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MID-AUGUST 2010 ART & CULTURE EVENTS:
Tuesday, August 24, 31, 7:00 pm (every Tuesday evening)
The Complete History of America (abridged)
90-minute comedy with Jeff Demma, Ross Martineu
and Nellie Foster presenting 500 years of American History
Dining and theater package; 5:30 pm in Shells restaurant
Sheraton Kauai Resort, 2440 Hoonani Rd, Poipu 96756
Info, reservations, VIP seating, Kamaaina rates: 808.212.8444
email: Info@OceansideProductions.com
visit: www.OPtheater.com
Thursdays, Aug 26, Sept 2; 2- 5 pm
“Abstracting Nature: Handbuilding in Clay”
4-week ceramics workshop w/ Jennifer Hill
4 week course $85 includes $25 for firing and materials
Individual classes: $25 each
Location: Art Pod in Niumalu
Sponsored by GIAC/KCS
Register: giac@hawaiilink.net
Saturdays, August 21, 28; 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
“Serene Summer Saturdays w/ Pastels”
Instructor: Helen Turner
Workshop Site: on-site Anini for plein aire
sponsored by GIAC/KCS
$15 per session
Register: <giac@hawaiilink.net>
Contact Helen for plein aire locations: (808) 822-2348
Monday evenings, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
“Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Theatre Arts”
Six weeks course offered by WIT
Aug 23 – Scene Study – Sandi O’Shaughnessy
Aug 30 – Improvisation – Richard Porto
Sept 13 – Scenic Design – Laurel Petterson
Sept 20 – The Art of Costuming – Mary McDermott
Sept 27 – A Brief Intro to Light and Sound Design (to be confirmed)
Island School Main Hall
$20.00 per session or $80.00 for all six. Minimum enrolment required, so sign up soon!
Call Romey @ 826-9755 for further info.
Friday, August 20 (every Friday); 7:00 – 9:30 pm
September 10 and 24; 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Millicent Cummings & Darby Slick
Blue Planet Cafe
No cover w/ purchase of expresso & dessert
Friday Night Hanapepe Art Walk
3900 Hanapepe Road
Saturday, August 21, 7:00 am – 12:00 noon
Hawaii Ocean & Coral Reef Awareness Event
Educational activities re Marine Ecosystem
Pu’u Poa Beach (fronting St. Regis Princeville Hotel) — site of first
World Reef Check Location surveyed thirteen years ago in 1977
Bring your own snorkel gear and underwater camera
Guided snorkel tours of the reef with multiple SCUBA & Snorkel instructors
Scuba Divers meet at Princeville Foodland parking lot at 7:30 am to drive gear to beach through locked gate; drive down all together
Free event
Contact: <sos@saveourseas.org>
Saturday, August 21, 12:00 noon start time
AHA HULA 2010 – Celebrating the Legacy of Halau Palahiwa O Kaipuwai
Under the direction of Kumu Hula, Kehaulani Kekua
12:00 noon – 3:00 pm Paina and Pre-Concert Festivities
Hawaiian & Vegetarian Fare Refreshments & Desserts, Live Hawaiian Music,
Spontaneous Performances of Hula ‘Auana, Fresh Flower Leis
4:00 pm Hula Kahiko Concert, Classical Chants & Traditional Dances
Church of the Pacific, Princeville
www.kaieie.org
Saturday, August 21, 6:00 – 10:00 pm
3rd Annual Moonlight and Music in the Garden
A Fundrasier for the nonprofit National Tropical Botanical Garden
Swing Music & Dance
Special Moonlit Tours
Gourmet heavy pupus, desserts, beer, wine, champagne
Orchard Field in McBryde Garden
(entry via tram from Southshore Visitors Center)
Reserve your space now!
$125 or $1500 for a table of ten w/ special benefits
including reserved parking and table service
Limited to 300 seats
Contact: (808)332-6500, fundraiser@ntbg.org
FREE INTRODUCTORY QI GONG EXERCISE CLASS
Sunday, Aug 21, 11:00 am; 1:00 pm
All are welcome to a friendly and easy introductory class of Qi Gong exercises for beginners.
Register: 639-4300, Qi@hawaii.rr.com
Sunday, August 22, 12:00 noon – 6:00 pm
Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe presents….
“Blast from the Past!” “Rockin’ 50’s Festival!”
Hanapepe Town Park
featuring the auto groups “Harley Owners Group” & “Sons of Kauai”
w/ many other Classic Cars & Motorcycles from Kauai enthusiasts
Daddy-O DJ Carvalho will be spinning favorite 50’s tunes
2:00 – 4:00 pm Live Music: “Clifford Clutch & the Greasy Gears”
4:00 – 6:00 pm “Westside Smitty”
Plenty of grinds, sweets, treats, drinks! – Mele’s Kusina, Super Duper 2,
Granny Feelgood’s Kettle Corn, West Kauai Lions Club
Game Booths, stilt walkers, 50’s Stars Look-alikes, Bouncy chamber for kids
Admission free
Contact Cynthia or Ed Justus, (808) 335-6469 if you want to show your classic car or motorcycle;
Saturday setup at 6:00 pm; help is welcome
Tuesday, August 24, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Kauai Society of Artists present “FOOD PARTY”
Guest Artist Thu Tran
a screening and fooding event
Potluck Reception – open to the public
Kauai Society of Artists Exhibition Space, Kukui Grove Center
Info: Sally French, 651-5822, <french@hawaii.rr.com>
Tuesday, August 24, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Canoe Plants Lecture-Workshop
Mike DeMotta, Director of Living Collections
plus hands-on planting session using sweet potato, taro, sugar cane, and awa
registration required so adequate plant material can be prepared
NTBG-National Tropical Botanical Garden
Education Center, Kalaheo (end of Papalina Rd)
Garden members – free when pre-registered
Others – $5 when pre-registered
At door – $10 (limited materials to first come)
Contact: Loma, 332-7324, ext 204 before Thursday, August 19
Friday, August 27, 7:30 pm
Keola Beamer & Raiatea Island Tour
Special Appearance – Spring Wind Quintet
Kauai Community College PAC
Tickets $25 General/$20 Srs 62+ and Students
Tickets at Door $35
Tix Outlets: Hawaiian Music Kiosks, PV & Coconut Plantation;
Kauai Music & Sound, Scotty’s Music, Koloa Island Soap & Candleworks,
Banana Patch Gallery Hanapepe, Aloha ‘N Paradise
Contact: <giac@hawaiilink.net>
Friday, August 27; Saturday, August 28: 7:00 pm
Sunday, August 29, 4:00 pm
Continues for three weekends
Kauai Community Players present:
“Blood Brothers” by Willy Russell
Directed by Michelle Lewis; Produced by Lana Coffman
celebrating lives of two special thespians: David Conrad & Ethan Shell
Puhi Theatrical Playhouse
Tickets: $20 for adults/$18 for seniors/$15 for KCP members & students
Reservations: call 1-800-838-3006
Online purchase: <www.kauaicommunityplayers.org>
Tickets at Door: $22 for adults/$20 for seniors/$17 for KCP members & students
LIMITED Space available!
Contact: Lana Coffman, 651-9994
Saturday, August 28, 8:30 pm
“Ripples, My Best Friend is Using Meth”
A peer education play written and performed by Pono Players
Kauai Farm Fair
Free
Rejuvenation Qi Gong for Beginners
Sunday, Aug 28, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Tuition $150; $25 for 3 months follow up practice
(Optional practice offered 5 times a week)
Register: 639-4300, Qi@hawaii.rr.com
Sunday, August 29, 2:00 – 5:30 pm
Seminar for Actors
Margie Haber, Hollywood’s Top Acting & Audition Technique Coach
Margie has coached Brad Pitt, Halle Berry, Vince Vaughan & many more
“Stop Acting and Start Living the Life”
Location:
Cost: $125 + GET
Space Limited, Register Early
Contact: Jason Blake, 652-5210; LAinHAWAII@gmail.com
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 – Registration deadline for
“Fundamentals of Backyard Aquaculture”
Certified 8-session backyard course taught by Bernie Tsao,
world-renowned aquaculture & aquaponic systems specialist;
learn to grow fish to eat or start a small business in your own backyard
hosted by Aloha Church
Course begins September 7, 14, 21, 28 (Tuesdays)
and September 11, 18, 25, October 2 (Saturdays)
Location: Aloha Church, 4534 Uahi Road, Lihue
(across the highway from Taco Bell)
Cost of course $240 ($30/session/person)
Register w/ Bernie Tsao: (808) 647-0640, <Bernie.tsao@gmail.com>
KauaiBackstory.com, an online literary journal, announces its fifth annual creative competition. This year’s theme, “Refuge” is sponsored by the Garden Island Arts Council. Cash prizes will be awarded in the following manner. Written: First place, $100; second place, $50; third place, $25. Visual: One $100 award.
The deadline for submitting entries is midnight HST September 30, 2010. Text entries must be pasted into the body of an email (no attachments) and sent to kauaibackstory@yahoo.com. Images must be sent as a jpg attachment.
Kauaibackstory.com is intended to serve as a timely, interactive forum. Readers are encouraged to visit often and post comments.
on tour now through September 8, 7:45 am – 4:30 pm, Mon-Fri
Hawaii Family Portraits – New Perspectives, Traditional Values
A Photo Experience Embracing All Hawaii’s Families
Photographs by Mike Ang and some Kauai ohana portraits
Kauai Community College One Stop Center Lobby
Sponsored by Equality Hawaii, PFLAG Kauai
Free and open to the public
www.hawaiifamilyportraits.org
Contact: 635-3024, pflagkauai@gmail.com
AIRPORT WINDOW DISPLAYS
HAL side: “Dance Is Alive and Well on Kauai”
United Airlines side: “Kauai – Island of Festivals”
Brought to you by Garden Island Arts Council
Funded by a grant through the Hawai’i Tourism Authority
In cooperation with the County of Kaua’I Office of Economic Development
(open to all passengers in transit)
Very inspiring….
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-defies-odds-on-chinas-got-talent/
Send out on Friday, August 20, 2010
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