Hanohano 'O Kona/Honoring Kona: A Free Lecture Series for 2012
Hosted by Kona Historical Society

Every Last Wednesday in 2012


Start Time: 5:30 p.m.
End Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location:

The talks will be held the last Wednesday of every month at the new West Hawai'i Civic Center on Kealakehe Parkway (going up to Kealakehe High School)

The schedule is as follows:

January 25, 2012 - Ka'Olelo Hawai`i/The Hawaiian Language: Revitalizing the Language Through Our Children
Ke Kula 'o Ehunuikaimalino and the Unuehu Hula Learning Community

February 29, 2012 - Chinese New Year: Celebration and Tradition
Ed Yap and the Kohala Tong Wo Society

March 28, 2012 - Portal to the Past: Hawaiian Kingdom Property Taxes
Dr. Tom Woods, Executive Director of the Mission Houses Museum, Honolulu

April 25, 2012 - Spearfishing and the Evolution of Freediving
Richard "Sonny" Tanabe, Olympic swimmer, local waterman, teacher, author, and coach

May 30, 2012 - Pa`u Riding: Perpetuating the Tradition in Today’s Generation
Ku'ulani Auld of the Kona Historical Society and a panel of kama'aina

June 27, 2012 - Voices from the Edge: Hawai'i's Ancient Trails and Their Message Today
Dr. Richard Stevens, Lecturer in History at UH Center-West Hawai`i

July 25, 2012 - Surfing in Kona: Past, Present, and Future
Jerome Kanuha and Pete Hendricks, local watermen

August 29, 2012 - The Culture of the Canoe - "He 'Inoa No Lili'uokalani"/"In the Name of Lili'uokalani"
Hannah Springer and local canoe club coaches

September 26, 2012 - Rebirth in the Heart of a Cemetery: West Hawai`i Veterans Cemetery and Restoration of Kona's Forests
Dr. Richard Stevens, Coordinator of Veterans Cemetery Reforestation Project

October 31, 2012 - The Onouli Crossroads: Notable Residents of Christ Church and Central Kona Union Cemeteries
Maile Melrose, Cemetery Tour Leader and local historian

November 14, 2012 - Voices from Our Past: Diversity and Independence in Kona’s Oral Histories
Ann Kern and students, UH Center-West Hawai'i (please notice this one is on the second Wednesday of the month)

The 25th. Annual Experts at the Palace Lecture Series


Free and Open to the Public

Start Time: 12:00 p.m.
End Time: 1:00 p.m.

Location:


January 26; Hi'ilei Kawelo (Paepae o He'eia)
"“Mālama Lokoi'a-Fishpond Revitalization”

February 2: Nola Nahulu (Hawai'i Youth Opera Chorus)
"E Mele Kākou: Teaching Culture through Music"


February 9: Kimo Lyman (Polynesian Voyaging Society)
"Hōkūle'a: The Revival of Hawaiian Voyaging"

February 16: Tom Pōhaku Stone (Hawaiian Boarding Company)
"He'e Holua: Reviving a Traditional Hawaiian Sport"

February 23: Puakea Nogelmeier (Kawaihuelani, Hawaiian School of Knowledge)
"Hawaiian Language, Resurgence and Resources"

March 1: E. Sunny Greer (Department of American Studies, UHM)
"NAGPRA and its Impact on Native Hawaiians"


Sponsored by: The Historic Preservation Program, Department of American Studies, University of Hawaii at Mānoa; Friends of 'Iolani Palace; Historic Hawai'i Foundation

The 2012 Genealogy Classes, "Digging For Your Roots"
Genealogy Research Workshops

Begin this month (January) and run through October 2012.

The two-day course will be on Tuesday and Thursday of each week from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. HST (Hawai'i Standard Time).

Fee: $75

Tuesday Classes:


Thursday Classes:

Instructor Fran McFarland specializes in teaching genealogical research in Hawai'i, not just for Native Hawaiians, but for immigrant groups and foreigners who arrived here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and made Hawai'i their home. She was born and raised in Honolulu. She has helped thousands of people research their roots to find missing branches of the family tree or establish blood quantum for Hawaiian entitlement programs. She is a member of the Utah Genealogical Association.

For more information or if you have questions, contact Fran McFarland by telephone at 808-203-7245 or email her at fjmvana@juno.com.

"Ka Honua Ola", by Dr. Pualani Kanakaole Kanahele
O'ahu Book Launch

TWO RELATED EVENTS

Date: Friday, February 3, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Hale Akoakoa Windward College, Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu

The first book of its kind to be published by a Native Hawaiian scholar about the Pele ohana. This book launch will feature readings by Dr. Kanahele, performances of mele from the book by Kumu Hula Leinaala Kalama Heine, Kumu Hula Sonny... Ching, Kumu Hula Snowbird Bento and their halau.

Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hale Akoakoa Windward College, Ko'olaupoko, O'ahu

A free two (2) hour workshop by the author and the only thing needed for admission is a copy of the book, "Ka Honua Ola".

Questions, comments, etc., contact:

Mehanaokala Hind
Email: mehanaokala@gmail.com
Phone: 808-392-1861