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PROGRAM GUIDE | JUNE 2020 | VOL. 39 NO. 6 LOUIS “MOON” KAUAKAHI The former Mākaha Sons band member always backed up his music career with a day job – Page 3 CEO MESSAGE STATEWIDE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Leslie Wilcox A Slimmed-Down Joanne Lo Grimes PBS Hawai‘i President and CEO Vice Chair Program Guide Bettina Mehnert Secretary You may notice that this monthly young children to our online PBS Joy Miura Koerte program guide is skinnier than it was KIDS 24/7 channel, which is aligned last month, as if it went on a crash with fun, educational video games. Treasurer Kent Tsukamoto diet. There was indeed a crash of sorts, one that all of us are dealing Folks have been phoning or Muriel Anderson with in one way or another: the writing with kind sentiments Susan Bendon economic fall-out from COVID-19. including: “You’re a lifesaver for Jodi Endo Chai helping me educate my child at James E. 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Vice President, Communications Jody Shiroma Many viewers are appreciating this Director, Learning Initiatives as they shelter at home, watching Robert Pennybacker more PBS Hawai‘i offerings than Chief Engineer usual. We’ve especially heard from John Nakahira viewers of our weekly live forums on Insights on PBS Hawai‘i: COVID-19 in PROGRAM GUIDE Hawai‘i, and HIKI NŌ featuring Editor and Chief Programmer Student Reflections from home; John Kovacich from Passport viewers, accessing both new and archival PBS shows; and from parents introducing their 2 An excerpt from an O‘ahu viewer’s note LOUIS “MOON” KAUAKAHI Tuesday, June 30 at 7:30 pm The Mākaha Sons of Ni‘ihau The late Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwo‘ole Kauakahi maintained a day job released nearly two-dozen music is perhaps the most recognized during the four decades he was albums, reconfigured their band former member of the band. Iz’s with the band, and now works member lineup multiple times, brother Skippy, Sam Gray, Sonny for the Lili‘uokalani Trust as a and endured a string of personal Lim, Melvin Amina, Abraham youth development specialist in tragedies. Through most of the Nahulu, and brothers Jerome and the Wai‘anae area. “I retired band’s history, Louis “Moon” John Koko were also in the band twice, but I work hard now even Kauakahi was its backbone. through the years. Iz and Skippy after two retirements,” he says both died during the course of the with a laugh. “A lot of times, Kauakahi played a vital band’s history, along with friends would ask me, ‘Can you role with the Mākaha Sons as Kauakahi’s in-laws, sister-in-law and perform with us?’ I’d say, ‘Sure.’ business manager, composer wife. “How do you get beyond the ‘Can you do it, like, every week?’ and guitarist, from the band’s hurt?” he asks. “Each person is very I went, ‘Uh, then I wouldn’t be in beginnings in 1976 until his unique in that sense. I kept doing retirement, would I?’” retirement in 2014. something. In my doing numerous things, I managed to decompress.” Born and raised in Nānākuli on O‘ahu’s Leeward Coast, Kauakahi discovered his lifelong passion for music at Nānāikapono Elementary School, where he put together his first music arrangement in the sixth grade. His nickname is a tribute to Peter Moon, the late ‘ukulele and slack-key master. “I tried to do everything that Peter Moon did,” Kauakahi says. The Mākaha Sons perform on NĀ MELE: TRADITIONS IN HAWAIIAN SONG in 2004. From left: John Koko, Jerome “Boogie” Koko, Louis “Moon” Kauakahi 3 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 1 2 7:30 NĀ MELE: TRADITIONS IN 7:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH HAWAIIAN SONG At Halekulani’s LESLIE WILCOX House Without A Key Jordan and Aaron Kandell 8:00 CHUCK BERRY: BROWN-EYED 8:00 LINDA RONSTADT: HANDSOME MAN LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD 9:30 GREAT PERFORMANCES 9:30 SESAME STREET: 50 YEARS AND Andrea Bocelli @ 60 STILL SUNNY! 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 7 8 9 7:00 WHAT THE DURRELLS DID NEXT: 7:30 NĀ MELE: TRADITIONS IN 7:30 LONG STORY SHORT WITH A MASTERPIECE SPECIAL HAWAIIAN SONG Ahumanu LESLIE WILCOX Ed Greevy 8:30 8 DAYS: TO THE MOON 8:00 ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 8:00 RICK STEVES EUROPEAN AND BACK IN HAWAI‘I FESTIVALS 10:30 IN THIS TOGETHER: A PBS 9:30 NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: 9:30 HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. 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EVENING: JUNE 2020 WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 3 4 5 6 7:30 LUCKY CHOW Healing 7:30 HIKI NŌ 7:30 WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 RELIEVING STRESS WITH YOGA 8:00 NOVA The Planets: Ice Worlds 8:00 INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I 8:00 GREAT PERFORMANCES WITH PEGGY CAPPY 9:30 DURAN DURAN: A DIAMOND 9:00 PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration 8:00 IL VOLVO: TEN YEARS IN THE MIND Li‘a: The Legacy of a Hawaiian Man 10:00 YELLOWSTONE SYMPHONY 9:30 WOODY GUTHRIE ALL STAR 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 10:00 DIALOGUE IN METAL 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY TRIBUTE CONCERT 1970 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 11:00 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS H.E.R. 10 11 12 13 7:30 LUCKY CHOW Innovators 7:30 HIKI NŌ 7:30 WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES AND PLACES 8:00 NATURE The Whale Detective 8:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT Visions in 8:00 SUZE ORMAN’S ULTIMATE Flavors of the Rhine 9:30 DONNY OSMOND: ONE NIGHT the Dark: The Life of Pinky Thompson RETIREMENT GUIDE 7:30 CURIOUS TRAVELER ONLY! 9:00 PBS HAWAI‘I PRESENTS 10:00 PRIDELAND Curious Hong Kong 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY The History of the Sons of Hawaiʻi 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY 8:00 PACIFIC HEARTBEAT Born This 10:30 SKINDIGENOUS New Zealand: Way: Awa’s Story/The Rogers Gordon Toi 9:00 ASIAN AMERICANS 11:00 AMANPOUR AND COMPANY Breaking Ground/A Question of Loyalty 11:00 AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Vampire Weekend 17 18 19 20 7:30 LUCKY CHOW Hybrids 7:30 HIKI NŌ 7:30 WASHINGTON WEEK 7:00 JOANNE WEIR’S PLATES AND PLACES