Kaua`i Food Tour – South Shore
Wednesday, March 8:
Kaua`i Food Tour – South Shore. Follow your culinary guide in the comfort of your own car and sample the sights, flavors and history of Kaua`i’s sunny South Shore. The stops on the South Shore food tour are a celebration of street food inspired by Hawai`i’s diverse cultures. Experience Japanese food, taste exotic fruit, sample tropical gelato, tour a working kitchen, meet farmers and food artisans, and more. A highlight of this tour is meeting Mark Arriola, executive chef of Merriman’s Fish House. During this tour, guests enjoy a private tasting of what’s fresh, seasonal and local. The 4-hour tour ends at a farmers market where you will meet vendors and sample their products. At the end of the tour, you are free to stroll through the market and purchase gifts of aloha, or food to enjoy during your stay. South Shore, 2829 Ala Kalanikaumaka St., Koloa. 1:15 to 5 p.m. Cost is $120. For information call (888) 431-6660 or visit https://www.tastingkauai.com/kauai-food-tour/.
Kaua`i Food Tour – North Shore
Tuesday, March 7:
Kaua`i Food Tour – North Shore. Hop in your car and follow your guide on a tasting adventure through Kaua`i’s lush North Shore. Sample traditional Hawaiian food, learn about Tiki cocktail culture, meet farmers and food artisan, and more. A highlight of this tour is meeting top chefs at the luxurious St. Regis Princeville Resort. The 4-hour tour ends at a farmers market where you will meet vendors and sample their products. At the end of the tour, you are free to stroll through the market and purchase gifts of aloha, or food to enjoy during your stay. North Shore, 5520 Ka Haku Rd., Princeville. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $120. For information call (888) 431-6660 or visit https://www.tastingkauai.com/kauai-food-tour/.
Slack Key Guitar Concerts
Sunday Afternoons:
Slack Key Guitar Concerts. Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. March 5 – Spirit of Slack Key; March 12 – Sweet Hawai’i Dreams; March 19 – Halanei Slack Key; March 26 – Honoring Raymond Kane. Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar ad ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history. Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free. Free gift drawing. A portion of the proceeds supports the Hale Halawai `Ohana `O Hanalei. Hanalei Family Community Center, 5-5299 Kuhio Hwy., Hanalei. 3 to 5 p.m. For information and reservations call (808) 826-1469 or visit http://www.mcmasterslackkey.com/.
Get Down and Derby with the Island Renegade Rollerz
Saturday, March 4:
Get Down and Derby with the Island Renegade Rollerz. Enjoy live action roller derby. The Renegade Rollerz are hosting an Inter-Island battle between Kaua`i’s Garden Island Renegade Rollerz and Oahu’s Pacific Roller Derby Team. All are welcome; it’s family fun for all ages. Kapa`a Hockey Rink, corner of Olohena Rd. and Kahau Rd., Kapa`a. 5 to 7:30 p.m. Cost $5.
Slack Key Guitar Concerts
Saturday Evenings:
Slack Key Guitar Concerts. Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. March 4 – Aloha Music of Hawai`i; March 11 – Hawai`i’s Cowboy Music; March 18 – Gifts of the Ancestors; March 25 – For the Birds. Free gift drawing. Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar ad ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history. Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free. Proceeds support Princeville at Hanalei Community Association and this program. Princeville Community Center, 4334 Emmalani Dr., Princeville. 6 to 8 p.m. For information and reservations call (808) 826-1469 or visit http://www.mcmasterslackkey.com/.
Hanapepe Friday Night Festival & Art Walk
Friday Evenings:
Hanapepe Friday Night Festival & Art Walk. Stroll through the many art galleries in historic Old Town Hanapepe and meet the local artists from 6 to 9 p.m. Enjoy shopping at local vendors, several restaurants, art galleries, stilt walkers, classic cars, live music and entertainment. For information call (808) 335-6469.
Ha`aheo `O Hawai`i Exhibit
Daily:
Ha`aheo `O Hawai`i Exhibit. Cleopatra’s Barge was an opulent yacht built in Massachusetts in 1816. It became The Royal Yacht of King Kamehameha II but was wrecked in 1824. It cost about $50,000 to build, and about the same amount for luxury furnishings. Marvel at the opulence of this beautifully crafted ship, whose splendor was breathtaking for its day. Kaua`i Museum, 4428 Rice St., Lihue. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., every day except Sundays. Admission is $10 adults, $6 students 13-17 years, $2 Children 6 – 12 years, 5 years and under free. For information call (808) 245-6931 or visit http://www.kauaimuseum.org/.
Slack Key Guitar Concerts
Wednesday Evenings:
Slack Key Guitar Concerts. Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. March 1 – Hawai`i’s Sunset Music; March 8 – Kaua`i Style Slack Key; March 15 – Island of Peace; March 22 – In the Real Old Style; March 29 – Whales Homecoming. Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar ad ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history. Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free. A portion of the proceeds support All Saints’ Pipe Organ Restoration Project. Free gift drawing. All Saints’ Sanctuary, 4-1065 Kuhio Hwy., Kapa`a. 6 to 8 p.m. For information and reservations call (808) 826-1469 or visit http://www.mcmasterslackkey.com/.
Loon by Wonderheads
Tuesday, February 7:
Loon by Wonderheads. Acclaimed physical theatre company and mask imagineers the Wonderheads bring you a love story that whisks a man to the moon and back! Francis, a lonely janitor who is plagued by isolation and tickled by whispers of childhood imagination, has hit rock bottom and discovers that he has nowhere to go . . . but up. And up. And up! But will plucking the moon from the sky bring him the love he is searching for? Loon is performed in full-face mask, a form so magical audiences of all ages marvel in childlike delight (Calgary Sun). Wordless and whimsical, it has been described by audiences as watching a living cartoon, or live-action Pixar. A beautifully surprising mix of physical theatre, comedy and pathos, LOON is a love story the likes of which you’ve never seen. Orvis Auditorium, 2411 Dole St., Honolulu. For information call (808) 956-8246 or visit http://bit.ly/UHPresentsLOON.
Historic Waimea Walking Tour
Every Monday:
Historic Waimea Walking Tour. Take a 3 hour walk back through time in the place where Captain Cook first landed in Waimea. Learn about the last King of Kaua`i, the missionaries, and other famous citizens of Waimea and the landmarks they left behind. West Kaua`i Technology & Visitor Center, 9565 Kaumuali`i Hwy., Waimea. 8:30 a.m. Reservations required no later than 3:30 p.m. Friday before that Monday to schedule a tour. For reservations and information call (808) 338-1332 or visit http://www.westkauaivisitorcenter.org/.