Friday & Saturday, April 6 & 7: 
Chinese Kite Festival & Kite Flying.  Celebrate the wide world of kites and national kite month in Lahaina during this annual family fun event! On Friday at Wo Hing Museum & Cookhouse, 858 Front Street, Lahaina, check out displays of ancient and modern kites from around the world; kites are available for purchase. Enjoy presentations on Ancient Chinese Kites and Sport Kites, then join a community kite making project. There are hands-on craft activities for kids, and Chinese food available for sale.  Go fly a kite on Saturday at an open space park on Honoapi‘ilani Hwy. Kids and teens can make free-form kite structures. At 11 a.m., the community’s Chinese serpent kite will take to the air in a kite flying demo. Colorful kites in all shapes will be flying high. Bring your own kite to fly and get tips from the pros until 2 p.m. Festival times are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. both days.  For information call (808) 661-5553 or visit http://lahainarestoration.org/.

Every Friday:
Maui Friday Town Parties. Enjoy food, live entertainment, shopping and art. Many retailers, galleries, and boutiques operate extended hours and highlight special promotions. Crafters, artisans and culinary wizards add their creativity to the event.  6 to 9 p.m.  April 6 – Wailuku, on Market Street; April 13 – Lahaina, on Front Street; April 20 – Makawao, on Makawao and Baldwin Avenues; April 27 – on South Kihei Rd., Azeka Shopping Center.  For more information on Maui Town Parties, visit http://mauifridays.com/.

Every Wednesday and Thursday: 
Maui Humane Society’s Beach Buddies Visitor Program. Do you miss having a dog to spend your day with? Visitors and residents can sign up to take a homeless dog out for the day from the Maui Humane Society animal shelter. The shelter is easy to find as it is conveniently located in Pu`unene (central Maui) on Mokulele Hwy., between Kihei/Wailea and Kahului. Program participants will pick “their dog” up at 10 a.m. and bring them back no later than 3 p.m. MHS provides all of the supplies, you just provide the fun! Advance registration is mandatory as space is often filled weeks in advance. Register online at http://www.mauihumanesociety.org/.

Every Wednesday:
Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert.  Enjoy renowned slack key masters who are true ambassadors of their music, their culture and their land for an evening of traditional Hawaiian songs and authentic “talk-story”.  April 4 – Led Kaapana; April 11 – Jeff Peterson; April 18 – Kawika Kahiapo; April 25 – Herb Ohta Jr. Seating is limited. Dinner/Show packages are available. Located at the Sea House Restaurant at the Napili Kai Beach Resort, 5900 Lower Honoapi`ilani Hwy., Napili. Doors open 6:45 p.m., show begins 7:30 p.m., event ends at 9:30. For tickets and information call (888) 669-3858 or visit http://www.slackkeyshow.com/

Every Friday:
Maui Friday Town Parties. Enjoy food, live entertainment, shopping and art. Many retailers, galleries, and boutiques operate extended hours and highlight special promotions. Crafters, artisans and culinary wizards add their creativity to the event.  6 to 9 p.m.  May 4 – Wailuku, on Market Street; May 11 – Lahaina, on Front Street; May 18 – Makawao, on Makawao and Baldwin Avenues; May 25 – on South Kihei Rd., Azeka Shopping Center.  For more information on Maui Town Parties, visit http://mauifridays.com/.

Sunday, April 1:
Color Festival Hawai`i.  The modern American version of a traditional Holi Festival, celebrated every spring in India. It is a celebration of the victory of good over evil and of the arrival of spring and harvests to come. The  event will feature energetic, nonstop, live music for dancing from DJ Boomshot, the Eric Gilliom Band, Shea Butter & The Cream, and the Yum Yum Beasts. Also enjoy special guest performances from singers, actors, and stage celebrities, Teal Wicks and Matt Doyle, all leading to the moment the entire audience participates in the throwing of colors. Enjoy some of Maui’s best food trucks and sweet treats as well. Helpful tips: Wear white so you can leave colorful. Souvenir event T-shirts will be available for purchase at the event or in advance by clicking HERE. Wear comfortable shoes/sandals you don’t mind getting full of colorful powder (The powder is just colored cornstarch and most of it will just blow right off unless you get wet). It is suggested that you wash your clothes right after the festival. Protecting your eyes with sunglasses or goggles is strongly recommended. Bring a dust mask or bandana, especially for those with respiratory issues.  Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Events Lawn, One Cameron Way, Kahului.  1 to 5 p.m.  For tickets and information call (808) 242-7469 or visit http://www.mauiarts.org/.

Friday & Saturday, March 30 & 31: 
Hawai`i’s Biggest Easter Egg Hunt.  Three locations Friday: Lahaina Regional Park, 8 a.m.; Kihei Kalama Park, 12 noon; Pukalani Community Center, 4 p.m. Saturday: Keopuolani Park, Wailuku (Soccer Pit), 10 a.m.

Thursday. March 29: 
Hawaiian Music Series.  Relax under the stars and enjoy a free concert featuring local musicians. Chairs are limited and blankets, mats, and low beach chairs are welcome. The Baldwin Home Museum is located in the heart of Lahaina, on the corner of Front and Dickenson Streets, Lahaina. 6 to 7:30 p.m.  For information call (808) 661-3262 or visit http://lahainarestoration.org/.

Saturday, March 24:
Ho`omau 2018.  Maui’s premier Hawaiian cultural event in Central Maui. The event features some of the most popular and talented Hawaiian musicians in the state. Ho`omau 2018 will be celebrating its 31^st  year and offering silent and live auctions, children activities, crafters, food, and cultural demonstrations throughout the day.  Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, 150 Kanaloa Ave., Wailuku.  9 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Cost $15 presale, $20 at the gate; children 10 and under are free.  For tickets and information call (808) 244-5676 or visit http://www.hoomau.com/.

Thursday, March 22:
Complexions Contemporary Ballet presents Star Dust: A Ballet Tribute to David Bowie.  Complexions will perform an exhilarating program set to the music of J.S. Bach and David Bowie. CLICK HERE to watch a clip.  Since its founding in 1994 by former Alvin Ailey dancers, Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions Contemporary Ballet has dazzled audiences around the world with its fiercely kinetic movement and impassioned, almost superhuman dancers. Complexions was founded as a reinvention of dance through a groundbreaking mix of methods, styles, and cultures, with the idea that dance should be about removing boundaries, not reinforcing them: open, continually evolving, reflecting the movement of our world and all its constituent cultures as an interrelated whole.  Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Castle Theater, One Cameron Way, Kahului.  7:30 p.m.  For tickets and information call (808) 242-7469 or visit http://mauiarts.org/.