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For Immediate Release:	August 25, 2000
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations 956-6106

Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2

Outreach College International Cinema series presents the video screening of "Happy Together," the story of a gay couple's stormy affair in Buenos Aires. The 1997 film was directed by Kar-Wai Wong and stars Tony Leung, who received the Best Actor award at this year's Cannes Film Festival. In Cantonese with English subtitles. 1:30 p.m. Aug. 29. Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 12, UH Manoa. Suggested donation: $3 general, $2 students and staff. For information, call 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.

The UH Board of Regents will hold a special meeting 4 p.m. Aug. 29 at UH Manoa Campus Center Room 22. The single item on the agenda is approval of presidential search procedures. For further information, call the Board office at 956-8213.

Performer and Hawaiian history lecturer Nalani Olds brings to the Manoa campus her acclaimed one-woman musical "He Po`ai Aloha," which translates into "Encircled with Love." The performance includes vivid stories and songs about the life of Queen Lili'uokalani, Hawai'i's last monarch and one of its greatest composers. 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 12, UH Manoa. Free. For information, call 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.

The Koa Gallery at Kapi'olani Community College presents its first show in its newly enlarged and renovated exhibition space. "Digital Works 2000" consists of inventive computer-design and animation projects created by more than 40 students in new media arts at KCC. Now-Sept. 1. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday. For information, call 734-9375.

"Drawing 2000 - Stretching the Point" is a unique exhibition created by 23 local artists who were given blank 14-foot-high walls and identical drawing kits to indulge their creative fancies. Challenged with limited quantities of common materials - charcoal, chalk and tape to name a few - the artists executed their works on the walls two weeks before the Aug. 27 opening. Aug. 27-Sept. 22. UH Manoa Art Gallery. Several artists will be available to discuss their works during each of the three gallery walk-throughs: 7 p.m. Aug. 30, noon Sept. 7 and Sept. 10. The gallery is closed Saturdays and Labor Day. For information, call 956-6888. Visit www.hawaii.edu/artgallery/Drawing2000 for artists' biographies.

The UH Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance performs "Blood Wedding," a tragic tale based on the true story of a young woman who abandons her betrothed on their wedding day to elope with her childhood sweetheart. Aug. 30-Sept. 3. Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, UH Manoa. For ticket information, call the box office at 956-7655 or e-mail theatre@hawaii.edu.

"Korean Masks from the Ryun Namkoong Collection" features more than 100 traditional Korean masks used in dance-dramas, shaman rituals and carnivals. Free. Exhibition viewing times: 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays, noon-3 p.m. Fridays. Sept. 1-Dec. 29. John Young Museum of Art, Krauss Hall 002, UH Ma noa. For information, call Outreach College at 956-8866 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu/JYMuseum.

For the latest on the University of Hawai'i, check the Web site events calendar at www.hawaii.edu.

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