Admission is free unless otherwise listed.

SIXTH ANNUAL FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL, with entertainment, antique car exhibit, prizes, Hawaiian food, 20 vendors, poi pounding demonstration, ti-leaf rose-making, and bone carving, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 11; Lili'uoklalani Protestant Church, Hale'iwa. 637-9364

TAIZE SERVICE, stillness, reading, song, chant, 7 p.m. Oct. 11; Christ Church Uniting. 262-6911.

INTRODUCTION TO ZEN MEDITATION, 9 a.m.-noon, Oct. 11, Palolo Zen Center. 735-1347, info@diamondsangha.org.

"KEYS TO SECRET WORLDS," workshop on spiritual self-sufficiency, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 11, Honolulu Eckankar Center, Room 201. 735-7719.

CELEBRATION AND AWARDS DINNER, Interfaith Alliance Hawai'i, to honor local community leaders, with vegetarian buffet, entertainment, and talk on "How Free and Fair is the Press?" by Jerry Burris, former Honolulu Advertiser editorial page editor, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 12, Honpa Hongwanji Hawai'i Betsuin, 1727 Pali Highway; $20 (youths $15). John Heidel, 261-4585.

"THE BUDDHIST PATH IN A CONFUSING WORLD," dharma discussion by Eamon Killoran (preceded by 9-10:30 a.m. sitting and walking meditation, individual meditation instruction; and followed by potluck lunch), 10:30 a.m.-noon, Oct. 12, Kailua Shambhala Meditation Center. www.kailua.shambhala.org, 342-6298.

"TAMING THE MIND," class series, 7-9 p.m. Oct. 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5 and 12 (intensive class, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 15); Kailua Shambhala Meditation Center; $10 ($50 for Nov. 15 class). 342-6298 www.kailua.shambhala.org.

SCIENCE AND RELIGION, lectures and discussions, 7-9 p.m. most Thursdays; Calvary by the Sea Lutheran Church. 377-5477.

LECTURE SERIES on storytelling and leadership, lunch ($5) and worship, various times Oct. 16-19, United Church of Christ, Judd Street. 536-8418.

NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP SURFING, POTLUCK AND PRAISE, 7 a.m. Oct. 18, Kalaeloa Beach Park. 277-5500.

FUTABA MEMORIAL LECTURE PROGRAM, Honpa Hongwanji Betsuin, with Thomas Kasulis of Ohio State University (formerly of UH) speaking on "Shin Buddhism as Shinran Lived It," and "Shin Buddhism as Shinran Thought It," 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 18, at 1727 Pali Highway. 263-8567.