CALENDAR
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Hawai‘i
Calendar of Events
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FEBRUARY
Tue., 2/2
World Wetlands Day 2010
Saturday February 6, 2010 8:30 am -2:00 pm
Kailua Longs
Covered Parking Structure (Just behind 580 Kailua Road)
Experience the Kawainui-Hamakua Marsh Complex, a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance.
Engage in hands'on activities to learn more about Hawaii's wetlands and how they can be an answer for Climate Change.
Live music by Hawai'i Loa
Guided tours by Chuck "Doc" Burrows and Dr. Paul Brennan of the marsh complex and Kailua via bus/trolley transportation.
Walking tours of the Hamakua wetland every hour from 9 - 1. Meet at the Division of Forestry and Wildlife booth.
This event is free and open to the public
For more information please contact: Nicole Galase, World Wetlands Day 2010 Coordinator Phone: 586-0915 Email: Nicole.Galase@hawaii.gov
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Sat., 2/6
Kapa Dyes and Decorating
At the Amy Greenwell Botanical Garden
9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Wesley Sen, who studied kapa making with Mary Pritchard and Beatrice Krauss, will teach students methods for making dyes from 'olena, noni, and kukui bark. Students will make the dyes to color kapa pieces and decorate them using 'ohe kapala, bamboo stamps. Class fee: $40, Bishop Museum members $30. Amy Greenwell Garden is in Kona on Hawai'i Island. For more information, call 808-323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
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Sat., 2/13
Free Amy Greenwell Botanical Garden tour (Hawaii Island)
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Brian Kiyabu, horticulturist, will guide visitors through the 12 acre garden of native and Polynesian introduced plants. Visitors can imagine the landscape in the time before Captain Cook, and learn about the productive, sustainable agriculture the Hawaiians were practicing in Kona 300 years ago. The tour is free, although donations are encouraged. Amy Greenwell Garden is in Kona on Hawai'i Island. For more information, call 808-323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
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Sat., 2/27
6th Annual Grow Hawaiian Festival (Hawaii Island)
At the Amy Greenwell Botanical Garden
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
At the Festival weavers, dancers, kapa makers, and other practitioners of traditional Hawaiian culture meet biologists, conservationists, and horticulturists to explore their common passion for native and Polynesian introduced plants of Hawai'i. Festival goers have a unique opportunity to meet and talk with many of the foremost practitioners of Hawaiian arts like weaver Elizabeth Maluihi Lee or lei maker Marie MacDonald. The Grow Hawaiian Festival includes demonstrations, talks, storytelling, hula, plant and insect identification booths, and informational tables from community conservation, cultural, and scientific groups. Admission is free. Amy Greenwell Garden is in Kona on Hawai'i Island. For more information, call 808-323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
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