Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-October 8, 2020

Get ʻulu delivered for a family-friendly cooking class or just to explore at home, drive up to a witchy movie or spend a weekend playing with STEM.

Photo: Courtesy of Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation

ʻĀina Cooking For Change cooking class

It’s a good month to discover ʻulu and some local chefs and groups are here to help. Sundays, chefs who work with Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation’s ʻĀina in Schools program will host virtual hourlong cooking classes for kids featuring this sustainable part of a local diet. This week, Mark Noguchi and his daughters will teach families how to make ʻulu fries. Check the class’ sign up page later for later sessions featuring chef Lamont Brown from Maya’s Tapas & Wine recipe for ʻulu pound cake with guava glaze. Kapiʻolani Community College’s Culinary of the Institute of the Pacific instructor Tiffanie Masutani walks little chefs through the steps for ʻulu hummus.

$15 suggested donation per family, $10 suggested donation for members of Kokua Hawaiʻi Foundation. Sundays in October, 1 p.m. on Zoom. Find out more and register at bit.ly/ainacookingforchange

Photo: Courtesy of Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative

Order Your Own ʻUlu Box

If you can’t make it this Sunday, or, like us, have just gotten used to the convenience of kits, the Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative has launched a fun box to learn more about breadfruit. Each Kumu ʻUlu Box comes with ʻulu already parcooked and fully cooked for easy use, ʻulu chocolate mousse, Noguchi’s recipe for ʻulu fries as well as a keiki apron and activities ranging from a coloring book to an ʻulu memory card game with words in English and Hawaiian. Buy one on the website and you can also choose to give one to a child in need.

$45, eatbreadfruit.com

SEE ALSO: Three Great Starfruit Recipes from a Hawaiʻi Chef

Kapolei Drive-In Movie

This week’s drive-in movie in West Oʻahu is getting witchy for the season. See the Disney’s Hocus Pocus on the big screen. New student Max is just trying to fit into his new town, and its Halloween superstitions, when he inadvertently resurrects a trio of 300-year-old witch sisters who plan to steal the souls of children around town. The film is rated PG. Reserve a spot and you can also purchase a snack pack to be delivered.

$20 per car with groups limited to five people. Friday, Oct. 9, Saturday, Oct. 10 and Sunday, Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. American Renaissance Academy, 300 Franklin Ave., Kapolei, eventbrite.com

Find more Halloween fun in our Halloween Corner.

Courtesy: Waimea Valley

Register: Waimea Valley ʻOhana Volunteer Day

This weekend’s opportunity for families to help maintain botanical gardens on the North Shore filled up quickly. So, if you were interested in volunteering at one of HONOLULU Family’s Volunteer Day sites, you better sign up early. The next ʻOhana volunteer days for all ages will be Nov. 14 and Nov. 21. Register now for a fulfilling morning clearing invasive plants and doing other physical work before receiving free admission to explore the heiau, cultural games, the waterfall and more.

ʻOhana Volunteer Days are 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14 and 21. 59-364 Kamehameha Highway, Haleʻiwa, waimeavalley.net/volunteer

City of Stem Virtual Festival

Add this to the category of cool festivals we are glad we can now join virtually. The Southern California event (meaning it’s only thankfully only three hours ahead of us) includes: interactive sessions teaching you how to build a cardboard Mars rover or a variety of paper airplanes; virtual tours of the famed fossil spot the La Brea Tar Pits, the Peterson Automotive Museum and Roundhouse Aquarium; and tips for adults on how to teach STEM through your children’s toys and other ideas for teachers. We’re excited for the presentation by magical scientist Jason Latimer, cohost of SciJinks on the Science Channel.

See the schedule at cityofstem.org and watch the programs on the City of Stem’s YouTube channel.