Hualalai Golf Club, Ka'upulehu, Hawaii hosts the greats in a PGA 54 Hole-Stroke play competition. Tickets to the tournament can be purchased by calling (800) 417-2770.
Date(s): 01-19-2009 through 01-23-2009
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Location: Hualalai Golf Club
Phone: (800) 417-2770
• Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai
The Mitsubishi Electric Championship features the worlds greatest golfers as they gather at the beautiful Hualalai Resort. Challenging for $1.8 million in prize money in a 54-hole competition.
The Golf Channel televises the event live from the lush Hualalai Golf Club.
Date(s): 01-19-2009 through 01-25-2009
Days:
Location: Hualalai Golf Club
Phone: 1-800-417-2770
• MasterCard Championship at Hualalai
The MasterCard Championship features the worlds greatest golfers as they gather at the beautiful Hualalai Resort. Challenging for $1.8 million in prize money in a 54-hole competition.
The Golf Channel televises the event live from the lush Hualalai Golf Club. Call 1-800-417-2770 for more information.
Date(s): 01-23-2009 through 01-25-2009
Days: Friday, Saturday
Location: Hualalai Resort
Phone: 1-800-417-2770
• Meditation & Poetry Weekend with Amida Buddhist Te ...
Join internationally renowned authors and teachers Dharmavidya and Prasada
(David and Caroline Brazier) in this special two-day workshop at Halawa
House. Through meditation and creative dialogue, they will explore the
connection between spiritual practice and the art of poetry.
Suggested
donation is $150.00 for the day program.
Sign-up early. Space is limited.
$40 for overnight accommodations (shared room).
Please contact NMF with
additional questions at (808) 889-0615. www.NewMoonFoundation.org
Date(s): 01-24-2009 through 01-25-2009
Days: Sunday, Saturday
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: New Moon Foundation, North Kohala
Phone: (808) 889-0615
• LifeVision Women’s Weekend Workshop
Rebecca Parks and Andrea Dean lead this all women's residential retreat. You
will be guided through a process of discovery to create a clear vision for
your life in the new year. Movement will be used as a tool to help connect
mind & body.
Program fee: $495/ plus $35 for workbook. Co-Facilitated by
Andrea Dean, MBA, Life & Business Coach & Business Consultant and Rebecca
Lux Parks, LMT, certified Nia Teacher. Learn more &
Register:
www.coachandreadean.com or call Rebecca Lux Parks at: (808) 889-6276.
Date(s): 01-30-2009 through 02-01-2009
Days: Sunday, Friday, Saturday
Location: New Moon Foundation, North Kohala
Phone: (808) 889-6276
• He Lei Hiwa No ‘Iolani Luahine
Join in the celebration and learn about the life of the great hula master ‘Iolani Luahine in a day long festival, January 31, 2008 at the Keauhou Beach Resort.
Celebrate her birthday will some of Hawaii's prestigious Hula Masters, all students of Aunty ‘Iolani Luahine sharing her hula in a workshop for all to participate. There will be a special appearance by Hula Loea Master George Naope. Hula work shops are being offered in kahiko and ‘auana.
Kamehameha Investment Corporation hosts a tour to the newly rebuilt Hapaiali'i and Ke'eku heiau and to nearby Makolea heiau. You are invited to bring a ho’opuku.
Our evening will culminate with a film featuring ‘Iolani Luahine and her hula. Join us for a delicious poi supper with entertainment by Darlene Ahuna and Lena Naipo and the Hawaiians Unlimited. A panel discussion will follow with ‘Iolani Luahine’s students; Aunty Queenie Dowsett, Aunty Hilda Keana‘aina, Uncle George Naope, Hoakaleihina Kamau‘u, Poni Kamau‘u and Nathan Napoka.
Tickets are available by calling Leo at 966-9845 or you may pick them up at the Keauhou Beach Resort. Ask about their special kama’aina room rate of $119 a night which includes breakfast for two.
A lei of remembrance – He Lei Hiwa No ‘Iolani Luahine is supported in part by R& D - County of Hawaii, The Keauhou Beach Resort, The Kamehameha Investment Corporation, The Hula Preservation Society, and Hula Halau O Kou Lima Nani E, Inc.
Date(s): 01-31-2009
Days: Saturday
Location: Keauhou Beach Resort
Phone: (808) 935-2180
• Niaulani Nature Walk and Forest Tour
Mondays, February 2, 9, 16, 23, 9:30 a.m. - "Niaulani Nature Walk" - Free Forest Tour in Volcano.
This one-hour nature walk travels through a lush portion of an old-growth Hawaiian rain forest on an easy, 1/7-mile loop trail. The walk introduces individuals, families, and groups to the native plants and birds of Volcano. Guides focus not only on the biological, ecological, and geological features of the area, but also the cultural usages of flora and fauna by native Hawaiians.
Offered every Monday at 9:30 a.m., the weekly walk starts just one mile from the entrance to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Meet at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village (corner of Kalanikoa & Old Volcano Roads).
Free (calabash donations welcome). Call (808) 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.
Date(s): 02-02-2009 through 02-23-2009
Days: Monday
Location: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Phone: 808-967-8222
• Cherry Blossom Festival in Waimea
This 16th annual festival showcases the annual blooming of Waimea's cherry trees along Church Row Park, and the Japanese tradition of viewing them, known as "hanami". This is the only place in Hawaii that has Cherry Blossoms.
In conjunction with the Paniolo Preservation Society's Waiomina Centennial Celebration, the 2008 festival commemorates the Big Isle's cowboys of Japanese descent. A host of activities will sprawl eastward from the Parker Ranch Historic Homes on Mamalahoa Hwy. 190 to the Hawaiian Homestead Farmers Market on Hwy. 19.
Pink banners around town will identify cultural event sites. There will be demonstrations of bonsai, origami, tea ceremony, sumie, mochi pounding and calligraphy.
The festival offers free shuttle transportation among venues.
Call Roxie at 961-8706 for more festival info. or visit www.konaweb.com/calendar/#JAN
Date(s): 02-07-2009 through 02-07-2099
Days: Saturday
Time: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Waimea
Phone: 808-961-8706
• Hawaii Island Chinese Film Festival
The historic Palace Theater in downtown Hilo opens the Hilo Chinese
New Year Festival with a selection of films from and about China.
After blessing several downtown businesses, the Big Island Shaolin
Arts lions offer a special blessing on Haili Street fronting the
theater to open the film festival at 7 p.m. with thousands of
firecrackers.
Info: visit www.poshfestivals.com or email amooninfo@bigisland.com
Date(s): 02-13-2009
Days: Friday
Cost: Free
Location: Palace Theater, Hilo
Phone: (808) 933-9772
• Hilo Chinese New Year Festival
This free community festival begins at 9 a.m. at the Kress Building on
Kamehameha Avenue just one short block away from Kalakaua Park in
historic downtown Hilo with Lion Dancers offering traditional
blessings along the street.
The Lions parade up to the park to open
the Festival with thousands of firecrackers at 10 a.m. Up until 3
p.m., Asian arts, crafts, product and international food purveyors
pack tents filled with the sounds, smells and sights celebrating the
Year of the Ox.
Performances, cooking and cultural demonstrations,
and displays illustrate the Chinese influence on Hawaii's people and
culture. Free! Info: Phone (808) 933-9772 or email Info: Phone (808)
933-9772 visit www.poshfestivals.com or email amooninfo@bigisland.com
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