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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
November 9, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations, 956-6106
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| Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Nov. 12-18 |
Kapi'olani Community College and the Hawai'i Recreation and Parks Association present the annual event "Christmas in November Breakfast and Diamond Head Arts and Crafts Fair." Breakfast: 6:30 - 11 a.m., Craft fair: 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Nov. 12. Kapi'olani Community College. Breakfast tickets: $7. For breakfast information, call 734-9571. For craft fair information, call 733-7371.
The UH Manoa Music Department present a performance by The Manoa Trombones and the Saxophone Choir. The Manoa Trombones - made up of students and professionals - will perform several original works. The Saxophone Choir will feature transcriptions and original works for the ensemble, including a new transcription by Todd Yukumoto. Tickets: $5 general/$3 students and seniors. 7 p.m. Nov. 12. Orvis Auditorium, UH Manoa. For more information, call 956-8742 or visit www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic
Dr. Edward Shultz, director of the UH Manoa Center for Korean Studies and professor of humanities at UH West O'ahu, will host the free panel discussion "Globalize with a Fulbright Award." Three former Fulbright scholars - Ronaele Whittington, Silayan Casino and Lowell Frazier - will speak about their experiences with the program. 4 p.m. Nov. 13. Conference Room, UH West O'ahu. For information, call William Pearman at 454-4750.
Learn how to take advantage of tax-saving measures by attending the workshop "Year End Tax Strategies for Small Businesses." The seminar will provide simple but comprehensive, tax strategies to minimize tax burden. The workshop is presented by the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network, which is a partnership program between UH Hilo and the U.S. Small Business Administration. 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 14. Business Information and Counseling Center, 1111 Bishop St., Suite 204. For more information, call 522-8131.
UH Manoa Outreach College celebrates composer Aaron Copland's 100th birthday anniversary and his legacy in American music with the video screenings of "The American Way" and "Aaron Copland: A Self -Portrait." Composers George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Ives and John Cage are also featured in the first film. In the second film, Copland discusses his own extraordinary musical career. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14. Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall, UH Manoa. Suggested donation: $3 general/$2 students, seniors and UH staff. For upcoming Outreach College events, visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
UH Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies presents the "Graduate and Scholarship Fair 2000," featuring various graduate schools and scholarship and financial aid organizations. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 14. Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Manoa. For information, call Kaniala Kekaulike at 973-0975.
As part of International Education Week, the Office of International Affairs sponsors the International Fair and Cultural Performances. The program will feature music and performers from all over the world, including Ilokano folk dances, Spanish salsa-merengue, Japanese koto music and the Royal Hawaiian Band. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 14. Campus Center, UH Manoa. For more information, call OIA at 956-6940. For a complete listing of the week's activities, visit www.hawaii.edu/news/kulama/001110/intl_activities.html.
Pacific Studies 2000, the 50th anniversary conference of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, will look at challenges and opportunities for the future of the field in Hawai'i and throughout the region. The conference, "Honoring the Past, Creating the Future," features speakers from the Pacific, the United States and Europe. Nov. 14-18. Imin Conference Center, East-West Center, UH Manoa. Fiji's Oceania Dance Theater will also give a free cultural performance Nov. 15. For more information, call 956-7700 or visit the conference Web site www.hawaii.edu/cpis/conference.
UH Manoa education Professor Joe Tobin will give the International Cultural Studies lecture "'Nintentionality' or 'Pikachu's Global Adventure.'" Noon-1:20 Nov. 15. Burns Hall 2118. For more information, call East-West Center at 944-7585 or visit www2.hawaii.edu/~culture.
UH Manoa English Department sponsors a free reading and spoken word performance by Teresia Teaiwa. Teaiwa's work reflects the interplay between her African American and Pacific heritages. 12:30 p.m.-1:20 p.m. Nov. 15. Kuykendall 410, UH Manoa. For more information, call Juliana Spahr at 956-3015.
Dr. Edwin Cadman, dean of the UH Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, will discuss "Leveraging the School of Medicine" as part of the Hawai'i Society of Corporate Planners' ongoing discussion on the state's transition into the new global economy. Cadman will talk about his plans to recruit new faculty members to raise the school's grant revenues from research funds. 11:30 Nov. 16. Hawai'i Prince Hotel, Mauna Kea Ballroom. For more information, call 537-2356 or visit http://hawaiimed.hawaii.edu.
Carl Crosier, cantor at The Lutheran Church of Honolulu, will give this week's free Brown Bag Biography lecture, "The Bach Legacy in the Year 2000." Noon-1:15 p.m. Nov. 16. Cottage 96-36 between Burns Hall and Hale Manoa, UH Manoa. For more information, call the Center for Biographical Research at 956-3774.
The Kapi'olani Community College Koa Gallery presents its latest exhibit, "The Keepsake," new constructions by artist Helene Wilder. The gallery displays 17 wood boxes containing figures resembling ancient Egypt's mummified cats or tops from canopic jars. Each "keepsake" also includes a hand-rubbed print of the engraved lids to each box. Now-Nov. 16. Koa Gallery, KCC. For more information, call 734-9375.
The November meetings of the Board of Regents will be held at Maui Community College. Board committees will meet Thursday afternoon, Nov. 16 in the Maui CC student lounge. The full board will convene Friday morning, Nov.17, at the same location. The board's agenda is posted at www.hawaii.edu/admin/bor. For more information, call the BOR office at 956-8213.
La Bete (The Beast/The Fool)" will be performed at UH Manoa's Kennedy Theatre. The play is a rambunctious tribute to the comic genius of 17th-century playwright Moliere and features rhymed couplets with a modern flair. 8 p.m. Nov. 16-18 and 2 p.m. Nov. 19. For tickets, call the box office at 956-7655. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu/theatre.
The UH Manoa Music Department presents "Scenes from Mozart's Magic Flute," which will be performed by students of the opera workshop program accompanied by the UH Chamber Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18. Orvis Auditorium, UH Manoa. Tickets: $10 general /$6 students and seniors. For information, call 956-8742 or visit www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic.
UH Manoa's "Late Night in the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre" presents "A Way Home," an original play written and directed by Bill Carr. The program, which features dance and poetry, tells of a woman's struggle to find her way home after being captured by a brutal gang whose rituals lead them into a killing frenzy. 11 p.m. Nov. 17 and 18. Ernst Lab Theatre, UH Manoa. Tickets for Late Night productions go on sale at the door one hour prior to curtain. For upcoming events, visit www.hawaii.edu/theatre.
Oceanic Imaging Consultants Inc. sponsors a fund-raiser to help prevent the closing of UH Manoa's Marine Option Program. The event will include food, music and a silent auction. 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Nov. 18. Falls of Clyde vessel, Hawai'i Maritime Center. For tickets and information, call Sarah Doudna at 539-3709. Visit www.oicinc.com.
The East-West Center Gallery features an exhibition of work by contemporary Native Hawaiian artists from Hawai'i and throughout the world. "Mai Na Kupuna Mai, Ho'i I Ka Pu 'olo," or "That which comes from the ancestors is returned as gifts," is running now-Dec. 22. East-West Center Gallery, John A. Burns Hall, UH Manoa. For information, call 944-7341.
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