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Big Island Events is the most comprehensive events
calendar for Hawaii's Big Island. It's your place to find all the
events, happenings, activities, festivals, parades and more at Big
Island locations: Kona, the Kohala Coast, Waimea, Hilo and everywhere
in between.
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Big Island Festivals
Aloha
Festivals Aloha Festivals are Hawai'i's premier cultural showcase,
a celebration of Hawai'i's music, dance and history intended to
preserve the unique Hawiian island traditions.
Big
Island Film Festival Film Festival May 12 - 16, 2010 at Mauna
Lani Resort Resort. This new location will include free parking
and other great values.
Big
Island Hawaiian Music Festival Annual Big Island Music Festwill
take place in Hilo at EHCC (East Hawaii Community Center) in May,
2010.
Kona
Coffeee Festival Check for 2010 Kailua Kona Coffee Festival.
Merrie
Monarch Hula Festival The 47th Annual Merrie Monarch Hula Festifal
will take place in Hilo April 8 - 10, 2010. A week long festival
of cultural events including Hawaii’s most prestigious hula
competitions at Edith Kanaka’ole stadium. The stadium begins
with a Ho’olaule’a on Moku Ola (Coconut Island) on Easter
Sunday in Hilo with lots of music, food and fun. On Wednesday there
is a free hula exhibition night at the stadium that begins at 6:30pm.
Thursday is the solo Miss Aloha Hula competition, where each dancer
performs both hula kahiko (ancient hula) and hula `auana (modern
hula). Friday is the group Kahiki (ancient) and Saturday the Auana
(modern) hula competition. A grand parade takes place through Hilo
town Sat morning. Find more detailed information about the Merrie
Monarch Hula Festival on their homepage.
Big Island Sporting
Events
2010 PGA Mitsubishi Electric Golf
Championship at Hualalai takes place on January 24, 2010. This major
Big Island golf event is held at the Hualalai Resort Golf Club.
It annually kicks off the PGA Championship Tour. Call 800-417-2770
2010 celebrates the 14th Big Island
Marathon in Hilo starting at Hilo Bayfront on March 21, 2010. Run
along the ocean at one of the world's most scenic marathons, the
Hilo Marathon. Call 808-969-7400
Lavaman Waikoloa takes place March
28, 2010. Not ready for the Big Island Kona Ironman, start with
the Lavaman Triathlon which features an ocean swim, off-road run
and bike ride down Queen Kaahumanu Hwy. Call 808-329-9718
Another Big Island Ironman to prepare
athletes for the real Kona Ironman in October: Hawaii Ironman 70.3
Hawaii takes place on June 5th, 2010 with a 7am start at Hapuna
Beach State Park. Triathlon consists of 1.2 miles Swimming, 56 miles
Biking + 13.1 miles Running.
Kona Marathon
takes place June 27, 2010 in Keauhou-Kona. Join the Kona Marathon
on the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon Run Course in West Hawaii's Premiere
running event.
Parker Ranch Rodeo attracts Big
Island visitors to Upcountry Waimea each year. See real paniolo
(Hawaiian cowboys) in action at the Waimea Rodeo at Parker Ranch.
Call 808-885-7311
The 2010 Big Island Billfishing
Tournament in Kona is one of the big international fishing tournaments.
It is a week-long event in Kailua-Kona August 2 - 6 2010, which
is known as the the'grandfather of all big game fishing tournaments'.
2010 Ford
Ironman Triathlon World Championship takes place in Kona, Hawaii
October 9, 2010. Read more about this biggest Big Island event
on our Hawaii Ironman page.
BIG ISLAND FARMERS
MARKETS Kohala Coast, Hamakua Coast, Kona, Hilo
Hilo
Farmers Market Biggest Big Island Farmers Market Fresh produce &
craft Visit
their site
Saturdays, Wednesdays Downtown Hilo, corner King Kamehahea Ave
Honokaa Farmers Market
Saturdays 7:30a.m. in front of Honokaa Trading Co.
North Kohala Farmers
Market
Saturdays 7:30a.m. - 1p.m. near Hawi post office, 889-0618
Kona Farmers Market
Saturdays 10am - 2 pm Keauhou
Waikoloa Village Farmers
Market
Saturdays 7:15a.m. at Waikoloa Community Church parking lot.
Waimea Hawaiian Homestead
Farmers Market
Saturdays 7a.m. - noon at Kuhio Hale Lawn, 885-0525
Volcano Farmers Market
Saturdays 7am - 9am
MUSIC WITH THE ISLAND TOUCH
Famous Big Island
John Keawe slackkey guitar player, plays at these Big Island
places:
Bamboo Restaurant: 808-889-5555
King's Shops : 808-886-8811
Kona Village Resort: (Ph# 808-325-5555 for entry
pass)
Every Monday- 6-9:30pm – Kona Village Resort
Every Tuesday- 6-7pm – Kings Shops Waikoloa
February Event Calendar
Feb 4 - 6-9p-Blue Dragon
Feb 6 – 6:30-9:30p – Bamboo Restaurant
Feb 18 -6-9p Blue Dragon
Feb 19- 6:30-9:30p - Bamboo Restaurant
Feb 28 - 5-8pm - Kona Brewing Company
AN EVENING IN THE PARK
Date: Every 1st or 2nd Wednesday of Each Month
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Place: Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park (S. Kona)
Each month, there are speakers on different topics such as traditional
story telling, hula & chant, crafts, native Hawaiian forest
birds,volcano eruption and more. Call: (808) 328-2288 or visit
their site.
CULTURAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Date: January through September (Call Park Headquarters for Date)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
Place: Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Kawaihae, S. Kohala
Cultural demonstration programs on Hawaiian crafts. Other special
Hawaiian programs are presented throughout the year. Footpath, guided
and self-guided tours, exhibits and interpretive talks, bird watching.
Call: (808) 882-7218 or visit
their site.
"HAWAI'IANA LIVE!" - PALACE
THEATER, HILO
Date: Each Wednesday
Time: 11am - 11:45am
Place: Palace Theater Hilo
Join Leilehua Yuen in this local's-eye-view
of Hawai'i Island each Wednesday in Hilo's historic Palace Theater.
Through traditional chant and storytelling, music, hula, and video
featurettes, Leilehua explores different facets of Hawai'i Island.
Topics and films change weekly as the program revolves around the
Hawaiian lunar calendar, and surprise guests and musicians often
appear. A few of the past guests are Mary Ann Lim, Keoki Kahumoku,
Leina'ala Lassiter, Diana Aki, and Stan Kaina. Sometimes there is
hula! The show also features Bob Alder on the theater's historic
pipe organ, playing some of Hawai'i's most beloved melodies. Wednesday
mornings, 11:00 to 11:45am, except Christmas and New Year weeks.
Admission: $5; kids free. Palace Theater, 38 Haili St. Hilo. Call
934-7010 for more information.
KONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOURS
Date: Ongoing
Place: Kalukalu (14 miles south of Kailua-Kona)
Offering a variety of guided tours, lectures, and exhibits including
the Historic Kailua Village Walking Tour, the Kona Coffee Living
History Farm Tour, Captain Cook Lecture and more. For reservation
& cost call (808) 323-3222.
MA LALO O KA PO LANI (UNDER THE NIGHT'S
SKY)
Date: Every 3rd Saturday of Each Month
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station
An innovative program of cultural experiences shared by members
of our Hawaiian communities followed by the regular evening stargazing
program. Call: (808) 961-2180 or visit
their site.
NELHA PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Date: Every Wednesday and Thursday (excluding holidays)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (Exhibit area open weekdays 8am-4pm)
Place: Keahole Point (one mile south of Kona Int'l Airport)
Ocean technology pioneers harness Arctic-cold deep seawater for
the future of mankind. Visit the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii
Authority (NELHA) recognized world-wide as a unique and innovative
business, research and science technology park. Fee $5/person (children
under age 8 free). Call: (808) 329-7341
RANGER-LED PROGRAMS: HAWAII VOLCANOES
NATIONAL PARK
Date: Daily
Ranger-led walks and hikes enrich your knowledge of the Park's resources
and Hawaiian culture. Walks may be wheelchair accessible or may
be longer hikes. The daily schedule of ranger presentations is posted
each morning at 9:00 a.m. in the Kilauea Visitor Center. Call: (808)
985-6000
VOLCANO ART CENTER
Date: Ongoing
Place: Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
The Volcano Art Center is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, educational organization
created in 1974 to promote, develop and perpetuate the artistic
and cultural heritage of Hawaii's people and environment through
activities in the visual, literary and performing arts. Under a
cooperating agreement with the National Park Service, Volcano Art
Center presents ongoing programs in the Park. Call: (808) 967-8222
or visit
their site.
THERAPEUTIC TOUCH FUNDRAISER FOR HI ISLAND
HUMANE SOCIETY
Date: February 6, 2010
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Place: Keauhou Kona Yacht Club
World renowned author and trainer Linda Tellington-Jones will host
a fund raiser for the Hawaii Island Humane Society, which will include
demonstrations of TTouch for Dogs and the opportunity to learn and
practice the TTouch Method under the guidance of its creator. Learn
how you can use TTouch to enhance your dog's health, behavior and
performance, as well as deepen your connection with your dog. Bring
your dog! Vacationers welcome - there will be dogs from the Hawaii
Islands Humane Society available to practice with. Pupus will be
served. Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Keauhou Kona Yacht Club, Kona.
Cost: 45.00. For more information, call 808-315-3725, email
or visit site
HISTORICAL KONA COAST BOAT TOUR BENEFIT
ABOARD THE FAIR WIND II
Date: February 7, 2010
Time: 2 pm - 5pm
Place: Aboard Fair Wind II
This tour benefitting the Kona Historical Society starts and ends
at Keauhou Bay and includes Kahalu'u Bay, Kealakekua Bay, and Honaunau
Bay, aboard the catamaran Fair Wind II, from 2-5 PM. Kama'aina resident
John Mitchell provides the fascinating historical narrative prepared
by Kona historian Jean Greenwell on the holua at Keauhou, the battle
of Kuamo'o, Kealakekua Bay, the battle of Mokuohai at Ke'ei, and
Pu'uhonua 'o Honaunau.Ê Sightings of whales and dolphins are
often an added treat. Reservations are $50.00 for KHS members and
$60.00 for non-members; KHS members will be asked to show their
membership cards to receive the discount. Check-in time is 1:45
p.m. at Keauhou Pier. There will be a no-host bar aboard. For reservations,
call Fair Wind at 322-2788.
BOBFEST AG FAIR - HILO
Date: February 7, 2010
Time: 6pm
Place: Mo'oheau Park & Bandstand in Hilo
Keep it Green Hawaii & Native FM presents BobFest Agricultural
Fair 2010 Sunday, February 7th from noon to 6:00 PM at Mo'oheau
Park & Bandstand in Hilo. International reggae artists &
local Hawaiian bands will perform. Organic farms and farmers, charter
school garden groups, Kona CPR, Sustainable Island Products, and
CERT Hawaii and more will be demonstrating & vending. Free to
the public. For more, information call 808/216-7372, email
or visit
site
LIANE CARROLL IN CONCERT WITH THE OLLIEPHONIC
HORNS - FOUR SEASONS RESORT
Date: February 11, 2010
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Four Seasons Resort
Double BBC jazz award winner, Liane Carroll, appears in concert
with the Big Island's own Olliephonics in an evening of jazz, big
band, and ballroom dance. Concert benefits the Hawaii Performing
Arts Festival scholarship fund for young artists from Hawaii to
attend the summer festival in Waimea. Treat yourself and your Valentine
to an elegant, entertaining evening of great music and dance! Time:
6:30 PM at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Ballroom. Cost: $45 per
person/$80 per couple. Tickets available by calling 333-7378 or
online at www.hawaiiperformingartsfestival.org.
For more information, call (303) 221-0399 or email
3rd ANNUAL HAWAII ISLAND CHINESE FILM
FESTIVAL - HILO
Date: February 13, 2010
Time: 7pm
Place: Palace Theater Hilo
The historic Palace Theater in downtown Hilo opens the Hilo Chinese
New Year Festival with a selection of films from and about China.
After blessing several downtown businesses, the Big Island Shaolin
Arts lions offer a special blessing on Haili Street fronting the
theater to open the film festival at 7 p.m. with thousands of firecrackers.
Free! Info: (808) 933-9772, visit
site or email
SOCIETY FOR KONA'S EDUCATION AND ARTS
(SKEA) PRESENTS: "2010: A QUILTING ODYSSEY" - HONAUNAU
Date: February 13 + 14, 2010
Time: 10am
Place: Honaunau
A Quilt & Fiber Arts Show and Sale, in conjunction with Aloha
Quilters, SKEA Fiber Arts Club, and Quilt Passions. Select show
items will be for sale, along with a vendor's mall, free demos,
and prizes galore! SKEA is located in Honaunau between mm 105-106.
Call 328-9392 or visit www.quiltpassions.com for more information.
Time: 10:00 AM at the SKEA facility in Honaunau. Free to the public.
For more information, call 328-9392 or email
8th ANNUAL HILO CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL
Date: February 14, 2010
Time: 10am - 3pm
Place: Downtown Hilo
This free community festival begins at 9 a.m. at the Kress Building
on Kamehameha Avenue just one short block away from Kalakaua Park
in historic downtown Hilo with Lion Dancers offering traditional
blessings along the street. The Lions parade up to the park to open
the Festival with thousands of firecrackers at 10 a.m. Till 3 p.m.,
Asian arts, crafts, product and international food purveyors will
man tents filled with the sounds, smells and sights celebrating
the New Year. Performances, cooking & cultural demonstrations,
and displays illustrate the Chinese influence on Hawaii's people
and culture. (808) 933-9772, visit
site or email
"Q'UISINE OF HEARTS", AN AMERICAN
CULINARY FEDERATION VALENTINE BRUNCH - HILTON WAIKOLOA
Date: February 14, 2010
Time: 11:30am - 2:30pm
Place: Hilton Waikoloa
A lovely brunch, hosted by the Hilton Waikoloa Village, that annually
benefits 2000 Kona-Kohala keiki through American Culinary Federation
(ACF) Chef and Child nutrition awareness programs. Time is 11:30
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Water's Edge Ballroom at the Hilton Waikoloa
Village. Enjoy an array of sumptuous food, wine and music. Enjoy
a bruschetta buffet, omelet stations and bite-sized pastry specialties
by local pastry chefs, bakers, chocolatiers and ice cream makers,
all accompanied by 100 percent Kona coffee, handcrafted ales, wine
and music. Bid for "sweetheart" floral arrangements, quality
merchandise and fun, including private catered dinners by top Big
Isle chefs, during the silent auction. Presented by the ACF Kona-Kohala
Chapter Chef de Cuisine Association. Tickets are $45 for adults
and $20 for children aged 5-10. For more info, call 329-2522.
PORTUGUESE DAY IN THE PARK - HILO
Date: February 14, 2010
Time: 9am - 1pm
Place: Hilo
The public is invited to this celebration of all things Portuguese!
Chamber members make Portuguese bean soup and bake bread in the
"fourno", then distributing it free to everyone. Sweet
bread, pickled onions, sausage, and malasadas will be available
for sale. The Hawaii County Band will play selections of Portuguese
music at 11:00 a.m. and there will be a booth to look up ancestry
and history of the Portuguese in Hawaii. Fun for the whole family.
Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Gilbert Carvalho Park, Hilo. For more
information, call: 808-935-0547 or email
13th ANNUAL HAWAII HEART WALK & HEALTH
FAIR - EAST HI. DIVISION
Date: February 20, 2010
Time: 8am
Place: Hilo
A great cause to reduce heart disease and stroke and educate the
public about exercising healthy habits. Walk starts 8:00 a.m. (Health
Fair 7am-11am) at Lili'uokalani Gardens, Hilo. Sign up at hiloheartwalk.org.
Call the American Heart Assn. at (808) 961-2825 for more info.
4th ANNUAL HAWAI'I AVOCADO FESTIVAL -
KEALAKEKUA
Date: February 20, 2010
Time: visit site
Place: Kealakekua
This free to the public, zero waste event will be held at the Amy
B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens from 9 am-4 pm. Fun and informative
festivities will include demonstrations on avocado grafting and
growing, an avocado recipe contest, free guacamole sampling, farmer's
market, arts and crafts, healing arts, agriculture and sustainable
living displays, a green fashion show, a raffle benefit for Innovations
Public Charter School, exciting keiki games, healthy organic foods
and a beverage booth serving refreshing smoothies, juices and kava
drinks, and a living Eco Village pavilion. Also on display will
be original festival art by Shirley Pu Wills - a Chinese brush painting
titled "Avocadoes in the Breeze". The art will be sold
on prints and T-shirts, and Wills will be available to sign prints.
For more information, contact Randyl Rupar at 936-5233 or visit
site
LAUPAHOEHOE MUSIC FESTIVAL COMMUNITY/CULTURAL
AND ARTS FUNDRAISER
Date: February 20, 2010
Time: 6pm
Place: Lapahoehoe
Presented by non profit Malama Hawaii.Nei, the event provides college
scholarships for Laupahoehoe area students and funds community projects.
This year, to celebrate our fifth event, we have lowered pre-sale
tickets to only $5.00. Event day tickets at the gate are still $10.00.
Held at beautiful Laupahoehoe Point Beach Park, this year's event
boasts an award-winning lineup of some of Hawaii's best musicians
and hula dancers. Festival food vendors will offer a wide variety
of tastes and vegetarian grinds. Local craft vendors will be on
site as well. Hosted by radio personalities Skylark Rosetti and
Tommy O'Kahikina Ching. Age 10 and under free. This is an alcohol
and drug free event; no coolers please. Contact Jim Bunzey at email
for further information
"KOKUA KAILUA" HULIHE'E PALACE
MONTHLY SUNDAY CONCERT AND VILLAGE STROLL - KAILUA-KONA
Date: February 21, 2010
Time: 4pm
Place: Kailua-Kona
Free Hawaiian Music Concert featuring the Merrie Monarchs men's
glee club, with hula by the halau of Etua Lopez on the Palace's
South Lawn at 4 p.m., presented by the Daughters of Hawaii. Bring
your own beach mat or chair. Before and after the Concert, stroll
thru Kailua Village (the Stroll starts at 1pm & goes till 6pm),
enjoy outdoor cafe's and restaurants, local musicians & artists.
Special kama'aina pricing at participating restaurants & merchants.
For more info about the Village Stroll, email hulihee@ilhawaii.net.
For info about the Village Stroll, call 808-936-9202, email
or visit site
FREE PUANA KA IKE LECTURE - KEAUHOU BEACH
RESORT
Date: February 26, 2010
Time: 5:30 - 7pm
Place: Keauhou Beach Resort
Kaleikoa Kaeo will present the lecture "Mo'ok'auhau: The Development
of Environmental Kinship" from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Keauhou
Beach Resort ballroom. The lecture is part of the Puana Ka Ike (Imparting
Knowledge) series, an educational forum that offers a deeper understanding
of Hawaiian culture, history, tradition and perspective of the environment.
The series is sponsored by Kamehameha Investment Corporation/Kamehameha
Schools, The Kohala Center, University of Hawaii at Hilo Kipuka
Native Hawaiian Student Center and their Eia Hawai'i Lecture Series,
and Keauhou Beach Resort. For more information, call 534-8528, email
or visit
site
GROW HAWAIIAN FESTIVAL - AMY B.H. GREENWELL
ETHNOBOTANICAL GARDEN
Date: February 27, 2010
Time: 9am - 2:30pm
Place: Captain Cook
Weavers, hula dancers, kapa makers, storytellers and other practitioners
of traditional Hawaiian culture will meet with biologists, conservationists,
and horticulturists to explore their common passion for the native
and Polynesian-introduced plants of Hawaii. Festival attendees will
have the opportunity to meet, talk, and learn with some of the foremost
practioners of Hawaiian arts, with many opportunities for making
cultural items to take home with them. This free event will take
place at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain
Cook, 12 miles south of Kailua-Kona on Hwy 11, just south of mile
marker 110, from 9am to 2:30pm. Activities will be available for
young and old, and plate lunches will be for sale. There will be
an informal lei contest (everyone is encouraged to enter - call
for category details). Volunteers needed. For more info, please
call 323-3318 or email.
MONTHLY "BIG EVENT" FOOD BENEFIT
- KEAUHOU SHOPPING CENTER
Date: February 27, 2010
Time: 6pm - 7pm
Place: Keauhou Shopping Center
This monthly event, which will feature a performance from a big
name entertainer from 6-7pm on the last Saturday of each month at
Keauhou Shopping Center, is free with a donation of 2 cans of food
per attendee, which will be donated to Hawaii Food Basket. For more
info, visit
site
"SWING INTO SPRING" DINNER GALA
- KONA FESTIVAL CHORALE
Date: February 27, 2010
Time: 5:30pm - 9pm
Place: Kona
This annual event will feature a sumptuous buffet meal, a cabaret
show highlighting music from Rogers & Hammerstein's "South
Pacific", live and silent auctions, plus other fun entertainment,
from 5:30-9pm at King KamehamehaÕs Kona Beach Hotel Ballroom.
Dance music by Bill Noble. $65 per person. Tickets: 331-1115.
FLAMENCO MUSIC AND DANCE PERFORMANCE -
PUNA
Date: February 27, 2010
Time: 7:30 - 10pm
Place: Puna
A Flamenco music and dance show. Cerro Negro
from Fresno (global Flamenco fusion), will be joined by renowned
East Bay Flamenco artists Roberto and Alicia Zamora, as well as
local dancer Nikki Conti. Time: 7:30-10 PM at S.P.A.C.E. (Seaview
Performance Arts Center for Education), 12-247 W. Pohakupele Loop,
Seaview. Cost: $15. For more information, call 937-2456 or email
HI'UWAI - ANNUAL SALT WATER CLEANSE -
HONOKOHAU HARBOR
Date: January 3, 2010
Time: 11:30am
Place: South of Honokhau Harbor
Everyone is invited to join Kumu Keala Ching and Na Wai Iwi Ola
Foundation for their yearly Hi'uwai (Salt Water Cleanse) at Alula
beach, just South of Honokohau Harbor. The ceremony will begin at
11:30 a.m. and will be followed by a potluck at the small park in
the same area. Everyone is invited to attend. Please bring a green
ti leaf, some rain water caught around your home and some Hawaiian
salt. Wear clothing that can be immersed in the water (bathing suit,
pareo, etc.). Drive out to the end of the road that leads into the
Honokohau Harbor, park, and follow the trail to the beach south
of the harbor entrance. Hi'uwai, the salt water cleanse, helps us
to focus on the new year ahead. As we look back on all the learning
that took place in our lives over the past year, we know that we
can learn from the past and carry that learning into the future.
We can also release thoughts and emotions that are no longer needed.
Reflection is a wonderful way to begin a new year. For more information,
call 355-8889, email or visit
site
"KOKUA KAILUA" HULIHE'E PALACE
MONTHLY SUNDAY CONCERT AND VILLAGE STROLL
Date: January 17, 2010
Time: 4pm
Place: Kailua Kona
Free Hawaiian Music Concert featuring the Merrie Monarchs men's
glee club with the Hawaii County Band on the Palace's South Lawn
at 4 p.m., presented by the Daughters of Hawaii. Bring your own
beach mat or chair. Before and after the Concert, stroll thru Kailua
Village (the Stroll starts at 1pm & goes till 6pm), enjoy outdoor
cafe's and restaurants, local musicians & artists. Special kama'aina
pricing at participating restaurants & merchants. For more info
about the Village Stroll, email hulihee@ilhawaii.net. For info about
the Village Stroll, call 808-936-9202, email
or visit site
FREE PUANA KA IKE LECTURE - KEAUHOU BEACH
RESORT
Date: January 22, 2010
Time: 5:30 - 7pm
Place: Keauhou Beach Resort
Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D. will present the lecture, "A Brief History
of Archaeological Map-making in Hawai'i" from 5:30-7:00 p.m.
at the Keauhou Beach Resort ballroom. The lecture is part of the
Puana Ka Ike (Imparting Knowledge) series, an educational forum
that offers a deeper understanding of Hawaiian culture, history,
tradition and perspective of the environment. The series is sponsored
by Kamehameha Investment Corporation/Kamehameha Schools, The Kohala
Center, University of Hawaii at Hilo Kipuka Native Hawaiian Student
Center and their Eia Hawai'i Lecture Series, and Keauhou Beach Resort.
For more information, call 534-8528, email
or visit
site
DJANGO REINHARDT 100th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
- HILO
Date: January 23, 2010
Time:
Place: Hilo
Details to be announced. Le Hot Club De Hilo will host a Gypsy Jazz
Festival in honor of Django Reinhardt's 100th birthday. This event
is expected to feature performers from Honolulu and beyond. At about
the time the musicians start playing in Hilo, it will be Django's
actual birth date, January 24th, in Belgium where he was born! For
more info, email Hal Glatzer at hal@halglatzer.com or John Nussbaum
at email
NA MEA HAWAI'I HULA KAHIKO PERFORMANCE
- HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Date: January 23, 2010
Time: 9:30am - 2pm
Place: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
See traditional hula and chant performed outdoors on the hula platform
overlooking Kilauea Crater, featuring Halau Hula Ka Noeau under
the direction of kumu hula Michael Pili Pang. Also, Hawaiian cultural
demonstrations at Volcano Art Center Gallery will take place from
9:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Free, however
park entrance fees apply (donations welcome at VAC Gallery). Call
(808) 967-8222 or visit
site
HILO TO VOLCANO 50K ULTRA MARATHON AND
RELAY
Date: January 23, 2010
Time: 6:30am
Place: Hilo
The beginning of 2010 brings an exciting running event to the Hilo
side of the Big Island. For those hearty runners who are looking
to go a little longer than your typical 5K, the Big Island Road
Runners present the Hilo to Volcano 31 mile (50K) Ultra Marathon
and Relay on January 23, 2010. At 6 a.m., individual runners completing
the entire distance will depart from Coconut Island in Hilo. At
6:30 a.m., the relay participants will start at the same location.
The runners will travel from Coconut Island to the Cooper Center
in Volcano. Each relay team will consist of 3 runners and all runners
must provide their own support vehicles. Additional questions can
be directed to Gregory Lum Ho at 808-987-5224. The cost for the
race is $30 and entries must be postmarked by January 8, 2010. Entry
forms can also be picked up and dropped off at the Big Island Running
Company in Kona prior to January 8, 2010. Time: 6:00am at $30 per
runner. For more information, call 808/987-5224 or email
or visit
site
"BODY AND SOIL" FARM HEALTH
CONFERENCE - WAI'AHA WHOLE SYSTEMS FARM, HOLUALOA
Date: January 23 + 24, 2010
Time:
Place: Holualoa
"Culturing the Micro-Flora of the Body & Soil." Explore
the relations between healthy soil, nutrient-rich foods and a healthy
body. Sustainable agriculture and global health experts will speak
on cover crops, soil science, and how heavy metals affect the body's
nutrient uptake. Event includes trade show and on-farm demonstrations.
The conference is sponsored by Hawaii Farmers Union, ACRES USA,
Sam Vessel, NRCS Maui, The Kohala Center, and Volcano Art Center.
Time: TBA. For registration information, visit
site. For more information, call 808-756-7945 or email
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