Hawaii Theatre Center in collaboration with Pacific Academy of Performing Arts presents The Spongebob Musical. The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a … Continue reading Through July 25: The Spongebob Musical

Join an internationally focused discussion on tourism management with Maori tourism strategist Andrew Baker, Dutch professor of New Urban Tourism Ko Koens, Hawaii tourism consultant Frank Haas and Cornell-based sustainable tourism advocate Megan Epler Wood, hosted by Civil Beat IDEAS editor, Julia Steele. For those unable to attend live, this event will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers. For more information, and … Continue reading IDEAS Live: Global Perspectives on Tourism, Part I

Join Civil Beat's education reporter, Suevon Lee, for a discussion with Catherine Payne, Hawaii Board of Education Chair; Derek Minakami, Kaneohe Elementary School Principal and Dr. Stacey Bobo, Hawaii Technology Academy Executive Director. The conversation will cover: How are schools planning to bring students back? What kind of structural changes will there be? Will there be any distance-learning options? If you have questions … Continue reading Back To The Classroom: Looking Ahead To The New School Year

Come get your car washed and support MAF and Habitat for Humanity on Friday, July 23rd 9:00am-1:00pm at the Habitat for Humanity Parking Lot, 1162 Lower Main Street, Wailuku. Only $10.00 per car! Join in the fun and help support the health and housing of our Maui community!

Maui Equality Coalition is participating with PFLAG National as the new PFLAG chapter on Maui is being created, and they're presenting a series of online events from June 19 - July 24, 2021. The series will include a screening of A Place in the Middle and Kapaemahu following by a conversation with Kumu Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, … Continue reading Maui Equality Coalition / PFLAG LGBTQ+ Hawaii Series

Head over to HoMA for their Summer Nights live music series for a performance from Honolulu-based singer and songwriter IZIK in the Central Courtyard on Saturday, July 24. IZIK is an award-winning performer with multiple local, national and international tours under his belt. He credits his musical influences to artists like Mariah Carey, The Carpenters, … Continue reading IZIK Live at HoMA Summer Nights

FLUX says, "Queer diasporic Kanaka artist, Dana Paresa presents a new exhibition ... monotypes and drawings from Paresa’s pandemic diaries, which offers a glimpse into the artist’s world, complete with self-effacing internal monologues, first-person contemplations on just about everything, and recurring characters, like her partner and their cat. "The exhibition title is borrowed from a … Continue reading Dana Paresa: Hawaiʻi For Real

There are 800,000 people with disabilities who are waiting — often for years — to receive care at home. Many more are going into institutions against their wishes. Learn about the Better Care Better Jobs Act and how it would transform Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS). This proposed $400 billion in funding will increase … Continue reading The Better Care Better Jobs Act and the Disability Community

In partnership with the Hawai῾i Foodbank and local farmers, the Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center is able to offer food drops each month. Please join them on July 28 at 1:00 pm either to volunteer or take advantage of this free program. Location: Nā Kūpuna Makamae Center located at 653 Ala Moana Boulevard in … Continue reading H3RC Food Drop Kaka’ako

Join Civil Beat IDEAS editor, Julia Steele, for a discussion about local tourism with HTA president John De Fries, Kauai mayor Derek Kawakami, UH Public Policy Center director Colin Moore and former Sierra Club Hawaii director David Kimo Frankel. For those unable to attend live, this event will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers. Click here.