email giac@hawaiilink.net to get listing in advance

MID-AUGUST 2010 ART & CULTURE EVENTS:

Tuesday, August 24, 31, 7:00 pm (every Tuesday evening)

The Complete History of America (abridged)

90-minute comedy with Jeff Demma, Ross Martineu

and Nellie Foster presenting 500 years of American History

Dining and theater package; 5:30 pm in Shells restaurant

Sheraton Kauai Resort, 2440 Hoonani Rd, Poipu 96756

Info, reservations, VIP seating, Kamaaina rates: 808.212.8444

email: Info@OceansideProductions.com

visit:  www.OPtheater.com

Thursdays, Aug 26, Sept 2; 2- 5 pm

“Abstracting Nature:  Handbuilding in Clay”

4-week ceramics workshop w/ Jennifer Hill

4 week course $85 includes $25 for firing and materials

Individual classes:  $25 each

Location: Art Pod in Niumalu

Sponsored by GIAC/KCS

Register:  giac@hawaiilink.net

Saturdays, August 21, 28; 9:00 am – 12:00 noon

“Serene Summer Saturdays w/ Pastels”

Instructor: Helen Turner

Workshop Site:  on-site Anini for plein aire

sponsored by GIAC/KCS

$15 per session

Register:  <giac@hawaiilink.net>

Contact Helen for plein aire locations:  (808) 822-2348

Monday evenings, 6:00 – 9:00 pm

“Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Theatre Arts”

Six weeks course offered by WIT

Aug 23 – Scene Study – Sandi O’Shaughnessy

Aug 30 – Improvisation – Richard Porto

Sept 13 – Scenic Design – Laurel Petterson

Sept 20 – The Art of Costuming – Mary McDermott

Sept 27 – A Brief Intro to Light and Sound Design (to be confirmed)

Island School Main Hall

$20.00 per session or $80.00 for all six. Minimum enrolment required, so sign up soon!

Call Romey @ 826-9755 for further info.

Friday, August 20 (every Friday); 7:00 – 9:30 pm

September 10 and 24; 7:00 – 9:30 pm

Millicent Cummings & Darby Slick

Blue Planet Cafe

No cover w/ purchase of expresso & dessert

Friday Night Hanapepe Art Walk

3900 Hanapepe Road

Saturday, August 21, 7:00 am –  12:00 noon

Hawaii Ocean & Coral Reef Awareness Event

Educational activities re Marine Ecosystem

Pu’u Poa Beach (fronting St. Regis Princeville Hotel) — site of first

World Reef Check Location surveyed thirteen years ago in 1977

Bring your own snorkel gear and underwater camera

Guided snorkel tours of the reef with multiple SCUBA & Snorkel instructors

Scuba Divers meet at Princeville Foodland parking lot at 7:30 am to drive gear to beach through locked gate; drive down all together

Free event

Contact:  <sos@saveourseas.org>

Saturday, August 21, 12:00 noon start time

AHA HULA 2010 – Celebrating the Legacy of Halau Palahiwa O Kaipuwai

Under the direction of Kumu Hula, Kehaulani Kekua

12:00 noon – 3:00 pm Paina and Pre-Concert Festivities

Hawaiian & Vegetarian Fare Refreshments & Desserts, Live Hawaiian Music,

Spontaneous Performances of Hula ‘Auana, Fresh Flower Leis

4:00 pm Hula Kahiko Concert, Classical Chants & Traditional Dances

Church of the Pacific, Princeville

www.kaieie.org

Saturday, August 21, 6:00 – 10:00 pm

3rd Annual Moonlight and Music in the Garden

A Fundrasier for the nonprofit National Tropical Botanical Garden

Swing Music & Dance

Special Moonlit Tours

Gourmet heavy pupus, desserts, beer, wine, champagne

Orchard Field in McBryde Garden

(entry via tram from Southshore Visitors Center)

Reserve your space now!

$125 or $1500 for a table of ten w/ special benefits

including reserved parking and table service

Limited to 300 seats

Contact:  (808)332-6500, fundraiser@ntbg.org

FREE INTRODUCTORY QI GONG EXERCISE CLASS

Sunday, Aug 21,  11:00 am; 1:00 pm

All are welcome to a friendly and easy introductory class of Qi Gong exercises for beginners.

Register:  639-4300, Qi@hawaii.rr.com

Sunday, August 22, 12:00 noon – 6:00 pm

Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapepe presents….

“Blast from the Past!” “Rockin’ 50’s Festival!”

Hanapepe Town Park

featuring the auto groups “Harley Owners Group” & “Sons of Kauai”

w/ many other Classic Cars & Motorcycles from Kauai enthusiasts

Daddy-O DJ Carvalho will be spinning favorite 50’s tunes

2:00 – 4:00 pm Live Music:  “Clifford Clutch & the Greasy Gears”

4:00 – 6:00 pm “Westside Smitty”

Plenty of grinds, sweets, treats, drinks! – Mele’s Kusina, Super Duper 2,

Granny Feelgood’s Kettle Corn, West Kauai Lions Club

Game Booths, stilt walkers, 50’s Stars Look-alikes, Bouncy chamber for kids

Admission free

Contact Cynthia or Ed Justus, (808) 335-6469 if you want to show your classic car or motorcycle;

Saturday setup at 6:00 pm; help is welcome

Tuesday, August 24, 5:00 – 7:00 pm

Kauai Society of Artists present “FOOD PARTY”

Guest Artist Thu Tran

a screening and fooding event

Potluck Reception – open to the public

Kauai Society of Artists Exhibition Space, Kukui Grove Center

Info:  Sally French, 651-5822, <french@hawaii.rr.com>

Tuesday, August 24, 6:00 – 7:00 pm

Canoe Plants Lecture-Workshop

Mike DeMotta, Director of Living Collections

plus hands-on planting session using sweet potato, taro, sugar cane, and awa

registration required so adequate plant material can be prepared

NTBG-National Tropical Botanical Garden

Education Center, Kalaheo (end of Papalina Rd)

Garden members – free when pre-registered

Others – $5 when pre-registered

At door – $10 (limited materials to first come)

Contact:  Loma, 332-7324, ext 204 before Thursday, August 19

Friday, August 27, 7:30 pm

Keola Beamer & Raiatea Island Tour

Special Appearance – Spring Wind Quintet

Kauai Community College PAC

Tickets $25 General/$20 Srs 62+ and Students

Tickets at Door $35

Tix Outlets:  Hawaiian Music Kiosks, PV & Coconut Plantation;

Kauai Music & Sound, Scotty’s Music, Koloa Island Soap & Candleworks,

Banana Patch Gallery Hanapepe, Aloha ‘N Paradise

Contact:  <giac@hawaiilink.net>

Friday, August 27; Saturday, August 28: 7:00 pm

Sunday, August 29, 4:00 pm

Continues for three weekends

Kauai Community Players present:

“Blood Brothers” by Willy Russell

Directed by Michelle Lewis; Produced by Lana Coffman

celebrating lives of two special thespians:  David Conrad & Ethan Shell

Puhi Theatrical Playhouse

Tickets:  $20 for adults/$18 for seniors/$15 for KCP members & students

Reservations:  call 1-800-838-3006

Online purchase:  <www.kauaicommunityplayers.org>

Tickets at Door: $22 for adults/$20 for seniors/$17 for KCP members & students

LIMITED Space available!

Contact:  Lana Coffman, 651-9994

Saturday, August 28, 8:30 pm

“Ripples, My Best Friend is Using Meth”

A peer education play written and performed by Pono Players

Kauai Farm Fair

Free

Rejuvenation Qi Gong for Beginners

Sunday, Aug 28, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Tuition $150; $25 for 3 months follow up practice

(Optional practice offered 5 times a week)

Register:  639-4300, Qi@hawaii.rr.com

Sunday, August 29, 2:00 – 5:30 pm

Seminar for Actors

Margie Haber, Hollywood’s Top Acting & Audition Technique Coach

Margie has coached Brad Pitt, Halle Berry, Vince Vaughan  & many more

“Stop Acting and Start Living the Life”

Location:

Cost:  $125 + GET

Space Limited, Register Early

Contact:  Jason Blake, 652-5210; LAinHAWAII@gmail.com

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 – Registration deadline for

“Fundamentals of Backyard Aquaculture”

Certified 8-session backyard course taught by Bernie Tsao,

world-renowned aquaculture & aquaponic systems specialist;

learn to grow fish to eat or start a small business in your own backyard

hosted by Aloha Church

Course begins September 7, 14, 21, 28 (Tuesdays)

and September 11, 18, 25, October 2 (Saturdays)

Location:  Aloha Church, 4534 Uahi Road, Lihue

(across the highway from Taco Bell)

Cost of course $240 ($30/session/person)

Register w/ Bernie Tsao: (808) 647-0640, <Bernie.tsao@gmail.com>

KauaiBackstory.com,  an online literary journal,  announces its fifth annual creative competition. This year’s theme,  “Refuge” is sponsored by the Garden Island Arts Council.  Cash prizes will be awarded in the following manner. Written: First place,  $100; second place,  $50; third place,  $25. Visual: One $100 award.

The deadline for submitting entries is midnight HST September 30,  2010. Text entries must be pasted into the body of an email (no attachments) and sent to kauaibackstory@yahoo.com. Images must be sent as a jpg attachment.

Kauaibackstory.com is intended to serve as a timely,  interactive forum. Readers are encouraged to visit often and post comments.

on tour now through September 8, 7:45 am – 4:30 pm, Mon-Fri

Hawaii Family Portraits – New Perspectives, Traditional Values

A Photo Experience Embracing All Hawaii’s Families

Photographs by Mike Ang and some Kauai ohana portraits

Kauai Community College One Stop Center Lobby

Sponsored by Equality Hawaii, PFLAG Kauai

Free and open to the public

www.hawaiifamilyportraits.org

Contact:  635-3024, pflagkauai@gmail.com

AIRPORT WINDOW DISPLAYS

HAL side:  “Dance Is Alive and Well on Kauai”

United Airlines side:  “Kauai – Island of Festivals”

Brought to you by Garden Island Arts Council

Funded by a grant through the Hawai’i Tourism Authority

In cooperation with the County of Kaua’I Office of Economic Development

(open to all passengers in transit)

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Send out on Friday, August 20, 2010