WEST HAWAII TODAY | BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017 | 9 EVERYTHING Nonfiction book club meets Tuesday Kona Stories hosts a nonfiction book club discussing “White Trash, The 400-year Untold History of Class in America” by Nancy Isenberg on Tuesday. The group meets at 6 p.m. at the store. Book groups are free if books are purchased at Kona Stories, or a $5 donation is requested. The wretched and landless poor have existed from the time of the earliest British colonial settlement to today’s hillbillies. They were alternately known as “waste people,” “offals,” “rubbish,” “lazy lubbers,” and “crackers.” By the 1850s, the downtrodden included so-called “clay eaters” and “sandhillers,” known for prematurely aged children distinguished by their yellowish skin, ragged clothing, and listless minds. Poor whites were central to the rise of the Republican Party in the early 19th century, and the Civil War itself was fought over class issues nearly as much as it was fought over slavery. Reconstruction pitted poor white trash against newly freed slaves, which factored in the rise of eugenics — a widely popular movement embraced by Theodore Roosevelt that targeted poor whites for sterilization. These poor were at the heart of New Deal reforms and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society; they haunt us in reality TV shows like “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” and “Duck Dynasty.” Marginalized as a class, white trash has always been at or near the center of major political debates over the character of the American identity. Surveying political rhetoric and policy, popular literature and scientific theories over 400 years, Isenberg upends assumptions about America’s supposedly class-free society — where liberty and hard work were meant to ensure real social mobility — in this New York Times Best Seller. Info: Brenda or Joy, 324-0350, www. konastories.com. ■ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Brewery Block in Kailua-Kona. From 6 to 10 p.m., the area, located at the end of Pawai Place at Kona Brewing Co., is rendered into a free night market featuring a summer wear fashion show, car club, keiki fun zone, artists and vendors. Also planned is live entertainment by Victoria Prince, The D. Ramos Band and LT Smooth, as well as a hula performance by Halau Kaeaikahelelani. Proceeds from Kona Brewing Co.’s beer garden will support the 501(c)(3) Donkey Mill Art Center in Holualoa. Info: www.facebook.com/ KonaTownNightMarket. ‘Opera on the Rocks’ coming to Hilo, Hapuna Hawaii Performing Arts Festival will present two performances of “Opera on the Rocks,” featuring classic drinking songs from the world of opera, on July 1 in Hilo and July 2 in South Kohala. The concert will feature artists from the festival’s faculty and young professionals. The Hilo show is slated 7 p.m. July 1 at Palace Theater and the South Kohala show is slated 4 p.m. July 2 at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel Coast Grill. Performed annually during the HPAF’s summer festival, “Opera on the Rocks” offers easily recognizable opera highlights, like “Libiamo, The Drinking Song,” loosely translated as “Let us drink from the joyful cups” from La Traviata and “The Champagne Song” from Die Fledermaus. Tickets for the Hilo performance are $30 in advance ($35 at the door) and are available online at www. hawaiiperformingartsfestival.org, or by calling HPAF at 333-7878 or the Palace Theater at 934-7010. Tickets for the Hapuna performance are $50 and available online at www. hawaiiperformingartsfestival.org or by calling HPAF at 333-7878. Info: www. hawaiiperformingartsfestival.org. 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 “The Secret Life of Pets.” Attendees should bring a beach chair or blanket for the free outdoor movie that gets underway at dusk, about 7:05 p.m., at the Coronation Pavilion. In the PG film, the quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when Continued on page 10 ➠ ➠ Continued from page 4 ONCE ON THIS ISLAN JR. By Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Revel in this Full-Hearted Tale of Love Once On This Island Jr., with its poignant story and catchy Caribbean-fl avored score, uses elements from Romeo & Juliet and The Little Mermaid to enchant the denizens of the French Antilles. Singing gods, dancing storytellers, and an array of colorful villagers will all be played by Kona youngsters age 18 and under. June 23 – July 2, 2017 Fridays & Saturdays 7:30pm Sundays 2:30pm Adults $15 Seniors/Young Adults $12 Children $5 alohatheatre.com • (808) 322-9924
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