Archive for "May 31st, 2013"

2013 Fashion Front Awards Hawai`i

Oahu

Thursday, June 6: 
2013 Fashion Front Awards Hawai`i.  The place to be for fashion lovers, featuring six of Hawai`i’s favorite emerging fashion designers taking to the runway to raise awareness on the importance of arts education for Hawai`i’s youth. Guests will enjoy live music, delicious cuisine and cocktails, and partake in a powerful networking opportunity designed to spotlight rising talent.  Awards will be presented to individuals and businesses that have positively affected Hawai`i’s fashion community. ThirtyNineHotel, 39 N Hotel Street, Honolulu.  8 to 11 p.m.  For information call (646)522-9610 or visit fashionfront.lawrenceblake.com.

Pan Pacific Festival – Ho`olaulea

Oahu

Friday – Sunday, June 7 – 9: 
Pan Pacific Festival – Ho`olaulea.  A diverse gathering of people, cultural exhibitions, and talent from across the Pacific Rim. One of the largest outdoor multi-cultural exhibits of its kind in the state of Hawai`i and it happens in beautiful Waikiki, on Kalakaua Avenue. The main thoroughfare is temporarily closed down to vehicular traffic from Lewers Street to Kaiulani Avenue to accommodate this festive block party. Enjoy food, crafters, vendors, and entertainment from a variety of cultures. Begins noon Friday, culminating with a parade on Sunday, Ft. DeRussy to Kapiolani Park.  For information and event schedule, call (808) 926-8177, ext. 279, or visit www.pan-pacific-festival.com.

Pan-Pacific Hula Festival

Oahu

Friday, June 7: 
Pan-Pacific Hula Festival.  The traditional Hawaiian fine art of hula has become very popular worldwide and especially in Japan, where there are more than 200,000 practitioners of this time-honored dance. The Pan-Pacific Hula Festival provides a dream opportunity for many of these groups who practice all year long, in anticipation of dancing the hula in Hawai`i.  See hula groups from across Japan performing their interpretation of the hula on stage. There will also be a special exhibition performance by local halau, Halau O Napuala Ikauika Iu led by Kumu Hula Sally Yoza. Kuhio Beach Hula Mound, 2431 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu.  4-10 p.m.  For information call (808) 926-8177, ext. 279, or visit www.pan-pacific-festival.com.

8th Annual Wa`a Kiakahi Hawaiian Canoe Sailing Festival

Maui

Friday – Sunday, May 31 – June 2: 
8th Annual Wa`a Kiakahi Hawaiian Canoe Sailing Festival.  On Friday, 3 p.m., witness arrival of the canoes on Ka`anapali Beach (Ka`anapali Beach Resort, 2525 Ka`anapali Pkwy., Lahaina) and the traditional Hawaiian welcome ceremony for 10 crews of the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association after completing a 30 mile race from Kahului Harbor.  On Saturday, 10 a.m., take a Hawaiian sailing canoe ride on Ka`anapali Beach and “talk story” with members of the teams about celestial navigation and the history of the Hawaiian sailing canoes. On Sunday, 8:00 a.m., witness the canoe send-off and traditional Hawaiian farewell ceremony for 10 crews as they race from Ka`anapali to Molokai. For information call (808) 661-3271 or visit www.kaanapaliresort.com.

8th Annual Wa`a Kiakahi Hawaiian Canoe Sailing Festival

Maui

Friday – Sunday, May 31 – June 2: 
8th Annual Wa`a Kiakahi Hawaiian Canoe Sailing Festival.  On Friday, 3 p.m., witness arrival of the canoes on Ka`anapali Beach (Ka`anapali Beach Resort, 2525 Ka`anapali Pkwy., Lahaina) and the traditional Hawaiian welcome ceremony for 10 crews of the Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association after completing a 30 mile race from Kahului Harbor.  On Saturday, 10 a.m., take a Hawaiian sailing canoe ride on Ka`anapali Beach and “talk story” with members of the teams about celestial navigation and the history of the Hawaiian sailing canoes. On Sunday, 8:00 a.m., witness the canoe send-off and traditional Hawaiian farewell ceremony for 10 crews as they race from Ka`anapali to Molokai. For information call (808) 661-3271 or visit www.kaanapaliresort.com.