WHO/WHAT: Bamboo Ridge Press presents a book launch of “Kona Winds,” the debut novel by Japanese American author Scott Kikkawa. This noir murder mystery is set in Honolulu in 1953, when Hawai‘i was evolving from a racially stratified, near-feudal plantation colony to the multi-ethnic 50th state.
WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, Jan. 16, 7-9 p.m. at The Manifest (32 N. Hotel St.). For more information, email brinfo@bambooridge.com.