Saturday, February 7:
Kuana Torres Kahele. Join multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award-Winner, Kuana Torres Kahele and his very special guests for a night of Hawaiian music.  Known for his incredible vocal range, Kuana is sought out by fellow musicians for his arranging, songwriting and producing abilities. In 2014, Kuana embarked on a 6-CD series entitled Music for the Hawaiian Islands, each paying tribute to an individual island with original music written by Kuana himself, specifically for hula.  CDs already released are Vol. 1 Hawai`i Keawe (Hawai`i Island) and Vol. 2 Kahelelani (Ni`ihau). Hawai`i Theatre, 1130 Bethel St., Honolulu. 7 p.m. For tickets and information call (808) 582-5535 or visit www.hawaiitheatre.com.

Saturday, February 7:  
Marine Corps Base Hawai`i Swamp Romp 2015. Join Marine Corps Community Services in kicking off the first running race of the 2015 Commanding Officer’s Semper Fit Race Series. This challenging 5K run will start and finish at Dewey Square on MCB Hawai`i Kaneohe Bay. The run goes up to the Officers’ Club providing a beautiful scenic view of Kailua Bay and Pyramid Rock, before the main challenge of a steep uphill run that goes up to the famous Kansas Tower providing a breathtaking view of Kaneohe Bay. The race is open to the public. For more information, visit www.active.com.

Saturday, February 7:
Annual Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival. Japanese and multi-cultural performing arts, hands-on demonstrations of bonsai, origami, traditional tea ceremony, and mochi pounding, plus a host of colorful craft fairs. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at venues throughout Waimea – look for pink banners identifying site locations from the Parker Ranch Historic Homes on Mamalahoa Hwy. 190 to the Hawaiian Homestead Farmer’s Market on Hwy. 19. Free shuttle transportation among most venues. For information call (808) 924-0279.

Saturday, February 7:
Abracadabra: The Magic of Art. Annual Gala Fundraiser for Love the Arts. Tickets are $60, $55 volcano art Center Members and $65 at the Door. They are available from Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus, Volcano Art Center’s Gallery, Banyan Gallery, and The Most Irresistible Shop in Hilo. Tickets are also available by calling Volcano Art Center at (808) 967-8222 or purchase tickets online at www.volcanoartcenter.org.

February 7-17:

POW! WOW! HAWAII 2015 DEBUTS AT THE MODERN HONOLULU WITH SPECIAL UNVEILING OF NEW MURAL AND ART EXHIBITION Top Waikiki Hotel Kicks Off International Art Event With Study Hall and New Mural HONOLULU, HI (Jan. 27, 2015) – Located in the heart of Waikiki, THE MODERN HONOLULU is pleased to announce its partnership with POW! WOW! Hawaii 2015, the international art festival that will deliver more than 100 internationally renown and up-and-coming artists to the streets of downtown Oahu. The event will kick off on January 29, 2015 at THE MODERN HONOLULU with a press conference and unveiling of a new mural inside the hotel’s dynamic ADDICTION Nightclub. In addition, the POW! WOW! Hawaii founders, Jasper Wong and Kamea Hadar will host the hotel’s first Study Hall series of the year in The Study Bar.  “We are delighted to partner with POW! WOW! and create a unique and innovative opportunity for our guests,” states Kelly Hoen, general manager at THE MODERN HONOLULU. “POW! WOW! is an uncommon brand, much like ourselves, and we are excited to work with them and help bring their artwork to life.”  POW! WOW! is a street artist festival that appoints young and thriving urban artists to cover building walls with inspiring and thought provoking imagery relevant to the destination. POW! is the impact that art has on a person and WOW! is the reaction that art has on a viewer. Together the term POW! WOW! describes a gathering that celebrates culture, music, and art. The street art displayed at POW! WOW! consists of murals, wall art, graffiti, and much more. “This year we’re doing more installations and studio work, not just street art,” says Wong. “We have an artist named Fafi, coming from Paris, France, who is doing a flower installation on Auahi Street. Hottea, an artist from the Midwest, is doing a yarn and string piece that will be an incredible optical illusion as well as Olek is crocheting a canoe on the lawn of the Honolulu Museum of Art.”
Events surrounding POW! WOW! Hawaii at THE MODERN HONOLULU include:

February 8, 2015 at noon-6 p.m. – Grey Goose Day Club party with live painting.

February 13, 2015 at 4-10 p.m. – Special viewing of artwork in the Sun Suite at THE MODERN HONOLULU, hosted by surf apparel line, RVCA.

The festival takes place on February 7-17, 2015, with the launch of the event on January 29, 2015 at THE MODERN HONOLULU. Visitors can find more information about POW! WOW! Hawaii at www.PowWowHawaii.com.

Saturday & Sunday, February 7 & 8:
The Taj Mahal/Ledward Kaapana and Friends Slack Key and Blues Concerts Event. An all-star lineup of Hawaiian and Blues musicians come together for a not-to-be-missed experience, featuring the incomparable Taj Mahal, and Hawaiian Legends Ledward Kaapana & Mike Ka`awa. Courtyard by Marriott Kaua’i at Coconut Beach, 650 Aleka Loop, Kapa`a. Saturday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. For tickets and information visit www.kuleanamusic.com.