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Israeli Peace Advocate
Speaks at UH Manoa
Distinguished Israeli author Lova Eliav will present Making the Desert Bloom,
the first in an annual series of lectures in Jewish Studies on Mon., Oct. 28,
7 p.m. at the UH Manoa Architecture Auditorium. Eliav has dedicated his efforts
toward humanitarianism and peace advocacy. Making the Desert Bloom is free and
open to the public.
Eliav has been a member of the Knesset and served as Secretary-General of the
Labor party. He participated in numerous diplomatic and humanitarian missions
including exchange negotiations during the Lebanon war. Eliav has been a major
figure in the agricultural development of the Negev desert where he directed
the planning and development of 50 villages and a town.
He has written more than a dozen books and has won several honors including
the Ussishkin Prize for Zionist Literature, the Bruno Kreisky Peace Prize and
the Prize of Israel, his nation’s highest civilian honor. For more information,
read the press
release.
UHM Hosts Pacific Islands
Conference
 The
27th Annual
UH Pacific Islands Conference and the Fourth
Hawai‘i Fall Celebration of Writers is on Tues., Nov. 5 to Fri., Nov.
8 at the Imin Conference Center and other venues. Registration is $35 general
and $10 students, and includes free passes to four films premiering at the Hawai‘i
International Film Festival.
Themed "Myths, Terrorism and Violence: Themes in Pacific and Asian Literature,"
this year’s conference features significant new work from filmmakers, fiction
writers, poets and scholars from the Pacific and Asia regions. The conference
will premiere movies including The Wrestlers (India), The Maori Merchant
of Venice (Aotearoa/New Zealand), New Moon (Philippines) and A
Poet (Indonesia).
The Fall Celebration of Writers will be celebrating several critically acclaimed
local and visiting writers with discussions on their work in relation to the
themes of the conference on Nov. 7 at 3:30 p.m. in UHM Kuykendall Hall 100,
and 7:30 p.m. in the UHM Art Auditorium. Featured writers include Sia Figiel,
Vilsoni Hereniko, S. Shankar, Robert Barclay, Ku‘ualoha Meyer, Ho‘omanawanui,
Caroline Sinavaiana and Albert Wendt. For more information visit the conference
Web site or call (808) 956-2652.
New Speaker Series on
UH Research
University Connections presents
a new monthly speaker series on UH research and its commercial potential. Meet
the Researchers brings UH scientists together with an investor, business executive
or industry scientist to talk about UH projects and how they might eventually
be commercialized.
The first Meet the Researchers presentation features Song Choi, UH Manoa mechanical
engineering associate professor, who will talk about his team’s development
of a semi-autonomous underwater robot for deep ocean repair, reconnaissance
and intervention missions. Todd Petzer from Navatek, Ltd. will comment on some
of the potential commercialization avenues for this technology. The presentation
is on Wed., Oct. 30, noon–1 p.m. in room 20-A of the Ali‘i Place Building,
1099 Alakea St. It is free and open to the public, but individuals must RSVP
by e-mail or call (808) 547-5644. For
more information, visit the University
Connections Web site.
Even
More Events
The Three Musketeers
at Leeward CC
 The
Leeward Community College
Theatre presents The Three Musketeers on Nov. 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 at 8 p.m. and
Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. Directed by Paul Cravath, this classic tale comes to life
complete with daggers and swords in a swashbuckling ninja production designed
in the "anime" style of Japanese animated film. Tickets are $15 for
adults and $12 for students, seniors and military. For more information or to
purchase tickets, call (808) 455-0385.
Big
Island Artist Morinoue at Koa Gallery
The Koa Gallery
at Kapi‘olani CC
presents an exhibit of work by artist Hiroki Morinoue entitled Recent Experiments.
With nine new paintings, the Big Island artist invents a world that is simultaneously
poetic, whimsical and meditative. Recent Experiments will be on display through
Nov. 16 at the Kapi‘olani CC Koa Gallery. Gallery hours are Mon.–Fri.,
10 a.m.–4 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.–2 p.m. For more information call (808)
734-9375.
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
Performance
 UH,
in association with Tim Bostock Productions, presents Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
performance at the Hawai‘i Theatre on Sat., Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. and Sun.,
Nov. 3, 2 p.m. Combining elements of street dance, ballet, ballroom dance and
African and Afro-Caribbean movement, Brown’s high energy performances have
been described as a breathtaking ritual of transformations and testimonials
through kinetic interpretations. Tickets are $10–$27 and are available
at the Hawai‘i Theatre Box Office, (808) 528-0506. For more information,
call (808) 956-3836 or visit the Outreach
College Web site.
Telecollaborative Learning
Featured at Education Colloquium
UH Manoa’s College
of Education presents a public colloquium, All
the World’s a Classroom: Inspiring Telecollaborative Learning Activities
in Underprivileged Schools on Fri., Nov. 12, 3–4 p.m. at the UHM School
of Architecture Auditorium. The integration of networked technology introduces
the possibility for students and teachers to acquire greater global awareness.
All the World’s a Classroom will examine recent efforts to bring the global
community into the classroom through technology. Guest speakers will share their
experiences with the World Links program. World Links began as an educational
initiative of the World Bank Institute in 1997, and has evolved as an independent,
non-profit organization serving students and teachers in 27 developing nations
across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America.
Guest Chef Dinner at
Leeward CC
Leeward Community College
Food Service Program welcomes Donato Loperfido of Donato’s restaurant as
part of Guest Chef Dinner series on Nov. 6. Loperfido will be preparing authentic
Italian cuisine. Dean Okimoto of Nalo Farms will prepare the salad course and
Mauricde Grasso of La Gelateria will prepare desert. For more information and
reservations, call (808) 455-0298.
Pumpkin Carving Contest
The UH Manoa American Institute of Architecture Students will be hosting its
27th annual Pumpkin Carving Esquisse at the School of Architecture on Mon.,
Oct. 28, 5 p.m.–8 p.m. Students are allotted two hours to carve and sculpt
their pumpkin creations and judging begins at 7 p.m. UH architecture faculty
members and invited practitioners from the local community will judge the finished
carved pumpkins based on originality, beauty, craftsmanship, use of the medium,
and use of light.
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