10 | FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2017 BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE | WEST HAWAII TODAY ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ➠ Continued from page 5 to fees; an all-day pass for demonstrations and the gala on April 29 is $135, plus fees. The demonstrations are $35 each or $75 for all. Info: www. bigislandchocolatefestival. com. ‘Art and Sol’ annual benefit April 29 Art and Sol will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. April 29 at Kahilu Theatre Galleries. A “Very Nice Person” reception will precede the event from 1:30 to 2 p.m. “Art and Sol” is the largest fundraiser of the year to support Malaai Garden at Waimea Middle School. Each year, all 250 students and more 1,200 community members learn together in this 1-acre organic garden, sharing lessons of teamwork, paahana (hard work), self reliance, systems in nature, and making good choices for healthy, meaningful lives. Tickets are $50 for pupu paired with wines; $100 for VNP tickets, $50 of which is a direct donation. A silent auction is planned. Art pieces include a heirloom custom koa piece by Raiatea Woodworks, kapa made by Roen Hufford, handmade jewelry, baskets of Waimea-fresh produce, one-of-a-kind experiences and chef dinners. Info: www.malaai.org, alethea@malaai.org. May Day is Lei Day at VAC Volcano Art Center will celebrate May Day, which is Monday, May 1, with a variety of activities, including hands-on demonstrations. May Day honors the unique way that Hawaii’s multicultural traditions are woven together to create a more interesting, more tolerant and more beautiful community. With hundreds of fragrant blossoms and plant materials provided by the Volcano Art Center Gallery, learn tips to sewing the perfect lei, the proper protocol of giving and receiving a lei and more. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the gallery will be featuring hands on lei making demonstrations with master lei makers Randy Lee, Kaipo AhChong and Dana Castro. There will also be live music by Wes Awana and friends, and impromptu hula dancing by Noe Noe Kekaualua. Awana, a Volcano resident, is a popular local musician and ukelele teacher who will share his love of Hawaiian music. One of Hawaii’s finest hula dancers, Kekaualua, was born and raised in Hilo, and has a love and passion for Hawaiian culture that has taken her around the world. She began studying the art of hula at age 4 and has been engaged in this art ever since. Lee uses a variety of natural materials to fashion lei from the freshest fern, leaves and flowers that he gathers from the rain forests of Panaewa. Practitioner Dana Castro creates meticulous lei and adornments, and lets his work speak for itself. Tropical agriculture farmer AhChong will also share his expert leimaking skills. As a member of Halau Na Kamalei, his unique experience marries the science of agriculture with Hawaiian lei and hula traditions. This free event at the VAC Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is supported in part by a grant from the Hawaii Tourism Authority, the County of Hawaii, and individual funding from members of the Volcano Art Center’s Ohana. National Park entrance fees may apply. Info: www. volcanoartcenter.org. Call for entry Tiffany’s Art Agency seeks kitchen-related works Tiffany’s Art Agency is accepting submissions from Hawaii Island artists working in clay, fiber, glass, metal, mixed media and wood for handmade and functional kitchen-related works. Dishes and service-ware, cooking utensils, cutlery, cups, glasses, napkins, bowls, etc., are being sought and artists are encouraged to think about designs they’d like to receive commissions for and are willing to make in multiples. Artists should submit high quality images to tiffany@tiffanysartagency. com by May 20. Artists will be notified via email if they are accepted. Accepted artists will be asked to produce works for the gallery in Hawi on an ongoing basis, as well as select pieces for Tiffany’s Art Agency’s Handmade Show at Chef Fest. Chef Fest is a celebration of highprofile dinners, interactive cooking classes, and culinary and wine experiences at the Four Seasons Resort, Hualalai, from Oct. 4 to 8. Info: tiffany@ tiffanysartagency.com. Film screenings Movies Under the Stars Saturday in Waikoloa Queens’ MarketPlace will host its monthly Movies Under the Stars on Saturday with a showing of “Moana.” Attendees should bring a beach chair or blanket for the free outdoor movie that gets underway at dusk, about 6:45 p.m., at the Coronation Pavilion. In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain’s daughter’s island, Moana answers the Ocean’s call to seek out the Demigod to set things right. Info: www. queensmarketplace.net. ‘Storks’ to be screened in Naalehu Naalehu Public Library screens an afternoon family movie at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. The library shows a different family-friendly movie each week at no cost. Tuesday, the library will screen “Storks,” released in 2016. Free popcorn will be served, while supplies last. Info: 939-2442. ‘Roots of Ulu’ to be shown The documentary “The Roots of Ulu” will be screened during Earth Day festivities at Maona Market on Saturday. “Roots of Ulu” follows the mythological origins of ulu, its journey from Tahiti to Hawaii on Polynesian voyaging canoes, and modern efforts to revitalize breadfruit as a possible solution to food shortages. The film will be screened at 6 p.m. at Maona Market at 84-5097 Keala O Keawe Road, just above the Honaunau Rodeo Grounds. It will follow a 5 p.m. presentation by Noa Lincoln of the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources on sustainable ulu production. The 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. event will also feature food, plants, fresh local produce, local handmade arts, crafts, jewelry, raffles, and live music. Classes & workshops ‘Hula Pele’ workshop series offered Volcano Art Center invites the public to a unique hula workshop series “Hula Pele” during May in Volcano Village. In celebration of Hilo’s annual Merrie Monarch festival, Kumu Ab Valencia offers the workshop from 4 to 5 p.m. on May 2, 9, 16 and 23 at the center’s Niaulani Campus. Valencia will teach a hula Pele that pays homage to Pelehonuamea and her home at Kilauea. Learn basic hula steps and hand motions that tell the story of Pele. In this workshop, participants will learn appropriate costuming and how to make naa lei wehiwehi hula (hula adornments). On the last day of class the haumana (students) will make a traditional hula presentation to Pele at her home at Kilauea. Cost for this four-session workshop is $200 and includes all plant materials for hula adornments. No prior hula experience is necessary. All classes meet at Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Valencia was born and raised in Honolulu and began dancing hula in 1979. In 2004, he and his wife, Pua, moved from Honolulu to Volcano where Halau Hula Kalehuakiekieikaiu ma Kilauea began in March 2006. He currently teaches hula in Volcano and continues to share traditional cultural knowledge with the community. Info/register: 967-8222, www.volcanoartcenter.org. Correction An A&E Wrap-Up brief in the April 14 edition of the Big Island Entertainment Scene omitted information. Geechy Guy will perform an after-dinner show at 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, and a pre-dinner show at 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 23, at Jackie Rey’s Ohana Grill in Kailua-Kona. It is the policy of West Hawaii Today to correct promptly any incorrect or misleading information when it is brought to the attention of the newspaper. ■ From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 1, the Volcano Art Center Gallery will be featuring hands on lei making demonstrations with master lei makers Randy Lee, Kaipo AhChong and Dana Castro in celebration of May Day. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
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