Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 8, Number 11, 1 November 1991 — Heeia Park features Hawaiian talks [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Heeia Park features Hawaiian talks

Continuing at Heeia State Park is a monthly series of Hawaiian culture lectures featuring "Wayfinding — Traditional Navigation," with Bishop Museum planetarium lecturer and author Will Kyselka on Nov. 7.

Future topics include Dec. 5, Tommy Holmes of the Hawai'i Maritime Museum on "Canoes"; Jan. 2, anthropologist Marion Kelly on "He'eia Ahupua'a"; Feb. 6, Earl Neller on "Archaeology"; March 5, woodcarver Alapa'i Hanapi on "Myths and Legends"; April 2, historian Russ Apple on "Traditional Hawaiian Houses"; May 7, Smithsonian Institution anthropologist Adrienne

Kaeppler on "Capes and Helmets"; June 7 cultural expert Malia Solomon on "Kapa"; July 2, farmer Ricky Reppun on "Taro Growing"; and Aug. 6, Ethel Leong, "Ancient and Modern UsesofTaro." Lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission fee is $7.50 for adults ($5 for members), $2 for students. Children under 12 are free with accompanying adult.

Children's Saturday workshops (9 a.m.-lO a.m.) with the same topics and speakers are scheduled to follow the Thursday evening lectures. For more information or to reserve tickets, eall Friends of He'eia State Park at 247-3156.

View of Kane'ohe bay from Heeia State Park.