4 | FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Jazz in the Forest continues Saturday Jazz in the Forest featuring Jeannine Guillory with Jean Pierre Thoma and The Jazztones A Work of Art Gallery and Studio will set up its “artist photo booth,” where visitors pose behind fancy frames for their portrait photos, during Art-After-Dark this evening in Holualoa Village. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY The 2017 Jazz in the Forest series continues with two performances on Saturday featuring Jeannine Guillory with Jean Pierre Thoma and The Jazztones. Two shows will be offered, with a matinee at 4:30 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for both shows are $18 for VAC members and $20 nonmembers. Tickets are available online at www.volcanoartcenter. org, at VAC’s Administration Office in Volcano Village and VAC Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The last day to purchase tickets online or at Volcano Art Center Gallery is today. After that, tickets will be sold at the door if they are not sold out. Info: www.volcanoartcenter.org, 967-8222. Laupahoehoe Music Festival Saturday Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School hosts the 12th annual Laupahoehoe Music Festival on Saturday at Laupahoehoe Point Beach Park. Proceeds go to school’s agricultural and technology programs. This year’s Hawaiian-style event, which runs 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., features some of the island’s best music and hula entertainers including Diana Aki, Lori Lei’s Hula Studio, LCPCS Students, Average Joes, The Brown Boys and Kolea. There will also be food, games and handmade crafts. Hui Kakoo O Laupahoehoe, the LCPCS nonprofit organization, will again offer a silent auction, with proceeds going to the school. The event is alcohol and drug-free, and coolers are not permitted. Tickets are $15 in advance at Hilo Guitars, Basically Books, and Hilo Music Exchange in Hilo; M Sakado Store in Laupahoehoe; and at Laupahoehoe Community Public Charter School. Prices increase to $20 at the gate. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.laupahoehoemusicfestival. org. Children younger than age 10 enter free. Info: www.laupahoehoemusicfestival.org. ATT shares ‘No Strings Attached’ at library The Kailua-Kona Public Library will host the Aloha Teen Theatre for “No Strings Attached” at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Young people ages 6 to 19 years old are invited to learn a song and dance from “No Strings Attached,” an upcoming play based on “Pinocchio,” a book by Patrick Rainville Dorn with music and lyrics by Bill Francouer. Directed by Engela Edwards, the Aloha Teen Theatre is a free program that teaches leadership through performance. Sponsored by Friends of the Libraries, Kona, this program is free to the public. Info: 327-4327. VAC exhibit highlights silk paintings, scarves Volcano Art Center presents Anuenue, a fine art exhibition featuring silk paintings and scarves by Clytie Mead and glass by Hugh Jenkins and Stephanie Ross. The exhibit, which opened April 1, is open to the public through May 14 at the center’s gallery within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The gallery is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit reflects upon the abundant spectrum of colors within Hawaii’s frequent anuenue and its many varying landscapes. The artists have focused on the colors presented within the life-giving blend of the sun and rain, while exploring very diverse media. “Hugh Jenkins and Stephanie Ross explore rich pigments added to their glass vessels while Clytie Mead paints with colored dyes on silk, a much softer palette,” said Emily C. Weiss of Volcano Art Center Gallery. “The combination directly reflects our varying anuenue, sometime so bold you can’t miss it, while other times so subtle they are hard to see.” In conjunction with the exhibit, Mead will demonstrate silk painting on scarves on Mother’s Day, which is May 14. The free demonstration takes place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the lanai of the Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Info: www.volcanoartcenter.org Kona Town Hoe Down next weekend The Kona Town Hoe Down returns April 15, taking Kona country for a second straight year. The 5 to 8 p.m. event at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel will feature live country music performed by the the Bobby Reno Show. It will open with a country music warmup followed by the Bobby Reno Show, line dancing and a whiskey sampling at 6:30 p.m. A lucky number drawing will end the night. A variety of food and libations will be available for purchase. Tickets are $20 and are available at Kona Wine Market, Soundwave Music, Studio 55 Boutique, Kiernan Music, Tropics Tap House and King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. Info: www.konatownhoedown.com. Film screenings ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ to be screened Naalehu Public Library screens a family movie at 3 p.m. every Tuesday at the facility in Ka’u. The library shows a different family-friendly movie each week at no cost. This Tuesday, the library will screen “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The 2016 fantasy film directed by David Yates is a spin-off of the Harry Potter film series, it was produced and written by J. K. Rowling, in her screenwriting debut, and inspired by her book of the same name. Free popcorn will be served, while supplies last. Info: 939-2442. Film on ‘design thinking’ to be shown “Design and Thinking” will be screened from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Donkey Mill Art Center. The screening celebrates the organization’s annual Architecture Film Night. Hosting the event will be local architect Shaun Roth. The film is directed by Mu-Ming Tsai and is a documentary exploring the idea of “design thinking” The event is free and attendees are asked to bring a potluck item to share. Info: www.dmac.org. Workshops & classes Parent/child workshop offered at DMAC Emily Leucht of Imi Pono no ka Aina will lead a parent/child workshop “Block-Printed Wrapping Paper with Hawaii Nei” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at Donkey Mill Art Center. Block Printing can be some of the most accessible and magical kind of printing, especially for youth. In this workshop, participants will use native plants and animals as inspiration to create stamps for block printing. They will learn elements of creating a design, hints for safe carving and print patterns that will highlight design. Participants will leave the workshop with their creations, which can be used to also decorate fabric, gift cards, hats and more. The workshop is in collaboration with the Hawaii Nei Art Contest and will be featuring our 2017 featured category of Kumulaau: Trees. Cost is $15. Please are asked pre-register. Born and raised in Hilo, Leucht currently works as an education associate for Imi Pono no ka Aina, the education and outreach program for Three Mountain Alliance watershed partnership. She received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the California College of Arts and Crafts and a bachelor’s degree from the University of San Francisco. Continued on page 5 ➠ Music, food and art showcased this evening in Holualoa The shops and art galleries of historic Holualoa Village will celebrate local art and music this evening from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. as part of the village’s monthly First Friday event. More than a dozen studios and stores will stay open late to welcome friends and visitors with new artwork, food and music. For music, Dr. Tim and the Medicine Show will perform on the Ipu Arts Plus lanai and Dave Lawrence will again serve up classic rock ‘n’ roll at Koa Realty. Veteran Kona musician Becky Mello will make her first appearance at a First Friday event, and will perform with her guitar in front of the gallery. On the front lanai of the Holualoa Ukulele Gallery, the multi-talented Mauka High Notes will entertain the crowd. A Work of Art Gallery and Studio will set up its “artist photo booth,” where visitors pose behind fancy frames for their portrait photos. Expressionist artist Ellen Crocker, who works in the mediums of carving, painting and stitching, will also debut her work. Glyph Art Gallery welcomes new talent to the gallery, including the watercolors and giclee prints of Maya Sorum, along with hand-painted silk wall hangings, tapestries and linens of fiber art by Joan Blackshear. There will also be new work by Timothy Allan Shafto and Lisa Bunge. Mike and Terry Field will show their latest paintings along with new jewelry by Jana Luxe. The Holualoa Ukulele Gallery will celebrate its remodeled and expanded gallery space featuring ukulelethemed artwork by Nora Yamanoha and David Carlin. Pat Pearlman Designs in the Kona Hotel will showcase April’s birthstone, the diamond or any clear or white gemstone such as clear quartz. Fancy-colored diamonds or black diamonds are also considered a trendy alternative. Info: www. holualoahawaii.com ■ WEST HAWAII TODAY Guillory
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