Arts and Culture Calendar (November 2024)

This arts and culture calendar features SFCA grantees, partners, and Hawaiʻi state and local government programs and events.

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

• Kāhuli Festival 2024 at Bishop Museum, Saturday November 9, 3:00 – 9:00 p.m. “Hosted by the Bishop Museum, the festival offers an opportunity for the many partners in research, conservation, education, and natural resource management to showcase how we mālama pū i ka ʻāina, especially through the lens of our endangered Hawaiian land snails. The festival brings together the community of research and conservation partners, along with artists and community members to showcase the collective efforts necessary to save these jewels of the forest and the ecosystems on which we all rely.” – Bishop Museum. For more information, please visit the Bishop Museum website: BishopMuseum.org/calendar/kahuli-festival-2024/.\
• Honolulu Museum of Art Community Day, Sunday December 22, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Admission is free for Hawaiʻi residents. Learn more on the HoMA website: HonoluluMuseum.org/events/117//community-day.
• Honolulu Museum of Art HoMA Nights every Friday, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Interactive art experiences and activities, live music. Free with admission. Learn more on the HoMA website: HonoluluMuseum.org/events/128//homa-nights.
• ʻIolani Palace Kamaʻaina Sunday, November 10, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Free audio tours of ʻIolani Palace, concert in the park, keiki activities, and Hawaiian cultural workshops. Learn more on the ʻIolani Palace website: IolaniPalace.org/visit/kamaaina-Sundays.
• Maui Arts and Cultural Center “ArT=Mixx” costume event, November 16, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m. Free, 21 ages or older with valid ID. For more information, please visit the Maui Arts and Cultural Center website: MauiArts.org.

Art Exhibitions

• Aliʻiolani Hale “Kaulike No Nā Mea A Pau: Toward Queer Justice in Hawaiʻi” exhibit in the Aliʻiolani Hale Rotunda (King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center). On display through November 29, 2024. Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Bishop Museum “Ka ʻUlu Wena: Oceanic Red” exhibition. Through January 12, 2025. For more information, please visit the Bishop Museum website: BishopMuseum.org/KUW.
• Capitol Modern “Ke Ao Lama” exhibits – “Pilina” and “Our Sea of Islands” last day to view Saturday, November 16. For more information, please visit the Capitol Modern website: capitolmodern.org/festpac#exhibits.
• Donkey Mill Art Center “Hānau Ka Moʻolelo” exhibit through December 14, 2024. For more information, please visit the DMAC website: DonkeyMillArtCenter.org/event/?event=5552.
• 2024 Artists of Hawaiʻi Biennial exhibit at the Downtown Art Center November 1 – December 21, 2024. Opening reception Friday November 1, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. https://www.downtownarthi.org/artistsofhawaii.
• East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center “Now Here We Are: Scott Groeniger” October 4 – November 27, 2024. Opening reception October 4, 6:00 p.m. ehcc.org/content/now-here-we-are-scott-groeniger.
• East-West Center “Expressions of Gratitude: Works of Art from the East-West Center Collection” October 20, 2024 – January 22, 2025. For more information, please visit the East-West Center website:  www.eastwestcenter.org/education/arts-program/gallery-exhibition-expressions-gratitude-works-art-east-west-center.
• Hawaiʻi Sea Grant “Refuse Refuse” 2024 Annual Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Sci-Art Exhibit, November 1 – 23, 2024 at The Arts at Marks Garage. Opening reception Friday November 1, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. GoHawaii: GoHawaii.com/islands/events/sci-art-exhibit-refuse-refuse-third-annual.
• Honolulu Museum of Art “Home of the Tigers: McKinley High and Modern Art” September 28, 2024 – January 12, 2025. Features work by seven artists who graduated from McKinley High School, one of Honolulu’s oldest and largest high schools. For more information, please visit the museum website: HonoluluMuseum.org/pQpDjCN/home-of-the-tigers–mckinley-high-and-modern-art
• Kauaʻi Society of Artists, Art Kauaʻi 2024 exhibit at KSA Gallery, September 14 – October 25, 2024. Opening reception Friday, September 13, 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. For more information, please visit the Kauaʻi Society of Artists website: KauaiSocietyOfArtists.org.
• Kauaʻi Society of Artists (KSA) “Wings and Woodlands: A Tribute to Native Birds and Forests 2024” In partnership with Birds, Not Mosquitoes and Kamehameha Schools, KSA is hosting an art show at the KSA gallery November 1 – 8, 2024.
• Leeward Community College Hōʻikeākea Gallery “Bitter Sweet” exhibit featuring young women painters in Hawaiʻi. Through November 2, 2024. For more information please visit the gallery website: Leeward.hawaii.edu/hoikeakea.
• Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Schaefer International Gallery, “Paths of Ink” November 12 – December 28, 2024.Features contemporary artists from Japan and Korea who pursue innovative new moments in calligraphy. For more information, please visit the MACC website: MauiArts.org/exhibits.php?filter=current.
• University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Printmaking student exhibit at the Halekulani Hotel, through November 6, 2024. Closing reception November 6, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.  
• Wailoa Arts Center Exhibits (Hilo, Hawaiʻi Island)
  • “Hawaiʻi Surrealism Exhibit” October 4 – 24, 2024
  • “16^th Annual Hawaiʻi Nei” November 1 – December 12, 2024
  • Learn more on the Wailoa Arts Center website: WailoaCenter.com.
• University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa Department of Art and Art History
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa GRRIC Contemporary Gallery (rooms 315 and 316 in the Art Building) “INKWORKS” current prints from Art 318: Intermediate/Advanced Printmaking. Opening reception November 4, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Commons Gallery “Nana I Ke Kumu, Pay Attention to the Source” artworks by Michele Zalopany, November 3 – December 1, 2024. Gallery walkthrough November 3, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Opening reception November 3, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
  • “John Young, His Life and Work” John Young Museum of Art, September 1 – December 9, 2024. https://hawaii.edu/art/john-young-his-life-work/
  • “Satoru Abe: 100 New Paintings” in The Art Gallery through December 8, 2024. hawaii.edu/art/satoru-abe-100-new-paintings/.  
  • Learn more on the UHM Art and Art History Department website: hawaii.edu/art/exhibitions-events-museum.
• Windward Community College Gallery ʻIolani “The OGs: Photographers of the Silver Gelatin Process” showcasing the work of 11 influential Hawaiʻi photographers. Exhibit open September 6 – December 6, 2024. https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2024/08/19/photogs-at-windward-gallery-iolani/

Performances and Presentations

• “Ke Kauā o Ka Lāhui: The Life of Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Piʻikoi” living history theater performances at Aliʻiolani Hale (King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center). November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17. For more information and to reserve tickets, please go to the judiciary history center events page: jhchawaii.net/public-programs.
• Chamber Music Hawaiʻi 2024-25 Season
  • “Rameau, Ravel, and Coleman” with Spring Wind Quintet, Doris Duke Theatre 11/23, 7pm, and Palikū Theatre, 11/24, 4p.m.
  • “HBQ Christmas” with Honolulu Brass Quintet at Blue Note Hawaii, 12/16, 6:30 p.m.
  • “Holiday Brass” at the Cathedral of St. Andrew, 12/21, 6:30 p.m.
  • “Reflections on Americana” with Galliard String Quartet, Doris Duke Theatre 01/25/2025, 7:00 p.m.; Palikū Theatre 12/26, 4:00 p.m.
  • “Beethoven Fest” with Galliard String Quartet and Friends, Doris Duke Theatre, 3/1/2025 7:00pm
  • “Dances Around the World” with Honolulu Brass Quintet, Doris Duke Theatre 3/22/2025 7:00pm and Paliku Theatre 3/23/2025 4:00pm
  • “Mozart’s Gran Partita” with Spring Wind Quintet and Friends, Doris Duke Theatre 4/19/2025 7:00pm
  • “The General” with Tresemble, Orvis Auditorium 5/10/2025 7:00pm
  • “The Bones of Pele” with Tresemble, Paliku Theatre 6/5/2025 7:00pm and Doris Duke Theatre 6/7/2025 7:00pm
• “Hānau Ka Moʻolelo” exhibit presentations at Donkey Mill Art Center
  • ʻAʻohe Lua e Like Aku Ai: Moʻolelo With Kumu Keala Ching, Saturday November 2, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
  • Hānau Ka Moʻolelo Roundtable Discussion, Saturday November 16, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
• Capitol Modern (Hawaiʻi State Art Museum) First Friday, all-ages evening of live music, November 1, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Friday Night Tempo, family-friendly evening of live music and Art+Flea urban market, November 15, 5:00 – 9:00 p.m. Free admission. More information on the State Art Museum website calendar: CapitolModern.org/events.
• Gallery ʻIolani, Windward Community College: discussion program for the exhibit “The OG’s: Photographers of the Silver Gelatin Process”
  • “Capturing Our Past for Our Futures – Preserving the Photographer’s Opus” roundtable with experts on the importance of archiving and caring for photographs. Saturday November 9, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
  • “Mai Nā Kūpuna Mai”, Renee Iijima and Shuzo Uemoto, Saturday November 16, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
  • “Franco Salmoiraghi: Photography + Experience”, Saturday November 23, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
  • “Waiāhole: Photography As a Weapon” Saturday November 30, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
•  “Imaikalani Kalahele: Artist, Poet, Activist”. Sunday November 10, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Honolulu Museum of Art. Kanaka ʻŌiwi poets and musicians including State Poet Laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall come together to honor and celebrate visual artist, poet, and activist Imaikalani Kalahele. For more information and tickets, please visit the Honolulu Museum of Art website: HonoluluMuseum.org/events/121//imaikalani-kalahele-artist-poet-activist.
• HI Sk8 Films 2024, Honolulu Museum of Art, Saturday November 30, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Annual skateboarding short film showcase. For more information and tickets, please visit the Honolulu Museum of Art website: HonoluluMuseum.org/events/140//hi-sk8-films-2024.
• Manoa Valley Theatre: “Once on this Island” November 14 – December 8. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit the Manoa Valley Theatre website: https://www.manoavalleytheatre.com/
• 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.