so much more ACTIVITIES AND ATTRACTIONS | WINTER 2012 - kaua‘i • o‘ahu • moloka‘i • lana‘i • maui • hawai‘i island Waialua Falls, Maui Welcome to the Hawaiian Islands. HAWAI‘I IS HOME TO A MULTITUDE of historic and cultural sites, attractions, cultural festivals, concerts, craft fairs, athletic events, and farmers’ markets. While some are enjoyed primarily by residents, we think they can also provide excitement for visitors. Others are among the islands’ best kept secrets, unknown not only to travelers but even to many who live here. This guide is a brief introduction to Hawai‘i’s endless variety of special events and off-the-beaten path attractions, offered to our visitor stakeholders for informational purposes only. It should not be interpreted as a recommendation of any specifi c activity or attraction or be seen an endorsement of any organization. There’s so much more to Hawai‘i than one can imagine! INSIDE 06 HAWAI‘I 51 MOLOKA‘I 20 KAUA‘I 54 O‘AHU 32 LANA‘I- 76 STATEWIDE 36 MAUI TABLE OF HAWAI‘I ISLAND 23 Festival of Lights 23 08 ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i Hanapēpē - Friday Art Night 24 08 15th Annual Big Island International Marathon Heiva I Kaua‘i Ia Orana Tahiti 2012 24 09 Kahilu Th eatre's 2012 Presenting Season Kaua‘i Historical Society’s Kapa‘a History Tour-Kapa‘a Town 25 09 Aloha Saturdays Kaua‘i Music Festival 25 10 Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden Kōloa Heritage Trail 26 10 Anna Ranch Heritage Center Kōloa Plantation Days Festival 26 11 Big Island Abalone Corporation Lāwa'i International Center 27 11 Bike Kīlauea Volcano & Wine Tasting Tour Nā ‘Āina Kai Botanical Gardens 27 12 Hawai‘i AG-Ventures National Tropical Botanical Garden, Allerton Garden Tour 28 12 Hilo Farmers Market National Tropical Botanical Garden, Limahuli Garden 28 13 Hilo Hula Days: 113 Days of Aloha by the Bay National Tropical Botanical Garden, McBryde Garden 29 13 Keauhou Kahalu'u Heritage Center Steelgrass Farm - Chocolate Farm Tour 29 14 Lavaman Triathlon Waimea Historic Walking Tour 30 14 Lyman Museum & Mission House Waimea Town Celebration 15 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival - LANA‘I 15 Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Authority 16 Onizuka Center for International Astronomy 34 Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center 16 Palace Th eater's Presenting Season 17 Th e Art and Traditions of Hula at Kilauea MAUI 17 Th e Kahalu‘u Bay Project 38 Bailey House Museum 18 Volcano Art Center - Nī'aulani Campus 38 East Maui Taro Festival 18 Volcano Native Rain Forest Restoration & Education Project 39 Friday Night Is Art Night 39 Guided Tours KAUA‘I 40 Guided Tours/Hawaiian Cultural Demonstrations 22 Aloha Friday Lei Making Workshop 40 Hāna's Past with Hāna's People 22 Conservation, Ecotourism, and Education Initiatives at 41 Hawai‘i Nature Center - ‘Īao Valley, Maui Makauwahi Cave Festival of Lights 41 Hawaiian Music Series Outrigger Canoe Paddling, Waik k 42 Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center 42 Kīpahulu ‘Ohana - Cultural Interpretive Hike and 61 Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden Taro Patch Tour 62 Honolulu Academy of Art -- Art after Dark 43 Kō‘ie‘ie Fishpond-Revitalizing a Wall-Revitalizing a Culture 62 Honolulu Festival Foundation 43 Lahaina Kā‘anapali Railroad - Sugar Cane Train 63 Honolulu Fish Auction 44 Masters of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Concert Series 63 Honolulu Triathlon 44 Maui Channel Swim 64 James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge 45 Maui OnStage 2012 Season 64 Ka Wā Hula O Honolulu "Th e Honolulu Hula Season" 45 Maui Paradise Marathon and Aloha Half-Marathon 65 Kaiser Permanente Telcom Great Aloha Run 46 Maui Pops Orchestra Concerts 65 Koko Crater Botanical Garden 46 National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kahanu Garden Tour 66 Lantern Floating Hawai‘i 47 Pāhana Ho‘ōla - Seeds of Hope 66 Lili‘uokalani Botanical Garden 47 Tedeschi Vineyards 67 Mānoa Heritage Center 48 Th e Maui Film Festival 67 Mission Houses Museum 48 Visual Arts Exhibit Program 68 Nā Wāhine O Ke Kai 49 Volunteering on Vacation 68 Native Books / Nā Mea Hawai‘i - On-going Workshops 69 North Shore Swim Series MOLOKA‘I 69 Okinawan Festival 52 Moloka'i Mule Rides 70 Paddle Core Fitness 70 Pan-Pacifi c Festival O‘AHU 71 Prince Kūhiō Celebration 71 56 2012 Pro Bowl Prince Lot Hula Festival 72 56 Aloha Festivals Saturday Farmers Market at Kapi‘olani Community College 72 57 Cultural Education & Stewardship of the Waikalua Second Saturdays 73 Loko Fishpond Sharing the Plantation Experience 73 57 Diamond Head Classic Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl 74 58 First Friday: Honolulu’s Downtown Gallery Walk Th e Contemporary Museum 74 58 Foster Botanical Garden Wahiawā Botanical Garden 75 59 Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Waikīkī Spam® Jam 75 59 Hawai‘i Nature Center - Makiki, O‘ahu Wild Side Specialty Tours 60 Hawai‘i Opera Th eatre Season STATEWIDE 60 Hawai‘i's Plantation Village 61 Hawaiian Islands Invitational 78 King Kamehameha Celebration Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park THE BIG ISLAND HAWAI‘I ISLAND has inspired awe in everyone from ancient civilizations to curious schoolchildren and your clients won’t be much different. As the youngest island in the Hawaiian chain and is also by far the biggest, providing a vast canvas of wonders. This is the home of one of the world’s most active volcanoes (K-ilauea), the tallest sea mountain in the world at more than 33,000 feet (Maunakea), the most massive mountain in the world (Maunaloa) and the largest park in the state (Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park). All but two of the world’s climate zones generate everything from lush rain forests to volcanic deserts, snow-capped mountaintops to beautiful black sand beaches. Whether your clients are looking for a romantic getaway or a journey off the beaten path, they can discover it all on Hawai‘i’s Island of Adventure. DECEMBER 2011 HAWAI‘I ISLAND ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i 15th Annual Big Island International Marathon ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i tells dual stories of In this annual marathon and 13.1 mile and 3.1 mile run/ the renowned Maunakea volcano, with its world-famous walk, participants run the coast of old Hawai‘i along the astronomy and rich traditions of Hawaiian culture. Pacifi c Ocean, through tropical rainforests, past rushing Located on a nine-acre campus above the University waterfalls and along black lava beaches to fi nish at the of Hawai‘i-Hilo, with spectacular views of Hilo Bay, historic Hilo Bay front. A fl at, cool and fun course in the ‘‘Imiloa Astronomy Center provides a unique experience beautiful Hilo area. for visitors, students, and families seeking to explore the DATE(S) connections between Hawaiian cultural traditions and the March 18, 2012 science of astronomy. COST/FEES Photo by: Out of Sea media See website for details DATE(S) NICHE Tuesday-Sunday Sports COST/FEES CONTACT INFORMATION Adults: $17.50; Children 4-12: $9.50 Company: Big Island International Marathon Assoc. NICHE Location: Hilo Edu Tourism Phone: (808) 969-7400 CONTACT INFORMATION Email: [email protected] Company: ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai‘i Website: www.hilomarathon.org Location: 600 ‘Imiloa Place, Hilo Phone: (808) 969-9700 Email: [email protected] Website: www.imiloahawaii.org 08 | SO MUCH MORE HAWAI‘I HAWAI‘I ISLAND Kahilu Theatre's 2012 Presenting Season Aloha Saturdays Kahilu Th eatre’s 2012 season is devoted to their stories. Th is event presents the most authentic show of Hawaiian Th e artists being presented this season through their art music (slack key guitar, steel guitar, ‘ukulele and falsetto are telling stories of the American experience: jazz, modern musicians) and dance in the state. All forms of Hawaiian dance, mele, iconic photography and prose, and a history music will be featured as well as the top hula hālau of music. It features artists in the Main Concert Series and (schools) in the state. in the Makana Series (free to the community) in afternoon DATE(S) and evening performances. Th e Kahilu Th eatre is also Every 3rd Saturday celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Waimea `Ukulele COST/FEES and Slack Key Guitar Institute. Th is event has become a Free meeting place for artists and the very passionate audience of Hawaiian music. NICHE Cultural Tourism DATE(S) Year round CONTACT INFORMATION Company: East Hawai‘i Cultural Council COST/FEES Location: Hilo Varies Phone: (808) 961-5711 NICHE Email: [email protected] Cultural Tourism Website: www.ehcc.org CONTACT INFORMATION Company: Kahilu Th eatre Foundation Location: Kamuela Phone: (808) 885-7936 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kahilutheatre.org DECEMBER 2011 | 09 HAWAI‘I ISLAND Amy B.H. Greenwell Anna Ranch Heritage Center Ethnobotanical Garden At the Garden, you will see over 200 species of plants that A heritage center with beautiful gardens located on a grew in the traditional farms and native forests of Kona working ranch in Waimea, Hawai‘i Island. Th e Center before Captain Cook arrived in the late 18th century. demonstrates and celebrates the history of ranching Th ere are endemic, indigenous, and Polynesian introduced in Hawai‘i and the lives of Anna Perry-Fiske and her plants. Th e Garden landscape refl ects the biogeographical remarkable Hawaiian family. Anna Ranch has been placed zones of a typical Kona ‘ahupua‘a. on the Hawai‘i State Register of Historic Places. DATE(S) DATE(S) Monday-Saturday Tuesday-Saturday COST/FEES COST/FEES $4 donation for adults Guided Tour: $10/person NICHE NICHE Eco Tourism Cultural Tourism CONTACT INFORMATION CONTACT INFORMATION Company: Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden Company: Anna Ranch Heritage Center Location: 82-6188 Māmalahoa Hwy, Captain Cook Location: 65-1480 Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela Phone: (808) 323-3318 Phone: (808) 885-4426 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.bishopmuseum.org/greenwell/index.html Website: www.annaranch.org 10 | SO MUCH MORE HAWAI‘I HAWAI‘I ISLAND Big Island Abalone Corporation Bike Kı¯lauea Volcano & Wine Tasting Tour Big Island Abalone Corporation, a tenant of the Natural Join Bikevolcano.com for a guided Summit to Sea bicycle Energy Labs of Hawai‘i Authority (NELHA), now off ers adventure of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, followed weekday tours of its 10-acre abalone farm, which utilizes by a visit to Volcano Winery.