FAMILY FARE
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Children will have all kinds of artsy fun at The Contemporary Museum on Saturday.
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Have an artsy day
Families can enjoy a day of culture when "ArtSpree 2007" livens up The Contemporary Museum on Saturday. The annual community event opens the museum doors to visitors free of charge and features gallery tours, art activities, dance and music performances and food from the Hale Aina award-winning Contemporary Café.
Art Spree 2007
Place: The Contemporary Museum, 2411 Makiki Heights Drive
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Admission: Free
Parking and shuttles: Free parking is available at Punahou School; enter from the main gate. Free shuttles to and from the museum will run continuously throughout the day.
Call: 526-0232
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Children and their parents can make origami cranes, create colorful monoprints, construct musical sculptures, design their own sunglasses, crate a digitally morphed self-portrait, play with clay, and learn yoga.
Docents will be on hand at the museum's current exhibition, "Nineteen Going on Twenty: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection of The Contemporary Museum," where visitors can learn about the museum's newest additions.
Café chef Adam Gilbert will present a Mediterranean menu, featuring hummus and pita, sopa de ajo (roasted garlic soup), a polenta panzanella salad, a baked fish sandwich, gyro with tsatsiki and Moroccan Chicken over lemon couscous.
Performances this year include acrobatics, poetry, music and a mermaids aquatic show. The day's entertainment schedule is as follows:
COURTESY THE CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM
Mermaids Hawaii will show off their grace in the water at the museum's pool.
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Storytelling (5-minute sessions): 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:25 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 2:55 p.m.
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Pool performance by Mermaids Hawaii: 10:40 a.m. and 2:35 p.m.
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Aerial performance by Samachi: 11:30 a.m.
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Acrobatics by The Amazing TJ: 11:45 a.m.
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Kealoha and Youth Speaks Hawaii (poetry): 12:35 p.m.
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Bryna Rose and the Opu Dance Crew: 1:30 p.m.
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Dance, stilt walking and human statues by Ginko Marischino: 1:45 p.m.
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Capoeira Besouro Hawaii: 3 p.m.
COURTESY THE CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM
Last year, visitors learned to weave, above. This year, expect fun with origami, clay and monoprints.
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» Rising Melody: 10 a.m. and noon
» Dr. Boogie Nights Ensemble: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
» Hope Mayo Trio: 3 p.m.
ON THE LAWN
» Jazz, Ska, Soul, Blues and Reggae with KTUH's DJ Albert
» "Intelligent dance music" with DJ BBQ
