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A 1,200-foot-long ti leaf lei made by the Kohala community on Hawaiʻi Island was draped across Pololū Valley over the weekend. As HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, the lei ritual is a reminder of a growing community of residents opposed to increased development in the area.
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The nonprofit Pan-Pacific Festival Foundation is organizing the celebration of the bond between Hawai‘i and Japan for its 41st year.
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Shelly Lowe, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, heads the federal grantmaking agency that supports culture, heritage, education and civic work across the United States. Lowe will be in Hawaiʻi from April 22 to April 26.
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"(re)Imagining Homelands" will be held at Leeward Theatre at Leeward Community College on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are available for live streaming and in-person attendance.
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Nā Leo Pilimehana, the biggest selling female Hawaiian band in the world, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a benefit concert at Windward Community College. The band continues to perform to sold-out crowds in Japan, Hawaiʻi and the continental U.S.
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An award-winning journalist who penned a book about daring to do something different is in Honolulu to give a talk at the University of Hawaiʻi. She shares some of the interesting stories that came out of her research.
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“Shaka: The Story of Aloha” presents multiple stories of how the shaka came to be the gesture with a pinky and a thumb out.
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This year marks 80 years since the 442nd, the brave unit of Japanese American soldiers from Hawaiʻi, liberated a small French town called Bruyères. Young citizens from that town recently visited Hawaiʻi to learn about the war ties. They caught up with The Conversation while in Waimānalo.
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This week, the composer and musical director behind the upcoming Cirque du Soleil show was in town. Evan Duffy is based in Los Angeles but was on the island to begin the process of hiring local musicians for the show.
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The third annual HEART of Honolulu Festival will hit the streets in Downtown Honolulu this Saturday. HEART is the acronym for heritage, entertainment, arts and culture, restaurants, and theatre and performing arts.
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Taiji Terasaki used augmented reality technology to feature the colors of life in the deep sea and the ocean’s critical role in protecting the planet’s health.
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Hawai’i poet Joseph Stanton spoke with The Conversation about his latest book, “Lifeline: Poems for Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper.”