Bulletin Board – YAKAMASHII! TALK STORY
WHO/WHAT: The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center presents Yakamashii!!, a talk story event series hosted by Maui storyteller and media personality Kathy Collins. June’s special guest is Eric Gilliom, a musician, actor and singer, who...
Kadomatsu Workshop
WHO/WHAT: The display of Japanese New Year’s kadomatsu is a popular tradition in Hawai‘i. At this workshop, participants will learn about the history, design and symbolic elements that are a part of the classic...
Bulletin Board – Cherry Blossom Festival Virtual Silent Auction
WHO/WHAT: The 68th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival will hold a Silent Auction online. In June, the CBF’s sponsor, the Honolulu Japanese Junior Chamber of Commerce, will select the CBF court in a closed event...
Bulletin Board – HONPA HONGWANJI MISSION OF HAWAII: RING YOUR BELL
WHO/WHAT: In observance of the International Day of Peace, the Buddhist Temples of Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, the United Nations Association of Honolulu and KTUH Radio invites the public to come together virtually...
22nd Annual Harmonica Recital & Concert
WHO/WHAT: The Hawaii Harmonica Society, which includes the Hawaii Reed 21 Harmonica Band and the Small World Harmonica Band, will hold its annual concert.
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, July 13, 10 a.m.-noon at the Mission Memorial Hall...
44th Annual Ukulele Festival
WHO/WHAT: Tony Group Autoplex presents the 44th Annual Ukulele Festival on O‘ahu.
Ukulele Festival Hawaii was established in 2004 by Roy and Kathy Sakuma who have dedicated their life’s work to preserving interest and spreading...
“And Then They Came for Us” Screening
WHO/WHAT: The screening of “And Then They Came for Us,” a documentary film featuring actor George Takei and other internees and a panel on the present-day relevance of the World War II internment are...
Honolulu Theatre For Youth Stages “Anime Momotaro”
WHO/WHAT: Honolulu Theatre for Youth brings back its award-winning “Anime Momotaro” with an expanded cast to kick off its 2016-17 season, themed “Stories of Home.” The production is a modern adaptation of the Japanese...
“Kafu (Genealogy) in Okinawa”
WHO/WHAT: An overview of Okinawan genealogy by Professor Masayuki Dana, director of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum. Professor Dana will explain the characteristics of Okinawan genealogy using, as a sample, the kafu,...
Shichigosan Children’s Festival
WHO/WHAT: Hawaii Kotohira Jinsha – Hawaii Dazaifu Tenmangu celebrates Shichigosan, a custom that originated in the Heian Period (794-1185) among court nobles who celebrated the passage of their children into middle childhood. The ages...