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CALENDAR LISTINGS i To have a loeal event listed in our monthly calendar, email kwo@ | oha.org at least six weeks in advance. Make sure to include the location, price, date i andtime. Ifavailable, p please attach a highresolution (300 dpi) photograph with your email. A. s

The festival is held to feature taro/kalo in all its vorious forms. Eost Moui Toro Formers make fresh poi for tosting and for sale, as well as other toro products such as kulolo. - Photo: EastMaui īaro Festival

Kumu Hinaleimoano Wong will conduct the OHA sponsored Mele Workshops. - Photo: Courtesy

MELE WORKSHOP Apr. 10, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Hawaiians are connected by our history, language, culture and mana of our ancestors and storied places. Join us as we learn from Kumu Hinaleimoana Wong about how Hawaiian perspectives impact the mele that we sing, dance and chant in honor of our beloved land. T

Workshop will be held at University of Hawai'i West O'ahu, Room C208. For more information on the Mele Workshop series visit www.oha/kumuhina 2019 KU'I FESTIYAL Apr. 13 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The community is brought together to share mana'o about planting, harvesting, preparing and eating kalo at the Ku'i Festival. Youth from Ko'olaupoko exhibit their learned skills and knowledge alongside cultural practitioners in an effort to sustain meaningful

Hawaiian traditions and practices. KEY Project. 1 OLA NA KINI - 1 OUR 'AINA, OUR COMMUī NITY t Apr. 20, 10:30 a.m . to 2:30 p.m. t This event will feature Leeward 1 O 'ahu public school students who studied 'āina through service

learning and developed creative solutions to solve environmental problems. Students' families and the community are welcomed to attend to celebrate their aeeomplishments and learn how eaeh person ean help through an Earth Day Ho'olaule'a. There will be easter egg dying, 'ohana activities and a student project hō'ike! Free. Nānākuli Public Library. For more information, visit malama learningcenter.org. FREE LEI MAKING WORKSHOPS Apr. 2, 4 to 5:30 p.m. or 5:30 to 7 p.m. Kāne'ohe Community Park. Apr. 29, 2 to 5 p.m. at Enchanted Lake Community Park This lei making class will consist of demonstration and the opportunity to make your very own Haku, Humupapa or Kui lei. Participants should REGISTER for the class, but walk-ins will be welcomed! Participants are encouraged to bring flowers and greenery to be used in their lei. This event is all ages, however, children must be

accompanied by an adult. Free. Call (808) 233-7330. HULA ARTS AT KILAUEA: HULA VOICES FEATURING KUMU KINI KAAWA Apr. 3, 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Volcano Art Center's 2019 Hula Voices series continues with a program featuring Kumu Kini Ka'awa. Hula Voices is an oral history project whieh allows an engaging, intimate "talk story" session with Hawai'i Island's hula practitioners. "Talk story" includes their hula genealogy, traditions, protocols and experiences and more, These free, educational offerings will occur regularly on the first Wednesday of eaeh month, from 5 - 6:30 pm at the Volcano Art Center Gallery in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Park entrance fees may apply. COMMUNITY TECH FAIR Apr. 6, 12 to 3 p.m. Learn about everyday technology! Enjoy hands-on activities, demos, and prizes! Bring your smartphones, tablets, and laptops and join in for a fun-filled afternoon at Kapi'olani Community College. Be a Shutterbug: Create your own light painting, try the bokeh corner, or go on a guided photo walk with fellow photographers. Make something: Have fun making a paper circuit, cord organizer, or working a button maker. Do some decluttering: Bring

Cover the basics ot the community tech fair: Get support through small group workshops to leorn iPad basics, trovel plonning with Google, ond so mueh more. - Photo: Pexels electronic devices to e-waste or some papers to shred. You ean also learn how to prevent viruses and malware on your computer. Try new tech: Watch a loeal artist create anime & digital art and test out the latest gaming and eomputing devices. Cover the basics: Get support through small group workshops to learn iPad basics, travel planning with Google, and so mueh more. Free. Kapi'olani Community College Library. HAPALUA - HALFMARATHON 2019 Apr. 14, 6 a.m. to 4 p.m . The Hapalua 13-mile course travels from Waikīkī to downtown Honolulu and back, loops around Diamond Head and ends at Kapi'olani Park, the traditional finish line of the Honolulu Marathon. Form a team and join the fun! The start of the Hapalua is by The Duke Kahanamoku statue in Waikīkī and finishes in Kapi'olani Park. Date: 6am Sunday April 14, 2019. Start: Waikīkī Beach, Honolulu Finish: Kapi'olani Park, Honolulu Distance: 13.1 miles Half Marathon. www. thehapalua.com. SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAI'1 10TH ANNUAL POLAR PLUNGE Apr. 6, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m . The 10th annual Polar Plunge is returning for an action-packed weekend of high-sliding thrills, all to raise awareness and funds for Special 01ympics Hawai'i. Challenges participants to plunge down a 95-foot long, 36-foot SEE CALENDAR ON PAGE 19

27TH ANNUAL EAST MAUI TARO FESTIVAL Apr. 13, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This event provides an enriching experience whieh honors the host culture through food, product sales, music and hula, hands-on cultural activities, and "talking story" with Native Hawaiian Kumu and Kupuna. The emphasis on Taro cultivation is important anthropologically: DEEP TARO - This phrase represents the core of the Hawaiian culture. For more information, contact Judy Kinser at (808) 264-1553 or email info@tarofestival.org