts at 5pm and is FREE to fans of all ages!

ANNUAL TEDDY BEAR DRIVE
Date: April 10th, 10 am - 2 pm, 2010
Place: Pearlridge Mall, Oahu
Contact: Juliann (Promoter - Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii), jschen@hawaii.edu
Show the keiki of Hawaii you care by donating a new or gently used teddy bear or stuffed animal at the 13th Annual Teddy Bear Round-up and Family Resource Fair sponsored by Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii, Child Abuse Prevention Planning Council and Department of Health. alternativehawaii.com. Join us on Saturday April 10 at Pearlridge Shopping Center-Uptown Center Court from 10 am to 2 pm.The day will be filled with free fun activities for families, parenting tips and top local entertainment. Bring your camera to take photos with Winnie-the-Pooh, Tigger, Elmo and Dalmatian. For more information contact Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii at 951-0200 or go to their website at preventchildabusehawaii.org.

HAWAII'S WOODSHOW
Date: March 27th to April 11th from 11 am to 6 pm, 2010
Place: Academy Art Center (Honolulu Academy of Arts), Oahu
Contact: Vicky (PR for Hawaii Forest Industry Association), vicky@current-events.com, 808-933-9411
Hawaii Forest Industry Association's 18th Annual Hawaii's Woodshow, Academy Art Center - Honolulu Academy of Arts, March 28 through April 11, 2010. alternativehawaii.com. This juried show highlights the very best in local woodworking. alternativehawaii.com. Most of the heirloom-quality works on display will be for sale throughout the show. Entries must be made predominantly from locally grown woods and certain rare or endangered species are prohibited. Address: 1111 Victoria St., Honolulu (ACROSS the street from Academy of Arts Museum) $5 donation suggested. alternativehawaii.com.

FORUM ON ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Date: April 8th, 8 am - 9 am, 2010
Place: Hawaii State Capitol, Conference Rm 329, Oahu
Contact: Rachel (Aide - Office of Representative Cindy Evans), evans2@capitol.hawaii.gov, (808) 586-8540
The forum will feature in-depth conversations advocating for the benefits of historic preservation. alternativehawaii.com. Panel will include: Mike McCartney of Hawaii Tourism Authority Dale Hahn of Princess Cruises and Holland America Pono Shim of Enterprise Honolulu Mary Philpotts McGrath of Philpotts & Associates, Inc. Ramsay Taum (moderator) of Life Enhancement Institute of the Pacific.

INTERISLAND TERMINAL AND UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE PRESENTS GENERATION MOBILE: THE DEATH OF DISTANCE BY JENNIFER SIEGAL
Date: April 8th, 6 pm - 7:30 pm, 2010
Place: University of Hawaii at Manoa- School of Architecture, Oahu
Contact: Jocelyn, jocelyn@interislandterminal.org
Jennifer Siegal, founder of the Los Angeles-based firm Office of Mobile Design (OMD), has chosen as her preferred design medium manufactured housing. Beginning with single-family homes, she has now designed and installed her own prefabricated storefront office in Venice California, demonstrating her commitment to the form. She is also recasting that late-20th century icon of public indifference to quality education, the portable classroom, in a positive light using inventive site strategies to create campus-like quadrangles of smartly designed prefabricated buildings. Drawing on her fascination with new materials, Siegal is constantly experimenting with new ways of making her units sustainable for me, the future lies in stronger, lighter, smarter materials. alternativehawaii.com. In each case, the logics of industrial construction convenience to appropriate workforces, quality control, the efficient use of materials combine with the logic of minimal site impact to create more sustainable and surprisingly rich architectural projects. Most recently she worked with students at Taliesin West to design and build the award-winning Mod-Fab a prefabricated off-the-grid home located on the desert terrain.

PEARL RIDGE ELEMENTARY FAMILY FUN FEST
Date: April 9th, 4 pm - 9 pm, 2010
Place: Pearl Ridge Elementary School, Oahu
Contact: Nancy S. Hsu (Chairperson - Pearl Ridge Elementary PTG), prefunfest@yahoo.com, (808) 382-7713
Save this date! Bring the whole family for a night of FOOD, GAMES AND FUN!!! This year, our Family Fun Fest will be on Friday, April 9th, from 4:00 to 9:00 pm on Pearl Ridge Elementary School campus. It will be an extraordinary event with: - Xtreme rides and inflatable - Craft Fair vendors - Games - Face Painting - Hair Painting - Country Store - Glow Sticks - Silent Auction - Bake Sale - Food Booths (hot dogs, fried noodles, teri burgers, bbq sticks, SPAM musubi, plate lunches and lots more!) alternativehawaii.com. Parking will be located at Kam Swap Meet. Trolley shuttle will be available. Parking $1.00. Trolley ride is provided FREE of charge.

BIZARRO CARTOONIST DAN PIRARO PRESENTS "COMEDY, KARMA, AND KALE"
Date: April 20th, 7 pm 2010
Place: Ala Wai Golf Course Clubhouse, 404 Kapahulu Ave, 0.2 mi. behind the Waikiki-Kapahulu Library, Oahu
Contact: info@kokuafestival.com
Internationally syndicated cartoonist Dan Piraro discusses his humorous journey to seeing the logic behind veganism. His talk will include elements of his stand-up comedy routine and many images from his award-winning cartoon feature, Bizarro. Questions and discussion, meet-n-greet, and book signing are to follow. Dan Piraro first published his internationally syndicated comic feature, Bizarro, in 1986. alternativehawaii.com. He has also published fourteen books. Bizarro has won numerous awards including an unprecedented three consecutive "Best Panel" awards from the National Cartoonists Society. Since 2002, he has sporadically toured the U.S. with his one-man stand-up comedy show called "The Bizarro Boloney Show." alternativehawaii.com. The show's debut in the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival was voted "Best Solo Show," and The New York Times called it "...a shrewd tour of a cartoonist's imagination...wildly applauded." FREE Admission & Refreshments The Vegetarian Society of Hawaii is a not-for-profit volunteer organization founded in 1990 to promote human health, animal rights, and protection of the environment by means of vegetarian education. It's among the largest vegetarian societies in the nation.

KOKUA FESTIVAL
Date: April 23rd and 24th, 2010
Place: Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, Oahu
Contact: info@kokuafestival.com
This year’s lineup features Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley (solo acoustic), Taj Mahal, Jake Shimabukuro and Anuhea. Tickets for Hawaii residents will be available February 20th and general tickets will be available February 21st. alternativehawaii.com. Kokua music festival is a benefit concert for the Kokua Hawaii Foundation, which is a non-profit organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawaii.

8TH ANNUAL WAIKIKI SPAM JAM
Date: April 24th, 4 pm - 10 pm, 2010
Place: Kalakaua Avenue, Oahu
Contact: Toby Tamaye (Representative - AT Marketing), ttamaye@at-marketing.net
The Eighth Annual Waikiki "SPAM Jam" is April 24, 2010, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki. Admission to the event is free; entertainment is free. Kalakaua Avenue is closed to car traffic for the event, and two entertainment stages are set up on the street. Between the stages, a dozen restaurants will be serving SPAM in many different ways, so attendees can experience an enormous variety of delicious recipes. There are local craft booths, SPAM merchandise tents and more!

TASTE OF EAST OAHU
Date: April 24th, 6 pm - 9 pm, 2010
Place: Calvary by the Sea, Oahu
Contact: Kim Bock, kimaloha1960@gmail.com
All the food and wine you care to eat and drink from Hawaii's best restaurants including 3660 on the rise, Chai's, Hokulani Bakery, Michels, Ruth's Chris. Wine and Beer by HASR. alternativehawaii.com. Fundraiser for Angel Network Food Bank, Calvary-by-the-Sea Montessori School and Church Youth Group. For tickets, call 377-5477 or 551-3117 or e-mail tasteofeastoahu@gmail.com

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