Friday & Saturday, March 9 & 10: 
Kona Brewers Festival.  This annual festival promotes craft brewing in Hawaii and promotes recycling. Enjoy about 60 craft beers from Hawaii and the U.S. Mainland, plus gourmet food. Also Brewer’s Dinner, Golf Tourney and Run for the Hops. Fee.  King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, 75-5660 Palani Road, Kailua-Kona.  2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily.  For information call (808) 331-3033 or visit www.konabrewersfestival.com.

Every Wednesday:
Hawaiiana Live. Experience Hawaiian history, traditions and culture through storytelling, film, music, oli (chant) and hula. Topics change weekly as the program revolves around the Hawaiian lunar calendar. Newly restored pipe organ featured. Palace Theater in Hilo. Wednesdays at 11 a.m. $5/children free. Call (808) 934-7010 or visit www.hilopalace.com.

Every Sunday 6:00 pm: 
Emily T Gail Talks Golf & Other Sports – sponsored by Aloha Big Island Visitor Guide – an hour long conversation with and about people and events on the Big Island and the mainland.  Emily talks with recreational, high school and professional athletes and the coaches, the parents, the organizers, the media and so much more.  Learn what’s going on in sports on the island where visitors are always welcome to participate and be a part of our Big Island Sports community. ESPN Radio AM850 Hilo AM790 Kona.  Emily T Gail (808) 896-6780, emilytgail@emilys.org, www.emilys.org.

Saturday, March 3: 
The Great Waikoloa Ukulele Festival.  A musical festival honoring Hawaii’s well-known instrument with a day of Hawaii’s top ukulele musicians and entertainers performing at the Kings’ Shops and Queens’ Marketplace at the Waikoloa Beach Resort, 69-250 Waikoloa Beach Dr., Waikoloa. 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  For information call (808) 886-8811 or visit www.waikoloabeachresort.com.

Daily, March 1 – 11: 
Oklahoma!  Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first and perhaps most innovative collaboration, “Oklahoma!” set the standard for musical theatre still being followed today. Set in Western Indian Territory a century ago, the rivalry between the local farmers and cowboys provides the colorful background for this high tempo musical love story.  Aloha Theater, 79-7384 Mamalahoa Hwy., Kealakekue.  Show times are 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.  For tickets and information call (808) 322-9924 or visit www.apachawaii.org.

Saturday, February 25:
Grow Hawaiian Festival. This annual festival features presentations on native plant horticulture – this year taro will be featured – con- servation and traditional Hawaiian arts. Also dance, demonstrations and garden tours. Free. 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Amy Greenwell Ethno botanical Gardens, 82-6188 Mamalahoa Highway, Captain Cook. For information call (808) 323-3318 or www.bishopmuseum.org/exhibits

Sunday, February 19:
Kokua Kailua Hulihe’e Palace Concert Series & Village Stroll. One Sunday each month from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Ali’i Drive along scenic Kailua Bay in Kailua- Kona becomes a festive pedestrian-only walkway. Enjoy music, artists, merchants and restau- rants. At 4:00 p.m., there is a free Hawaiian music concert on the lawn at Hulihe’e Palace. Bring your own mat or chair and they will be checked for free while you stroll Ali’i Drive, Kailua Village (Kona). For information visit www.kvbid.org.

Sunday, February 19:
Portuguese Day in the Park – Hilo. Celebrate all things Portuguese! Chamber members will be making Portuguese bean soup and baking bread in the “fourno”, then distributing it free to everyone. Live music, sweet bread, pickled onions, sausage, and malasadas will be available for purchase. There will be a booth to look up ancestry and history of the Portuguese in Hawaii. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Gilbert Carvalho Park, Hilo. For more information, call (808) 935-0547 or email puuhina@hawaiiantel.net

Saturday, February 18:
Na Mea Hawai`i Hula Kahiko Performance. Featuring Halau Na Pua Ha`aheo O Kona with kumu hula Roy Palacat. This outdoor presentation takes place rain or shine at the hula platform located near VAC Gallery. 10:30 a.m. The audience is encouraged to bring sitting mats and sun/rain gear. On the same day, there are hands-on cultural demonstrations from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at VAC Gallery porch. Hawai`i Volcanoes  National Park. All events are free (donations welcome); park entrance fees apply.

Saturday & Sunday, February 18 & 19:
Panaewa Stampede Rodeo. Check out rodeo Hawaiian-style at this weekend event featuring an amateur competition between cowboys, cowgirls, keiki and kupuna. Enjoy paniolo (cowboy) demonstrations, Hawaiian musical entertain- ment, food and craft booths. Fee. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Panaewa Equestrian Center, 800 Stainback Hwy., Hilo. For information call (808) 959-8932 or visit www.hawaiirodeostampede.com.