SATURDAY-FEB. 18

Pow! Wow! Hawai‘i, the popular street art event in Kakaako, launches its 2017 festival this week.

The celebration begins Saturday when Pow! Wow! brings DJ Cipha Sounds to the Honolulu Night Market’s monthly block party, which will be extended to Cooke Street this month.

On Sunday the party moves to the Honolulu Museum of Art School, 1111 Victoria St., with the opening reception of “Pow! Wow! Exploring the New Contemporary Movement.” The featured artist will be Shok-1, a British spray-paint artist who creates paintings that look like X-rays. The exhibit also includes an expansive installation of 1-foot-square works by dozens of artists, many of whom will create murals over the next week. A reception begins at 5 p.m.

Mural painting begins in earnest Monday, with artists working on designated spaces spanning from South Street to Pensacola Street and Ward Village, and between Kawaiahao Street and Ala Moana Boulevard. The greatest concentration of works will be along Auahi, Pohukaina and Queen streets between Kamani and Keawe streets.

Other events include a screening of the documentary “Saving Banksy,” about the controversy over the famous street artist’s painting of a rat in San Francisco’s Haight district. City officials wanted the painting removed, while some art dealers were eager to buy it. The filmmakers will answer questions at a screening, 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Kaka‘ako Agora, 441 Cooke St.

Wildman DJ Steve Aoki, pictured, one of the most physically expressive players on the EDM scene, closes out Pow! Wow! on Feb. 18 with a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of his Dim Mak label. He’ll be bringing along musical artists including ILoveMakonnen, Autoerotique and Max Styler. The performance begins at 5 p.m. at 1011 Ala Moana Blvd. (the former Makers & Tasters site). Tickets are $45-$55, available at bampproject.com.

SATURDAY

>> Eroica Trio styles Piazzolla, Bach and others

The Eroica Trio, an award-winning all-female trio that broke gender barriers to become one of the world’s most popular trios, returns to Hawaii for a concert at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The trio, now consisting of violinist Sara Parkins, cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio and pianist Erika Nickrenz, first formed as Juilliard students in the early 1990s. Over the years, they’ve developed a reputation for passionate performance and stylish ensemble performance, and for bringing a touch of glamour to the stage.

Their range of repertoire and expertise is reflected in their eight recordings, which cover Baroque, Brahms, Beethoven and American composers. Two albums received Grammy nominations: “An American Journey,” featuring compositions by Gershwin, Bernstein and bluegrass musician Mark O’Connor; and “Dvorak, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff.”

The program will feature the trio’s typical flair, including Bach’s mournful “Chaconne,” two movements of Astor Piazzolla’s “The Seasons,” the haunting “Aria” by Villa-Lobos and Paul Schonfeld’s ragtime-inflected “Cafe Music.”

>> Filipino comedian pokes fun at nearly everyone

Comedian Edwin San Juan returns to Hawaii this weekend and will help break in a new entertainment venue, Wisp Restaurant & Lounge inside the Lotus Honolulu hotel, along Waikiki’s Gold Coast.

San Juan is of Filipino ancestry and doesn’t mind using stereotypes of Asians to make a good joke, as he did when he was asked to put together a tour of comedians from the Pacific Rim and called it “Slant-ed Comedy.”

San Juan got his start in comedy in Los Angeles, often performing in front of Hispanic audiences, and he’ll often poke fun at the links between the two cultures. He’ll tell a mostly Hispanic audience, “Yes, Asians can’t drive. But at least we have car insurance.”

Noting that the Philippines was conquered by the Spanish under Phillip II, he’s joked, “We’re called Filipinos because of King Phillip. I’m just glad it wasn’t King Dominique, because then we’d be called Dominoes. Black people would call us Bones.”

San Juan has toured with the USO, appeared on Comedy Central and played opposite Paul Rodriguez in the 2010 comedy “I’m Not Like That No More.” He is is currently the resident host of Las Vegas Live Comedy Club.

TUESDAY

>> Singers will shout it out at Valentine’s Day

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with some of the most soulful music around with “Motown Valentines for Standing Rock,” an evening featuring guest vocalist Jennifer Hall from Chicago and top local talent.

Hall got her start in musical theater but turned to indie rock as her smooth, powerful sound developed, getting her notice as an artist to watch in Chicago in 2012. Shortly thereafter she broke up her band and started doing some soul-searching. She returned to music in 2015 with an eponymous, six-song EP. “I wanted to be honest in a way that I hadn’t before,” she told popstache.com. The result was a series of confessional songs, like “When I Went Falling,” and “Make It Out Alive,” the video of which shows Hall caught in a forest, covered in paint, fighting off demons.

Paula Fuga, pictured inset, the Kings of Spade and the Bentos will take the stage, along with some top local musicians, including Kahnma K, pictured, in a 10-piece “Super Band,” performing classic Motown hits like “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and “You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me.” All proceeds go to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which has been protesting the construction of an oil pipeline near tribal land.