WEST HAWAII TODAY | BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT SCENE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 | 3 COOL FUSION: FESTIVAL OF 1,000 BOWLS RETURNS Event celebrates ceramic, musical and culinary arts Donkey Mill Art Center presents the 11th annual Cool Fusion: Festival of 1,000 Bowls, celebrating ceramic, musical, and culinary arts, on Sept. 23 at Keauhou Shopping Center. The event will run from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tickets are $25 presale or $30 at the event. Ticket includes a handmade bowl of your choice heaping with refreshing, home-style, Japanese Somen noodles, live music by Green Machine, dance performances by Kona Dance and Performing Arts, and ceramic demonstrations by Big Island artists. For more than a decade, Cool Fusion Festival of 1,000 bowls has supported art education at the Donkey Mill Art Center, a community art center in Holualoa. Each year, renowned ceramic artists from across the island come together to create uniquely beautiful somen noodle bowls as a fundraiser to support the Donkey Mill’s programming. These skilled volunteers meet every weekend for the preceding months until 1,000 bowls have been created, fired, glazed and washed. The assortment of handmade ceramic bowls are then arranged on tabletops where guests can carefully consider their selections before indulging in a lunch of noodles. Kona’s own Gypsea Gelato will be on-site, providing a complimentary scoop of gelato when you purchase a beautiful handmade gelato bowl. Additionally, handmade ceramic items are available for as little as $10 each, with many other pieces of ceramic art, including larger bowls, vases, and cups available for purchase. This year for the first time, the donated work of several notable mainland ceramic artists will be offered for sale alongside work by local talent. The Donkey Mill’s ceramic SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY For more than a decade, Cool Fusion Festival of 1,000 bowls has supported art education at the Donkey Mill Art Center, a community art center in Holualoa. Each year, renowned volunteer ceramic artists from across the island come together to create uniquely beautiful somen noodle bowls as a fundraiser to support the Donkey Mill’s programming. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY department offers year-round around the world. A former human beings through art classes for children and adults coffee mill, the art center now education and experience. in pottery and sculpture, as functions as a gathering place Info/tickets: Visit www. well as special workshops where people can develop as donkeymillartcenter.org taught by visiting artists from creative, conscious, and healthy or call 322-3362. ■ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Shows & events Ms. Aloha Nui Pageant, other Hawaii Island Festival events this weekend The 2017 Hawaii Island Festival kicks off this evening with the annual Ms. Aloha Nui Pageant at the Waikoloa Marriot Resort & Spa in Waikoloa. Doors open at 5:30 for the 6 p.m. event that celebrates women of great stature who embody the “Spirit of Aloha.” Held for the past two decades, pageant educates people about and honors o ka wa kahiko (days of old), which in the traditional sense, the grander size was a part of their overall beauty and charm. Tickets are $15, which includes a commemorative ribbon, while supplies last. From 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Queens’ MarketPlace and Na Makua Designs will present an arts and craft fair, featuring live entertainment, at various sites at the marketplace. On the Coronation Pavilion stage will be Kunia Galdeira (9 a.m.); Kainani Kahaunaele (10 a.m.); Halau O Poohala (11 a.m.); Darlene Ahuna (noon); Lito Arkangel (1 p.m.); Aloha Polynesian Dance (2 p.m.); and John Keawe (3 p.m.) On the Island Gourmet Markets stage will be Halau Waiau (10 a.m.); Kuleana (11 a.m.); Ben Kaili (noon); Leo Ekolu (1 p.m.); Maluhia (2 p.m.) This event is free. At 10:30 a.m. on Saturday is the festival’s annual Poke Contest at also at the resort. The contest pits teams against each other to create the best taster featuring cube-sized fish (poke) and various ocean delicacies, such as tako, opihi and oli. Tickets are $15, which includes a commemorative ribbon, while supplies last. Later Saturday, at 6 p.m., is the Kindy Sproat Falsetto Contest, also being held at the resort. The event features men who come out to show their skills to throw their voice in higher registers. They also share the mana’o of their mele, the songwriter and the hidden meaning (kaona). The contest honor the late Uncle Kindy Sproat. Tickets are $15, which includes a commemorative ribbon, while supplies last. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Next weekend is the Waimea Paniolo Parade at 10 a.m. on Sept. 16 followed by the annual Hoolaulea from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at Church Row Park. The festival’s royal court will make appearances during the 35th annual Kupuna Hula Festival, Sept. 13-16 at Sheraton Kona Resort. Info: Visit www.hawaiiisland festival.org Ensemble plans Kailua-Kona concert The Royal Kona Harp Ensemble will offer a Continued on page 4 ➠
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