Maui Arts & Entertainment

Sources tell Maui Now the concert featured Maroon 5. Maui Now received photos from a private mystery concert held last night at the Grand Wailea in South Maui.

If you dream of gallivanting through a makeshift Middle Earth with a bunch of people dressed as royalty and mythological creatures, well… this isn’t that.

This Friday, Feb. 28, Seabury Hall Performing Arts presents Jim Leonard’s The Diviners, the tale of a disturbed boy who can find water with a divining rod.

This Wednesday, Feb. 26, the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet – described as “dynamic, virtuosic, endurance testing and up-to-the-minute” – performs at the MACC.

Much as the title implies, this weekend is ripe with musical offerings including a Mardi Gras celebration at the MACC, jazz for a cause at Gannon’s and more.

Local actor Gary Shin-Leavitt shares parallels between his family and the character he plays in MAPA’s latest production.

For $15 you can help the Makawao Union Church by transforming an otherwise-landfill-bound rusty folding chair into a work of art. The top 10 entries win prizes.

The ‘Voice of a Generation’ rocks the MACC on Saturday, Apr. 26. Tickets are available for purchase by MACC members this Saturday, Feb. 22 at 10 a.m.

Maui’s 9th annual plein air painting invitational takes place in Lahaina and encompasses an entire week’s worth of arty events.

Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, will be at the Barnes and Noble in Lahaina this afternoon to sign copies of their books.

Watch Mick Fleetwood lead a parade; dance both Friday and Saturday nights away; see a movie or a show at the MACC; run a 5K and more.

Tomorrow, Feb. 14, the romantic farce “The Play’s the Thing” begins its three-week run at the ProArts Playhouse in Kihei.

This Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 15 and 16, brings the second weekend – the middle child, if you will – of the annual Maui Open Studios event.

Starting Friday, participate in a unique residential arts intensive exploring the beauty of Central African music, dance, culture, and cuisine.

The fifth show takes place Feb. 11 at 10 p.m., following the fourth show which starts at 7:30 p.m.

You’re only dancing on this earth for a short while, so you may as well carpe diem at some of the weekend’s better options listed here.

Mark Beltzman – seen on Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and in The Wedding Singer – and Mike Burton will perform as part of their new Maui Improv venue.

The Maui Open Studios event – showcasing everything from sculpture and glass blowing to magic realism and whimsical gourd creations – starts this weekend.

Just hours after ticket sales began, promoters announced the addition of the third show, saying tickets are on sale now, but a check of the Ticketmaster website showed only pricey premium seats still left by afternoon.

The fourth annual Lanai Hawaiian Culture, Film & Music Festival will take place this weekend – Feb. 7, 8 and 9 – at The Four Seasons Resorts Lanai.