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Slack Key Guitar Concerts

Kauai

Sunday Afternoons:
Slack Key Guitar Concerts. 
Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts.  February 5 – Sweet Hawai`i Dreams; February 12 – Hanalei Slack Key; February 19 – Honoring Raymond Kane; February 26 – `Ohana Slack Key.  Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar ad ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history.  Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free. Free gift drawing.  A portion of the proceeds supports the Hale Halawai `Ohana `O Hanalei.  Hanalei Family Community Center, 5-5299 Kuhio Hwy., Hanalei.  3 to 5 p.m.  For information and reservations call (808) 826-1469 or visit http://www.mcmasterslackkey.com/.

25th Annual Hoike Hula Concert

Kauai

Saturday, February 4:
25th Annual Hoike Hula Concert.
  An authentic cultural event of music, hula and dances of Polynesia featuring the men, women and youth of the hula schools of Kaua`i, O`ahu, Reno, NV, and Japan. Also composer and recording artist Darryl Gonzales and Greg Nobriga, Mitch Asuncion, Tahitian drummer, MC Kale Kaui. Featuring special guest the Makaha Sons. Hawaiian products, crafts, food sold in the lobby from 5 p.m. Tickets in advance $30 adults, $10 youth age 5-12; reserved front section $40 each. Prices at door $35 and $15.  Kaua`i War Memorial Convention Hall, 4191 Hardy St., Lihue.  5 to 10 p.m.  For information call (808) 651-0682.

Slack Key Guitar Concerts

Kauai

Saturday Evenings: 
Slack Key Guitar Concerts.
  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. February 4 – Hawai`i’s Cowboy Music; February 11 – Gifts of the Ancestors; February 18 – For the Birds; February 25 – Poina `Ole – Never to be forgotten.  Free gift drawing.  Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar ad ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history.  Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free.  Proceeds support Princeville at Hanalei Community Association and this program.  Princeville Community Center, 4334 Emmalani Dr., Princeville.  6 to 8 p.m.  For information and reservations call (808) 826-1469 or visit http://www.mcmasterslackkey.com/.

Hanapepe Friday Night Festival & Art Walk

Kauai

Friday Evenings:
Hanapepe Friday Night Festival & Art Walk.
  Stroll through the many art galleries in historic Old Town Hanapepe and meet the local artists from 6 to 9 p.m.  Enjoy shopping at local vendors, several restaurants, art galleries, stilt walkers, classic cars, live music and entertainment.  For information call (808) 335-6469.

Slack Key Guitar Concerts

Kauai

Friday Afternoons:
Slack Key Guitar Concerts.
  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts. February 3 – Mountain to Sea; February 10 – Tour of the Islands; February 17 – Legends of Slack Key; February 24 – `Ohana Slack Key.  Free gift drawing.  Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar ad ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history.  Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free.  A portion of the proceeds support the Hale Halawai Ohana `O Hanalei.  Hanalei Family Community Center, 5-5299 Kuhio Hwy, Hanalei.  4 to 6 p.m.  For information and reservations call (808) 826-1469 or visit http://www.mcmasterslackkey.com/.

The Date Movie Film Festival

Kauai

Friday – Thursday, February 3 – 9: 
The Date Movie Film Festival
.  An opportunity to see 21 wonderful classic films on the big screen at Kukui Grove Cinema in Lihue on the big screen the way they were meant to be seen. Tickets available now. You get a ticket for all 21 film for only $20. The ticket may be shared with friends and family. For example see a film at 4:30 p.m., then pass the ticket to your cousin to see the show at 6:30 p.m.  Kukui Grove Cinema, 4368 Kukui Grove St., Lihue.  For tickets and information call (808) 245-5055 or visit http://kukuigrovecinema.com/.

  • Friday, February 3: Roman Holiday, (1953) 4 p.m.; Ghost (1990) 6:30 p.m.; Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), 8:30 p.m.;
  • Saturday, February 4: The Philadelphia Story (1940) 2 p.m.; Crocodile Dundee (1986), 4:10 p.m.; My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), 6 p.m.; The Wedding Singer (1998), 8 p.m.
  • Sunday, February 5: Sense & Sensibility (1995), 1:30 p.m.; Chocolat (2000), 4 p.m.
  • Monday, February 6: Romancing the Stone (1984), 3 p.m.; Once Around (1991), 5:05 p.m.; The Notebook (2004), 7:10 p.m.
  • Tuesday, February 7: The Way We Were (1973), 3 p.m.; Say Anything (1989), 5:15 p.m.; Notting Hill (1999), 7 p.m.
  • Wednesday, February 8:  Casablanca (1943), 3 p.m.; The Last of the Red-Hot Lovers (1972), 5 p.m.; The Bridges of Madison County (1995), 7 p.m.
  • Thursday, February 9:  An Officer & a Gentleman (1982), 3 p.m.; Brian’s Song (1971), 5:20 p.m. Sleepless in Seattle (1993), 7 p.m.

 

Ha`aheo `O Hawai`i Exhibit

Kauai

Daily: 
Ha`aheo `O Hawai`i Exhibit.
  Cleopatra’s Barge was an opulent yacht built in Massachusetts in 1816. It became The Royal Yacht of King Kamehameha II but was wrecked in 1824. It cost about $50,000 to build, and about the same amount for luxury furnishings. Marvel at the opulence of this beautifully crafted ship, whose splendor was breathtaking for its day.  Kaua`i Museum, 4428 Rice St., Lihue.  Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., every day except Sundays.  Admission is $10 adults, $6 students 13-17 years, $2 Children 6 – 12 years, 5 years and under free.  For information call (808) 245-6931 or visit http://www.kauaimuseum.org/.

Slack Key Guitar Concerts

Kauai

Wednesday Evenings: 
Slack Key Guitar Concerts.
  Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and `ukulele concerts.  February 1 – Kaua`i Style Slack Key; February 8 – Island of Peace; February 15 – In the Real Old Style; February 22 – Whales Homecoming. Award winning traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar ad ukulele concerts featuring songs and stories telling its history.  Tickets $25 general admission, $20 Ages 13-19 & over 50, keiki under 5 free.   A portion of the proceeds support All Saints’ Pipe Organ Restoration Project.  Free gift drawing.  All Saints’ Sanctuary, 4-1065 Kuhio Hwy., Kapa`a.  6 to 8 p.m.  For information and reservations call (808) 826-1469 or visit http://www.mcmasterslackkey.com/.

Kilauea Art Night

Kauai

Saturday, January 28:
Kilauea Art Night. 
Festival featuring live music, local artisans and gourmet food trucks. Historic Stone Building, Kilauea.  4 to 8 p.m.  For information call (808) 635-2572.

The Fabulous Music of Cole Porter

Kauai

Friday – Sunday, January 27 – 29:
The Fabulous Music of Cole Porter.
  Kaua`i Voices, the island’s highly popular 40+-member auditioned choral ensemble, presents an evening of songs by the incomparable Cole Porter. Ranging from swing to Broadway and spiritual to jazz, the concert repertoire features some of Porter’s well-known favorites, including Anything Goes, Too Darn Hot, You’re The Top, It’s De-Lovely, Begin the Beguine, Well, Did You Evah,  and many, many more.  St. Michael’s Church, 4364 Hardy St., Lihue.  Friday & Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday 3 p.m.  For tickets and information call (800) 838-3006 or visit http://www.kauaivoices.org/.