FRIDAY

Monthly party moves to a secret location

ARTafterDARK, the Honolulu Museum of Art’s monthly evening party, usually closes down for the holiday months, but fans will enjoy a bonus installment this year because the gathering has become so popular with museum supporters.

In fact, this month’s event is so special that it’s being held in a secret, off-site location and limited to 200 people. You’ll have to board a shuttle from the museum school on Victoria Street to get there.

The party, dubbed “Illuminate,” features photographer Chris Rohrer. He’ll offer a workshop on light painting, a photographic technique that involves waving a light source like a candle or flashlight while a camera’s shutter is left open for a long exposure, resulting in an image with trails of light. Rohrer is on staff at Treehouse, the last remaining photography store in Hawaii that specializes in film photography.

Ever see someone grooving out in a car and wonder what they’re listening to? A similar scenario will be presented at the evening’s silent disco, where guests can dance to music piped directly to them through wireless headphones. See someone rocking out to a beat that’s different from yours? Just check the colored lights on the headphones and switch yours to the same color. Or dance to your own tune. (The venue is outdoors, so spike heels are discouraged. )

This will be an art event as well, with Black Friday-like prices. New pieces will be on sale for $1 as artists compete to sell as many works as they can. First one to sell out wins.

Food from Musakawas and Superb Sushi is included with admission.

SATURDAY

Canadian duo drops a few remixes at the Republik

Adventure Club, a Canadian electronic dance music duo that’s put a soft-pop twist on the bass-heavy dubstep genre, drops into the Republik this weekend.

Christian Srigley and Leighton James of Montreal are known for mixing in a high female voice on top of the bass, giving their music an ethereal, mystical quality.

The duo got their break with 2011’s “Daisy,” a remix of a tune by Brand New, which got listed on The Hype Machine, an online aggregator of mp3s. Since then they’ve also had major success with a remix of Lip’s “Everything to Me,” which was used in a YouTube video that depicted a kendo-like attack on cartoon characters. It’s received almost 2.5 million hits.

The duo’s work has also appeared on MTV, and they’ve given live performances at electronic music festivals in Florida and South Korea.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

Marine Corps band to play holiday music for keiki

Thanksgiving has now passed, so it’s OK to start getting ready for Christmas. Take a moment to relax after Black Friday shopping and head over to the Na Mele o na Keiki (Music for the Children) concert at Hawaii Theatre this weekend.

The annual concert features the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Band performing seasonal favorites, joined by guest artists Henry Kapono, pictured, Keahi Conjugacion, Chris Vandercook, gospel singer Melissa Collison and Latin artists Eddie Ortiz and Cynthia Romero of Son Caribe. Longtime local comic Bo Irvine also performs.

While the concert is the Marine Corps’ gift to the community, it also serves as an opportunity to support the Corps’ Toys for Tots program. Donations of new, unwrapped toys or cash will be accepted. Every donation will benefit a less fortunate child in Hawaii.

MONDAY

Meleana Brown returns to share her debut album, “White Walls”

Hawaii-born Meleana Brown has sung in church, aboard the Navatek dinner cruise off Waikiki, on the old “Hawaii Stars” television show here in the islands and on national television with 10-time Grammy-winner John Legend on “Duets,” the ABC TV talent contest.

Just a little more than four years after her showcase appearances with Legend — she finished seventh out of nine contestants, despite several crowd-pleasing performances — Brown is returning to Hawaii with her newly released debut album for a first-ever performance at the Blue Note Waikiki.

Songs from Brown’s new album, “White Walls,” are certain to feature prominently in the set list. Brown wrote four songs on the album and co-wrote four more, so the album is her introduction as a songwriter as well as a recording artist. Expect a mix of pop and contemporary R&B.

We have a suggestion, since Brown is coming home to the islands: Why not customize the set list and include an R&B update of “Meleana E,” a Hawaiian classic from 100 years ago, for her hometown fans?

— John Berger