SPECIAL EVENTS

35th Annual Parker Ranch Round-Up Club Rodeo
Place: Parker Ranch Arena, Waimea
Date: 9/5/2009 through 9/6/2009
This exciting two-day event is held annually at the Parker Ranch Rodeo Arena in Waimea as a fundraiser to provide scholarships for school-age children of Parker Ranch employees. The highly anticipated event celebrates its 35th year with loads of family-style fun. Tickets are available in advance at the Parker Ranch Store and at the gate on rodeo days. Children 10 and under are free.

WAHI PANA: SACRED PLACES, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
Date: June 22 to September 23 2009
Place: Luana Gallery at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i, Big Island
Contact: Kathleen Abood (Featured Artist - Primal Visions Art Studio Gallery), 808.640.0856, Kbabood@yahoo.com
Kona artist, Kathleen Abood presents a solo art exhibition at the Fairmont Orchid, Hawai'i. The Plein Air paintings selected for this solo art exhibition represent twenty years of creating 'on site' land and seascapes while traveling around the Pacific Islands. The plein air or open air painting session begins with a need to simplify visual details with a point of view. As the image develops and the weather changes, the bright tropical sunlight and luminous clouds on the horizon quickly become vivid brush stroke impressions, and the natural elements of the earth, ocean and sky breathe life into the wet paint.

PARADE & FESTIVAL FOR THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
Date: September 20 2009, 12 pm
Place: Honokaa, Big Island
Contact: Miles Okumura, info@peacedayparade.org, 808-883-0669
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE. Sunday, September 20, 2009, join the 3rd Annual Parade and Festival for the United Nations International Day of Peace in Honokaa. The Peace Committee invites everyone to help spread the message of peace, compassion and awareness of global interdependence and enjoy a fun free event for the whole family. Community and school groups, musicians, dancers, entertainers, performing artists, food vendors and crafters, all urged to share their creative expressions of peace.

KOKUA KAILUA HULIHEE PALACE CONCERT SERIES & VILLAGE STROLL
Date: September 20 2009, 1 pm to 6 pm
Place: Kailua-Kona (Alii Drive), Big Island
Contact: Vicky (PR Director), vicky@current-events.com
One Sunday each month Alii Drive along scenic Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona becomes a festive pedestrian-only walkway. Enjoy music, artists, merchants and restaurants. At 4pm, there is a free Hawaiian music concert at Hulihee Palace. Bring your own mat or chair and they will be checked for free while you stroll Alii Drive. Sponsored by Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, Destination Kona Coast, Kailua Village Merchants Association, Kailua Village Business Improvement District, & Big Island Radio Group. Upcoming: 10/18, 11/15 & 12/13.

ONGOING EVENTS

NA PA`I KI`I, PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII, 1883 TO 1905
Date: June 1st 2009 to October 30th 2009, from 10 am to 4:30 pm
Place: Lyman Mission House & Museum, Hilo, Big Island
Contact: Vicky (PR Director), vicky@current-events.com, 808-935-5021
Bertram Gabriel Bellinghausen's enduring and exceptionally captivating ethnographic record of an era at a time in Hawaii when Western and Hawaiian cultures were merging is on display through October 2009, at Hilo's Lyman Museum. The exhibit, Na Pa`i Ki`i, Photographs of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1883 to 1905, is curated by emeritus English professor, Dr. Albert Lum, and sponsored by Chaminade University and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Lyman Museum and Mission House are open Monday through Saturday.

VOLCANO ART CENTER
Date: Ongoing
Place: Kilauea, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
The Volcano Art Center is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, educational organization created in 1974 to promote, develop and perpetuate the artistic and cultural heritage of Hawaii's people and environment through activities in the visual, literary and performing arts. Under a cooperating agreement with the National Park Service, Volcano Art Center presents ongoing programs in the Park. Call: (808) 967-8222 or visit their site.

KONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY TOURS
Date: Ongoing
Place: Kalukalu (14 miles south of Kailua-Kona)
Offering a variety of guided tours, lectures, and exhibits including the Historic Kailua Village Walking Tour, the Kona Coffee Living History Farm Tour and more. For reservation & cost call (808) 323-3222. (Inquire about their breadmaking in their Portuguese oven!)

RANGER-LED PROGRAMS: HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Date: Daily
Ranger-led walks and hikes enrich your knowledge of the Park's resources and Hawaiian culture. Walks may be wheelchair accessible or may be longer hikes. The daily schedule of ranger presentations is posted each morning at 9:00 a.m. in the Kilauea Visitor Center. Call: (808) 985-6000 or visit their site.

NELHA PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Date: Every Wednesday and Thursday (excluding holidays)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. (Exhibit area open weekdays 8am-4pm)
Place: Keahole Point (one mile south of Kona Int'l Airport)
Ocean technology pioneers harness Arctic-cold deep seawater for the future of mankind. Visit the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) recognized world-wide as a unique and innovative business, research and science technology park. Fee $5/person (children under age 8 free). Call: (808) 329-7341 or visit their site.

AFTER DARK IN THE PARK: HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Date: 2 or 3 Tuesdays per month
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium
After Dark in the Park is a series of free evening programs on topics of geology, biology, Hawaiian culture and history. Call: (808) 985-6014 or visit their site.

MA LALO O KA PO LANI (UNDER THE NIGHT'S SKY)
Date: Every 3rd Saturday of Each Month
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Mauna Kea Visitor Information Station
An innovative program of cultural experiences shared by members of our Hawaiian communities followed by the regular evening stargazing program. Call: (808) 961-2180 or visit their site.

AN EVENING IN THE PARK
Date: Every 1st or 2nd Wednesday of Each Month
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Place: Puuhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park (S. Kona)
Each month, there are speakers on different topics such as traditional story telling, hula & chant, crafts, native Hawaiian forest birds,volcano eruption and more. Call: (808) 328-2288or visit their site.

EVENING AT KAHUA RANCH - SUNSET DINNER
Date: Every Tues. & Thurs. through December 27
Place: Kahua Ranch (North Kohala)
Come visit an authentic 8,500 acre working cattle ranch owned by the Richards Family. Meet a member of the Family and learn about the Hawaiian Paniolo (cowboy). Transportation. Dinner. Local Beer, Wine, Soda/Juice Bar. Live Music & Dancing. Roping, Branding, Horseshoes, S'mores & Stargazing. Call: (808) 883-8601 or email Sue Foat .

GRANDFATHER’S HOUSE: AN EXHIBITION ON KOREA
Date: Through December 31
Time: Monday through Saturday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm.
Place: Lyman Museum, 276 Haili Street, Hilo
Featuring a full-scale replica of a 1930s Korean home, this unique completely interactive exhibit offers hands-on opportunities to explore life in rural Korea during the 1930s. Call: (808) 935-5021.

MORNINGS AT THE PALACE - HAWAIIANA LIVE!
Date: Every Wednesday Morning (throughout 2007)
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Place: The Palace Theater, downtown Hilo
An educational and entertaining cultural program featuring live hula, the historic pipe organ, short films, commentary, and a segment with audience participation and interaction. Tickets are $5. Children 12 and under free. Call: Kimberly Bright (808) 934-7010.

CULTURAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Date: January through September (Call Park Headquarters for Date)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12 Noon
Place: Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site, Kawaihae, S. Kohala
Cultural demonstration programs on Hawaiian crafts. Other special Hawaiian programs are presented throughout the year. Footpath, guided and self-guided tours, exhibits and interpretive talks, bird watching. Call: (808) 882-7218 or visit their site.

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