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New night for market
The Kailua Thursday Night Farmers' Market moves to 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday this week, as vendors set up in the Kailua Town Center garage to offer fresh produce and foods for the Thanksgiving table.Peak season items expected include pencil-thin asparagus from Twin Bridge Farm, Waialua; baby sweet potatoes from Molokai; Ewa sweet onions; corn; and fresh-picked salad greens.
Sweet Stop will be offering pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato pies, and C&C Pasta will offer squash agnolotti with walnut pesto.
Admission is free. For more information call 848-2074.
Mana at bandstand
The second annual Maohi Native Cultural Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Queen Kapiolani Park Bandstand.The purpose of the free event is to encourage unity, peace, healing and aloha through the exchange and sharing of all cultures, and to acknowledge the spiritual education, teachings and practices that have contributed to society's wellness.
The caring spirit of the event promises a great way to end the Thanksgiving week and begin the holiday season.
Event organizers will also pay a special tribute to the Ka Halia Aloha Kupuna and families that resided in Waikiki long before it became a tourist center. A ceremony prior to the event will be at the Ka Halia Aloha Hawaiian Iwi Burial or Memorial Monument, next to the Honolulu Zoo entrance. Family and caretakers of the site will be on hand to share the significance and history of the burial site.
The event itself will include craft and native jewelry sales and a day of entertainment as well. Featured will be music by Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom, Ho'okena, Moloka'i's Ra'iatea Helm, the Royal Hawaiian Band, and surprise guests.
Polynesian dance groups Te Vai Ura Nui, Maohi Nui and the Ke Ala 'Olino Native Cultural Center will perform Tahitian, Maori, Tongan and Samoan cultural music, chants, songs and dances, plus a fire knife dance presentation sponsored by Freddie Letuli's "Flaming Sword of Samoa."
For details, call 239-1004.
Christmas 'Moments'
"Emme's Christmas Island Moments" will be the grand finale to the yearlong 10th anniversary celebration of the TV program hosted by Emme Tomimbang.The concert and videotaping takes place Dec. 8, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Tapa Ballroom. Featured artists are Willie K., the Makaha Sons, Hapa, Melveen Leed, Hawaii's original "American Idol" Jordan Segundo, and other special guests in an evening hosted by Kimo Kahoano, Brickwood Galuteria, Harry B. Soria Jr. and Al Waterson. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert taping will begin promptly at 7:45 p.m.
Purchase iickets, at $35, $50 and $100, by calling 545-2820, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. week days.
Premier sponsor benefits include a VIP reception with heavy pupu by celebrity chefs Alan Wong, Roy Yamaguchi, Sam Choy and Russell Siu; the best seats for the concert; two drinks; and gifts. Sponsor tables of 10 are $1,500 (without reception) and $5,000. For sponsor tables, call 947-6677. The VIP reception runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
A portion of concert proceeds will benefit the Institute for Human Services and the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse & Legal Hotline.
Those unable to make it can tune into "Emme's Christmas Island Moments" when it airs at 9 p.m. Dec. 15 and 4 p.m. Christmas Day on KHON2.
Concertante debut
Concertante debuts at the University of Hawai'i's Orvis Auditorium next month as part of Honolulu Chamber Music Series' 50th anniversary season.The stellar New York City chamber ensemble -- Ara Gregorian (violin/viola), Alexis Pia Gerlach (cello), Xiao-Dong Wang (violin), Tom Kraines (cello), Ittai Shapira (violin) and Rachel Shapiro (viola), -- will perform at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4.
Tickets are $24 general, and $15 students and Honolulu Symphony musicians, available at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus Center ticket office or by phone at 944-2697. Tickets may also be purchased (if available) at the Orvis box office beginning an hour before curtain.
A free talk with Concertante, hosted by UH professor and musicologist Lesley A. Wright, takes place at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in the UH Music Building room 36. No reservations needed.
Concertante will also be heard 11 a.m. to noon Dec. 3 in a "Live from the Atherton" broadcast on KHPR, KKUA and KANO. A studio audience may attend free, but seating is limited so reservations are essential. Call 955-8821.
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