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Arts and Culture Calendar (March 2024)

March 1, 2024
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This arts and culture calendar features SFCA grantees, partners, and Hawaiʻi state and local government programs and events. A partial list is included in the March 2024 SFCA email newsletter.

Questions regarding a particular program or event should be directed to the organization listed with the opportunity. Inclusion here should not be interpreted as an endorsement.

Festivals

  • Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation (with numerous voyaging and educational organizations) 15th Annual Kualoa/Hakipuʻu Canoe Fest at Kualoa Regional Park, Saturday March 9, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. 02/22/24 Experience Hawaiian voyaging traditions at the 15th Annual Kualoa/Hakipu‘u Canoe Fest! (honolulu.gov)
  • Bishop Museum 16th Annual Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival and Symposium March 9, 2024. Learn about different ʻohana kalo (Hawaiian kalo varieties) and how to care for them. For more information, please visit the Bishop Museum website: BishopMuseum.org.
  • Hawaiʻi International Film Festival (HIFF) ʻŌpio Fest Youth Film Festival, April 5-7 (Honolulu). https://hiff.org/opio-fest/
  • Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall (Kāneʻohe, Oʻahu), Saturday June 8, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The festival will also be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. https://hawaiiansteelguitarfestival.com/wm/hfwmindex.html
  • Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Kahala Mall (Kahala, Oʻahu), Saturday August 17, 2024, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. https://hawaiiansteelguitarfestival.com/km/hfkmindex.html
  • Waimānalo Kanikapila 2024 at Waimanalo Beach Park (Oʻahu), April 20, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. Live performances will also stream live on Facebook and YouTube. https://cyrilpahinui.com/
  • 2024 Hawaiʻi Songwriting Festival, May 30 – June 1, 2024 at the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort (Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island). For more information, please visit the festival website: HawaiiSongwritingFestival.com.
  • 48th Annual Honolulu Intertribal Powwow, September 21-22, 2024 at Bishop Museum.

Workshops and Classes

  • Hawaiʻi State Public Library System free online education programs through public libraries include digital photography, graphic design, creative writing, and grant writing. Learn more about Gale Courses available through the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System: education.gale.com/l-hawaii.

Art Exhibitions

  • East-West Center Art Gallery (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) “Kabuki in Hawaiʻi: Connections through Time and Space” exhibit, through May 5, 2024. For more information, please visit the East-West Center website: EastWestCenter.org/education/gallery-exhibition-kabuki-hawaii-connections-through-time-and-space.
  • East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center “This Innocent Country: Jeremy Dean” exhibit open through March 29, 2024. For more information please visit the EHCC website: ehcc.org.
  • Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum) current exhibit: “2024 Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic Art Awards” student art, open through March 23. Free admission. More information on the State Art Museum website calendar: CapitolModern.org/exhibitions.
  • Hawaiʻi Watercolor Society 2024 Members’ Show: Flow – the Liquid World of Watercolor and Glass April 2-28, 2024 at the Downtown Art Center. For more information, please visit the HWS show page on their website: HawaiiWatercolorSociety.org/2024-members-show.
  • Honolulu Printmakers 96th Annual Exhibition April 5 – May 3, 2024. For more information, please visit the Honolulu Printmakers exhibit page on their website: HonoluluPrintmakers.org/blog/2023/12/13/96th-annual-exhibition-information.
  • Kahilu Theater “Interisland Action” through March 3, 2024. For more information, please visit the exhibits page on the Kahilu Theatre website: kahilu.org/exhibits.
  • Kauaʻi Society of Artists, KSA Gallery.
    • “Spring Show” March 2 – 29, 2024
    • “Washed Up” June 8 – 28, 2024
  • Kauaʻi Songwriters Music Festival 2024: June 7 and 8, 2024 at the Hilton Garden Inn at Wailua Bay. For additional information, please visit their website: KauaiSongwriters.com.
  • Lānaʻi Culture and Heritage Center “Kodomo no tame ni” exhibit honoring the legacy of Lānaʻi’s Japanese families. Through March 2024. For more information, please visit LanaiCHC.org.
  • Wailoa Arts Center Exhibits (Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island)
    • “MANA” March 29 – April 25, 2024
    • “The Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora” May 3 – June 27, 2024
    • “Assemblage” July 5 – 25, 2024
    • “14th Annual Abstract Only!” August 2 – September 26, 204
    • “Hawaiʻi Surrealism Exhibit” October 4 – 24, 2024
    • “16th Annual Hawaiʻi Nei” November 1 – December 12, 2024
  • University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa Department of Art and Art History
    • “Still Standing” MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Art Gallery, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Master of Fine Arts (MFA) thesis exhibition featuring Enrico Battan, Mari Mitsuda, and Erik Sullivan. Opening reception Sunday March 3, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Exhibit open March 3 – 31, 2024.
    • Gallery walkthrough of “Legacy in Ink: Selections from the Print Collection of Charles Cohan” with Dr. Robert E. Steele, Katherine Love, Professor Charles Cohan, and Professor Debra Drexler. Sunday March 10, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., John Young Museum of Art (Krauss Hall, 2500 Dole Street). Exhibit open until May 5, 2024. For more information, please visit the UH Dept. of Art and Art History website: hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions-events-museum.
    • “Tokyo Midtown Artist Riwon Takagi: Staring at Cities” February 20 – March 1, 2024 in the Commons Gallery. Exhibition is supported in part by funding from the SFCA.
    • Learn more on the UHM Art and Art History Department website: hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions-events-museum.
  • University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
    • “7 Degrees North: The Arts of Micronesia” at the James and Abigail Campbell Library, University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu. February 2 – June 16, 2024. This exhibit highlights the work of contemporary and traditional artists of Micronesian ancestry who live in Hawaiʻi. Free and open to the public during library hours. For more information, please visit the UHWO news page: WestOahu.hawaii.edu/kaloinews.

Performances and Presentations

  • Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum) First Friday, all-ages evening of live music, March 1, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Friday Night Tempo, family-friendly evening of live music and Art+Flea urban market, March 15, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Free admission. More information on the State Art Museum website calendar: CapitolModern.org/events.
  • Ebb and Flow Arts 25th Anniversary Season concerts and pre-concert discussions. Free admission made possible in part by grant funding from the SFCA.
    • June Choi Oh at Keawalaʻi Congregational Church (Makena, Maui) March 2, 7:00 p.m. Free admission.
    • Ebb and Flow Arts with Kauaʻi Concerts Association, Duo Diorama at St. Michael’s and All Angels Episcopal Church (Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi), June 1, 7:00 p.m. Free admission.
    • Alexandre Dossin at Keawalaʻi Church (Makena, Maui) August 23; Lutheran Church of Honolulu (Oʻahu) August 25. Free admission.
  • Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra
    • “HapaSymphony featuring Paula Fuga” March 9, 2024 at Hawaiʻi Theatre.
    • For more information, please visit the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra website: myhso.org/concerts.
  • Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY)
    • Nothing Micro About Micronesia March 22, March 30, April 7
    • Forest Flutters March 3, March 9
    • The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac April 27, May 4, May 12
  • Maui Arts and Cultural Center presents “Ke Kauā O Ka Lāhui: The Life of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi” historical dramatization written by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. March 15, 2024. For more information, please visit the MACC events page: MauiArts.org/events.php?type=MACC.
  • Royal Hawaiian Band free lunchtime concerts at ʻIolani Palace every Friday at noon.  For more information call 808-522-0822 or visit www.IolaniPalace.org.
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Kennedy Theatre
    • BFA/MFA Dance Concert March 6-10, 2024.
    • The Maiden Benten and the Bandits of the White Waves April 19-20 and 26-28, 2024. A popular kabuki play, The Maiden Benten and the Bandits of the White Waves, commonly known as Benten Kozō, features five distinctive thieves with a mastery of masquerade, and a command of language from the gutter to the poetically sublime. Together with a full array of colorful kabuki characters, their schemes and back stories lead to shocking revelations, surprising reunions, startling twists and ultimately result in the realization that one cannot escape karma—though in meeting it, one need not abandon spectacle or beauty.  
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Art and Art History
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Outreach College, World Performance Series
  • Volcano Art Center Hula Kahiko: Unulau hālau hula performance at Volcano Art Center (Volcano, Hawaiʻi Island), Saturday March 9, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. https://volcanoartcenter.org/hula-arts/
  • Waimānalo Kanikapila 2024 at Waimanalo Beach Park (Oʻahu), April 20, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Free and open to the public. Live performances will also stream live on Facebook and YouTube. https://cyrilpahinui.com/

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