Hawaii International Film Festival – A HYBRID HIFF 41 IS HERE!
Featuring Over 20 Japanese Films for 2021 Online and On-Screen
HOW TO PURCHASE TICKETS AND PASSES
There are five types of HIFF 41 passes available for purchase now at www.hiff.org/hiff41-passes:
Supporter Pass – $900 (general) or $800...
In Our Community – POW! WOW! EXHIBIT AT BISHOP MUSEUM
Graffiti Art Makes History
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Editor’s note: This summer, Pow! Wow! — a nonprofit organization street art festival — celebrates 10 years of tagging, spraying, and creating contemporary artwork with an art exhibit at...
OBON EVENTS – OBON EVENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Note: To include news of your temple or organization’s obon-related events this summer, email thehawaiiherald@gmail.com. We reserve the right to edit your information for brevity. For updates, check with the temple or organization’s...
OBON EVENTS 411 – HOW TO OBON IN A PANDEMIC
We came, we saw, we (mostly) avoided the coronavirus. Or at least that’s what Hawai‘i’s innovative Buddhist temples, and other island organizations, did for obon season last summer. A little over a year after...
Cover Story – HULA, MUSIC AND THE ALOHA SPIRIT FROM UCHINÄ
AloHaisai Launches a Scenic Music Video of Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa
Colin Sewake
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
This past January a mash-up version of the famous Okinawan children’s song “Tinsagu Nu Hana – Balsam Flowers” in Uchinäguchi (Okinawan...
History – HIROSHIGE’S “THE FIFTY-THREE STATIONS OF TÖKAIDÖ”
An Artist’s Portal to Old Japan
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In August 1832, the remarkable ukiyoe artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) set off on a journey on the Tökaidö Road that would change his life...
Art Review – “THE ALPHABET, NIGHTTIME AND CIGARETTE BUTTS”
Wayne Muromoto
Commentary
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
A Little Art Show on the Windward Side
Now that the rules concerning the COVID-19 pandemic have become clearer and somewhat more relaxed, it might be a good time to take...
Hawaii International Film Festival – HIFF 40: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
Featuring Over 20 Japanese Films for 2020 Online and On-Screen
Jodie Chiemi Ching
You probably won’t have to stand in any lines for this year’s Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani. HIFF goes nationwide from...
Bulletin Board – JANM Digital Film Festival: “Madame Fujima Kansuma” Film Q&A
WHO/WHAT: The Japanese American National Museum presents a Q&A session for the film “Madame Fujima Kansuma,” featuring the life of a Japanese American kabuki dancer and teacher who began a decades-long career in the...
2020 Nengajo (3 of 3)
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