Shows &events
West Hawaii County Band offers free concert
The 20-piece West Hawaii County Band offers a free one-hour concert at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Hale Halawai in Kailua-Kona.
The band will present “November Harvest,” and in honor of Veterans Day, which was Saturday, the band will play “The Army Forces Salute” featuring melodies associated with various branches of the service. The bail will also recognize the harvest of those “purple waves of grain” with a stirring arrangement of “America the Beautiful” by Carmen Dragon. They’ll also perform the swinging sounds of The King in “A Tribute to Elvis,” and a pair of marches, “Colonel Bogey” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Info: Visit www.westhawaiiband.com.
Kona’s Pumpkin Patch and Makahiki Festival returns
Fun to Jump Kona and Te Ea o Te Turama invite the community to take part in Kona’s Pumpkin Patch and Makahiki Festival on Saturday at the Old Kona Airport Park soccer fields.
Now in its second year, the free festival features a pumpkin patch picture taking area, food and craft vendors, makahiki games, community booths and live entertainment. There will also be bouncers, water slides and a rockwall for the keiki. The festivities run 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Info: Facebook: Kona’s Pumpkin Patch and Makahiki Festival
E Mau Ana Ka Hula Festival Saturday
Ka Pa Hula Na Wai Iwi Ola, under the direction of Kumu Keala Ching, presents E Mau Ana Ka Hula, “The Hula is Perpetuated,”on Saturday at the Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay.
The 11th annual free event pays tribute to the “Merrie Monarch,” King David Kalakaua, with a celebration of hula. From 8 a.m.-3 p.m., there will be arts and crafts vendors and hula presentations. Kumu hula and students from across the Hawaiian Islands, Europe and Japan will present their art of style and tradition of hula with either hula kahiko (ancient) or hula auana (modern) styles of dance. Each school will showcase the best integrity and quality of traditional hula steps, expressions, creativity, and adornments with costumes and stories that support the hula traditions.
From 6:30-9:30 p.m. is the sixth annual Halia Ka Nani — A Memory of the Beautiful Holoku, featuring dinner, dancing, silent auction and entertainment by Alii Keanaaina. Tickets are $50 per person.
Those who do not want to attend the full evening event can catch the concert from 8:30-9:30 p.m. by purchasing a $10 ticket.
Tickets/info: Visit www.nawaiiwiola.org and www.emaunakahula.org.
Kona Palisades Artists hosts annual open studio tour
The Kona Palisades Artists hosts its fourth annual Open Studio Tour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
This year nine Big Island artists will be featured at the tour, six member artists, who live in close proximity to each other in the Kona Palisades Estates area, and three invited guest artists. The group collaborated in this creative endeavor to open their studios and presentation spaces to the public and provide a unique opportunity for touring and artists’ demonstrations of their work process with an opportunity to purchase art and get a jump on your holiday shopping.
The nine Kona Palisades Artists featured at the tour are: Stefanie Culbertson, watercolor painting and digital design; Cynthia Hankins, photography; Bill Jaeger, stained glass; Kathleen Jaeger, acrylic painting and mosaic; Christal Nylin, oil painting; Victoria Sanders, weaving; Ernie and Karen Torres, woodworking; and Bill Twibell, gyotaku (fish printing).
This is a self-guided tour of nine artists showing their art displayed in their studios and presentation spaces at three locations. Maps can be obtained via Facebook.
Info: Facebook: Kona Palisades Artists, or email konapalisadesartists@gmail.com or call 345-1549.
Daifukuji Gift Shop featuring artist Spring Liao
The Daifukuji Temple Gift Shop will display works by Spring Liao from 11 a.m. to noon on Sunday and Dec. 10.
Spring Lao, who was born in Taiwan and came to the U.S. in 1972, has donated a very significant collection of her life work to the shop. Her work will also be for sale.
Most of the collection is paper cut pictures and ink paintings, one of which is on an ostrich egg. Many of the images are of Buddha or Kuan Yin (Kannon). Most of the art is framed, and all the paper cuts and many of the paintings are behind glass with UV protection. This collection is unique and will never be seen together again. To see examples of Liao’s work, visit www.springsgreetingcards.com.
Daifukuji Soto Mission is located next to Teshima’s Restaurant in Honalo, at the intersection of the Kuakini and Mamalahoa highways.
Info: Call 322-3524 or visit www.daifukuji.org.