An urban art-themed showcase and discussion at their annual Talk Story Festival.

Featuring a live painting demonstration and in-depth artists panel.

Ka Huina will explore the nexus or “huina” of Hawaiʻi’s community, culture, tourism and sustainability, reimagining how the community and visitor industry can navigate the intersection of these four cornerstones to move toward regenerative tourism for future generations.

Ka Huina 2023 will be a one-day, in-person event encompassing four panel discussions showcasing industry and community top leaders, as well as feature specialty speakers to encourage thoughtful exchanges on how communities and the visitor industry can collectively work toward the long-term health of Hawaiʻi.

This years event will feature ancillary events such as Mobile Workshops on 10/25, a Student Forum on 10/26, the Kuhikuhi Marketplace, a Networking Event and the main Ka Huina event on 10/27.

4th Annual Art at the Capitol presented by Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Featuring:
• An invocation by poet Laureate Brandy Nālani McDougall
• Self-guided tours of artworks in the Capitol building (5pm)
• Hawaiʻi International Film Festival in the Senate Gallery
• Film by Nā Maka o ka ‘Āina in the House Gallery
• Live mele Hawaiʻi by Kamakawiwo‘ole: Osorio Band in the Lt Governor's Office
• Ballet in the rotunda
• Honolulu Theatre for Youth in the Auditorium
• Art in Conversation in Conference Room 325

Interested in book publication here in Hawai’i? Join the second session of Sharing Stories!

KEY Project hosts a panel discussion with local publishers and experts in the industry to discuss what publishing houses are looking for, and the various paths to publication.

This event is free and open to the public. If you’re unable to be there in person, this event will also be recorded and live-streamed key_project Facebook page.

Based on true events from 1930s Hawai’i, Ala Moana Boys tells the story of five young men who were wrongly arrested and framed for the rape of a U.S. Navy officer’s young, white wife. When evidence is presented in court that demonstrates there is no feasible way the accused could have committed the crime, the jury deadlocks, a mistrial is declared, and the boys are released. Shortly after, one of the boys is kidnapped by a group of racist vigilantes and violently beaten. The best friends gather in the victim’s home and try to figure out how to keep themselves and their families safe. But can they do anything against deeply ingrained prejudice?

Inspired by their individual practices, artists will exchange questions with each other for a creative dialogue about artistic process and community building.
Moderated by co-curator Taylour Chang and special guest Mahina Paishon Duarte

Panel featuring poets from Polynesian and Melanesian cultural groups who share their words as a demonstration of solidarity with Micronesians in Hawai’i, demonstrating support in the face of rising discrimination. Moderated by Tolua Samifua of Lady Pasifika magazine and the Pacific Islands Development Program.

Moderated by Aaron Padilla, Director of Learning and Engagement

Inspired by their individual practices, the artists will exchange questions with each other for a creative dialogue about artistic process and community building.

Access the livestream via Zoom Webinar at the link below:

Webinar ID: 839 9515 2327
Passcode: 638472

Moderated by co-curator Marlene Siu

Inspired by their individual practices, the artists will exchange questions with each other for a creative dialogue about artistic process and community building.

Access the livestream via Zoom Webinar at the link below:

Webinar ID: 820 4509 9433
Passcode: 271209

Bernice Akamine and Sean Connelly will discuss their installations

Art at Thomas Square is a rotating sculpture program and part of a vision the City & County had to not only beautify the space of Thomas Square park, but to also engage the public with thought-provoking artwork recognizing the significance of the park’s history.

The Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts commissioned two temporary and site-specific artworks: Ho‘okumu—Moana (2020) by Bernice Akamine and 16 Cube Truss (About Building Systems) (2020) by Sean Connelly.

RSVP is required:
moca-info@honolulu.gov or 808-768-6622
25 people maximum

Moderated by co-curator Marlene Siu

Inspired by their individual practices, the artists will exchange questions with each other for a creative dialogue about artistic process and community building.

Access the livestream via Zoom Webinar at the link below:

Webinar ID: 820 5067 6848
Passcode: 981341

Paddling the Outrigger: Inspiration and Insights on the Journey of a Lifetime 

Paddling the Outrigger is at once a memoir and business tutorial, encompassing stories of Waikiki past, the Hawai‘i “Doc” Kelley experienced as a child, the history of Outrigger Hotels and the many people who built the state’s tourism industry, and a firsthand account of the development of Hawai‘i as a global top-tier tourism destination.

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Halloween Special: The Sobbing Spirit of Punahou Street, Okiku, and the Nine Plates Testing God

In partnership with Mānoa Outreach College & SCEP (with permission from the estate of Dr. Glen Grant)

Speakers: Alton Takiyama-Chung, Katy Collins, Jeff Gere

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Author - The Mailbox Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the Greatest Corruption Case in Hawai'i History

A federal defense attorney turns prosecutor and cracks open a case of corruption that’s still ongoing

Moderator: Nick Grube

Speaker: Alexander Silvert

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Graphic storytelling –a graphic novelist and an illustrator compare notes

Speakers: R. Kikuo Johnson & Caren Loebel-Fried

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It took a guerrilla operation by doctors via social media to force a vital change in the state’s pandemic policy.

Moderator: Robert Perkinson

Speaker: Jonathan Dworkin

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Five Young Hawaii Poets Represent Hawaii’s Oldest Literary Journal

Moderator: Donald Carreira Ching

Speakers: Joanna Gordon, Navid Najafi (aka Illnomadic), Ngaio Simmons, Doug Upp

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Coeditors of Detours: A Decolonial Guide to Hawai’i

Hōkūlani K. Aikau (Kanaka ‘Ōiwi) is a professor at the University of Victoria in the Indigenous Governance Program. She is the author of A Chosen People, A Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawaiʻi.

Vernadette Gonzalez is Professor of American Studies and Director of the Honors Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is the author of two books, Securing Paradise: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai‘i and the Philippines (2013) and Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper

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Candace Fujikane is an English professor at the University of Hawaiʻi. She is the author of Mapping Abundance for a Planetary Future: Kanaka Maoli and Critical Settler Cartographies in Hawaiʻi. She has stood as a settler aloha ʻāina to protect lands and waters in Hawaiʻi.

Moderator: Candace Fujikane

Speakers: Puni Jackson, Hiʻilei Kawelo

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Ishle Yi Park is an award~winning writer who is the first woman to become Poet Laureate of Queens, New York.

Moderator: Lee A. Tonouchi

Speaker: Ishle Yi Park

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Scott Kikkawa is a fourth generation Japanese American and native of Hawaii. He is a federal law enforcement officer who writes detective noir fiction set in postwar Honolulu. His debut novel, Kona Winds, was released by Bamboo Ridge Press in November 2019. His follow up novel, Red Dirt, is forthcoming.

Moderator: Roger Jellinek

Speakers: Scott Kikkawa

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Remembering Our Grandfathers’ Exile: US Imprisonment of Hawai‘i’s Japanese in World War II

Moderator: Franklin Odo

Speakers: Gail Y. Okawa

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Special Presentation: Poetry - Living Nations, Living Words: A conversation with Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo, and Pacific Poets

Moderator: Craig Santos Perez

Speakers: Joy Harjo, US Poet Laureate, Brandy Nālani McDougall, Noʻu Revilla, Lehua M. Taitano, Mahealani Wendt

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Inclusion: How Hawai'i Protected Japanese Americans from Mass Internment, Transformed Itself, and Changed America

Tom Coffmanʻs work is about the pursuit of democracy. Books include Catch A Wave, Nation Within, Island Edge and Tadaima! PBS films include Ninoy Aquino and First Battle.

Moderator: George Tanabe

Speaker: Tom Coffman

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Moderator: Craig Howes

Speaker: Jamaica Osorio

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"Were it not for the Buddhadharma I'm convinced that, as a black American and an artist, I would not have been able to successfully negotiate my last half century of life in this country.”

Charles Johnson's National Book Award-winning masterpiece--"a novel in the tradition of Billy Budd and Moby-Dick ...heroic in proportion...fiction that hooks the mind" ( The New York Times Book Review )

Turning the Wheel: In this collection of provocative and intimate essays, Johnson writes of the profound connection between Buddhism and creativity, and of the role of Eastern philosophy in the quest for a free and thoughtful life. He looks at basic Buddhist principles and practices, demonstrating how Buddhism is both the most revolutionary and most civilized of possible human choices. Johnson moves from spiritual guides to spiritual nourishment: writing. In essays touching on the role of the black intellectual,Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Ralph Ellison, Johnson uses tools of Buddhist thinking to clarify difficult ideas. Powerful and revelatory, these essays confirm that writing and reading, along with Buddhism, are the basic components that make up a thoughtful life.

Moderator: George Tanabe

Speakers: Charles Johnson

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