MAPA 24th Annual Garden Party
Sunday, September 9, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Yokouchi Family Estate, Wailuku
Ages 21+
Celebrate the Arts with Maui Academy of Performing Arts! Dress up as your favorite character from a Broadway show (or aloha attire) at MAPA’s biggest fundraiser of the year benefiting MAPA’s educational performing arts programs. You’ll enjoy top notch entertainment, a Chefs’ Festival with gourmet cuisine from Maui restaurants, fine wines, locally brewed beer, live jazz, a silent auction and plein air artists creating one-of-a-kind art to be auctioned in the vigorous live auction. $75 in advance ($85 at the event). For tickets, call 244-8760.
Auditions for MAPA’s Nutcracker Sweets
Saturday, September 8
MAPA Main Studios, 2027 Main Street, Wailuku
1:15 – 1:45 : Ages 4-5 (must be 4 years old by 9/8/12)
1:45 – 2:30 : Ages 6-7
2:30 – 3:15 : Ages 8-9
3:30 – 4:30 : Ages 10-12
4:30 – 5:30 : Ages 13+
5:30 – 6:00 : Adults
Maui Academy of Performing Arts is seeking 100+ ballerinas (male and female – all levels) for a production of MAPA’s Nutcracker Sweets. To audition, arrive 15 minutes early to fill out registration form and be measured. Rehearsals run every Saturday, September 22 – December 1 with an additional final dress rehearsal on Friday, December 7. Performances are Saturday, December 8 at 2pm & 7pm. $95 per dancer production fee. For more information, call Kathleen Schulz, Dance Director, at 283-0375 or the MAPA office at 244-8760.
Maui Ocean Center Fins & Flippers Tour
Friday, September 7, 11:30am
Maui Ocean Center, Ma’alaea
Ages 3 and up
Discover fascinating facts about sharks and sea turtles with an Ocean Naturalist guide, sneak peek behind-the-scenes, and supervised feeds at Turtle Lagoon and Hammerhead Harbor. $10 per person plus admission. Reservations: 808-270-7088.
Whole Foods Market
On Sunday, Sept. 9, Whole Foods Market will be hosting a donation day to help fund salad bars or other healthy eating programs in Maui schools. Whole Foods Market will contribute $1 per pound purchased from its salad and hot food bars to fund local salad bar school grants. Donations will be made to the Whole Kids Foundation and will be earmarked specifically to benefit our island.
Whole Foods Market is a founding member of the Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools initiative, which aims to bring healthy vegetable and fruit options to kids at school in support of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! effort to end childhood obesity. To date, more than $3.7 million has been raised to put 1,435 salad bars in schools throughout the country.
For more information please visit www.WholeFoodsKidsFoundation.
Maui Arts & Cultural Center International Hula Competition
Ku Mai Ka Hula 2012 — An International Hula Competition
Saturday, September 8, 1:00pm – 6:00pm
Castle Theater, Maui Arts & Cultural Center
Maui Mall Free Zumba Class
Friday, September 7, 6:00pm
Maui Mall (next to Spa Luna)
Free Zumba Class with Keoni’s Hot Lava DanceFit
Queen Ka’ahumanu Center Ronald McDonald House Anniversary Event
Saturday, September 8, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Banyan Tree Fine Arts Fair
Saturday and Sunday, September 8 and 9
9:00am – 5:00pm, All ages welcome
Banyan Tree Park, Front Street, Lahaina
Discover some of Maui’s most talented artists under the Lahaina Banyan Tree. There is a wonderful balance of local art at reasonable prices, including oils, watercolors, ceramics, photography, wood carving, baskets, jewelry, glass art and much more!
