Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 5, 1 May 2018 — Festival celebrates Hawai'i writers, musicians and performers [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Festival celebrates Hawai'i writers, musicians and performers

By Treena Shapiro An annual celebration of Hawai'i songs and stories heads back to the Honolulu civic grounds the first

Ē \ weekend in May with a # \fullslateof entertainment featuring loeal literature, Hawaiian music, hula hālau and more. The Hawai'i Book & Music Festival is a time to hear from loeal and visiting authors, catch perfonnances by award-winning musicians and dancers, learn about heahh, wellness and aging, and

piek up eooking techniques - as well as samples and the cookbooks themselves. There's lots of programming for keiki, too: storytellers, discussions on

young adult fiction, mini performances

of "James and the Giant Peaeh" and a "Moana" medley, as well as kiddie games and activities. Onee again, the Office of Hawai-

ian Affairs is sponsoring the Alana culture program, with two days of precpntotir\nc onH rPiiHinCTC _ innlnHino sentations and readings inciuding

on a panel discussion Mana

Lahui Kanaka, a book OHA

published last year about mana and how it ean be used to uplift Hawaii o n r>Atnmntiifiar īan

The Alana pavilion will also feature

readings and discussions on recentlyreleased

writings: Dana '■H Naone HalFs Life of the Lanā: Articulations ofa Native

Writer\ Ian MacMillan's In the Time Before Light and

Malia Mattoch McManus's Dragonfruit. The annual festival is also a ehanee to hear from scholars who shed their academic language to share about interesting things they've uncovered in their research. A panel on Lord

ofthe Haao Rain by Irving Jenkin's examines the contents of the Forbes caves and the story of "sacred twins of Kalani'ōpu'u," Keouakuahuula and Keaouapeeale. Another session focuses on Noenoe K. Silva's The Power of the Steeltipped Pen, whieh reconstructures indigenous intellectual history. 2018 eelebrates several

sigmficant anniversaries within the 'ōlelo Hawai'i movement and Hawaiian education. "The Immersion Schools After 30 Years - The Experience," and "Creating & Publishing a Culture-based Science Program" reflect this, as does Puakea Nogelmeier's "The Ali'i Letters." The Alana program

is one of many themed pavilions at the festival - and it isn't the only plaee to find Hawaiian cultural programming. There will be hula on the mainstage: Hālau Hula Ka No'eau led by Kumu Hula Miehael Pili Pang; Hālau Mohala Ilima, led by Kumu Hula Māpuana DeSilva; Hālau Keali ' ika ' apunihonua Ke ' ena A ' o Hula led by Kumu Hula Leimomi Ho and more. Musicians will take the stage, too, including Kupaoa and Jeff Peterson, and Jake Shimabukuro closing out the weekend. Visit www.hawaiibookandmusicfestival. eom for more information. ■

2018 Hawai'i Book & Music Festival May 5-6, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Frank F. Fasi Civic Grounds / Honolulu Hale www.hawaiibookandmusicfestival.com

Hawai'i Book & Music Main Stage audience, 201/.I Photos: Courtesy I Howoi'i Book & Music Festival

Jake Shimabukuro to perform on Sunday. - Photo: Kenny Kim