Garden Island Range and Food Festival 2011
The Garden Island Range & Food Festival brings together cattlemen, farmers, chefs, and the Kaua‘i community to taste local, healthy, nutritious foods and meals. This Kauai festival will take place November 13th from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Kilohana Pavilion.
This important event is the public’s opportunity to meet the producers of Kaua‘i Island grown foods and to sample their products. The vision is to provide a venue for the education, encouragement and support of locally produced agricultural products through social, cultural and scientific exchanges featuring a diverse array of talents brought together for the purpose of developing an ethos of compatibility, tranquility and sustainability with this land we co-inhabit.
Contributing ranchers are providing beef, pork, and lamb. Dozens of farmers from around the island are providing fresh produce. Contributing chefs will be drawn from a dozen local restaurants and the Kaua`i Community College culinary arts program. Chefs will get a particular cut of meat a couple days before the event and come up with a way to serve it. Attendees will graze their way though samples of each recipe while they mix and mingle with farmers and ranchers who provided the Kauai-grown products for the feast.
Na Lima Hana Festival 2011 Events
Wednesday, October 26
8 am to 4 pm – ANA Grant Workshop
Thursday, October 27
Malama Ola Events
Dawn – ‘Aukai – Poipu Beach Park
7 am – Fitness Walk. 2.5 miles, an excellent way to strengthen the legs and improve circulation.
8 am – Interval Training. Bench step and jump rope for 3 minutes with 1 minute intervals of weight repetition.
9 am – Hula Aerobics. Hula is not only a dance of interpretations, but also the birth of body, mind and nature as they interconnect.
10:30 am – Electric Vinyasa Yoga. Flowing on a current of breath, student and instructor blend movement, mind, and spirit.
Hawaiiana Events
8 am to 4 p.m – ANA Grant Workshop
10 am to 2 pm – Cultural Craft Fair
5:30 to 8:30 pm – Lu’au
Friday, October 28
Malama Ola Events
7 am – Fitness Walk (2.5 miles). An excellent way to strengthen the legs and improve circulation.
8 am – Fit Ball Power Sculpt. Exercise that benefits the total body.
11 am – Aqua Aerobics. Allows a unique three-dimensional plane of resistance so that the muscles must contract in every direction.
10 am to 2 pm – Health demonstrations
La`au Lapa`au (herbal medicine) – Momi Subiano
Detox for Health – Justine Henriquez & Maco Waialeale. A total body detox. Sit and place your feet in warm water as your body detoxes through your feet.
Traditional lomilomi and la`au – Roland Logan and Miho Fukuda
Hawaiiana Events
8 am to 3 p.m – HLTA-Kaua`i Conference: The Collective Spirit of the Hawaiian Culture
8 am – ‘Awa Ceremony
8:30 am – Ho`opa`a Inoa/`Aina Kakahiaka (Registration/Breakfast)
9 am – Kahea Ho`opomaika`i (Opening Pule)
9 to 11 am
Kekai Kapu – Kukui Kahele Po. Create your own stone light (Enlightenment to Akua).
Solomon Apio – Niho`oki – Sit with `Anakala and create your own knife as he talks story.
`Anake Janet Kahalekomo – Shares her knowledge of Puolo Point, the salt beds, and her `ohana’s history in relation to this historic area. Create your own `umeke used for preparation to gather salt.
Leina`ala Kai and Ku`ulei Becklund – Lau hala. Join our weavers and learn about hala and create your own star or bracelet.
Verna Takashima – Kapa. Noted kapa creator `Anake Verna will create, as well as help you to imprint pieces of kapa.
Loea Kumu Kaha`i Topolinski – Pa Hula. Lecture and learn an `olapa.
Mayette Loseto – Creation of a kupe`e (floral bracelet).
Gordon Kai – Sit and weave your own aho (cord) for the creation of a necklace.
Loea kumu Kekoa Wong – Kinolau. Plants as they relate to hula.
11 am – Lunch
12:30 – 3:00 pm – Attend another class or finish a piece
10 am – Kaua`i Aloha Week Royal Court
10 am to 2 pm – Cultural Demonstrations
Pahu (drum) Making – Keone Turalde
Hawaiian Medicinal Plants – Momi Subiano
Lau hala Weaving – Ku`uipo Morales
Aho (rope weaving) – Heifara Aiamu
11:00 am and 3:45 pm – Entertainment with Halau Makana Lei Aloha and Andy Bumatai. Enjoy Hawai`i’s traditional foods in this extensive buffet luncheon while being entertained.
Saturday, October 29
Malama Ola Events
9 am – Taiko Drummers. Start your morning with our Taiko Drummers as they share a part of themselves, as well as their culture.
7:30 am – Strength Endurance Training
8:30 am – Zumba
9 a.m – Hula chants and stories – Kumu Kaha`i Topolinski
Grand Court – Learn the stories behind Pa Hula, the chants, the meanings of and behind the movements and steps.
1 pm – Kinolau – Kekoa Wong. Native plants as they relate to hula and ourselves.
Hawaiiana Events
9 am to 3:30 pm – Cultural Demonstrations/Craft Fair: Visit with our crafters, and demonstrators
Pa`akai (salt making) – ‘Anake Janet Kahalekomo
Weaving with `ie`ie (a natural plant found in the islands) – Kahalekomo `Ohana
The uses of kalo (taro) – Kahalekomo `Ohana
Coconut weaving – Kahalekomo `Ohana
Niho`oki (shark tooth knife making) – ‘Anakala Solomon Apio
Pahu (drum) Making – Kane Turalde. Learn how to make a musical drum used in cultural chants, hula, and ceremonies.
Lomilomi (massage) in the traditional style – Robert Logan
Hawaiian Medicinal Plants – Momi Subiano
Lau hala weaving – Ku`ulei Becklund
Kapa – Verna Takashima
9:30 am to 3:30 pm – Hawaiian music.
6 to 8 pm – Hawaiian music/hula show.
8 pm – Pa Hula Na Kane O Keoneloa (male hula group). Performing powerful hula chants and movements in the Main Lobby.
Na Lima Hana Festival 2011
The Na Lima Hana Festival will provide hands-on demonstrations of Hawaii’s cultural traditions and health practices October 26 through 29, 2011. This year’s theme, kumu honua, means “learning by going back to the source.” All cultural and health practitioners will convey the original sources of their knowledge, explaining how a particular cultural skill, craft, practice or tradition was taught to them. The Na Lima Hana Festival combines Hawaiiana (Hawaiian cultural traditions) and Malama Ola (to take care of life – health practices).
Na Lima Hana means many hands working, as this four-day event presents a multitude of cultural and health practitioners offering activities, demonstrations, entertainment and learning experiences. Literally, many hands are working to teach and learn these fascinating skills. Learn about lei-making, weaving with endemic plants, uses of medicinal plants, salt-making, drum-making, lomilomi (traditional massage), lau hala weaving, kapa making, carving, ancient chants, hula kahiko and the uses of kalo (taro). Enjoy Hawaiian food and entertainment too. Or, participate in a series of health and fitness activities. Enjoy Hawaiian food and entertainment too. Many events are free of charge to the public. Events are located at the Grand Hyatt Kaua`i Resort and Spa is located in Poipu Beach.
Hawaii Healing Garden Festival 2011
The Kauai Healing Garden Festival, on Saturday October 15, includes a full day of entertainment and presentations, plus Kauai’s eco-fashion show, a health & sustainability expo, healthy food vendors, lei & local food contest, and activities for adults and keiki too. Residents and visitors alike can look forward to celebrating the cornucopia of healthy & green living of the Garden Isle, at the 7th Annual – Kauai Healing Garden Festival. This is the third year at Kilohana Plantation Luau Pavilion, the signature venue for the Kaua’i festival.
Hawaii Health Expo 10:00-6:00
Presentations 10:00-5:00
Keynote Speaker 12:00-1:00
Poi Pounding 10:00-4:00
Tahitian Drumming 12:00-4:00
Cooking Demos 11:00-3:00
Eco Fashion Show 1:00-2:00
Music Mele 4:30-6:00
Poisons in Paradise
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lorrin Pang, MD, MPH, presents a 2 part lecture on GMOs & Pesticides in Food & Farming and Radiation, Depleted Uranium & Chemtrails in Hawaii.
Smile for Life: How to Effectively Create Oral Health for Life
Will and Susan Revak, creators of OraWellness toxin free oral health products. What healing the mouth is really all about: Strengthening the immune system, 3 principles to create optimal oral health, How many oral hygiene products may be hazardous to one’s health, How dietary choices impact our oral health, the works of Dr. Weston A Price and Drs. Edward and May Mellanby, Foods required to rebuild/strengthen the teeth, and Putting it all together: How OraWellness creates optimal oral health using both germ theory and cellular theory.
Can Foods Starve Cancer
David Bruce Leonard, Author of Medicine at Your Feet: Healing Plants of the Hawaiian Kingdom, and Wild Wisdom. presents on cutting edge research suggest that certain foods may inhibit cancer growth.
Green Building Ethics
Orion Stanbro – The goal of beautiful, contemporary designs can be obtained ethically and economically through simple methods which are available to all Hawaii residents. Based on materials that are reclaimed, new buildings and remodels are based on 100% superior old growth woods which were otherwise destined for the garbage. The idea of permaculture building meshes with the resources of the surrounding urban areas to create truly unique and high quality low cost structures.
Finding Balance in the Modern Age with Ayurveda
Sara Kruse, Ayurvedic Practitioner, LMP, Doula – Ayurveda is the ancient medical science from India that teaches us how to thrive in all areas of our health and lives. In this talk, we will focus on understanding the 3-doshas (vata, pitta and kapha) and their expressions throughout the body. You will gain insight into your unique Ayurvedic constitution, and how Ayurvedic wisdom views food, colors, aromas, sound, practices and bodywork.
Lomi Lomi Hawaiian Therapies
Kahu Penny Prior LMT – discusses and demonstrates the physical, emotional and spiritual benefits of Hawaiian lomilomi massage.
Choose the Right Bodywork for Health & Longevity
Damien McKinley LMT – explains the many types of Bodywork, and how to choose those that compliment your health!
Hawaiian La’au Lomi Stick Massage
Hands on Demonstration with Lomi Lomi practitioner Artemio from Molokai
Foods for Prevention and Healing of Cancer
David Bruce Leonard, Author of Medicine at Your Feet: Healing Plants of the Hawaian Kingdom, and Wild Wisdom.
Health Foods for Healthy Heart
Dr. Michael Ancharski ND – Learn new advancements in prevention and reversal of Heart disease – the #1 health issue in America. Dr. Ancharski has served as Professor and Clinical Instructor at two Naturopathic medical schools and co-founded Eclectic Institute, a foremost research center for new botanical and nutritional medicines.
Hawaii International Film Festival 2011
The Hawaii International Film Festival, October 13 to 23, features film screenings of productions from the Asia-Pacific region including films produced in Hawaii. Held at Regal Dole Cannery Theaters, Hawaii Theatre Center, Waikiki Beach, Oahu, you can enjoy screening films not available through any other venue in Hawaii. HIFF showcases over 250 films including many U.S. and world premieres.
The Hawaii International Film Festival was established in 1981 dedicated to the advancement of cultural exchange and media awareness in the Pacific Rim. HIFF is a premier international film event that has won the praise of filmmakers, scholars, educators, programmers, and film industry leaders across the globe. The first HIFF screened seven films from six countries to an audience of 5,000. Today, HIFF is the a premiere cinematic event in the Pacific drawing an audience of 80,000 or more from around the state, the nation and throughout the world.
HIFF is unique in discovering features, documentaries and shorts from Asia made by Asians, films about the Pacific made by Pacific Islanders, and films made by Hawai`i filmmakers that present Hawai`i in a culturally accurate way. HIFF also conducts seminars, workshops, special award presentation receptions with top Asian, Pacific and North American filmmakers participating.
National Wildlife Refuge Week 2011
Celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week on Kauai October 9 thru 15 and enjoy America’s wildlife heritage. Discover hundreds of seabirds nesting atop sheer sea cliffs, enjoy ever-changing views of a valley where taro farming coexists with endangered waterbirds, and explore Kauai’s colorful past by visiting the famous Kilauea Point Lighthouse during the week’s special events. Kauai has three National Wildlife Refuges – Hule‘ia NWR, Hanalei NWR, and Kilauea Point NWR.
Sunday, October 9th
Crater Hill / Mōkōlea Point Hikes
Local historian, Gary Smith will lead a six mile hike to a spectacular vantage point on the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. This free hike will reveal a rich history of the refuge and the bright past of Kīlauea Town. 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Reservations required.
Tuesday, October 11th
FREE Movie Night at the Kīlauea Theater
Join us for a wonderful evening at the Kīlauea Theater. The informative film “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” will show at 7:00 p.m. Reservations are not required, however seating is limited. Thank you to Calvary Chapel, North Shore for supporting this event.
Wednesday, October 12th
Crater Hill Hike
Join a Refuge Ranger for a moderately strenuous hike to a remote portion of the refuge where wildlife and breathtaking coastal views abound.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Reservations required.
Thursday, October 13th
Hanalei NWR Kayak Adventure
Join Refuge Staff for a kayak paddle up the scenic Hanalei River. Then, explore Hanalei NWR and learn about Hawaii‟s endangered water birds. Thanks to Kayak Kauai for supporting this event! 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Reservations required.
Friday, October 14th
“Hawaii‟s Seabirds & Climate Change” Hike
USFWS Seabird Biologist, Beth Flint will lead a moderately strenuous hike to a remote portion of the Refuge. Visitors will learn about Hawaii‟s seabirds and climate change. 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Reservations required.
Saturday, October 15th
Fee-Free Day at Kīlauea Point NWR
All are invited to enjoy the sights and sounds of Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge at no charge. The $5 per adult entrance fee will be waived. Kīlauea Point offers a rare opportunity to see seabirds up close, check out native coastal plants and catch a glimpse of the Hawaiian goose in its native habitat. Keiki visiting the Refuge on Saturday can meet the Blue Goose, visit educational booths, make a seabird magnet and get an endangered species temporary tattoo! The refuge is open daily from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Crater Hill / Mōkōlea Point Hikes
Local historian, Gary Smith will lead a six mile hike to a spectacular vantage point on the Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge. This free hike will reveal a rich history of the refuge and the bright past of Kīlauea Town. 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Reservations required.
