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Twenty-four painters from around the world will gather Saturday morning at Hanakao’o Beach Park in Lahaina to paint what they see. The “paintout” marks the kickoff of the week-long Paint Maui invitational.
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The triennial has a mixture of immersive and conversational work. Some works of art are as small — flowers spread across the floor — while others are sculptures that nearly touch the ceiling. The materials used in the pieces range from ink, paint, kapa, seaweed, and more.
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Amy Iwano, president and CEO of HSO, said Senate Bill 441 would help the orchestra expand free public concerts statewide, enhance music education for thousands of children in the state, and more. HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports.
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Hawaiʻi’s sunshine, short rain showers and clean air together create some of the planet's best conditions for viewing rainbows. They’re so good a University of Hawaiʻi professor calls the state the “Rainbow Capital of the World.”
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Dozens of people gathered outside the Hawaiʻi State Capitol over the weekend to protest the immigration raids now sweeping the country. The Conversation spoke with civil rights lawyer Elizabeth Fujiwara about the historical parallels between the incarceration of Japanese Americans in 1941 and the current immigration policies.
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A gathering of contemporary Hawaiian artists at the PAʻI Foundation studio in Kakaʻako recently marked the launch of the Wehiwehi Initiative. It's the brainchild of choreographer Christopher Kaui Morgan, and supported by the Doris Duke Foundation and hosted at Shangri La.
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The short documentary “Dear Aloha” tells the story of why Native Hawaiians move away from their homeland. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio spoke with the film’s director, Cris Romento, about being part of the Hawaiian diaspora.
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Hawai‘i lawmakers got a sneak peek of what the large-scale mural will look like with fabricated glass.
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The Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Futures Project is a convening of stakeholders around public media and specifically the work that Pacific Islanders in Communications does to uplift voices across our community. The Conversation talked to Executive Director Cheryl Hirasa about the event and the uncertainty of federal funding programs under the Trump administration.
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Judy Collins just kicked off her 85th birthday tour. She is headed to Honolulu this week for a concert at the Blue Note Hawaii in Waikīkī. The Conversation talked to her about her coming projects and the work of her late husband, Louis Nelson.
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This weekend we jumped on a historic train out on the ʻEwa Plain to pay homage to World War II history. The Hawaiian Railway Society rededicated a recently restored WWI-era Merci boxcar. The Conversation spoke to historian Jeff Livingston about the boxcar.
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The Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny’s latest album has been charting on the Billboard Hot 100. HPR’s Cassie Ordonio reports one song referencing Hawaiʻi has drawn reaction from Native Hawaiians and Puerto Ricans locally.