Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 11, 1 November 1996 — Hawaii and Pacific arts festival at Bishop Museum [ARTICLE]

Hawaii and Pacific arts festival at Bishop Museum

In celebration of the cultures and traditions of Hawai'i and the Pacific, Bishop Museum and its Native Hawaiian Culture and Arts Program will present the Hawai'i-Pacific Arts Festival 1996 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2. Festival-goers will enjoy lei making with Bill Char 1 and Aliee Aumua, lauhala waving with Minnie Kaawaloa, quilt making with Doris Iwalani Nosaka, i carving with Tom Pieo and Hawaiian instrument 1 making with Calvin Hoe. Additional craft demon-

strations will feature net mak- | ing, Ni'ihau shell lei making, ( adze making, eanoe repairing 1 and more. Hui Ho'oulu Aloha, Pa'ū o Hi'iaka, Hālau Hula o Mililani and the Polynesian Cultural Center are a few of the dance groups who will entertain crowds on the Museum's Great Lawn, while choral groups from different Pacific cultures, including Tonga and Sāmoa will perform in Hawaiian Hall. There will also be presentations on Pacific tattoos, videos on Hawai'i and Tonga, eontemporary poetry reading with 'lmaikalani Kalāhele and storytelling. The Planetarium will bring back, for one day onIy, its popular "Journey By Starlight" program. This exciting show looks at the history of Polynesian explorations and how the sky may have been used by ancient navigators to ēxplore the Pacific. Audiences will learn basic celestial navigation skills and then work together as they navigate their way from the South Pacific to Hawai'i using the starry planetarium sky. The Hawai'i-Pacific Arts Festival is allowing free admission to Bishop Museums newest exhibit, "SPIDERS!" This exhibit explores the world of arachnids through close encounters with live spiders, interactive displays, videos, photomurals and games. Bishop Museum, the State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the Hawai'i-Pacific Arts Festival is free to Hawai'i residents and military personnel with I.D. For more information, eall 847-351 1 . 1 1 I