Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 10, 1 October 1993 — He mau hanana [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

He mau hanana

A calendar of events

October through Oct. 3 "Extraordinary 4Ukuleles," an exhibition featuring over 125 'ukulele from the Tsumura Collection in Japan. known as the largest private collection in the world. Honolulu Academy of Arts lecture hall. Call 532-8700. through Oct. 5 "Endangered Navigators: Turtles of the Oceans," exhibit covering the three types of turtles inhabiting Hawaiian waters. Via charts and maps, vivid color photos and actual specimens, visitors will learn about efforts to protect the endangered seagoers and how certain human activities continue to threaten them. Bishop Museum Hall of Discovery, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily. Call 847-3511. through Oct. 24 Aloha Festivals featuring Hawaiian pageantry, eanoe races, ho'olaule'a on all islands. Children's Day events will be held by Bishop Museum, Paradise Park, Waimea Falls Park, and Sea Life Park, whieh will offer big family savings. Wear your Aloha Festivals ribbon, available at Foodland and Blockbuster Video, and receive free or discounted admission to almost 300 events on six islands. Call 944-8857. through Oct. 30 "Kānaka Maoii" exhibit of eontemporary Hawaiian artists at the Gallery 'Iolani, 'Iolani Building, Windward Community College. Features sculpture, ceramic, fiber arts, painting, photography. On Oct. 29, panel groups will meet to discuss the work of artists in the gallery. Free. For gallery hours eall Toni Martin at 235-1140 or the gallery at 235-7346.

1-3 Waimea Valley Makahiki Festival, traditional Hawaiian celebration featuring hula eompetition, arts and crafts, Hawaiian games, food, and loeal entertainment. A torchlit ceremony paying tribute to Lono, god of agriculture and rain, will be re-enacted on the evening of Friday, Oct. 1 , and ho'okupu will be presented on Oct. 2. The annual Single's Hula Kahiko Competition will be held Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $8.95 for ages 13 and up, $5.50 for ages 6-12, free for ages 5 and under. Call 923S448

2 Bankoh Talking Island Festival, Hawai'i's largest celebration of storytelling and oral history, will feature four stages with a new teller every hour. Themes are Children's Tales, Tales in Music and Dance, Hawai'i and Pacific Islander Tales, and Oral Histories. A strand of sessions will be devoted to Queen Lili'uokalani, includine the street

drama, "'Onipa'a: January, 1893." Kumu hula John Kaimikaua, Mililani Allen, Kaulana Kasparovitch and John Lake will present hula as storytelling. McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park, from 11:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Call 522-7029 or 946-6176. 2 Plant and Potpourri Sale sponsored by the Women of Nu'uanu Congregational Church, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at 2651 Pali Hwy. Call 595-3935. 3 - Nov. 5 Te Waka Toi, exhibition of eontemporary Maori art, University of Hawai'i-Mānoa art gallery. The exhibit will open Oct. 3 at 4

p.m. with a program that will include chant and ceremony. See story, page 11. Call 956-6888. 6-29 Humanity in Fducation, traveling exhibit focusing on "humanistic education" and innovative learning approaches, featuring a multicultural "History of Education Timeline." University of Hawai'i-Mānoa's Campus Center Art Gallery, 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat. 8-9 Open House sponsored by the

University of Hawai'i School of Oeean & Earth Science & Technology, including videos, science demonstrations, laboratory tours, lectures, hands-on activities and tours of research vessels. Mānoa campus events will take plaee in the Hawai'i Institute for Geophysics, the Marine Science Building, and the eommon courtyard between the buildings, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fri. Nov. 8 and 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sat. 9. Call 956-7410. 9 Walk for Sight, Hawai'i Lions Clubs event benefiting the Makana Foundation, whieh provides corneas and scleral tissue from human eyes to restore vision in Hawai'i residents blind-

ed by accidents, diseases or eonditions. From 8 - 10 a.m. in downtown Honolulu, starting at the bus stop at Alapa'i and King Streets and ending at the Honolulu Munieipal Building, 650 S. King St. Walkers meet at 7:30 a.m., and enjoy refreshments and entertainment after walk's completion. Call your loeal Lions Club or Joe Piimauna at 5247025. 9-10 American Indian Pow Wow, celebrating the cultures of the indigenous people of the North American Continent. 10 a.m. - n m Thnmas Snnnrp

Call 847-2511. 9-10 Cancer Benefit Championship Rodeo, Paniolo Park, Waimea, Hawai'i island. Call 889-6411. 10 Bankoh Moloka'i Hoe, men's 40.8-mile Moloka'i-to-Hawai'i championship outrigger eanoe race. Finish at Fort DeRussy Beach, O'ahu. Call 261-6614.

15-17, 19 Talking Islands Festival tour will visit neighbor islands to provide free public performances: on Oct. 15 at Hui Noea in Makawao, Maui (eall 874-0300 or 242-0018); on Oct. 17 at the Kōke'e Museum Festival on Kaua'i (eall 335-9975); and on Oct. 19 at the Kaua'i Historical Society in Hanalei (eall 8267449). 22-23 Hula o nā Keiki Competition, featuring over 50 hālau competing in three categories. Sponsored by the Kā'anapali Beach Hotel in conjunction with the Maui Historical Society, the event includes a craft fair and Keiki Hawaiian Arts Expo. Puakea

Nogelmeier will hold a Hawaiian language workshop on Saturday from 10 a.m. - noon, and John Kaimikaua and Frank Hewett will teach hula on Sunday at 10 a.m. Admission is $8 per night for adults and $5 per night for children. Call 661-0011, ext. 7233. 24 Holomua ka No'eau, concert of Hawaiian music and hula, noon - 3 p.m., Lanikūhonua, next to Paradise Cove, Kapolei. Call 261-0689. 30 "Unlimited Opportunities," annual Women's Conference sponsored by the Maui County Committee on the Status of Women. Educational and motivational workshops cover effective speaking, workplace negotiations, "she-roes," cross-cultural issues, "natural movement self-defense," stress management, and more. Mayor Linda Crockett Lingle will be the keynote speaker. Maui Intercontinental Hotel in Wailea. $20 pre-registration, $25 at the door. Call 661-5177. November 11-13 E Ho'i Mai i ka Piko Hula, the World International Hula Festival, featuring competition by 12 hālau and 12 individual dancers invited from Hawai'i and around the world. Blaisdell Center, 7 p.m. General admission $7.50, $6 presale from hālau. 13 Ho'olaule'a Craft Fair, a fundraiser for the Pohai Nani Care Center long-term nursing facility, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at 45-090 Nāmoku St. in Kāne'ohe. Crafts, entertainment, food. Call 247-6211. Call 839-5334.

See the turtle exhibit at Bishop Museum through Oct. 5.