Grow Hawaiian Festival
April 23, 9:00am - 3:00pmBishop Museum
Grow Hawaiian Festival Celebrates Hawai‘i’s Culture and Environment
HONOLULU, April 7, 2015 Celebrate Hawai‘i’s culture, native plants, and sustainable lifestyles at the Grow Hawaiian Festival on Saturday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Bishop Museum. Presented by Hawaiian Electric, the event offers the whole family a day filled with fascinating crafts, creative learning opportunities, activities for keiki, ‘ono food, and Hawaiian music and hula.
• Learn how to use native plants to make lei, weave lauhala, print kapa, and craft traditional implements.
• Buy native plants and talk to our O‘ahu Master Gardeners about growing them.
• Hear a presentation by the Polynesian Voyaging Society at 10:15 a.m., and get an update on HÅkÅ«le‘a’s worldwide voyage.
• Experience Bishop Museum’s planetarium exhibit Wayfinders: Waves, Winds, and Stars and explore traditional Polynesian navigation as you find your way from Hawai‘i to Tahiti.
• Shop for fresh produce and Hawaiian honey, and buy products made by local vendors, including Project Runway finalist Kini Zamora.
• Keiki can pound poi, make block prints, play a Hawaiian flute, participate in makahiki games, play games to win prizes, and learn about electrical safety, clean energy, and conservation.
• Relax with a lomilomi massage, then spread out on the lawn to eat some ‘ono local-style food and taste how Aloha Plate won Food Network’s season four Great Food Truck Race.
• Enjoy hula performances by hÄlau NÄ Pualei O Likolehua and Ke Kai O Kahiki, plus the beautiful music of KÅ«paoa and Natalie Ai Kamauu.
Be sure to complete the festival’s “Sustainability Passport†and enter to win a GoPro® camera.
Festival admission, which includes Bishop Museum’s exhibits, is free for kama‘Äina and military families with valid ID. For details, call 543-7511 or visit www.hawaiianelectric.com/growhawaiian.
Ticket Information
Free for kama‘Äina and military families with valid ID
Event Sponsor
CTAHR UH Master Gardeners, Mānoa Campus
More Information
Janet Crawford, (808) 543-7511, janet.crawford@hawaiianelectric.com, http://www.hawaiianelectric.com/growhawaiian
Thursday, April 23 |
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1:30am |
Timothy Vigilla, tenor
Mānoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium
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9:00am |
Grow Hawaiian Festival
Bishop Museum
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9:30am |
Introduction to Student Coaching
Hawaiʻi Campus, classroom B4-R3 (UHCWH, Kealakekua)
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11:00am |
Mauna Kea Film Screenings
West Oʻahu Campus, Multipurpose Room
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12:00pm |
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Workshop
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 106
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12:00pm |
The Madoff Morality Play: Scenes from an American Tragedy
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12:00pm |
Persian Movie Screening: The Fifth Reaction, 2003, Directed by Tahmineh Milani
Mānoa Campus, Moore 258
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1:00pm |
Reading Poetry: A Poetry Reading by Eric Paul Shaffer
Honolulu Campus, Library - Bldg. 7, 1st floor
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1:00pm |
Resume Writing Workshop
Hawaiʻi Campus, Manono Campus Building 379 Room 1A
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2:30pm |
Manny Cagdan, piano
Mānoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium
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3:00pm |
Behind the Scenes
Waikiki Aquarium
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3:00pm |
WRRC Seminar Series
Mānoa Campus, Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 126
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3:00pm |
Oceanography Seminar: Sara Ferron-Smith
Mānoa Campus, Marine Sciences Building, MSB 100
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3:15pm |
Economics Final Oral
Mānoa Campus, Saunders 515
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5:00pm |
UH College of Engineering 15th Annual Banquet
Mānoa Campus, Hawai‘i Convention Center – KalÄkaua Ballroom
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7:00pm |
UHWO University Chorus in Spring Concert
West Oʻahu Campus, UHWO Library
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7:30pm |
Sean Chen, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Crystal Award Winner
Mānoa Campus, Orvis Auditorium
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