Hawaiian music and culture and contemporary and classical music will be celebrated at the Prince Albert Music Festival today through Sunday at the Princeville Resort on Kauai. Music, more honor Prince Albert
Featured musicians include Elmar Oliveira, Anne Akiko Meyers, Kurt Nikkanen, Peter Hans Keuning, Michelle Sidener, Jamie Parker, Lawrence Ross, Mike Mermagen, Daniel Gaisford and Claire Scandrett.
The Prince Albert Foundation's collection of antique Hawaiian and Early American quilts will be on display during the festival and an afternoon tea and holoku fashion show will be held on Sunday.
Saturday will be Hawaiian culture day, with lei exhibits and contests, crafts booths and Hawaiian entertainment from 1-5 p.m.
Admission is $10 per event, or $30 for all. Call (808) 828-6659.
Kapahulu stores, restaurants and recreational facilities take the spotlight in the Kapahulu Sports & Food Festival from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Kapahulu hosts food and fun
Presented by the New Kapahulu Business Association, the festival takes place along Kapahulu Avenue and benefits the School-to-Work Program at Kaimuki High School and its feeder schools.
The festival features competitive events in cycling, paddling and running, as well as other sports activities, such as a bike rodeo for kids and a soccer ball-juggling contest.
Also offered is an opportunity to sample food from area eateries by purchasing "Kapahulu Passports" for $10 from participating merchants. Validated passports give holders a chance to win prizes. Additional scrips also will be available.
Those who attend can redeem passport scrips for treats from various restaurants, according to Frank Smith of Island Triathlon & Bike.
"They can stroll up and down the street and sample the food," Smith said.
Participating restaurants include the Internet Cafe, Rama Thai Restaurant, KC Drive Inn and Simone's Pizzeria.
Parking for the festival will be available at the Waikiki Shell, Jefferson Elementary and Kaimuki High School.
For information and registration procedures for individual sporting events, call these numbers: cycling (737-7433), paddling (737-9514), running (737-2422). Interested individuals may sign up to participate on the day of the events.
This summer's Hawaii International Jazz Festival will present the most notable performers in the event's five-year history and a lesser known singer who thrilled Big Island audiences last year. Gospel, blues and all that jazz
To be held July 23-26 at the Hawaii Theatre, the festival kicks off with Gospel & Blues night featuring jazz pianist Gene Harris and his daughter, the remarkable singer Nikki Harris, who stole the show with her songs and audience banter at the Hamakua Music Festival last December. Also featured opening night are Broadway's Linda Hopkins, Hawaii's Azure McCall and saxophonist Ernie Watts.
Festival performances include:
July 24: Hawaiian Jazz features Willie K and Amy Gilliom, Tony Conjugacion, BB Shawn, Karen Keawehawaii, Teresa Bright, Ukulele Madness, the Johnny Todd Trio, Gabe Baltazar, Betty Loo Taylor and Danny Othott;
Tickets are $15, $25 and $30 and available at the Connection at 545-4000 and the Hawaii Theatre at 528-0506. Military, student and senior discounts are available.
There also are free jam concerts 10:30 p.m. after each concert.
Everyone else gets awards, why not Hawaii's dancers? The Hawaii State Dance Council's annual Choreographic Awards Festival will be held at 8 p.m. June 12 and 13 at Diamond Head Theatre. Choreographers take a bow
The concerts feature the works of winners in each category: Choreography, Performance and Cultural Preservation, and includes Peter Rockford Espiritu and Tau Dance Theatre, Trina Nahm-Mijo, Cheryl Flaharty, Sanda Chatterjee and David Ward.
Admission is $15; $12 for students, seniors and HSDC members. A number of workshops are also available. Information: 538-1980.
What do your dreams mean? If we're in a dream now, are your dreams reality? What effect does a triple-cheese pizza in your tummy have on the dreams in your head? Ever dreamed about having to go to work or to school without your shirt on? Delve into meaning of dreams
These questions and more can be addressed at the 15th annual conference of the Association for the Study of Dreams, running June 22 to 28 at Brigham Young University. Psychotherapists, artists, philosophers and "dreamworkers" from around the world will offer five days of workshops, lectures, art exhibits and performances that pry back the cover of dreams. Includes a performance of Keola Beamer's "Mo'olelo, Tales From the Dream Guitar."
Admission is $320; $250 for ASD members. Information: 262-7750.
Author Eve Bunting and illustrator Dennis Nolan present keynote addresses for "Imagining Reality/Realizing Imagination," the Ninth Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawaii's Children. The conference runs from June 11 to 13 at the Blaisdell Center. Events planned on kids' literature
Honolulu Theatre for Youth dramatizations based on Nolan's "The Castle Builder" and Bunting's "Night of the Gargoyles," as well as readings by published authors on June 11 from 7 to 9 p.m. are free. There is a $35 fee to attend a June 12 to 13 lecture, panel and discussion sessions.
Since 1982, the conference has brought authors and illustrators of children's literature to Hawaii. Bunting, the author of more than 150 published books, has won awards such as the 1987 Nene Award. Nolan's "Dinosaur Dream" was recognized in both Newsweek and The New Yorker.
This year, students in grades 7 to 12 who are interested in writing can attend a session on June 12, or those interested in illustrating can attend a session on June 13. Both sessions cost $15 each.
The sessions, added to this year's conference to broaden its outreach beyond adults, can benefit teens by giving them the chance to talk to professionals in their area of interest, said conference co-coordinator Esha Neogy of Children's Literature Hawaii.
For $5, younger children can attend Story Magic, a June 13 event that includes arts and crafts, dramatic play, science, storytelling and music from 1 to 5 p.m.
For registration information, call Children's Literature Hawaii at 956-7559.
Equadorian quartet Runa Pura shares traditional and contemporary music from the Andes in a return engagement at the Atherton Performing Arts Studio on June 19 at 7:30 p.m. The performance is presented by Hawaii Public Radio. Runa Pura returns for June concert
Runa Pura played a sold-out concert at Atherton on May 16 and has also traveled throughout South and Central America, Canada and Europe.
Members Joaquin Campo, Jaime Campo, Alonzo Yamberla and Manuel Perugachi are indigenous musicians striving to preserve their traditional folk music and culture. They use wind instruments called quena and zamponia that are made from bamboo-like reeds, and stringed instruments such as the mandolin and charango.
Tickets are $12.50 for Hawaii Public Radio members, $15 for nonmembers and $10 for students. For reservations or for more information, call 955-8821.
Write to Features, Honolulu Star-Bulletin,
P.O. Box 3080, Honolulu, HI 96802
or send a fax to 523-8509
or E-mail to features@starbulletin.com.
Please include your phone number.
