Events
What’s Happening on the Red Road
Find workshops, community meetings, cultural activities, volunteer days, and opportunities to learn and gather together.
Event Calendar
Browse community gatherings, workshops, and opportunities to help. All times are Hawaiʻi time.
Upcoming Events
Growing Our Resilience
November 8, 2026 · 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm HST
Uncle Robert’s
Artists workshop, Community Mahalo Meal, and Volunteer Collaboration Fair.
Smoke It Up! Hawaiʻi Island
November 14, 2026 · 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm HST
Hale Hālāwai o Puna (former Akebono Theater lot), downtown Pāhoa
Local food, community and food resilience in downtown Pāhoa.
Volunteer coverage: 1–3 p.m. or 3–6 p.m. HST; coordinator confirms assignments
Kūpuna Meal
November 20, 2026 · 10:30 am – 2:00 pm HST
Kalani Retreat Center · Blue Moon Room, 12-6870 Kalapana Kapoho Rd, Pāhoa, HI 96778
Mālama Nā Kūpuna & RRRN community meal.
Volunteer coverage: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. HST; coordinator confirms assignments
Red Road Art Tour 2026
November 21, 2026 · 10:00 am – 5:00 pm HST
Red Road studios · SPACE Artist Hui Hub
A free self-guided art tour along the Red Road.
Volunteer coverage: 8:30–10 a.m. and 4:30–5:30 p.m. HST at SPACE; coordinator confirms assignments
Christmas Lights Hanging Party at the Painted Church
November 27, 2026 · 12:00 pm HST
Star of the Sea Painted Church
Help hang Christmas lights at the historic Painted Church. November 27, starting at noon.
Moʻolelo o Puna with Uncle Keone
November 29, 2026 · 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm HST
Uncle Robert’s
History of Puna, ahupuaʻa and stories of the ʻāina with Uncle Keone.
Volunteer coverage: 3:15–6:30 p.m. HST; coordinator confirms assignments
History of the Painted Church & Candlelit Concert Fundraiser
December 13, 2026 · 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm HST
Star of the Sea Painted Church
History presentation by Nainoa Rosehill, followed by a candlelit instrumental and choir concert. Holiday cookies, cocoa and crafts.
Volunteer coverage: 4–8 p.m. HST; planning help also welcome
Kūpuna Meal
December 18, 2026 · 10:30 am – 2:00 pm HST
Uncle Robert’s
Mālama Nā Kūpuna & RRRN community meal.
Volunteer coverage: 9 a.m.–3 p.m. HST; coordinator confirms assignments
History of the Painted Church & Candlelit Concert Fundraiser
December 20, 2026 · 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm HST
Star of the Sea Painted Church
History presentation by Nainoa Rosehill, followed by a candlelit instrumental and choir concert. Holiday cookies, cocoa and crafts.
Volunteer coverage: 4–8 p.m. HST; planning help also welcome
Coming soon
Hoʻohui ʻĀina · Community Reconnection Celebration
Date to be announced
Tentatively January 17, 2027. Time, location and program details TBD.
Community Updates
Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Emergency Command Group on Standby for NOLO
Community update · September 25, 2026
Our Emergency Command Group is on standby, with neighborhood volunteers, two VH resilience hub teams, and two potential relief facilities ready to activate if needed.
Past Events
Painted Church Community Resilience Day
Past event · Sunday, October 18, 2026
Star of the Sea Painted Church
Hawaiʻi Island United Way distribution and the Heat Resilience & Cooling Solutions workshop brought neighbors together for learning and community support.
In the news: Civil Beat’s Twilight Greenaway featured this workshop in Hotter Than Ever: Hawaiʻi Preps Kūpuna For Extreme Heat.
Seen: Faces of Puna Makai
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 4–7 p.m. at SPACE
An artist’s celebration of the people who make this place home.
Story and photos by Dawn Hurwitz celebrate Lynne Tuft’s portraits and the community gathering at SPACE.
Feeding Community, Gleaning Hope
Friday, August 28, 4–6 p.m. at Uncle Robert’s ʻAwa Club in Kaimū/Kalapana. A free community meal featuring an imu meal and post-storm resilience talk story.
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