Murder Mystery Competition

The Scooby Doo team from last year's Honolulu CC mystery competition. Photo coutesy of Honolulu CC.

Honolulu CC hosts the third annual CSI@HCC team sleuthing event on April 1. This fun competition, Murder at the Honolulu CC Ballet, lets five-member teams test their crime scene investigation skills. The night starts with the case presented onstage, and teams can interview witnesses and collect evidence to solve a murder. There will be prizes, demonstrations and much more. The deadline to sign up a team is March 18. Learn more at the Honolulu CC website. (808) 845-9227

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Historical Narrative in Art Lecture

Aaron Kerner discusses the art exhibit Collapsing Histories on Mon., March 14, 7:30 p.m. at Manoa’s Art Building 101. Collapsing Histories addresses the obscuring of cultural and personal memory and confronts core issues of constructing historical narratives. Twelve artists consider the relationship between memory and history and demonstrate the fragile and tenuous nature of human memory. (808) 956-6888

Russia in British Caricature Lecture

Anthony Cross presents the lecture “Through the Distorting Mirror: Russian in English Caricature from Hogarth to George Cruikshank” on Tues., March 15, 3 p.m. at Manoa’s Saunders 704. The reign of Catherine the Great of Russia coincided with the golden age of British caricature. In the political Grand Guignol of the times, the empress loomed large as the embodiment of Russia’s incursions into European affairs and play a role in more than 40 caricatures drawn by some of the greatest and merciless talents of the day. (808) 956-9609.

Pol Pot Biography Lecture

Author Philip Short presents the Macaulay lecture on Wed., March 16, 11:30 a.m. at Manoa’s Center for Korean Studies. Short’s new biography of Pol Pot, Anatomy of a Nightmare raises issues about the dictator’s ascent to power, and discusses the origins of the Khmer Rouge regime. Anatomy of a Nightmare is a finalist for the ninth annual Kiriyama Prize. (808) 956-8922

Coral Reef Preservation Seminar

Manoa Researcher Robert Richmond and RCUH Executive Director Michael Hamnett present the seminar “When Worlds Collide: The Adventures of a Marine Biologist, a Physical Oceanographer and a Social Scientist on the Coral Reefs of Micronesia” on Wed., March 16, 12–1 p.m. at the Manoa Campus Center executive dining room. Coral reefs are magnificent ecosystems of great ecological, cultural and economic value to the people of the Pacific Islands. Land-based activities tied to development, agriculture and population growth have caused coastal coral reefs to suffer declines in health, vitality and related productivity. Richmond and Hamnett will discuss their efforts in Micronesia to best address coral reef issues, the successes and failures and challenges that remain. (808) 539-3936

American Music Concert

Anthony Brown photo courtesy of Manoa's music department website.

Internationally-acclaimed baritone, Anthony Brown will perform at Manoa’s Orvis Auditorium, on Thurs., March 17, 7:30 p.m. Brown is a promoter of peace and goodwill around the world and across the United States. Brown’s program will feature spirituals, one of the largest bodies of American folksong that continues into the 21st century. This music continues to inspire people around the world through its universal themes. (808) 956-8742

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* Aaron Kerner on Collapsing Histories exhibit
* Anthony Cross on Russian Caricature
* Philip Short on Pol Pot
* Robert Richmond and Michael Hamnett on Micronesian coral reefs

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