HoMA’s Book Club: “Cane Fires” By Kaui Philpotts
WHO/WHAT: The Honolulu Museum of Art’s Book Club presents a discussion on Kaui Philpotts’ “Cane Fires,” a book comprised of short stories set in post World War II Hawai‘i, a period when sugar and...
Pacific Bonsai Club Plant Fair
WHO/WHAT: The Pacific Bonsai Club will hold its annual plant fair and sale. Club members will be available to answer questions on how to care for your bonsai plants.
WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, June 9, 9:30 a.m.-12:30...
Hawaii Nikkei Legacy Exhibit
WHO/WHAT: Nisei Veterans Legacy presents a photo exhibit highlighting the history and culture of Japanese Americans in Hawai‘i — from immigration of Issei in the late 1800s to modern-day Hawai‘i, showing how Hawai‘i Nikkei...
“Voices Behind Barbed Wire: Stories of Hawaii” Screening
WHO/WHAT: AARP Hawai‘i will host a free screening of “Voices Behind Barbed Wire: Stories of Hawai‘i,” produced by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. While the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans on the U.S....
Travel Journal Workshop with Nikki Oka
WHO/WHAT: Start your own travel or pocket sketch journal with artist and solo traveler Nikki Oka. Her talk will cover assembling a mobile art/journaling kit, different types of journal page layouts and sketching based...
Hilo Higashi Hongwanji Mission Garage Sale Extravaganza
WHO/WHAT: Hilo Higashi Hongwanji Mission will hold a garage sale fundraiser with sushi, baked goods, pickled vegetables, andagi, nishime, rummage items, hardware, and plants and produce, all for sale. Proceeds benefit the temple.
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday,...
Sumie Society Annual Exhibition
WHO/WHAT: The Sumie Society of Hawaii will present its 17th annual exhibition featuring paintings by the students of Sachie Saegusa-Sensei. The exhibit will include over 80 sumie (black ink) shikishi and nihonga ink paintings.
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“Serendipity and Sociology”
WHO/WHAT: The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Center for Japanese Studies and the Department of Sociology will present “Serendipity and Sociology: Five Decades of Studying Japanese Society,” a retirement lecture by Dr. Patricia Steinhoff,...
“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...
Hiroshima Survivor Koko Kondo Talk
WHO/WHAT: Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and peace activist Koko Kondo will share her story with the Hawai‘i community. Kondo was 7 months old on Aug. 6, 1945, when America dropped the world’s first atomic bomb...
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