Throughout the Month of June:
Dinosaurs Unleashed Exhibit. Marvel at replicas of some of the fearsome giant reptiles of the Mesozoic. Interactive stations and activities will highlight how these animals flourished in their respective environments. Enjoy hands-on experience in a dinosaur dig, create colorful bone imprints, and control a robotic dinosaur skeleton, just like those featured in the exhibit. Fun for all ages. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu. Open Wednesday to Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum is closed on Tuesdays. Admission fee to enter. For information call (808) 847-355 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.

Saturday, June 13:
Capone’s Comedy Smash 4 Featuring DeRay Davis, Luenell, Red Grant and Friends. Capone’s Comedy Smash is back for its fourth run, this time, celebrating an impressive line-up of legendary comediennes for “Battle of The Sexes”.” Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall, 777 Ward Ave., Honolulu. For tickets and information call (808) 768-5252 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.

Monday, May 25:
17^th Annual Lantern Floating Hawai`i. Residents and visitors gather at Ala Moana Beach Park, 1201 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, to honor loved ones and generate hope for the future. Ceremony begins at 6 p.m. For more information call (808) 942-1848 or visit www.lanternfloatinghawaii.com.

Saturday, May 16:
Kahumana Farm Festival and Community Seed Exchange. The event will be filled with fun and educational activities. There will be live music by local artists, exhibits on composting, herbal tincture and aquaponics, yoga workshops, local ono food vendors, crafts and info booths, hula and cultural performances, kalo pounding kui, and bouncy castles for children. Kahumana Farm & Café, 86-660 Lualualei Homestead Rd, Waianae. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For information call (808) 696-2655 or visit www.kahumana.org.

Saturday, May 16:
Open Cockpit Day. Climb into the cockpit of an historic aircraft, talk story with pilots, and snap a photograph with an aviator in period attire. Activities for the whole family take place throughout the Museum. Bring your camera. Flight suits, helmets, and fun provided. Free with Museum admission and free to Museum Members. Pacific Aviation Museum, 319 Lexington Blvd., Historic Ford Island, Pearl Harbor. 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Hangar 79. For information call (808) 441-1000 or visit www.pacificaviationmuseum.org.

Saturday & Sunday, May 16 & 17:
Waikiki Artfest. Event features approximately 75-100 fine artists and handcraft artisans who display their own art for sale including jewelry of all types, clothing, wood products, stained glass, ceramics, soaps and candles, bags, quilts, lauhala products. Located in Kapiolani Park at the Diamond Head end of Waikiki, across from the Honolulu Zoo. Admission is free, and there will be live entertainment as well as great food available. Kapiolani Park, 2805 Monsarrat Ave., Honolulu. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information call (808) 696-6716.

Saturday, May 9:
Filipino Fiesta. This festival will provide a multi-faceted Filipino cultural experience that includes traditional Filipino food, games, cultural exhibits, and live entertainment. Admission is free. Kapiolani Park, 2748 Monsarrat Avenue, Honolulu. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For information call (808) 680-0451 or visit www.filcom.org.

Wednesday – Saturday, May 7 – 10:
22^nd Annual World Fireknife Championships & We Are Samoan Cultural Arts Festival. The world’s most talented fireknife dancers come together at the Polynesian Cultural Center in four nights of heated competition. Fireknife dancers from as young as six years old to the most experienced and celebrated performers will compete in their respective divisions for the chance to win the coveted title of World Fireknife Champion. Attendees will be treated to a cultural experience unlike any other, and the best of the best will be crowned a World Champion in both Junior and Senior Divisions.  At the High School Samoan Cultural Arts Festival, students from across Hawai`i will demonstrate their knowledge of Samoan culture by competing in a series of traditional practices including protocol and speech making, basket weaving, coconut husking and fire making, costuming, poise, dance movements and interpretation. Polynesian Cultural Center, 55-370 Kamehameha Hwy., Laie. For information and tickets call (808) 293-3333 or visit www.polynesia.com, keyword Fireknife.

Throughout the Month of May:
Dinosaurs Unleashed Exhibit. Marvel at replicas of some of the fearsome giant reptiles of the Mesozoic. Interactive stations and activities will highlight how these animals flourished in their respective environments. Enjoy hands-on experience in a dinosaur dig, create colorful bone imprints, and control a robotic dinosaur skeleton, just like those featured in the exhibit. Fun for all ages. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu. Open Wednesday to Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum is closed on Tuesdays. Admission fee to enter. For information call (808) 847-355 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org.

May 2 – 9:
Filipino Fiesta & Flores de Mayo Festival Week. Celebrate this weeklong celebration highlighting the wondrous and colorful culture of the Philippines. Called Flores de Mayo, the festival brings to Hawai`i the joy and celebrations of the month of May and the traditional fiesta time in the Philippines. A week featuring a cook-off, Filipino films with English subtitles, Santacruzan at the FilCom Center and ending the celebration with a parade at Kapiolani Park in Waikiki. Held at various locations. For information and venues call (808) 386-0740 or visit www.fjchamber.org.