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ConFest will return to Hawaiʻi's art scene after a four-year pause. The five-day event is officially called the National Asian American Theater Conference and will offer live performances and workshops.
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The University of Hawai‘i Maui College received what's believed to be the largest collection of "sugar art" from Maui resident Jo Rockwell. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on its significance.
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The exhibit has two kai-centered banners and sculptures of sea animals made from recycled clothes from artist Jane Chang Mi and her son. It is on display at Honolulu Hale until May 17.
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The project called Lei Pua ʻAla: Queer Histories of Hawaiʻi builds on a recent production about the Kapaemahu stones in Waikīkī. It aims to bring forward hidden histories about LGBTQ experiences in all the cultures and ethnic groups that call Hawaiʻi home. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz has more.
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Zoe Green, a teacher at King Intermediate, was inspired by her childhood when the "manapua man" would deliver local comfort food to the community. Now, she's bringing ice cream treats to her neighbor as Good Humor's "Joy Driver of the Year."
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Author Cheryl Soon's “Remembering History and Honoring Culture: Statues, Monuments and Memorials on Hawaiʻi, Kauaʻi, Maui and Molokaʻi" covers over 90 pieces — with color photographs.
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The city initially wasn't sure if it was just high winds that brought it down — it happened the same day as the Lahaina wildfire. The artist charged with restoring the sculpture suspects that vandalism played a part as well.
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Meola also brought along a few friends to sing or play on the track. You may have heard of them — Willie Nelson, Mick Fleetwood, Paula Fuga, Jake Shimabukuro and Lukas Nelson.
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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.