Bulletin Board

WHO/WHAT: Da Shop: books + curiosities (dashophnl.com) will host a talk-story with “Calabash Stories” author Jeffrey J. Higa. The book is a collection of stories rooted in the author’s Okinawan-Hawaiian Heritage. Higa is the great-grandson...

WHO/WHAT: The Japan-America Society of Hawaii is a Festival Partner for the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival’s virtual J-FEST, co-presented by First Insurance Company of Hawaii. Streaming eight Japanese features over 10 days, J-FEST presents...

WHO/WHAT: The National Museum of Asian Art invites you to join a “tea and conversation” session between researcher Najiba Choudhury and filmmaker Mika Yatsuhashi who discuss the legacy of Yamanaka & Company. The Nikkei owners...

WHO/WHAT: The East-West Center hosts the streaming event, “Okinawan Music & Dance in Honor of Barbara B. Smith,” to honor the prominent professor emerita of music who turned 100 last June and also the...

WHO/WHAT: The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and EpicMeritBadges.Com will host the “75th Commemoration of the End of World War II: From Pearl Harbor to Peace,” a three-hour FREE streaming documentary for scouts (in the...

WHO/WHAT: Mental Health America of Hawaii and Sutter Health Kahi Mohala present the very first “Mental Health Awareness and Awards” celebration. Themed “Raising Awareness to Save Lives,” this event honors local mental-health heroes to...

WHO/WHAT: Taiko artist Kenny Endo and the Taiko Center of the Pacific present “AME – Tears of the Earth,” a virtual live-stream concert. Featured special guest performers include Peter Rockford Espiritu and Tau Dance...

WHO/WHAT: Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month with storyteller Alton Takiyama-Chung, one of Hawai‘i’s most beloved performers. A Japanese-Korean storyteller, Alton grew up steeped in the rich storytelling traditions of Hawaiʻi. He tells stories of those islands, of the Japanese-American experience of World War...

WHO/WHAT: Kennedy Theatre and the University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Theatre & Dance present “Remotely Kyogen: Comedy Under the (Virtual) Stars.“ A preview trailer can be viewed here: youtube.com/watch?v=4Qd6W9PZaLw. Known for poking fun...

WHO/WHAT: JALPAK International Hawaii, Inc. presents a virtual bus tour in Shikoku, Japan, in collaboration with Kotohira Bus (or Koto Bus). Shikoku prefecture is know for its famous 88-temple pilgrimage and delicious udon. The...