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University of Hawaii staffers monitor a livestreamed Zoom meeting of the school s Board of Regents in Honolulu on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The need to prevent the spread of disease has turbo-charged the use of technology across Hawaii state government. AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy
Various measures that would affect funding for art and culture in Hawaii are moving through the state legislature. While the need in other sectors has never been greater, arts advocates say cutting state funding for the arts could eventually hamper the state s recovery.
The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, or SFCA is a government agency funded by the state and the National Endowment for the Arts supporting a range of arts and activities across the state. Things like giving grants for living masters to pass on their skills, and next week they offer a free lesson in directing micro-budget motion pictures. The SFCA s Executive Director, Jonathan Johnson, says, early drafts of
J. Kaineheikaʻiliʻili Chun-Lum E lei kau, e lei hoʻoilo i ke aloha ( Ōlelo Noʻeau #332) reminds us that love is everlasting throughout all seasons, and that all lei - and it s components - should be made with love, protocol, and intention, both literally and metaphorically. Tonight we celebrate lei in all their forms, whether it be the lei of love worn around our necks like the embraces of our kupuna or keiki, or the lei that keep us warm through the coldest of nights.
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Credit J. Kaineheikaʻiliʻili Chun-Lum E lei kau, e lei hoʻoilo i ke aloha ( Ōlelo Noʻeau #332) reminds us that love is everlasting throughout all seasons, and that all lei - and it s components - should be made with love, protocol, and intention, both literally and metaphorically. Tonight we celebrate lei in all their forms, whether it be the lei of love worn around our necks like the embraces of our kupuna or keiki, or the lei that keep us warm through the coldest of nights.
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Hawaii’s Renaissance Man makes the world a better place
By BY CINDY SCHUMACHER - | Dec 24, 2020
Aloha ‘Aina (love of the land) has been a theme for Uncle George Kahumoku Jr. his entire life.
KAHAKULOA –George Kahumoku Jr., known all over the islands as Uncle George, is a multi-Grammy and Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning Hawaiian slack key guitar master, songwriter, touring performer, teacher, artist, storyteller, author and entrepreneur. He is originally from South Kona Kealia on the Big Island and headed Kealia Farms, where he raised coffee, ti leaf, avocados, macadamia nuts, guava, mangoes, alfalfa hay, Hawaiian herbs, teas, cattle and pigs.