Maui Arts and Cultural Center - Schaefer International Gallery
Admission:
FREE
Phone:
(808) 242-SHOW (7469)
Enjoy wonderful works of arts by Maui County artists! It's the 31st year in exhibiting Maui’s extraordinary growing community of visual artists. The arts that will be displayed will be a wide range of contemporary work including drawing, painting, sculpture, mixed media and digital technology. There are so many different types of art, so don't miss this opportunity to view it!
2009 Ceramic Exhibition:Altered Forms: New Works from Hui No`eau's Ceramic June 19, 2009 to July 25, 2009
Address:
2841 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, HI 96768
Time:
Monday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Place:
Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center
Admission:
FREE
Phone:
(808) 572-6560
See great works of art that is made out of ceramic and that unusual! The themed exhibit focuses on the altered ceramic form which means that its different and unusual. For example it can be cut, manipulate, twist, and reassemble in a new way. The art piece may be thrown or hand built.
4th of July Makawao Paint-Out Invitational June 28, 2009 to July 28, 2009
Address:
3620 Baldwin Avenue, Makawao, HI 96768
Time:
various
Place:
Viewpoint Gallery & various locations
Admission:
FREE
Contact:
Peter Rehfuss
Phone:
(808) 572-5979
The annual Invitational will feature premier Plein Air artists who will be painting around Maui! The kick off will be on June 28 at Tedeschi Winery, Ulupalakua Ranch, from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Then on June 30 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., they will be painting at O'o Farm, 651 Waipoli Road in Kula. On July 1 the painters will paint at the Grand Wailea from sunrise to sunset and art will be displayed at the hotel lobby from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. There will be a quick draw at the Makawao Town Parade from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. on July 4th. Then, the painters will continue painting on July 4th at the Makawao Courtyard from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. You can also view some of the painters favorite painting at the Viewpoints Gallery, located in the Makawao Courtyard. Then the painters head to Ali'i Kula Lavender Farm on July 11, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Then on July 18 the painters will be painting at Pi'iholo Ranch from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
54th Annual Makawao Rodeo July 2, 2009 to July 5, 2009
Address:
Olinda Road, Makawao, HI 96768
Time:
various
Place:
Oskie Rice Arena
Admission:
varies
Phone:
(808) 572-8102
The Maui Roping Club will present this great Makawao Rodeo! This years Grand Marshall is Jamie Dowsett. On Thursday and Friday at 9:00 a.m. there will be the qualifying runs, which is free admission. Then on Friday at 7:00 p.m. will be the Bull Bash which is $20 admission for adults, $10 for students, and $5 for children. On Saturday and Sunday will be the Rodeo at 1:00 p.m. and admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for kids. This years theme for the rodeo is "Na Paniolo Maoli No," which means, "The Original Cowboy."
Its the first friday of the month and time for another First Friday in Wailuku! There will be entertainment, food, and participating retailers will have great sales. Market Street will be closed from 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Adventures in Paradise with Hot Club of Hulaville July 3, 2009
Address:
68 North Market Street, Wailuku, HI 96793
Time:
7:30 p.m.
Place:
Iao Theater
Admission:
Suggested donation is $10
Phone:
(808) 667-2805
The 2009 Maui Invitations Music Festival will present Hot Club of Hula Ville! Hot Club is a style of music that blends jazz, swing, and gypsy, which in the 1930's was popular in the clubs and bistros of Paris. The Hot Club of Hulaville will add a Hawaiian touch to the Hot Club music.
FREE for VIRR Memebers; Non VIRR members need to join VIRR on race day (annual fee is $25 for an individual, $40 for a family)
Contact:
Nancy & Jami
Phone:
(808) 878-2949
Participate in this great Polipoli 15K Trail Romp! This is one of the most beautiful run on Maui because Polipoli offers great ocean views and you can even see the Big Island on a clear day! The trail is a mixture of dirt road and single track trail. The length is a 4.7 mile loop with a 2.3 mile entry section, one loop = 9.3 miles. Food and drinks will be served but when on the run be sure to pack a bottle of water as there will not be any water stations on the trail. This is just a fun run, there will not be any numbers, t-shirts, or awards. Come, walk, run, and enjoy great views!
The 16th Annual Pineapple Festival will celebrate Lanai's rich pineapple plantation and history! There will be a fireworks display, local food, eating contests, Pineapple cooking competitions, arts and crafts, game booths, and great entertainment!
Lahaina Town will have holiday specials in many restaurants and shops! Front Street will be closed to traffic between Backer and Hotel Streets from 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. There will be an old-fashioned Independence Day celebration that includes a wide range of bands that will play in a free concert at the Lahaina Library lawn. There also will be a fireworks display that will brighten up the sky over Lahaina town. The fireworks will begin at 8:00 p.m. and can be viewed from charter boats in Lahaina Harbor and on land throughout Lahaina Town.
The annual Makawao Paniolo Parade will be from Veterans Cemetery to Mayor Eddie Tam Community Center and this years theme is "Na Paniolo Maoli No" (The Original Cowboys)! The road will be closed at 8:45 a.m. There will be no parking available in town but parking will be available at Eddie Tam Gym or the Oskie Rice Arena. A free shuttle will take people from Eddie Tam or Oskie Rice Arena to town and back. The shuttle will run before the parade from 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. and after the parade at 12:00 p.m.
The Westin Maui Resort & Spa is celebrating their 10th anniversary and will be showering the resort with flower orchids! At 11:00 a.m. 50,000 flower orchids will drop from a helicopter and land into the pool decks. The resort has also organized a contest that will give 5 special prizes to the five guest that find the five roses that will be hidden among the orchids.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 2:00 p.m.
Place:
Steppingstone Playhouse - Kaahumanu Shopping Center
Admission:
$12 adults, $8 kids ages 12 and younger
Phone:
(808) 244-8760
The Maui Academy of Performing Arts will take you back to the legendary day of ancient China with this action packed stage production of Disney's Mulan Junior! There will be all of your favorite characters with stirring music and beautiful costumes. Bring the whole family to this enjoyable performance!
Performance is on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas July 10, 2009 to August 2, 2009
Address:
68 North Market Street, Wailuku, HI 96793
Time:
Friday & Saturday: 7:30 p.m.; Sunday: 3:00 p.m.
Place:
Iao Theater
Phone:
(808) 242-6969
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a book by Larry L. King & Peter Masterson. The director is Kristi Scoot and music and lyrics is by Carol Hall. This play is about Ed Earl and Miss Mona who had a one-night stand fifteen years earlier and Ed the sheriff does not remember. The sheriff calls her a whore because he is disappointed that Mona has broken her promise to close the Chicken Ranch down long enough for things to cool off. Then it becomes a happy ending when he proposes marriage to Mona and she accepts, even though that might endanger his chances to be elected as a state legislature, but he is elected anyway.
2009 Relay For Life - South Maui July 11, 2009 to July 12, 2009
Address:
131 South Kihei Road, Kihei, HI 96753
Time:
July 11: 5:30 p.m. - July 12: 5:320 a.m.
Place:
Kenolio Recreation Complex
Phone:
(808) 879-8698
Come and show your support by participating in the 2009 Relay For Life! It's one day and night with your community to celebrate, remember, and hope. When you participate you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives we lost, and raise money to help fight the disease.
Naish International 4th Annual Maui Paddleboard Championship July 12, 2009
Address:
Hana Highway, Paia, HI 96779
Time:
1:00 p.m.
Place:
From Maliko Gulch to Kahului Harbor
Admission:
$50; $60 after July 1
Phone:
(808) 575-7409
The Naish 4th Annual Maui International Paddleboard Championships will be from Maliko Gulch to Kahului Harbor! The race is a distance of 9.54 miles and is about 1.5 to 4 hours long. It is open to men and women at least 18 years of age and some exceptions may apply. The race entry includes a t-shirt, great dinner, liquid refreshments, and competitors medal for paddle boarders who place in the top 3 divisions.
Maui Summer Classic Youth Basketball Tournament July 13, 2009 to July 19, 2009
Address:
1840 Honoapiilani Highway, Lahaina, HI 96761
Time:
various
Place:
Lahaina Civic Center and various other locations
Contact:
Bob Straub or Jeff Anderson
Phone:
(808) 270-8070 or (808) 661-4685
The festivities will kick off with an aloha welcome and practice at the Civic Center! Following day one, on July 14, there will be practice at Lahaina Civic Center, a Polynesian dinner, and a dance for the players. Then on July 15 & 16 the games will begin and teams will play one or two games at the Lahaina Civic Center, Lahainaluna High School, War Memorial, Baldwin High School, and Maui High School. On July 17 will be a day free of games, but there will be an activity day at the Royal Lahaina Resort. Then, the games will continue on July 18 which is when the tournament play begins at Lahaina Civic Center, Lahainaluna High School, War Memorial, Baldwin High School, and Maui High School. The final festivities will be on July 19 and will consist of Consolation Round, Championship Round, an Award Presentation, closing ceremony, hula show, and barbecue.
The Hawaii Cup Youth Soccer Tournament July 15, 2009 to July 18, 2009
Time:
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Place:
Fields in Kahului
Admission:
Entry Fees: $575 for U12, U14, U16 & U19 teams; $450 for U10 teams
Contact:
Mike Victorino or Fred Guzman
Phone:
(808) 242-6006 or (808) 283-2006
On July 15 the soccer games will begin at various fields in Kahului! The fields they will be playing at are: fields adjacent to the Keopuolani Park, War Memorial Park soccer fields, Kahului Community Center soccer fields, and the Maui High School soccer fields. The games will continue until July 18. After the finishing games on July 18 there will be an awards ceremony.
Exhibit:: Deybra Fair and Wayne Zebzda July 18, 2009 to August 22, 2009
Address:
One Cameron Way, Kahului, HI 96732
Time:
Tuesday - Saturday: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Place:
Maui Arts and Cultural Center - Schaefer International Gallery
Admission:
FREE
Phone:
(808) 242-SHOW (7469)
Come and see wonderful works of art made by Deybra Fair and Wayne Zebzda! Deybra Fair is a talented Maui artist who (for this exhibit) creates large scale towers that are made of found and discarded objects. Wayne Zebzda is a sculpture and video artists who started his career in San Francisco, but lives on Kaua'i. For this exhibit he will use common road objects to create installation with his playful perspective.
11th Annual Keiki Hula Festival July 25, 2009 to July 26, 2009
Address:
1221 Honoapiilani Highway, Lahaina, HI 96761
Place:
Lahaina Cannery Mall
Admission:
FREE
Phone:
(808) 661-5304
Enjoy the wonderful talents that Maui's keiki has to offer at this signature Lahaina event! This two day festival will feature performances from the island's most talented youth at the Lahaina Cannery Mall, which is a fully enclosed and air conditioned mall. There also will be Hawaiian artisans and crafters demonstrating lei making, wood carving and other traditional skills.
Quiksilver Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race July 26, 2009
Time:
7:00 a.m.
Place:
Start at Kaluakoi Beach and ends at Maunaloa Bay
Contact:
Mike Takahashi
Phone:
(808) 638-8208
The Quicksilver Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race is back again with more than 70 paddlers! The race is a 32 mile race and is considered to be the world championship of long distance paddleboard racing.
The silk oak is a fast - growing tree from Australia that was purposely introduced into the Hawaiian forest as a potential timber resource. (The wood of the tree is similar to oak.) It is a cousin to the exotic bottle-brush proteas, and it eventually becomes a massive tree. They are often seen in large gardens, in parks, as street trees and growing wild in pastureland and in forests.
The tree was introduced about 1880. Over two million silk oaks were planted for timber in Hawaii between 1919 and 1959. While they will grow in dry areas, it does best in the moister, intermediate forest climates. Now naturalized in several forest areas, silk oak is adapted to semiarid as well as moderately moist mountain regions. Generally it grows straight and tall, up to 100 to 120 feet in ideal tall in ideal conditions. Although it is well-established, the trees do not seem to spread too aggressively or form dense stands that exclude other plants. In some dry areas, it will not even reproduce itself. The trees live to be about 60 or 70 years old.
The alternate, fern-like, silver-lined leaves of the silk oak are divided several times. The compound leaves alternate along the stems and are about six to 12 inches long. Each leaf has paired leaflets arranged along a central stem and the individual leaflets are deeply lobed with sharp points.
The feathery flowers, which bloom from April into the fall, are golden to orange fringed clusters of nectar-rich blooms. Japanese "white-eyes," mejiros, small green birds with bright white circles around their eyes and tubular tongues, often flock to these trees. Along the Kula Highway, when both the jacaranda trees and the silk oaks bloom, the combination is breathtaking.
Although the beautifully grained wood of the tree is popular in Australia for flooring and paneling, it never quite developed into an industry here. The wood has been used for furniture and cabinetmaking and as panels in Hawaii. It can also be used for paper pulp or veneer.
The fruits of the silk oak are brown leather-like capsules that split along one side to release winged seeds. The seeds germinate easily.
Creative lei makers have used the silk oak flowers in lei but it must be used carefully. Studies have found that the entire tree (including the sawdust from it) can cause a rash similar to poison ivy in certain sensitive people. In Australia, horses have died after eating parts of the plant. In Western Australia, people who are susceptible have asthma attacks when near these trees. These attacks occur year-round.
Old-timers still differentiate between Upper Paia (which is now mostly cane fields with remnants of the old sugar plantation camps up above the ruins of the old Paia sugar mill) and Lower Paia, where the modern town has developed around and spread out from a core group of renovated and refurbished old stores lining the Hana Highway and Baldwin Avenue.
The stores in Lower Paia are only half a mile down the road from the Paia Mill and the old site of the plantation-run Paia Store. At one time, the hills above the mill was the place where imported sugar plantation workers lived in plantation-built homes according to plantation-dictated schedules, educated their children in plantation-built schools, were cared for by plantation-paid doctors and medical professionals in a plantation-built hospital, traveled on plantation-built roads or caught a ride on the plantation railroad….well, you get the idea.
The stores in Lower Paia were not located on sugar plantation lands. They did provide the Paia Plantation residents with alternatives to the plantation-run stores during the years when the camps were still alive. Most of the shops in Lower Paia were family-owned and had a minimum of employees who were not relatives.
The stores depended heavily on the plantation residents for their business, however. (After all, sugar plantation workers were the majority of the population.) At least one fish-market owner made the rounds through the camps selling his surplus fish during the early 1930's and mid-1940's.
Some of the stores tried to provide services similar to those of the plantation stores, including taking orders and making deliveries. Most of the storekeepers tried to offer credit to their customers like the plantation-run stores, but without the advantage of a close relationship with the plantation payroll office, collection of the money owed was often a big problem. Few independent storekeepers offered credit after giving it a try. They couldn't afford the bad debts that went uncollected.
The independent stores tended to specialize. They sold groceries, clothing, fish, or drugs and provided goods and services not offered by the company-run stores. However, one independent store, Paia Mercantile, rivaled the plantation-run Paia Store in size and variety of goods. Because the plantation store was a perquisite provided by the company to its workers (in lieu of cash wages), the independent storekeepers had a hard time.
In the early 1900's the Paia merchants sold rice, taro and poi raised in Keanae and vegetables from Kula and from the plantation camp vegetable gardens. They made pies from coconuts that came in from Hana. Kula farmers drove horse-drawn wagons down to Paia to deliver their produce . They usually spent the night before heading back home the next day with purchases from the stores.
Among the early entrepreneurs was the Hew family, who ran Hew's restaurant. Their saimin was justly famous, it was said. Meanwhile, Satoki Ikeda was known for his innovative marketing. He nailed sample clothing up in the windows of his store on Baldwin Avenue as ads to lure people into the store. He posted English- and Japanese-language ads in community bathhouses and peddled clothes in the plantation camps while his wife sewed and worked in the store. Their store eventually grew into a full-service clothing factory and expanded, with branches in Wailuku and in Lahaina.
Then there was the Nashiwa family bakery, which introduced and popularized bread among the rice-loving camp folks. They invented and shared recipes that required using a lot of bread.
Nobuichi Kobayashi started one of the first Maui auto repair and parts businesses in Paia town in 1914. He was one of the sons of a Japanese family who ran a small inn and raised horses when Paia was a rest stop for people who were traveling to Hana on horseback, and went to Honolulu to learn about how to repair the new-fangled automobiles. He taught many youngsters about car repair and they went on to open their own repair businesses.
Kobayashi's success as a mechanic helped him explore other interests over the years, helping to start businesses that continue to this day. A successful businessman, Kobayashi helped organize both Haleakala Motors and Maui Finance Company. In 1940, he opened a Pepsi-Cola and Nehi soda bottling company, the American Soda and Ice Works, at the back of his Princess Theater, which was across the street from his auto shop. It was one of three theaters in Paia during the 1930's. The other two were the Lower Paia Theater (also known as the Narumaru Theater), which ran Japanese language films, and the plantation-owned Paia Theater in Upper Paia.
The Princess Theater is long-gone, but it went through several reincarnations. The building was a USO during World War II and then a place for servicemen on leave near the end of the war. In 1970, Jim Fuller moved his Charley's Fruit Stand there from Lahaina and it evolved into the now-famous Paia landmark: Charley's Restaurant and the Charley P. Woofer Saloon.
Of all the independently owned stores in Lower Paia, only Paia Mercantile, at the corner of Baldwin Avenue and the Hana Highway, rivaled the plantation-owned Paia Store in size and variety of goods. The store was stockholder-owned and managed in the 1920's by chief stockholder T. Hanzawa. About a dozen employees lived behind the store, each earning a dollar a day. It remained in business until the 1970's and was later subdivided into various retail spaces . . .
Now that we've taken the journey through Maui, let's move on to the island of Lana'i!
Lana'i:
Day [of] conquest
Out of eight major Hawaiian islands, Lana'i is the sixth largest and one of four islands in Maui County. The others in the county include Maui, Moloka'i, and Kaho'olawe. One of Lana'i's original nicknames is “The Pineapple Isle.”
Ko'ele:
Dark sugar cane
Lalakoa:
Koa tree branch
Kaumalapau:
unknown
Keomuku:
The shortened sand
Keomuku is now a deserted village that was only inhabited from 1899 – 1901 as part of an effort to form a sugar plantation in the area. In 1903 the Ka Lanakila o Ka Malamalama Church was built and today the church is the last of the intact structures there.
Manele:
Sedan chair
Polihua:
Eggs [in] bosom
Polihua is the longest and widest white sand beach on Lana'i. In the past, it was also the most famous green sea turtle nesting beach in Hawaii. It's name refers to the fact that they would lay their eggs on the beach. This is a good place to watch whales.
Lopa:
Tenant farmer
Kahemano:
School [of] sharks
Occasionally small groups of sharks appear here, and this inspired its name.
Naha:
Bent or curved
Naha is mentioned in one version of the story of Ka'ulula'au, one of the most famous legends of Lana'i. According to this tale, Ka'ulula'au, the son of Kaka'alaneo, a former chief on Maui, was known for playing pranks. As he grew older, his pranks grew progressively worse and finally his parents decided to abandon him on Lana'i. At the time Lana'i was inhabited only by ghosts who killed all human invaders. However, with the help of his guardian spirit, Ka'ulula'au found a cave to secretly sleep in at night while the ghosts hunted for him. Eventually he was able to rid the entire island of all its evil spirits. To communicate his success to the people of Maui, Ka'ulula'au built a huge signal fire on the beach at Naha. According to this legend, that is how Lana'i became safe for human habitation for the first time in history.
Ground the macadamia nuts until fine. Mix the panko and ground macedamia in a bowl and then spread mixture on a plate. Beat two eggs in a bowl. Take each fillet of mahimahi and dip in the eggs, coating thoroughly, then in the panko and macadamia nut mixture, coating thoroughly. Saute fish in skillet with olive oil. Cook for about 5 minutes on each side until golden brown.
Lemon Caper Sauce:
In a small skillet, melt butter. Add in the lemon juice, garlic, and capers. Simmer on low heat for about 30 seconds. Drizzle lemon caper sauce over the mahimahi and enjoy!
The silk oak is a fast - growing tree from Australia that was purposely introduced into the Hawaiian forest as a potential timber resource. (The wood of the tree is similar to oak.) It is a cousin to the exotic bottle-brush proteas, and it eventually becomes a massive tree. They are often seen in large gardens, in parks, as street trees and growing wild in pastureland and in forests.
Old-timers still differentiate between Upper Paia (which is now mostly cane fields with remnants of the old sugar plantation camps up above the ruins of the old Paia sugar mill) and Lower Paia, where the modern town has developed around and spread out from a core group of renovated and refurbished old stores lining the Hana Highway and Baldwin Avenue.
Lana'i
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Macadamia Nut Mahimahi with Lemon Caper Sauce
