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MEDIA RELEASE Check out the Pahoa Surf Film Festival Saturday, Feb. 4 on Mainstreet Pahoa at the Akebono Theater. Tickets for $5 in advance at Jeff Hunt Surfboards. Sponsored by Jeff Hunt Surfboards in cooperation with Luquin’s Mexican Restaurant, Grassroots Church, Mainstreet Pahoa Association and Big Island Film Office. The Pahoa Surf Film Festival is [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Olelo Kanaka – Hawaii’s native language – was and continues to be the “working language” of paniolo on Hawaii ranches, but not all paniolo are native Hawaiian. In fact, paniolo come from every ethnic group and every possible combination thereof. Among those who have distinguished themselves are cowboys of Japanese ancestry, and surnames [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE To culminate the 150th anniversary of the Beamer-Solomon Hula Halau O Poohala, Waimea’s traditional hula school will present the third and final “Eia ka Hula (Behold the Hula), E Hula Mai Kakou (Come and Dance)” Trilogy performance 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4 at Kahilu Theatre. Doors open at 5 p.m. and seating is [...]

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UPDATE, 12/2/1:30 a.m. The deadline for Designer for a Day’s community project has been extended through Feb. 17. MEDIA RELEASE In the spirit of starting 2012 with something new and fresh, Designer for a Day announced it’s debuting a special project to benefit community non-profit organizations. Designer for a Dream features a free design makeover [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Enthusiasts of Hawaiian song, dance and culture will converge on the grounds of Keauhou Beach Resort this year for Aloha Music Camp. Two weeklong retreats are scheduled in 2012 – Feb. 5-11 and July 1-7. Each retreat will feature classes in ukulele, slack key guitar, hula, oli (chant) and Hawaiian storytelling as well [...]

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Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors throughout February.

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Event is part of national anniversary celebration that dates to 1902; full slate of festivities lined up for Feb. 4

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Agyai Marshall, an employee of Home Depot in Hilo, sings a song he wrote for the 2012 Home Depot Search for A Star Competition. Four winners will get a an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas to perform at the annual manager’s meeting.

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Please join us for our annual membership meeting and general celebration of the arts on Sunday (Jan 29) from 2–5 p.m.!

Music will be provided by the Sakura Ensemble and the Kahikina’s Nahenahe Ohana and friends. Complimentary light pupus and beverages.

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MEDIA RELEASE The picturesque, seaside grounds of Hulihee Palace will be the location of the annual spring fundraiser, Day at Hulihee, on Saturday, March 24. An 8:30 a.m. traditional Hawaiian blessing kicks off the 9 a.m.-4 p.m. event, which is hosted by palace caretakers the Daughters of Hawaii and the Calabash Cousins. Debuting at the [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Two enormous ancestral history eBooks have just become available from Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc. (MPC). They are almost certainly the largest digital books in the fields of both genealogy and history, and probably the largest digital books in any field. Each of these PDF titles is larger than a 50-volume work of 500 [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mhealani Pai and Keone Kalawe of the Keauhou-Kahaluu Education Group will discuss the historical significance of Kaneaka slide and Heeia Bay in Keauhou in an upcoming Puana Ka Ike lecture in Kona and an Eia Hawaii presentation in Hilo. The free presentations are scheduled noon-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 at the University of [...]

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