Okinawa Performing Artists to Present June 8 Lecture-Demo on Kumiwudui
The 85th anniversary of Kin Ryosho Sensei’s teaching of the art of Kumiwudui, also known as Kumi Odori, in Hawai‘i — and the 41st anniversary of his teaching dance and Kumiwudui at the University of Hawai‘i will be commemorated with the presentation of a lecture demonstration by two of Kin-Sensei’s former students. The program is....
Historical Fiction – “Picture Bride”, A Family Saga
HISTORICAL FICTION By Michael G. Malaghan Chapter 99 As Haru strolled down Fort Street with Kenta, sleeping, secured to her back, she thought of herself as Alice in Wonderland finding herself in a strange world after falling down a rabbit hole. She marveled at the many cars on the street. It was not just the....
UH “Kids First! Film Festival”
WHO/WHAT: The highly anticipated UH Manoa “KIDS FIRST! Film Festival” enters its 11th summer, with 40 live-action and animated films from 13 countries for children and youth from 4 to 15+ years of age.
WHEN/WHERE: Sundays,...
Dear Frances – We Should All “Execute Our Independence”
DEAR FRANCES By Frances H. Kakugawa Dear Linda, You have over-thanked me with this poem. Thank you for all the “ifs” that we caregivers live with day after day. When they are so eloquently presented, they turn our hour-by-hour life as caregivers into poetry. Thank you for taking us inward into our own. Frances Readers....
Honolulu Hiroshima Members Greet 2017
The Honolulu Hiroshima Kenjin Kai held its annual membership meeting and shinnen enkai on March 12 at Natsunoya Tea House. Also in attendance was a delegation from Hiroshima, including Hiroshima’s Goodwill Ambassadors. Kenjinkai president Wayne Miyao convened a general membership meeting prior to the lunch and entertainment portion of the program, calling on the various....
Your Social Security – Planning Will Help You See Green in Retirement
YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY By Jane Yamamoto-Burigsay
“Symphony in Pearl City”
WHO/WHAT: The Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra will perform its last community concert of the 2016-2017 season. Maestro Naoto Otomo, music director of the Gunma Symphony Orchestra and honorary guest conductor of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra,...