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Part 1: Monday, December 5 at 6:00 p.m. Part 2: Tuesday, December 6 at 6:00 p.m. Learn how to create a spending plan, start a ...
Read More Kahua Waiwai Financial Education Workshop

Please join us for a special glimpse of Japanese Hawaiian culture as Hawai’i author Myra Sachiko Ikeda talks about her new book “A Harvest of ...
Read More A Harvest of Hawaii Plantation Pidgin: The Japanese Way

Storyteller “Aunty Jan” Morimoto will tell new stories such as Wanda’s Teeth and Click Clack Moo as well as favorite classics like Empty Pot, Tutu ...
Read More Humorous Stories from Around the World

The Galliard String Quartet, considered Hawaii’s premier string quartet, performs programs including the works of such favorite composers as Mozart, Haydn, Prokofieff, Glazunov, and Pachelbel.  ...
Read More Chamber Music Hawaii’s Galliard String Quartet

Papa Lopaka (Robert DeVinck) is a writer, English literature scholar, and long-time reader of classic books.  Come enjoy a dramatic reading of the Classics Illustrated ...
Read More Discovering the Classics with Papa Lopaka

Musicians Keith and Carmen Haugen will perform some American folk music. Sing along as they play a four-string ukulele and single string (pakini) bucket bass. ...
Read More Simple & Unpretentious: American Folk & Fun Music

Ian O’Sullivan is a classically-trained guitarist who will perform his various instrumental tunes and discuss his music style. Ian is well-versed in Hawaiian slack-key guitar ...
Read More Hawaiian Classical Guitar with Ian O’Sullivan

Come and be entertained by Magician Kelvin Chun!  He will also have balloon twisting for the children to take home.  The magic show is 30 ...
Read More Christmas Magic Show

The electrifying musician Lou Marini will present a one-hour lecture-demonstration with well-known local musician Bruce Hamada at the Aina Haina Public Library! Lou Marini is ...
Read More Special Musical Presentation featuring Lou Marini with Bruce Hamada

Author Helen Nakano will share stories and instructions for playing Hanafuda Nā Pua Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiʻi version of the traditional Japanese card game.  This beautiful ...
Read More Hanafuda – Hawai’i Style!