Mililani to host pop-up market
The "pop-up" concept is expanding from retail and restaurants to a farmers market with a one-time event in Mililani on Sunday featuring locally grown produce and cooking demonstrations.
The pop-up market debuts from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Kalani Gardens Apartments, 95-081 Kipapa Drive, with produce, eggs, honey and poi from at least three vendors and demonstrations by Gida Snyder and others. Food stamps will be accepted.
Kanu Hawaii, a nonprofit that promotes sustainable living, and the GreenWheel Food Hub, a group focused on bringing fresh produce to low-income areas, are partners in the project.
To find out where the mobile farmers market will pop up next, visit www.kanuhawaii.org or follow Kanu Hawaii on Twitter or Facebook.
Students, chefs serve up dinner
Some of Hawaii’s top chefs will team up with 48 students from Niu Valley Middle School to present "Plate Up Niu Valley," a benefit for the school, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. April 27 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Guests will be able to see the students and their chef mentors prepare and plate all the dishes. Entertainment will be by the school’s Percussion Ensemble, and there will be silent and live auctions. Kutmaster Spaz, a parent at Niu Valley, will emcee.
Chef Russell Siu of 3660 on the Rise is the honorary host. Other participants include Cake Couture, Chart House, Fukuya’s Delicatessen, The Grove, Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Le Bistro, Maile’s Thai Bistro, Nalo Farms, Roy’s Hawaii Kai, Sansei Seafood, Side Street Inn and Tiki’s Grill & Bar.
Tickets are $125; corporate tables are $1,500 and $2,000. Visit www.friendsofniuvalley.com.
Event benefits Leilehua High
The Wahiawa Lions are promising "fluffy scrambled eggs fresh from Peterson’s Upland Farm, tasty sausages, steamed rice, delicious banana bread and fresh Dole pineapple chunks" at their 16th annual benefit breakfast, 7 to 11 a.m. April 22 at Leilehua High School.
All that food and a beverage will cost just $6, with takeout plates available. The Kanani Oliveira Hula Studio will entertain.
Proceeds fund scholarships for Leilehua seniors, staging of the Veterans Day Parade and screening youngsters for sight and hearing problems.
Buy tickets from Lions members or at the door. Call 621-0852.
