Arts & Activities

2009 Hoe-down

For Hope

5 p.m. Saturday

Kilohana Plantation

The American Cancer Society premier fundraiser boasts an evening of live music, train rides, activities, paniolo demonstrations, dinner, dancing and both live and silent auctions. Entertainment includes bluegrass, country, and paniolo-style music by the Happy Enchilada Band, Billy Paul and Larry and the Goats.

The menu is a collaboration by top local chefs Althouse and Leikam offering gourmet Tex-Mex and barbecue. Papalani Gelato will  serve dessert. Tickets are $100. For more information or for tickets visit hoedownforhope.org or call 246-0695.

3rd Annual Malama Ola Festival

Today; Saturday

Grand Hyatt Kaua‘i Resort and Spa in Po‘ipu

Native Hawaiian health and cultural practices bring interactive educational experiences for residents and visitors through the Hawaiiana Festival, the Malama Ola Festival and the “Is Hawaiian Culture Alive and Well” conference. This trio of events established to teach and perpetuate Native Hawaiian cultural practices and values offers a series of fitness classes and lectures on Hawaiian health and healing practices at no charge including classes in hula aerobics, aqua fitness, electric vinyasa and restorative yoga, fitness walks to Po‘ipu Beach, interval training, detox methods and aqua aerobics. Today a film of highly detailed and intense images depicting pre-contact Hawaiian culture is showing at 11:30 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m. Photographer and film maker, Shane Tegarden and cultural specialist, Kupuna Sam Kahai Kaai have teamed up to bring their film “Ho‘omana‘o I Na Wa Huliau” (recall the past before the turning) to Kaua‘i.

Demonstrations of lomi lomi (massage), acupuncture, uses of herbal medicines, discussions on Hawaiian women warriors and the healing fundamentals of meditation will meet in Garden Isle Rooms IV and V. Class sizes are limited. The Hawaiiana Festival surrounds teaching and demonstrations about  wood carving, lauhala weaving, tapa-making, feather arts, poi pounding, the art of kakau (tattoo), stone carving, bracelet-making, music and dance. Many of these activities invite attendees to participate as part of a hands-on learning experience. For a full schedule visit hawaiianafestival.wetpaint.com.

For more information contact Stella Burgess, sburgess@hyatt.com or 240-6369.

Book signing

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday

Kaua‘i Museum, Lihu‘e

Meet Fernando Penalosa, the author of “The Alaka‘i: Kaua‘i’s Unique Wilderness.” At an elevation of 4,000 feet above sea level lies a twenty-square-mile plateau showcasing a unique natural environment, the Alaka‘i Swamp. This book features a full description of a distinct and special place, as well as the history of the human penetration of the area and its impact. There are chapters on the fauna and flora of the Alaka‘i, both native and alien, and detailed descriptions of four trails that lead into the Alaka‘i.

Opening reception

2 to 5 p.m. Saturday

Kaua‘i Museum

Kaua‘i Museum and Grove Farm unite for “Kauai’s Industrial Revolution – Steam Power and Other Innovations.” The reception is part of ‘Ohana Day, the museum’s monthly free admission day.

The exhibit runs through April 26, 2010. Dramatic socio-economic changes all around the world in the nineteenth century began with the development and use of the steam engine. Hawai‘i, a small dot in the Pacific, became not only one of the major users of steam power, but innovator in the use of this power source, especially in sugarcane milling factories. Indoor and outdoor exhibits display photographs, maps and artifacts from the era including a selection of Grove Farm’s collection of steam equipment and other significant artifacts.

Call for North Shore artists

Nov. 7 and 8

Princeville Community Center

Princeville Community Fine Arts Exhibit of North Shore Artists

This is a non-juried community art exhibit sponsored by the Princeville Community Association open to all artists on the North Shore, Kilauea to Ke‘e.

The opening reception is 1 to 5 p.m. Nov. 7 and catered by Mark Wender of Ono Oh Yeah catering. Parameters for submission:

Media accepted: painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics. No photography or computer generated work will be accepted for this first show. Each artist will submit one piece only. No student work or pieces previously exhibited on the island should be submitted. Size not to exceed a four-by-four foot space. There is no entry fee. Submit art work with the entry form found at pcaonline.org or at the Princeville Community Association Office. Submit work between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Oct. 31. Submit pieces in person at the Princeville Community Center exhibition site.  Pieces must be picked up between 1 and 2 p.m. Notification of acceptance will be given at pick up time.

For more information contact Jean Ann Flaherty, jflahe5779@aol.com or April McGinnis, april@pcaonline.org or call April at the Princeville Community Center, 826-6687.