Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 25, Number 2, 1 February 2008 — Year of the Hula [ARTICLE]

Year of the Hula

Bishop Museum will offer a yearlong schedule of fihns, workshops, perfonnances and lecture-dem-onstrations auned at highlighting hula as a profound and compelling repository of Hawaiian culture. As part of its "Traditions of the Pacific: The Year of the Hula" edueahonal series, the museum will present monthly screenings of its archival fihns on hula, including a Feb. 12 screening of 'Iolani Luahine: Hawaiian Dancer & the Hula ofOId Hawai'i, featuring one of Hawai'i's premier cultural heasures perfonning hula against backdrop locations ranging from remote beaches to Kllauea Crater. Showtime is 7 p.m. at Atherton Hālau, cost is $3, and $5 for nonmembers. A year of instructional hula sessions also kicks off on Feb. 16 with a "Kahiko to 'Auana" workshop led by kumu hula Kula Abiva. Auned at raising awareness of all aspects of hula are several hands-on classes as well as lectures on topics ranging from oli to unplement-mak-ing. For more infonnation, log on to www.bishopmuseum.org. ^