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To have your class, workshop or presentation included in this free listing, email its title, instructor, location, dates, start / end times, cost and brief description to currents@mauinews.com. Due to the volume of submissions, items will be listed as close as possible to their start date; if a deadline to enroll is included, the event will be listed on the Saturday before deadline. High-res digital photos, depending on quality, are used if space permits. Submissions are subject to revision and rewriting, inclusion is not guaranteed and publication does not mean programs are endorsed by ...

Pet of the Week

Are you up for a fun friend that loves to learn new things and go on fun adventures? My name is Rufus (No. H9), and I’ve been waiting for a home since August. Unfortunately, my dark coat and stress in the kennels gets me overlooked every time. The thing about it is, I’m a total Beach ...

A spine-tingling good time

How many chills and thrills can you pack into a single mile? Plenty, if you dare to venture down the rocky path leading to Awalau Farm this Halloween season. The 30-acre Haiku farm hosts the Haunted Haiku Hike: Upcountry’s Historic Ghost Tour, an annual twilight trek that appeals to ...

Mitigating land-based stressors to protect coral reefs

In September 2015, ocean water temperatures reached sustained levels that catalyzed unprecedented coral bleaching worldwide. Hawaii’s corals were devastated with some areas experiencing up to a 50 percent mortality rate. This year, not only has Maui experienced lengths of record-breaking ...

Magical Maui sunset greets cruise passengers

The play of sunlight and clouds over Lanai puts on a show for sunset cruise passengers aboard the Trilogy IV as it passes offshore of Launiupoko one evening last month. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo

Maui Chamber Orchestra trumpets its 2019-20 season

The Maui News Venturing into a new era after the resignation of its founder and artistic director, Robert E. Wills, Maui Chamber Orchestra is launching its most musically diverse season. The offerings in 2019-20 include two orchestra concerts at Iao Theater and a series of four chamber music concerts at Kihei Baptist Chapel. The Dec. 21-22 Holiday Concert features the Maui Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, with guest conductor Stephen Spinelli of Cornell University in a program of joyous music for the season: Mozart’s “Regina Coeli” and Bach’s “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” (Cantata ...