Shows & events
Shows & events
Kohala Coast Fine Art hosts artist reception
Kohala Coast Fine Art will host a reception for local artist Alex Gupton this evening at the gallery in Kings’ Shops.
Gupton’s newest work will be featured and refreshments will be served during the free 5 to 9 p.m. event.
Info: Kohala Coast Fine Art on Facebook.com
Harbor Gallery hosts reception this evening for Kristi Kranz
Harbor Gallery in Kawaihae will be hosting a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening for Big Island artist Kristi Kranz.
Kranz is a longtime resident whose passion for painting is inspired by the natural beauty around her. Her silk wall hangings, framed paintings and shoji screens depict luminous visions of lush hideaways, waterfalls, lily ponds, native flowers, hula dancers and playful honu, as well as powerful images of Pele and the spiritual side of Hawaiian culture.
“I have this space where I’m not looking for anything, just painting, where stuff slips down from the universe, through me and onto my silk, and it brings me the most joy I’ve ever felt. My sweet spot,” she says about her creations.
Almost all of Kranz’s pieces are one-of-a-kind originals, but she has produced a limited number of giclee prints of a few of the images. She feels that prints do not do the medium justice, since light plays such an important part in the translucent images, brightening the colors in a way that prints on a flat surface cannot attain.
Refreshments and light pupus will be served during the reception. Harbor Gallery is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Info: 882-1510, www.harborgallery.biz or email gunner@harborgallery.biz.
Honokaa Jazz Band offers free performance
The Honokaa Jazz Band will offer a free performance this evening at The Shops at Mauna Lani.
The Moonlight Mele Jazz Concert will run from 6 to 7 p.m. at the shopping center and features a performance by the Honokaa Jazz Band. The concert will be held at The Shops center stage.
Info: www.theshopsatmaunalani.com.
Kona Brewers Festival Saturday
The 22nd annual Kona Brewers Festival will be held Saturday at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel in Kailua-Kona.
The fundraising celebration is being held in two sessions, the “Afternoon Delight,” from noon to 3 p.m., and the “Sunset Session,” from 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Tickets, which were still available as of Thursday afternoon, are $75 and include craft brew samplings from three dozen Hawaii and mainland breweries, and samplings of a variety of local food prepared by top Big Island chefs.
The festival also features live music and entertainment, including the Trash Fashion Show, a performance highlighting creative fashions made entirely from recycled material.
The Kona Brewers Festival has raised awareness, visibility and funding for more than 40 nonprofit and community organizations supporting the well-being of Hawaii’s youth, environmental conservation, and cultural traditions.
Info: www.konabrewersfestival.com.
2017 Jazz in the Forest series kicks off Saturday
The 2017 Jazz in the Forest series kicks off with 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. performances on Saturday featuring Jean Pierre Thoma and the Jazztones.
The Volcano Art Center’s concert series offers an opportunity to hear the highest caliber jazz — up close and personal.
Matt Spencer of the Jazztones is a longtime professional musician and multi-instrumentalist. He has been honing his craft as an artist for almost 30 years.
Having studied jazz at the renown University of North Texas, Spencer has enjoyed a dynamic career as a musician. He has been primarily a freelance musician, touring, recording and writing music with many different groups in many different styles. Playing bass, guitar and percussion, he can cover a wide range of musical vocabulary — from jazz to African, Brazilian to funk, and salsa to spiritual.
He led his own 1-piece salsa band, was musical director for Cleo Parker Robinson dance company, toured with the Motet, Tony Furtado, and Kyle Hollingsworth, and worked as a studio musician in Los Angeles and a dance accompanist for many premier dance schools around the country.
Tickets for the 4:30 p.m. show are $17 for VAC members and $20 for nonmembers. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show increase to $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.
Tickets are available for sale online at www.volcanoartcenter.org, at Volcano Art Centers’s Administration Office in Volcano Village and VAC Gallery in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
The last day to purchase tickets online or at VAC Gallery is today. After today, tickets will be sold at the door if they are not sold out.
Info: www.volcanoartcenter.org.
Kona Ukulele Festival this weekend
The 2017 Kona Ukulele Festival, presented by Kaulua’e Foundation and Halau Kala’akeakauikawekiu, is slated Saturday at Old Kona Airport Beach Park.
Learn new skills and songs during the workshops that start at 10 a.m. and continue throughout the day, then perform and play with the artists in the evening. All proceeds to benefit the Kaulua’e Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. Participating artists include Lale Kam, Bula Akamu and Kainani Kahaunaele.
Cost is $42 per workshop and $12 for dinner.
Info: https://goo.gl/BJ1yop.
Fukushima Kids Hawaii events benefit organization’s efforts
Kona-based group Fukushima Kids Hawaii will present cultural fundraising events in Kona and Hilo this Saturday to mark the sixth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan and caused damage in Hawaii. The group has been inviting Fukushima children to Big Island for learning and healing since 2013, and the proceeds of events will be used for this summer’s program.
On Saturday, is “Prayer for Fukushima” from 4 to 6 p.m. at Hawaiian Queen Coffee Garden with a dance by Nasu Shizuno. Opening the event is Kumu Keala Ching with Yumi Kikuchi as emcee. Kikuchi will also play flute joined by pianist Annu Shionoya and vocalist Kau’ilani Trainer performing Puccini, Mozart, Verdi, Debussy and more.
For the first time, Hilo-based Women’s Chorus Group “Harmony on Tap,” led by Jeri Gertz, will join the effort for the Hilo event, which is slated from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo. The concert will feature vocalists Kau’ilani Trainer, Lisa Tagtor and Marius Stranger with “Harmony on Tap,” Annu Shionoya on piano and Yumi Kikuchi on flute. They will perform selected opera arias, art songs and jazz pop by Puccini, Handel, Mozart, Verdi, Strauss, Gluck, Debussy, Schubert and others.
This summer’s group of children will be the seventh invited from Japan by FKH, a project of Aloha Keiki, 501(c)(3) based in Honolulu. The group is expecting to host its 100th person this year.
Info: www.fukushimakidshawaii.com.
‘Dreams of Wonder’ magic show planned
International award-winning magicians Bruce and Jennifer Meyers present “Dreams of Wonder,” a magic show for the whole family at Hilo’s Palace Theater at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
The duo will be featuring new, stunning and astonishing magic and illusions, as well as a few jaw-dropping favorites. Also on the bill will be the artistry and poetry of Luna Sophia, as well as the humor of Josie The Jokester. Additionally, there will be an appearance by keiki magicians.
Much of the proceeds from the event will benefit Full Life organization, which works to empower people with disabilities on Hawaii Island, Abled Hawaiian Artists promoting employment in the arts, and the Palace Theater. Full Life and AHA artists and entrepreneurs will be displaying and selling their art and products in the lobby of the theater on the day of the performance.
Pre-sale tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for keiki 12 and younger. At the door tickets will be $15 for adults and $10 for keiki. Tickets are on sale now at the Palace Theater, 934-7010 or online at www.brucemeyers.com.
Info: 935-7699 or ahaarts@gmail.com.
KS Hawaii Hoike tells stories of 2 19th century alii
Kamehameha Schools Hawaii campus will present the school’s 14th annual Hoike on Thursday and Friday, March 17, at Koaia Gymnasium in Keaau.
For this year’s production, KS Hawaii will present Ka Iu O Hoku, a historical fiction work based on two plays by the late Clarence Waipa, a retired music teacher from St. Joseph School and former choir director of Hilo Seventh-day Adventist Church, First United Protestant Church, Kamehameha Schools Alumni Chorus of Hilo and Sing Out Hilo.
Ka Iu O Hoku involves two 19th century alii related not only through blood, but through the common fate of being both heirs to throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom but never able to reign.
The first act is taken from Waipa’s play “Almost a King,” and examines the life of William Pitt Leleiohoku II, brother to Kalakaua and Liliuokalani, during his early 20s. His story showcases his romantic side through song and hula as he courts a young Margaret Rice, a non-Hawaiian. His hanai mother, Princess Ruth Keelikolani, and his royal sister, Lydia (later known as Liliuokalani) both try to offer him advice on becoming a king and navigating his politically challenging romance. But Leleiohokus joie de vivre and optimistic attitude will not be dampened by royal convention.
The second act, taken from Waipa’s play “Kaiulani,” covers the life of the princess as seen through the eyes of close friend and confidant Robert Louis Stevenson. Her story paints a picture of the queen-to-be from her beginnings as a precocious child to a young woman who confronts the American government to restore her kingdom.
The combined plays have been given the title Ka Iu O Hoku by junior Kuuhiapo Jeong. In English, it is roughly translated “the highest of the star/the sky.” Both Kaiulani and Leleiohoku were viewed as the highest and most important people at that time (when the Hawaiian Kingdom was at the brick of annexation) as heirs to the throne. The title also cleverly combines their two names.
Ka Iu O Hoku celebrates the lives of both of these alii through mele and hula, performed in the tradition of Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Hoike, as an all-school production involving the entire student body. Music for both plays include music of the time period by and written for the alii portrayed.
Doors for the two evening performances will open at 5 p.m. and the production starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are $15 for floor seats and $10 for bleacher seats. Tickets are available at https://connect.pauahi.org/2017-ksh-hoike or at the High School Administration Office from 3 to 4 p.m. from today and March 13-15. Tickets will also be available at the door on the night of the performance.
KDEN’s ‘Murder on the Nile’ opens March 17
Kilauea Drama and Entertainment Network’s third Agatha Christie murder mystery, “Murder on the Nile,” opens March 17.
The story takes place on a paddleboat steamer going down the Nile between Shellal and Wadi Halfa. Simon Mostyn and his rich, beautiful wife Kay are on their honeymoon. Simon’s former love, Jacqueline has been following them throughout their journey.
There are a “bevy of memorable characters,” including Kay’s guardian, Canon Pennefather, who all play a part in the mystery. When Jackie gets hysterical and shoots Simon in the leg, an audacious conspiracy is revealed, everything is questioned, and eventually the criminals are caught.
“Agatha Christie is so much fun to do. There are so many twists in the plot and one must pay very close attention to understand the ending. Having done so many Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, we realized her mysteries are a lot like Gilbert and Sullivan without music,” says Director Suzi Bond.
The cast is led by Hayley Pereira and Stephen Bond as Kay and Simon Mostyn, with Stephanie Becher as Jacqueline, and Ray Ryan as Canon Pennefather. Supporting characters are Lezleigh Bignami as Aunt Helen, Erin Smith as Christina, Mark Rawlings as Smith, Barbara Johnson as Louise and Steve Peyton as Dr. Bessner. Also appearing in the show are Lowden Borgens, Carol Denecker and Roch Jones.
Performaces are March 17 through April 2 and are at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays at Kilauea Theater.
Tickets prices are $15 for general admission, $12 seniors and students and $10 for children younger than age 12. They are available at Kilauea General Store, Keaau Natural Foods, the Most Irresistible Shop and at the door.
Info: 982-7344, email kden73@aol.com.
Island Spice Dance Co. presents dance cabaret, dinner show
Postcard Productions presents the Big Island’s new professional international dance company, Island Spice Dance Co., in an evening of dance entertainment, international music and Middle Eastern/French cuisine next weekend.
Sojourn to the dazzling cabaret stage of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, the glamorous nightclubs alongside the Pyramids in Cairo, and a vivacious Carnival celebration in Rio de Janeiro. No passport is required for Permit to Sojourn, a show featuring three unique dance performance sets punctuated by international music and open dancing, as well as a menu infused with French and Middle Eastern specialties prepared by the Edible World Institute’s chefs.
The performance is the company’s debut production and will be held at 7 p.m. March 18 at The Edible on Kopiko Street in Kailua-Kona.
Island Spice Dance Co. features three top international dance artists specializing in Egyptian belly dance, Brazilian Rio-style samba, French cabaret and can-can, and a variety of other international dance styles.
Artistic Director Najla has 32 years dance experience in 17 countries and is the former artistic director and founder of award-winning Fleurs d’Egypte Dance Co. based in Seattle. She recently moved to the Big Island after spending three years performing on contract at luxury hotels and on cruise ships in the Middle East.
Stephanie Bolton has been dancing for 17 years and teaching in the Kona community for seven years. She founded Incense: a SEED program that offers afterschool mentoring through dance and art to teen girls.
Michelle Leigh has 19 years dance experience specializing in Egyptian-style belly dance infused with her passion of world dance. She is a founding member of the Saltanah Dancers of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she produced and performed in hundreds of shows prior to moving to Hawaii in 2015.
General admission tickets are $30 and VIP table seating is $40, and includes the two-hour show, dinner and a nonalcoholic beverage. They are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com, or at the door ($35 cash only).
Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hamakua fetes one-year anniversary with festival
The Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hamakua celebrates its one-year anniversary with cultural programs and classes on March 18 in Honokaa.
The E Ola Mau I Ka Pono Festival is set for 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on March 18 at the Botehlo Building. The festival features music, hula, cultural activities, and family fun.
The event opens with the blessing of HCC’s exhibit hall and unfolds to feature performances by Sonny Lim, Hula Me Ka Honua, Hawane Rios, Halau Waika, Hualalai, and Brad Bordessa. Meet the folks behind Pohaha I Ka Lani, Lalakea Fishpond, 101 Financial, Leiola Designs, and more at vendor booths featuring crafts, informational displays, and cultural activities. There will also be a silent auction and Hawaiian plates and vegan dishes.
The Hawaiian Cultural Center of Hamakua is a multi-cultural, multi-generational community center situated in the heart of Honokaa on Hawaii Island. It is a space for residents to deepen their connection with Hawaiian culture through community classes in arts, hula, language, history, agriculture, philosophy, and more. The center hosts special events, guest speakers, community service projects, and cultural exchange programs, creating a foundation for future generations.
Info: www.hccoh.org.
Hula Kahiko continues March 18 at VAC
Volcano Art Center’s 2017 Hula Kahiko series continues at 10:30 a.m. on March 18 with a performance by Kumu Hula Pele Kaio with Unukupukupu, presenting students of Unulau and Papa Huelepo.
Combining ancestral knowledge with the rigors of academia, Kaio, of Hawaii Community College, presents Unukupukupu with students of Unulau and Huelepo. These dancers express hula as a process for deep inner reflection and analysis. Through hula they define and exercise their unique contribution to this world we live in.
The free performance is part of a year-round series sponsored by the center. For the series, hula halau from across Hawaii are invited to perform each month in a one-of-a-kind outdoor setting at the kahua hula (platform) in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. These performances are presented authentically in an outdoor setting, rain or shine without electronic amplification. Audience members are encouraged to bring sun/rain gear and sitting mats. National Park entrance fees may apply.
Held in conjunction with this performance, Native Hawaiian culture specialist Kumu Hula Ab Valencia and members of Halau Hula Kalehuakiekieikaiu for “Na Mea Hula” (all things hula) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the lanai of the Volcano Art Gallery. Participants will learn a hula, use various hula implements and try their hand at lei making.
Info: www.volcanoartcenter.org.
Film screenings
Dramatic operas, ballet to be screened in Kailua-Kona
Giuseppe Verdi’s drama of passionate love, “La Traviata,” will be shown in HD, live from the great stage of the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday in Kailua-Kona.
Violetta Valery, a beautiful courtesan, the sought-after toast of Paris, has kept her heart free as she tells us in splendid aria, “Sempre libera.” Then (alas for her), she encounters Alfredo Germont (Michael Fabiano). His ardent heart wins Valery (Carmen Giannattasio), and she gives up all to live an idyll with him.
Before long, however, his father, Giorgio Germont (Thomas Hampson) arrives in anger. He has arranged a marriage for young Alfredo and also fears that the scandal of the liaison with Violetta will thwart the engagement of Alfredo’s innocent and pure sister. The old count expects Violetta to be a heartless mercenary woman but finds — after much misunderstanding, many hurtful accusations, and tempestuous confusion— that the frail, ill Violetta not only has given up all for Alfredo but nobly will give up even more. Too late, the father and son discover Violetta’s true nature and in some of opera’s most tragic music, express their remorse.
On March 25, Kona opera lovers can hear Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Idomeneo,” a tale of what happens when a refugee from defeated Troy, Princess Ilia, daughter of most royal Priam, encounters the young Prince of Crete, the handsome Idamante. Love quickly blossoms only to be quickly endangered. The King of Crete, Idomeneo, caught in a gale at sea, vows to sacrifice to Neptune the first creature he encounters if he reaches shore safely. This turns out to be his son, Idamante. An Athenian Princess, Elettra, in love herself with Idamante and harboring no kindly feelings toward the Trojan refugees, makes things even more fraught.
Both operas will be shown at the Stadium 10 Regal Theater at the Makalapua Center in Kailua-Kona. Both performances start at 12:55 p.m. with doors opening around 12:30. Tickets, which are available from the theater box office or through www.fathomevents.com, are $22 for seniors and $24 for others. Encore performances for both operas will be shown at 7 p.m. the following Wednesday.
On March 19, live from Moscow, the Bolshoi Ballet performs “A Contemporary Evening.” This pairs three contemporary composers with three contemporary choreographers and the superbly trained Bolshoi dancers. The evening will be a treat for those who want to explore beyond the exquisite but somewhat formulaic classic ballets. Expect somewhat edgy choreography and great music, where the performers bring the best of the older forms into distinctively modern settings. The performance is likely appropriate for audiences at least 18 years of age and older.
Tickets, which are available at the box office at the Stadium 10 Regal Theater and www.fathomevents.com, are $16 for seniors and $19 for all others. The performance begins at 12:55 p.m.
‘Beauty and the Beast’ to be screened in Naalehu
Naalehu Public Library screens an afternoon family movie at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
The library shows a different family-friendly movie each week at no cost. This Tuesday, the library will screen Walt Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” Free popcorn will be served, while supplies last.
Info: 939-2442.
Library to show historical Peace Corps Training footage
Historical footage of Peace Corps Training on Hawaii Island during the years of 1962-71 will be shown at the Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea.
The screening is free and will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
Info: N/A
Calls for entries
Kona Coffee Cultural Festival seeks signature art
The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival announces its call for art entries for the official image of the 2017 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival.
Local artists are invited to submit original Kona coffee art in all art forms including fine art, graphic design and photography. Artwork should reflect the festival’s mission to preserve, perpetuate and promote Kona’s unique nearly 200-year coffee heritage.
The winning design will become the official image of the 2017 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival and will be featured on all official merchandise. The winning design will also be featured on the festival’s magazine cover, website and other promotional materials.
Artists of traditional media including oil, acrylic, tempera, watercolor, illustrations as well as computer graphics and photographers are invited to participate. Typography should not be included within the art. There is no entry fee to participate and the competition is open to all Hawaii Island residents 18 and older.
Submissions are due by April 14 and should be delivered to Malia Bolton at the Kona Coffee and Tea Company located on Palani Road in Kailua-Kona. Entries can also be submitted electronically via email to maliabolton@gmail.com. Be sure to include “Festival Submission” in the subject line with electronic entries.
Workshops & classes
‘Exploring Tunnel Books’ offered at Volcano Art Center
Charlene Asato will lead a bookbinding workshop titled “Exploring Tunnel Books” on March 25 at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.
A tunnel book is made up of pages bound by accordion folds on both sides and are “read” through a hole in the cover, and a cutout in each page, allowing all pages to be seen at once, front to back. This creates an illusion of depth and perception. The images on each page work together to form a three-dimensional scene inside the book that helps to tell a story.
Prior bookbinding experience is not necessary, nor is tunnel vision or accordion skills.
Asato pursues book arts, paper arts, photography, calligraphy and doll arts. Her books have been featured in many juried shows, locally, nationally and internationally and some have won awards.
Cost is $32 VAC members and $35 for nonmembers, in addition to a $10 materials fee.
Info: www.volcanoartcenter.org.
Announcements
APAC fundraising gala March 18
Aloha Performing Arts Company will hold its annual major fundraising gala on March 18 at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu.
This year’s event, “Superstars of APAC,” gets underway at 6 p.m. and will feature fine wine, local beers, and gourmet pupus, as well as two acts of entertainment featuring APAC volunteer performers.
A silent auction will feature artwork, hotel and restaurant gift certificates, jewelry, specialty goods and services, various island activity packages, and more. A theater lobby and restroom redesign and upgrade will be featured as part of a brief live auction.
Entertainment will consist of a special presentation by Aloha Teen Theatre, numbers from shows past and sneak previews of coming attractions, as well as a few surprise guest artists.
Ticket prices cover only about a third of the theater company’s operating expenses, so donors are critical to APAC’s future, especially now, as the new owners of the historic Aloha Theatre. The annual gala event helps APAC continue to provide quality live theater productions and educational opportunities to the West Hawaii community.
Tickets are $85 and can be purchased online at www.alohatheatre.com, or by phone from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Info: 322-9924.
Artists in the Schools grant applications due
The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts is now accepting Artists in the Schools grant applications for the 2017-18 school year. There is a new category of funding for select neighbor island schools.
All public schools, including public charter schools, may apply for grants of up to $6,000 per school for artist residencies to be conducted during the 2017-18 school year. Schools must contribute 10 percent of the grant amount received, in cash, towards residency expenses. AITS grants are meant to enhance a school’s fine arts curriculum, not supplant it.
The new funding specifically for neighbor island schools requires the school to have an HSFCA Art in Public Places commissioned work of art on campus that was installed after 1993. Included Hawaii Island schools are: Ernest B. De Silva Elementary, Haaheo Elementary, Kalanianaole Elementary and Intermediate, Ka’u High and Pahala Elementary, Keaau High, Kealakehe High, Kohala Elementary, Pahoa High and Intermediate, and Waikoloa Elementary.
The grant program provides students with an engaging, creative and fun learning experience based on the fine arts standards through residencies with teaching artists. Many of these artists integrate their art form with other core curriculum areas, such as language arts, math, social studies and science, meeting both fine arts and other core standards.
The grant application must be completed online. Interested schools should visit (sfca.hawaii.gov) for more details. Applications are due by 4 p.m. May 2.
The Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts was founded in 1965 as the official arts agency of the state of Hawaii. Its mission is to promote, perpetuate, preserve and encourage culture and the arts as central to the quality of life of the people of Hawaii. The Art in Public Places Collection of the HSFCA began in 1967 after the state Legislature passed the Art-in-State-Buildings Law, setting aside 1 percent of construction and renovation costs of state buildings to acquire and commission works of visual art that beautify and humanize the built environment.
Info: https://sfca.hawaii.gov.
Wildlife conservation stamp contest winners announced
Holualoa artist Carol Tredway was among the two artists winning the Department of Land and Natureal Resources’ Division of Forestry and Wildlife 2017-18 Hawaii Wildlife Conservation and Game Bird Stamp Art Contest.
Tredway, a professional wildlife whose work is displayed at the Glyph Gallery in Holualoa, won the Conservation Stamp portion of the contest for her painting in acrylic that depicts a father and daughter bow hunting near Puuanahulu, with a ring-neck pheasant in the foreground and grazing sheep in the background.
Hayes, an Oahu resident who currently has a running art show at the Volcano Art Center titled “Life of the Land” through March 26, won the Game Bird Stamp portion of the contest for his acrylic painting of a ring-neck pheasant in Kohala, depicting a father with his son and daughter bird hunting with dogs.
The new Conservation and Game Birds stamps will be available for the new 2017-18 hunting season.
The conservation stamp is required on the Hawaii State hunting license, and the game bird hunting stamp is required for those intending to hunt game birds. Both stamps (differing slightly in text) will be available to wildlife stamp collectors by calling (808) 587-0166.