Thursday, December 21: The Inspirational Film Festival – It’s A Wonderful Life.  Bring your friends and family to see the movie on the big screen, the way it was meant to be seen.  One $20 ticket pays for all movies at the festival, which continues in February with more movies to see.  Kukui Grove Cinema 4, 4368 Kukui Grove St., Lihue.  6 to 8:30 p.m.  For information call (808) 245-5055 or visit http://kukuigrovecinema.com/.

Sunday, December 31:  New Year’s Eve Celebration at Poipu Beach Park. The event includes food trucks, live entertainment or a movie in the park, activities for the keiki and spectacular display of fireworks. Admission is free and open to the public.  Poipu Beach Bark, 2179 Ho`one Rd., 5:30  to 9 p.m.  For information visit http://poipubeach.org/new-years-eve-fireworks/.

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…

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,…

Tuesday Evenings: Slack Key Guitar Concerts.  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. January 2 – Poina `Ole – Never to be Forgotten; January 9 – Aloha Music of Hawai`i; January 16 – Hawai`i’s Cowboy Music; January 23 – Gifts of the Ancestors; January 30 – For the Birds. Free gift drawing.  Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history.  Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50,…

Wednesday Evenings:  Slack Key Guitar Concerts.  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts.  January 3 – Whales Homecoming; January 10 – Hawai`i’s Sunset Music; January 17 – Kaua`i Slack Key; January 24 – Island of Peace; January 31 – In the Real Old Style. Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and 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…

Friday Afternoons: Slack Key Guitar Concerts.  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. January 5 – Honoring Keli`i Mawae of Molokai; January 12 – Heart of Slack Key; January 19 – Ahupua`a,- Island to the Sea; January 26 – Slack Key Tour of the Islands.  Free gift drawing.  Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history.  Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free.…