4 | FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Shows & events Breakfast all day? Yes way. Available breakfast items vary by location. At participating McDonald’s. ©2015 McDonald’s Iolani Luahine Hula Festival today, Saturday The 15th annual Iolani Luahine Hula Festival starts today and continues through Saturday at the Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay. The festival was established in 2003 with to perpetuate the hula, and it also serves as a way to honor the memory of Iolani Luahine and her contributions to the preservation of hula and Hawaiian culture. The two-day festival features hula presentations and workshops starting at 9:30 a.m. each day. Matt Sproat, David Kamakahi and Nathan Grace will perform this evening at 7 p.m.; tickets are $10 in Members of Na Wai Puna O Kona under the direction of Kumu Keala Ching dance to “Hoonaunea” in the Kupuna Division at the 14th annual Iolani Luahine Hula Festival. LAURA RUMINSKI/WEST HAWAII TODAY advance; $15 at the door. On Saturday, the festival will offer Hawaiian arts and crafts by local artisans from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: www. iolaniluahinefestival.org. ‘Finding Dory’ to be screened Queens’ MarketPlace will host its monthly Movies Under the Stars on Saturday with a showing of “Finding Dory.” Attendees should bring a beach chair or blanket for the free outdoor movie that gets underway at dusk, about 6:10 p.m., at the Coronation Pavilion. In this PG Disney film, Dory, the friendly but forgetful blue tang fish, begins a search for her long-lost parents, and everyone learns a few things about the real meaning of family along the way. Info: www. queensmarketplace.net. Vegas Night benefits Kona Aerials Gymnastics Team Kona Aerials Gymnastics Team will hold a Vegas Night on Saturday at Hale Halawai in Kailua-Kona. Play blackjack, Texas hold ‘em, craps, roulette and Wheel of Fortune for fun during the 6 to 11 p.m. event. Food, soft drinks, beer and wine will be available for purchase. The “adults only” event supports nonprofit Kona Aerials Gymnastics Booster Club’s athletes travel to Oahu and the Mainland. Tickets are by donation; $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets are available at Kona Coffee & Tea on Palani Road or by emailing vegasnighttickets@yahoo. com or calling 854-4890. Info: vegasnighttickets@ yahoo.com, 854-4890 Pablo Beimler of the Hawaii Wildfire Management Organization, right, offers a pohinahina start to Mia Wright and her daughter Kara at last year’s Wiliwili Festival. LAURA RUMINKSI/ WEST HAWAII TODAY Wiliwili Festival this Saturday The Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative will host the sixth annual Wiliwili Festival on Saturday in Waikoloa Village. The free festival, which celebrates the area’s native lowland dryforest and the wiliwili trees of Waikoloa, runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Waikoloa Stables. Planned during the event are educational workshops, tours, vendors, native plant sales, prizes, keiki activities, a silent auction, music, food and more. The festival follows the Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative’s pop-up art gallery and sale in Waikoloa Village. The work of six artists that regularly feature Native Hawaiian species in their creations will be highlighted during the event, which runs 5 to 7:30 p.m. this evening, also at Waikoloa Stables. All art sales benefit the Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative and its forest restoration and community programs. Tickets are $30, which includes pupus, beer and wine, and live music by slack key guitarist John Keawe. University of Hawaii Professor of Geography Jonathan Price is the guest speaker. Info: www. waikoloadryforest. org/wiliwili-festival. SKEA holds annual membership day, gallery show The Society for Kona’s Education and Art will hold its annual membership day and gallery show, presented by the South Kona Artists Cooperative, from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The free event will feature live performances by Ke’ei Mauka Boys and Mahina’s Hula Halau with music by Aloha Moon, as well as an art exhibit by the cooperative, which is also known as SOKO, a silent auction, beverages and snacks and a presentation about SKEA. A kanikapila jam session will be held around 4:30 p.m.; all are welcome. Info: 328-9392, www.skea.org. Continued on page 5 ➠
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