Shows & events
Shows & events
Abled Hawaii Artists hosts annual Art Festival
Abled Hawaii Artists 10th annual Art Festival will be held form 10 a.m. to p.m. on Saturday at Prince Kuhio Mall in Hilo.
AHA promotes disability awareness and pride by celebrating individual abilities rather than disabilities, while promoting employment in the arts. AHA is the largest celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the state and is a completely free, not-for-profit, meaningful community event that brings together more than 400 participants for a day of music, performing arts, visual arts, healing arts, hands on demonstrations, and more.
This free event also incorporates speeches by disability self advocates and important community leaders. Enjoy healing arts demonstrations, express the artist in you with face/body painting, chalk and recycled art, mask and puppet making and fun for the entire ohana.
Info: https://www.facebook.com/AHAARTS808.
Movies Under the Stars featuring ‘Sing’
Queens’ MarketPlace will host its monthly Movies Under the Stars on Saturday with a showing of “Sing.”
Attendees should bring a beach chair or blanket for the free outdoor movie that gets underway at dusk, about 7:05 p.m., at the Coronation Pavilion.
In this PG film, a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario’s attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists’ find that their lives will never be the same.
Info: www.queensmarketplace.net.
DMAC annual member meeting Saturday
Donkey Mill Art Center hosts its annual member meeting from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday at its location in Holualoa.
During the meeting, which all are welcome to attend, the board and staff will share the year’s accomplishments with the community and celebrate the center’s progress and growth. Attendees can also meet DMAC’s new Executive Director Andi Campognone.
Info: www.donkeymillartcenter.org.
Live fire artists at work
The Edible World Institute hosts “Hot & Heavy” at 7 p.m. on Saturday at its location on Kopiko Street in Kailua-Kona.
“Hot & Heavy” is a showcase of live fire artists Pyros, Forno, and Eros. It will feature glassblowing, welding, blacksmithing, fire acrobats, body dance, a fashion show by Double Dare, wood fired oven menu, music and more. Cost is $12. Event is for those age 18 and older. Attendees should not wear flammable clothing.
Info: info@edibleworldinstitute.org.
Show depicts life of Queen Emma
“Vespers at Hanaiakamalama,” a one-woman show on the life of Queen Emma, will presented at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
In “Vespers at Hanaiakamalama,” University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts graduate Denyse Woo-Ockerman brings the audience into Queen Emma’s home as she contemplates her eventual life, rich in family history and the weight of unexpected tragedy. Married to King Kamehameha IV, Alexander Liholiho, Emma reveals her resilience as they attempt to build, side-by-side, a better life for all Hawaiians, during a time of great change in the islands.
The performance will be held in the Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium and is part of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park’s ongoing After Dark in the Park series. It is free, but park entrance fees apply.
Info: www.nps.gov/havo.
Waimea school hosts Summer Art and Song Fest
Waimea Elementary School hosts its Summer Art and Song Fest at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Mana Christian Ohana’s Kahilu Town Hall.
The event is free and will begin with a student art exhibition followed by a choir performance led by guest music director Ryan Tan and accompanied by local keyboard artist Kuhao Case. Joining them will be special guest operatic soprano, Chelsea Chaves. The program will include an assortment of music ranging from Disney tunes to jazz to opera.
No reservation is required.
Read Aloud Shakespeare meets Wednesday
Read Aloud Shakespeare meets Wednesday in Keauhou to read “The Bard’s plays.”
During the 6-7:30 p.m. meeting, the group will begin with The Tempest. Shakespeare fans should bring copies of the plays. The group takes turns reading and no previous Shakespeare or acting ability is required.
Info: Joy Vogelgesang, 557-0694, by noon Wednesday.
Katchafire to take stage Thursday
Katchafire performs Thursday at KBXtreme in Kailua-Kona.
The all-ages performance gets underway at 8 p.m. Also playing is Manalion.
Tickets are $28 and can be purchased online at tmrevents.net.
Info: www.tmrevents.com
‘Art Walk at the Library’ kicks off July 28 in Ka’u
Naalehu Public Library hosts “Art Walk at the Library” from noon to 5 p.m. on July 28.
The art walk, which will be held the last Friday of each month, will feature a local artist who will showcase their artwork on the library’s lanai, and will be available to answer questions about their work and techniques.
The first featured artist will be painter Derrick Chesterton.
Info: 939-2442.
Taiko drumming group holds fundraiser, show July 29
Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Kohala and Waimea, an Okinawan taiko drumming group, is having a fundraiser and show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 29 in Waimea.
The event will be held at the Mana Ohana Christian Center, located at 67-1182 Lindsey Road, behind the Kahilu Theatre. Crafts, baked goods, plants, food, and a silent auction will be offered. Oriental plate lunches and dessert will be available for pick up from noon to 2 p.m.
RMD Kohala and Waimea is a sponsored project of the North Kohala Community Resource Center. Money raised will support the group’s 10th anniversary concert.
Info/tickets: Call Kim Horn at 887-1533 (Waimea), or Kathy Matsuda at 895-2025 (Kohala).
Film screenings
Library to show free film
Honokaa Public Library will offer a free screening of “The Secret Life of Pets” from 4-6 p.m. on Monday.
In the PG film, the quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
Info: 775-8881.
Announcements
Inaugural Big Island Blues Festival set
The inaugural Big Island Blues Festival comes to Kailua-Kona on Aug. 19.
From 2-10 p.m. at Hale Halawai, the Off the Grid Productions event will feature original blues music, vendors, barbecue and more. Currently tabbed to play at the event are Naalehu-based Bottle of Blue, Ronnie V. and the Family Band and Tomi Isobe’s Blues Band.
Tickets are $20; those age 12 and younger enter for free.
Info: Email offthegridpor@gmail.com.
APAC casts annual Original Play Festival
Aloha Performing Arts Company received a record 424 entries for its 24th annual Original Play Festival, from 10 countries, 43 of the United States, and the District of Columbia.
A committee of 13 readers screened the scripts over two months and selected eight for the four-day festival in August. Five directors were chosen and recently held auditions.
A corps of 18 actor/readers was cast to present the staged readings of the plays. They are Stephen Alves, Alana Baxter, Allen Eggleston, Joel Gimpel, Shelene Grey, Steven Grey, Tiffany Kutsunai, Gordon Lindquist, Rhonda Lindquist, Topher Mann, Martin Dwyer, Kerry Matsumoto, Brett McCardle, Rich Mears, Joel Michaelson, Mark Murdock, Elizabeth Rollins and Janemarie Singer.
OPF XXIV will be presented August 16-19 at Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu, at 7:30 p.m. each evening. All plays are presented as staged readings, with simple technical presentation and actors holding scripts.
The festival opens Aug. 16 with “Setting the Moon,” a comic mystery by Thomas Durkin of Johnstown, Ohio, directed by Tiffany Kutsunai.
The evening of Aug. 17 features a quintuple bill of short plays. First up is “Slaughterhouse,” a dark comedy by Leland Frankel of Cambridge, Massachusetts, directed by Catherine Williams. Next is “Zombies R Us,” a futuristic farce by Rhea MacCallum of Downey, California, directed by Robin O’Hara. After an intermission, the plays resume, with “Exceeding the Purchasable Calories,” a zany comedy also by MacCallum, directed by Annabelle Treacy. “Garden Variety” is next, a “flower power” comedy by R.A. Pauli of Annapolis, Maryland, directed by Catherine Williams. The evening concludes with “In the Wrong Cafe,” an internet inspired farce by Jim Moss of Tampa, Florida, directed by Robin O’Hara.
Offered on Aug. 18 is “Mother’s Wishes,” a dysfunctional family dramedy by Lynn Robert of Dubuque, Iowa, directed by Ellen Farnsworth.
The festival closes Aug. 19 with “Neil Simon’s Last Hit,” a “show biz” comedy by Jack Feldstein of Jackson Heights, New York, directed by Robin O’Hara.
At 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 20, APAC will host a free public potluck celebration on the Aloha Theatre stage to honor all participants in the festival. At this event, the “Opie,” a