SPECIAL EVENTS

NIAULANI NATURE WALK
Date: Mondays, June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 9:30 a.m.
Place: Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village, Big Island
Contact: (808) 967-8222
Free Forest Tour in Volcano. This one-hour nature walk travels through a lush portion of an old-growth Hawaiian rain forest on an easy, 1/7-mile loop trail. The walk introduces individuals, families, and groups to the native plants and birds of Volcano. Guides focus not only on the biological, ecological, and geological features of the area, but also the cultural usages of flora and fauna by native Hawaiians. Offered every Monday at 9:30 a.m., the weekly walk starts just one mile from the entrance to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Meet at Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village (corner of Kalanikoa & Old Volcano Roads). Free (calabash donations welcome).

HAWAI'I ISLAND HOMEGROWN: FOOD SELF-RELIANCE WORKSHOP
Date: June 6th 2009, 8:30 am to 5 pm
Place: Ocean View Community Center, Big Island
Contact: Craig Elevitch (Organizer, Permanent Agriculture Resources), (808) 324-4427, craig@agroforestry.net
This all-day workshop will give participants a wide range of techniques for growing
abundant quantities of food at home, with less reliance on imported inputs. Includes
field tours. Cost: $50, space limited, pre-registration required.

NORTH KOHALA KING KAMEHAMEHA DAY CELEBRATION
Date: June 11 2009, 8 am to 4 pm
Place: North Kohala, Big Island
Contact: Maile Carvalho (Entertainment/Publicity Chair - Kamehameha Day Celebration Committee ), 808-895-3168, mc2000x3@yahoo.com
All day cultural festival "E Kulike Kakou Mai Ka 'Ike o na Kupuna - Let us stand together in Unity, from the Wisdom of our Kupuna". 8:00 Lei Draping - Statue in Kapa'au 9:00 Parade from Downtown Hawi to Statue in Kapa'au with floats, Pa'u Units and more. 10:00 - 4:00 Ho'olaule'a at Kamehameha Park top field. Local exhibits including saddle and lei making, Quilting and more. Ono Food and great local entertainment featuring local artist as well as Hoku Zuttermeister and Cryril Pahinui.

KAMEHAMEHA FESTIVAL - 2009
Date: June 11th 2009 10 am to 5 pm
Place: Hilo, Hawaii on Moku Ola (Island of Life), Big Island
Contact: Pua Ishibashi (Event Coordinator - Royal Order of Kamehameha), (808) 989-4844, Pua@KamehamehaFestival.org
The Kamehameha Festival takes place in Hilo, Hawaii. Free and open to the public, the Festival features Hawaiian music, chant, dance, crafts, and food.

FABULOUS 50'S ON BROADWAY
Date: Friday and Saturday June 12 and 13th at 7:30 PM, Sunday, June 14 at 3 PM
Place: Parker School Theatre in Waimea, Big Island
Featured musicals will include THE KING AND I, PAINT YOUR WAGON, THE PAJAMA GAME, PETER PAN, MY FAIR LADY, THE MUSIC MAN, WEST SIDE STORY, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. Selections will range from well-known favorites "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Climb Every Mountain," and "Seventy-Six Trombones," to lesser-known showstoppers "Steam Heat" and "Hernando's Hideaway." Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, $8 for children, and may be purchased from a chorus member, from the Waimea General Store, or at the door. For information call 885-1818 or 938-3062.

HAWAI'I NEI 2009
Date: Saturday, June 13, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Place: Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village, Big Island
Contact: (808) 967-7565
Opening reception for "Hawai'i Nei 2009," a juried exhibition of art representing native species. The Natural Area Reserves System, the Three Mountain Alliance watershed partnership, and the Volcano At Center Gallery present the first juried art exhibition on Hawai'i Island to celebrate our native flora and fauna. The show features artists of all ages working in a wide variety of media, with prizes in four divisions: adult, high school, middle school, and elementary school. There is a special Keiki Reception for students and their families from 2 - 4 p.m. the same day. Exhibit continues 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily through August 2. Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Free (Park entrance fees apply).

HULIHE'E PALACE SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES & KOKUA KAILUA VILLAGE STROLL
Date: June 14th 2009, 1 pm to 6 pm
Place: Ali'i Drive, Kailua-Kona, Big Island
Contact: Darlene Hughes (Volunteer, Marketing - Destination Kona Coast/Kona-Kohala Chamber), (808) 329-1758, aloha_time@mac.com
Ali'i Drive becomes a pedestrian-only walkway. Music, artists, merchants, restaurants. Free Hawaiian music concert 4 PM., Hulihe'e Palace. Sponsored by Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, Hulihe'e Palace, Kailua Village Business Improvement District, Kailua Village Merchants Assn, Destination Kona Coast, and KWXX.

SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES & VILLAGE STROLL
Date: 1 pm to 6 pm, June 14th, 2009
Place: Kailua-Kona, Big Island
Contact: Vicky (PR - Current Events), 808-345-1048
Email: vicky@current-events.com
Once each month Alii Drive in Kailua-Kona becomes a pedestrian-only walkway. Enjoy music, artists, merchants and restaurants. At 4pm, there is free Hawaiian music concert on the lawn at Hulihee Palace. Bring your own mat or chair and they will be checked for free while you stroll Alii Drive. Sponsored by Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, Destination Kona Coast, Kailua Village Merchants Association, Kailua Village Business Improvement District, KWXX. Upcoming: July 19. www.kvbid.org

THE WAIMEA CONSORT IS 'ON FIRE' FOR ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
Saturday, June 18th, 7 - 8 pm
HPA Chapel - Waimea
Contact: Christian Veillet, (808) 885-2143, veillet@cfht.hawaii.edu
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of its first concert, the Waimea Consort will be 'on fire' for the last program of its cycle 'The Four Elements', devoted to Fire. >From the Renaissance, a French chanson and Italian and English madrigals by composers like, Monterverdi or Morley, will depict the torments of the heart set ablaze by the fire of love. A short stop by a blacksmith's forge will bring the audience contemporary pieces illustrating the diversity of today's vocal compositions.

FOURTH 2009 NA MEA HAWAI'I HULA KAHIKO PERFORMANCE!
Saturday, June 20, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
(808) 967-8222
See traditional hula and chant performed outdoors on the hula platform overlooking Kilauea Crater, featuring Halau Na Pua 'o Uluhaimalama under the direction of kumu hula Emery Aceret. Hawaiian crafts demonstrations at Volcano Art Center Gallery from 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Free (Park entrance fees apply).

WAHI PANA: SACRED PLACES, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Date: June 22 to September 23 2009
Place: Luana Gallery at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i, Big Island
Contact: Kathleen Abood (Featured Artist - Primal Visions Art Studio Gallery), 808.640.0856, Kbabood@yahoo.com
Kona artist, Kathleen Abood presents a solo art exhibition at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i. The Plein Air paintings selected for this solo art exhibition represent twenty years of creating 'on site' land and seascapes while traveling around the Pacific Islands. The plein air or open air painting session begins with a need to simplify visual details with a point of view. As the image develops and the weather changes, the bright tropical sunlight and luminous clouds on the horizon quickly become vivid brush stroke impressions, and the natural elements of the earth, ocean and sky breathe life into the wet paint.

KAMEHAMEHA FESTIVAL - 2009
Date: June 11th 2009 10 am to 5 pm
Place: Hilo, Hawaii on Moku Ola (Island of Life), Big Island
Contact: Pua Ishibashi (Event Coordinator - Royal Order of Kamehameha), (808) 989-4844, Pua@KamehamehaFestival.org
The Kamehameha Festival takes place in Hilo, Hawaii. Free and open to the public, the Festival features Hawaiian music, chant, dance, crafts, and food.

MARGARET BARNABY WOODBLOCK PRINT EXHIBITION
Date: March 27th to June 23rd 2009
Place: Fairmont Orchid, Big Island
Contact: Leslie Lang, (808) 985-9022, leslie@leslielang.com
Volcano Artist Margaret Barnaby's solo woodblock print exhibition entitled "Well- Known Stories" runs at the Fairmont Orchid Hawaii March 27 through June 23. Barnaby's award-winning prints and paintings are in galleries, private and corporate collections nationwide. Opening reception in on Thursday, March 26, 5-7 p.m.

PAPAYAS & BITTERMELONS : TALES OF THE BITTER AND SWEET
Friday, June 26th, 2009
7:00-8:30 p.m. Five women of O'ahu reach out to the people of Hawai'i Island by sharing how they have managed, survived and thrived in the sweet and bitter moments of their lives as seen through the lives of their mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, neighbors and families and the communities in which they live, love and work. These stories from below the piko (belly button), in the na'au (the gut) will have you laughing, tearing, and nodding your head in recognition. For reservations call : (808) 963-6422.

"FIRESIDE STORIES" IN HAWAI`I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Friday, June 26, 7:00 p.m.
(808) 967-8222
Gather around the eternal fire of Pele in the Volcano House lobby to learn about the history, culture, and people of Hawai'i. Held on the last Friday of every month, this free series of informal talks is presented by the Volcano Art Center in conjunction with Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and the Volcano House. Free (Park entrance fees apply).

KONA MARATHON, 1/2 MARATHON, 10K & 5K FAMILY FUN RUNS
June 28, 2009
Keauhou-Kona, Hawaii
Keauhou Beach Resort
Founded in 1994, the Kona Marathon and Family Fun Runs has quickly grown into West Hawaii's premiere road race offering all four traditional road racing distances: Marathon, 1/2 Marthon, 10K & 5K.
WHO: An estimated 1,000 runners of all ages and abilities will be competing for prize money, participating for health and enjoyment, and raising money for charity.
WHERE: Start and Finish at the Outrigger Keauhou Beach Resort just south of Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. The course follows the run portion of the 'Ironman Triathlon'.

'OHANA SUNDAY AT NIAULANI: "OUR SONGS OF HAWAI'I"
Sunday, June 28, 2:00 p.m.
With Keith & Carmen Haugen, the third in a series of 2009 lectures on the art and culture of Hawai'i. Spend an afternoon with this award-winning musical duo that performed in Waikiki for 35 years in some of the most sought-after venues, including the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Hear about the Hawaiian language, history, place names, and inspiration behind many of Keith's original compositions as their two voices and two instruments (guitar and 'ukulele) harmonize; plus enjoy lovely hula by Carmen, sing-along songs, and other surprises. A family musical treat not to be missed! Volcano Art Center's Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village (corner of Kalanikoa & Old Volcano Roads). Free (calabash donations welcome).

ONGOING EVENTS

NA PA`I KI`I, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII, 1883 TO 1905
Date: June 1st 2009 to October 30th 2009, from 10 am to 4:30 pm
Place: Lyman Mission House & Museum, Hilo, Big Island
Contact: Vicky (PR Director), vicky@current-events.com, 808-935-5021
Bertram Gabriel Bellinghausen's enduring and exceptionally captivating ethnographic record of an era at a time in Hawaii when Western and Hawaiian cultures were merging is on display through October 2009, at Hilo's Lyman Museum. The exhibit, Na Pa`i Ki`i, Photographs of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1883 to 1905, is curated by emeritus English professor, Dr. Albert Lum, and sponsored by Chaminade University and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Lyman Museum and Mission House are open Monday through Saturday.

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