Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 8, 1 August 1996 — He mau hanana [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

He mau hanana

A calendar of events

Ailkilhb (August) 1-4 — Pacific Island Films A variety of Polynesian films. Thursday - Pacific Diaries, The Samoan Heart, Happy Birthday Tūtū Ruth\ Friday - Tala Pacifika, O Tamaiti (both from New Zealand); Saturday - Issues of Preserving Culture, Mauri\ Sunday - Selected works and Award Winners of the 3rd Annual Pacific Island Images Film Festival. Showings are at the UH Mānoa Art Bldg. Auditorium at 7:30 pm eaeh night. $4 general/$3 students, senior citizens, UHM faculty and staff.

3 - — Kaiuaiko'olau A play telling the story of Kaluaiko'olau, a man who escaped exile to the peninsula of Kalaupapa with his family. The play is told in Hawaiian language and is $5 pre-sale and $7 at the door. The play shows on Kaua'i at the Kaua'i Community College Theater on Saturday, August 3, at 7 p.m. Tickets are sold at KCC theater box office, Miura's Store in Kapa'a, Deja Vu at Kūkui Grove and at Kana's in Hanapēpē. 3 — Hawaiian Health Fair Ke Ola Mamo will be holding its third annual community health fair at the center court of Windward Mall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information eall Ke Ola Mamo at 239-8661. 6-10 — Ho'omoana Kaiapuni Moloka'i A Hawaiian Language immersion eamp for Adult Beginners on Moloka'i for five days. Experience Moloka'i in its mother tongue. Total cost for housing, air and ground transportation, meals, language classes and activities are estimated at $800. For more information eall 'Ahahui 'Ōlelo Hawai'i at 528-5453.

10 — Ka Hlmeni 'Ana 1996 will be held in the Hawai'i Theater on Saturday, at 8 p.m. Ka Hīmeni 'Ana is an unamplified Hawaiian music competition open to all amateurs and professionals. Tickets are $6, $8, and $10. Organized by Unamplified Nahenahe Music. For more information eall Marge Hansen at (808)842-1 133. 10-11 — Aloha Festival '96 Operation 'Ohana will be registering native Hawaiians who bring a photo-copy of their birth certificate to the booth in OHA's ancestry enrollment program. The Aloha Festival will feature entertainment, food booths, arts and crafts, games and more. Located at Crissy Field, Presidio in San Francisco, California for both days. Admission is free, parking $5. For more information eall Roy Franco (510) 6562310. For more information about Operation 'Ohana eall Kimberly Kau at (808) 594-1960. 13 — O'ahu: Sacred Stones, Sacred PIaces is a photo exhibit on sacred heiau sites. Joe Singer, a photographer from Pittsburgh, Pa., and Jan Becket, a photographer for the book He Alo A He Alo, have taken photos of sacred stones and places, some over 1000 years old, to raise awareness of their pricelessness. Pana O'ahu: Sacred Stones, Sacred Places at Honolulu Academy of Arts will be on exhibit from August 13 through September 3. 11 — Art and Labor: Hawai'i's Labor Heritage Murals. A discussion of Honolulu's historically important labor heritage murals including Pablo 0'Higgins mural, Jean Charlot mural and others. John Charlot, professor of religion at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa, will lead the

tour. The International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union will provide bus transportation to murals. Pre-registration is required. Lecture is free, 2 pm - 5 pm. Meet at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. 16 and 17 — The 19th Annual Ho'ike, E Ho'omau ka Hā Hawai'i, for Kuhai Hālau o Kawaikapuokalani Pā 'Olapa Kahiko, ine. under the direction of Kawaikapuokalani Hewett. Friday, Aug. 16, Del Beasley, Martin Pahinui, Kumu Hula Aloha Dalire, and Keolalaulani Hālau Olapa 'o Laka will perform on Saturday, Aug. 17, Genoa Keawe, Olomana and Theresa Bright will perform. The event will be held at the Castle High School Auditorium at 7 p.m. For ticket information eall Aunty Aliee Hewett at 259-9253 or the Ho'ike Hotline at 259-8612. 18 — Kī-Hō'alu (O'ahu style) The third concert in the 1996 series and one of the foremost slack key events of the year. Many of the islands' premier talents will highlight this annual celebration. At McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Park, from 4:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Free. Donations of canned foods will go to Hawai'i Food Bank. Call Milton Lau for more information (808) 239-4366. 20 — After Dark in the Park Kīpuka Puaulu is an island of ancient forest surrounded by more recent lava flows from Mauna Loa. Naturalist and park

cave management spectalist Bobby Camara will present a slide program on the biology, geology and ethnobotany of Kīpuka Puaulu. This walk is sponsored by Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and is free to the public. Meet at

the Kīlauea Visitor Center Auditorium on Tuesday at 7 p.m. 23, 24 and 25 — Hawaiian Quilt Festival with Hawaiian quilt displays, lectures, quilting demonstrations, pattern tracing and "Hands-on" quiltmaking. The festival will be held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center - Hawai'i and Pikake rooms. The festival is $5 eaeh day from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday the festival continues from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23 is the Preview Night, ffom 5:30 - 9 p.m. Admission is $15. The speeial Festival Package is $20 and includes that evening, Saturday and Sunday. 25 — Kaho'olawe : Ke Aloha Kupa'a Ka 'Āina A traveling photography exhibit of the island of Kaho'olawe features eontemporary images by photographers, Franco Salmoiraghi, Wayne Levin, David Ulrich and Rowland Reeve. The exhibit is on display free to the public at Windward Community College in the 'Iolani Gallery from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The exhibit will end Aug. 3 1 and travel to the UH Hilo Tenth Annual Hawaiian Leadership Conference in October. For more information or to arrange an appointment with the gallery director Toni Martin at 235-1 140. Every Tuesday — Kama'ilio, Talk story in Hawaiian, at Ala Moana Park under the wiliwili trees from 3:30 pm to sunset. It's educational and free.

Kupopoiu Heiau, Waialua District, from the Pana O'ahu: Sacred Stones, Sacred Places exhibit at the Acadamy of Arts Museum. Photo by Jan Beckett