Calendar of Events and Things to Do Oahu - January 2012

	SPECIAL EVENTS
	BOSETTI 10K - HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH MPRRC! Date: Sunday, January 1st, 7 am, 2012 Place: Kealahou St. in Hawaii Kai near Sandy beach, Oahu Contact: amtaylor@hawaii.edu, (808) 295-MPRR (6777) $10 for non-members, $5 for members, Free for Life members (but must mail in entry form to reserve bib number and chip.) Please show up before 6:30 am if you plan to sign up on race day. You can also register on active.com. The fee includes chip timing. NO refunds. Course starts on Kealahou and heads away from the water up to Hawaii Kai drive, where the runners will make a left and continue to Lunalilo Home Road. The course turns right and goes through the residential area until the turnaround. The return route is along the same path. Awards will be given to top three elite M&F finishers plus 5-year age-group awards.
	QUEEN EMMA SUMMER PALACE: THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION & KAHILI PRESENTATION Date: January 2nd, 9 am - 4 pm, 2012 Place: Queen Emma Summer Palace, Oahu Contact: Kelly Ota, Gerry Miymamoto, (808) 595-6291, pr@daughtersofhawaii.org FREE ADMISSION TO QUEEN EMMA SUMMER PALACE: Celebrating Queen Emma's birthday with a free tour of the Palace, refreshments, appearance by the Queen Emma 'Ukulele Club AND a special presentation of kahili made for the Palace. There will be a procession at noon with fifteen kahili and kahili bearers presenting the kahili to Queen Emma Summer Palace. Take part in this austere occasion and celebrate an all but lost Hawaiian tradition.
	UNITED CHINESE COALITION PRESENTS CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL Date: Friday, January 6th - Saturday, January 7th, 10 am - 10 pm, 2012 Place: Chinatown Cultural Plaza, Honolulu, Oahu Contact: Gifford Chang, (808) 306-4570, giffordchang@yahoo.com Chinatown Cultural Plaza. At this two-day event, food vendors provide a variety of Chinese and other Asian cuisine favorites. Exhibits and entertainment include feng shui presentations, arts and crafts vendors, martial arts demonstrations, Chinese fortune readings and Chinese dancing and singing. FREE and open to the public.
	SIMPLY SACHA Date: Saturday, January 7th, 7:30 pm, 2012 Place: Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu, Oahu Contact: (808) 532-8768, info@honoluluacademy.org Vocalist, pianist and composer Sacha Boutros is one of America’s most outstanding young jazz artists. Her 2008 debut album earned a Grammy nomination and made it to no. 7 on the charts in Japan. She sings in seven languages and has a classically trained four-octave range, but it’s her exquisite phrasing and her ability to seamlessly move from ballads to bossa nova that make her sultry vocals marvelous. This concert is Sacha’s tribute to Jimmy Borges—Hawai‘i’s first man of song—and will feature music that has influenced his life and the stories that go with it.
	ALOHA READINESS SERIES - BOB & RON’S 5K Date: Sunday, January 8th, 7 am, 2012 Place: Monsarrat Ave. entrance to Waikiki Shell parking lot, Oahu Contact: amtaylor@hawaii.edu, (808) 295-MPRR (6777) $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Packet pick-up Saturday, Jan. 7, Running Room, 819 Kapahulu Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Late entries, $15 and $25 postmarked after Jan. 2. Race day entry $30 for everyone. Enter online for series or individual races at active.com. Visit MPRRC.com for course descriptions.
	NEW YEAR’S `OHANA FESTIVAL - JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAI`I Date: Sunday, January 8th, 10 am - 4 pm, 2012 Place: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i/Mo‘ili‘ili Field, Oahu Contact: Lisa Shozuya, (808) 945-7633 Ext. 46, specialeventscoord@jcch.com Food, fun, family and food trucks! All set in an atmosphere of interactive cultural activities going on throughout the day! Take part and experience a Japanese New Year’s food cook-off, music/dancing/entertainment, a Japanese Country Store with a “Kirei Korner” featuring “Handmade & Homemade by JCCH Members” and a Marukai $1.99 Marketplace, shop for beautifully made arts and crafts from Hawai‘i’s top artisans, keiki games and make-n-take activities and so much more! Calling all members! The first-ever Japanese Country Store & Marukai $1.99 Marketplace is coming to the New Year's `Ohana Festival 2012! We will be showcasing the creative talent in our member community and we need your help! All proceeds will benefit the Cultural Center's programs and services.
	SONY OPEN PGA TOUR TOURNAMENT IN HAWAII Date: Monday, January 9th – Sunday, January 15th, 2012 Place: Waialae Country Club, 4997 Kahala Avenue, Honolulu, Oahu Contact: Justin George, (808) 523-7888 or main number (808) 734-2151 The 2012 Sony Open in Hawaii is the first full-field PGA TOUR Tournament of the 2012 season featuring 144 Professional golfers. The tournament is hosted by Friends of Hawaii Charities. Over the past 13 years, over $11 million has been raised for over 350 Hawaii not-for-profit organizations making a difference in the lives of women, children, youth, elderly, those with special needs, and the impoverished.
	HONBUSHIN MOCHITSUKI FESTIVAL 2012 Date: Saturday, January 14th, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, 2012 Place: 95-030 Waihonu Street, Mililani, Oahu Contact: Yuhi, (808) 623-7693, hawaii@honbushin.us Just like us humans, every living thing is able to live thanks to nature’s great blessings. This universe was made from the works of great nature (Kamisama’s great power) and is guided by this power. HIC’s New Years Mochitsuki Ceremony is about giving thanks to the past year and praying for your family and friends’ health and happiness. Have your whole family participate and give thanks to the New Year by coming and experiencing the authentic Japanese tradition of Mochi Pounding. We will guide you through the whole process of mochi pounding from start to finish. This is a perfect chance to bond with your family. Anybody can participate. We are waiting for you and your family and friends’ participation to our Mochitsuki Festival.
	47TH ANNUAL ALOHA STATE SQUARE & ROUND DANCE FESTIVAL Date: Thursday, January 19th - Saturday, 21st, 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm, 2012 Place: Ala Wai Club Palldium, 404 Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oahu Contact: Henry Staehle, (808) 672-3646, or Stan Saito at (808) 923-2377 X201 or (808) 792-9861, squaredance@outriggertravel.com Three days of Square & Round Dancing with Hunter Keller & Randy Dibble calling and Larry Sperry & Bill Maisch cueing.
	UNCOMMON TIME - TAIKO, TABLA AND TIMBALES Date: Friday, January 20th, 8 pm, 2012 Place: LCC Theatre, 96-045 Ala Ike, Pearl City, Hawai´i 96782, Oahu Contact: LCC Theatre Manager, (808) 455-0381, LCCTheatre@lcc.hawaii.edu People are often said to be moving to the beat of different drummers, but that's probably because those drummers are pounding out a compelling beat that can not be ignored. Three drumming masters, Kenny Endo on taiko, John Santos of Latin percussion and Abhijit Banerjee on tabla, join to create entirely new works that truly integrates each form, referencing respective roots but creating a synthesis that embraces them all.
	PACIFIC ISLAND ARTS FESTIVAL Date: January 21st - January 22nd, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, 2012 Place: Kapiolani Park, across from the entrance to the Honolulu Zoo at the Diamond Head end of Waikiki, Oahu Contact: Nancy Calhoun, (808) 696-6717, tropicalcottons@aol.com Please join us for the 14th Annual Pacific Island Arts Festival featuring more than 100 of Hawaii's finest artists and handcraft artisans. We are located in Kapiolani Park at the Diamond Head end of Waikiki, across from the entrance to the Honolulu Zoo. Admission is free, and we feature entertainment, hula, art demonstrations, Sunday morning Lion Dance, as well as great food for our guests to enjoy. Our artists display their own work for sale including all types of jewelry, clothing, ceramics, wood products, and more. Join us and Celebrate the Arts of Hawaii.
	22ND ANNUAL MOANIKEALA HULA FESTIVAL Date: Saturday, January 21st, 10 am - 2 pm, 2012 Place: Polynesian Cultural Center’s Pacific Theater, Oahu Contact: Polynesian Cultural Center Reservations, (800) 367-7060, On Oahu (808) 293-3333, internetrez@polynesia.com Beauty, grace and tradition come alive as hula halau (hula schools) from across Hawaii and Japan take the stage at the Polynesian Cultural Center’s (PCC) 22nd Annual Moanikeala Hula Festival, captivating crowds in this stunning hoike (festival). Festival admission is $10 for adults ages 16 and older, and $6 for keiki from ages 5 to 15. Admission is free for Kamaaina Annual Pass holders and keiki younger than 5.
	MAKAHIKI KUILIMA AT TURTLE BAY Date: Saturday, January 21st - Sunday, January, 22nd, 10 am - 3 pm, 2012 Place: Turtle Bay Resorts at Kuilima, 57-091 Kamehameha Hwy, Kahuku, Oahu Contact: (808) 293-6000, Toll Free: (800) 203-3650 Makahiki Kuilima is free and open to the public. Two days of festivities including traditional Makahiki sporting events such as hukihuki (tug of war), ulu maika (lawn bowling), uma (arm wrestling), heihei kukini (foot racing), oo ihe (spear throwing), and hula. There will be artisans and crafters, educational exhibits, cultural demonstrations, cultural performances, and a surf exhibition.
	FREE TALK BY SARAH TAYLOR, MBA - VEGETARIAN TO VEGAN Date: Saturday, January 21st, 7 pm, 2012 Place: McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Park, Oahu Contact: Vegetarian Society of Hawaii, (808)944-8344, info@vsh.org In her talk, Vegetarian to Vegan, Sarah Taylor will give compelling reasons why you should consider giving up dairy and egg products once and for all - and how to survive without them! The author of Vegan in 30 Days, her new book is, Vegetarian to Vegan, available in 2012. Sarah holds a Certificate in Plant Based Nutrition from Cornell University, and is on faculty at the Nutritional Education Institute. FREE Admission & Refreshments.
	ALOHA READINESS SERIES - HAROLD CHAPSON 8K Date: Sunday, January 22nd, 7 am, 2012 Place: On Monsarrat Ave. between Kapiolani Park and Honolulu Zoo, Oahu Contact: amtaylor@hawaii.edu, (808) 295-MPRR (6777) $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Packet pick-up Saturday, Jan. 21, Running Room, 819 Kapahulu Ave., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Late entries, $15 and $25 postmarked after Jan. 16. Race day entry $30 for everyone.
	ART & FLEA! ACT LIKE A PIRATE ARRRRGGGH! Date: Thursday, January 26th, 5 pm - 10 pm, 2012 Place: Fresh Cafe - 831 Queen St. Honolulu, Oahu Contact: Kaui Awong, kauiartandflea@gmail.com Ahoy! Ye New Year's resolution(s) got ye down? Didn' quit smokin'? Didn' get back t' th' gym? Didn' decluttur yer life? Well don't fret February be th' new January! Take th' rest o' th' month off from tryin' t' bein' good 'n act like a Scurvy Pirate wit' Hosted by Professor Pandemonium! We have some big changes in-store and we are geared up to start working on them. Thanks to all of our loyal vendors, sponsors, media friends & customers. 2011 was amazing without your support Art & Flea would have walked th' plank! Stay tuned for new changes yonder! Vintage* DIY* Art * Music + More! 45 ++ Vendors
	GET FIT FAIR Date: January 28th, 2 pm - 7 pm, 2012 Place: Mililani Town Rec Center 7, 95-1333 Lehiwa Drive, Mililani Mauka, Oahu Contact: Mei Linn Park, mpark@mililanitown.org Is it your New Year's resolution to get HEALTHY and FIT in 2012? MTA is here to help the entire family achieve their goals. We bring you the first ever "Get Fit Fair"! The fair will offer a variety of exhibitors with products and information, demonstrations by fitness groups and tasty food vendors.
	BEN VEREEN IN CONCERT Date: January 28th, 8 pm, 2012 Place: Leeward Community College Theatre, Oahu Contact: Tim Slaughter, tslaught@hawaii.edu UH Mānoa`s Outreach College and Leeward Community College welcome the legendary Ben Vereen for an evening of song. A consummate artist whose accomplishments over a 40-year career have included Broadway (Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin), television (Roots, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, How I Met Your Mother) and film (Sweet Charity, All That Jazz, Idlewild). Onstage, Vereen exhibits an inexhaustible joy for performance. The performance is a special fundraiser to benefit the Performing Arts programs of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Outreach College and Leeward Community College.
	ONGOING EVENTS
	THE QUICKSILVER IN MEMORY OF EDDIE AIKAU Date: December 1st, 2011 - February 29th, 2012 Place: Waimea Bay, North Shore Oahu Contact: Oceanpromotion@hawaii.rr.com It's a rare international sporting event that can have no set date, be held just eight times in a span of 27 years, and still gain strength. But the lifeblood of the big wave Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau lies in what one man's life represented: the best that surfing and Hawaii have to offer the world. The Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau is the most venerated big wave surfing event on Earth, held at Waimea Bay, Oahu, on a single day during the Hawaiian winter when, and if, waves exceed the 20-foot minimum requirement. The official holding period for this year, the 27th annual, is December 1, 2011 through February 29, 2012.
	6TH ANNUAL PYRAMID ROCK BODYSURFING CHAMPIONSHIP Date: January 14th & 15th - February 19th, 2012 Place: Kaneohe Bay, Oahu Contact: Race Coordinator, (808) 254-7655, teruyakm@usmc-mccs.org The 6th annual Pyramid Rock Bodysurfing Championship is back starting on January 14 and 15 with holding period going through February 19. So get your fins ready and enter this truly unique body surfing contest which takes place at the epic winter swells at Pyramid Rock. Pyramid Rock offers choice surfing during the winter months especially when Kona winds blow from the South sometimes creating long barrels rivaling the waves on the North Shore of Oahu. This bodysurfing contest is open to all levels of talent and will showcase some of Hawaii’s best up and coming and amateur body surfers. Open to military members and the public. Event starts at 0700-1630 with trophies awarded to the top three finishers in the following divisions: Males age 18 and below, 19-25 years, 26-34 years, 35-49 years, 50 years and over; and women’s open (no age limit). Registration is now open. Registration fees are: $15 for military and $20 for civilians. A late fee of $5 will be assessed for registration after January 9.
	AKIHIKO IZUKURA: LIFE IN COLORS IN HAWAII Date: January 15th - February 15th, 2012 Place: Academy Art Center, 900 S Beretania St. Honolulu, Oahu Contact: Visitor Information Center, (808) 532-8700, info@honoluluacademy.org From Jan. 11 to 15, renowned Kyoto-based natural textile artist and fashion designer Akihiko Izukura will work on an installation at the Academy Art Center, which will flow from the building's Mezzanine out to the front lawn. The work will be on view through February 15. Above are images of a recent installation he did on Shikoku. Izukura will create a similar work here, using some of the same elements. Izukura is also holding a series of workshops Jan 18-Feb 10. Registration deadline is Jan 6.
	SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PAHALA THEATRE - A PLAY AT THE KUMU KAHUA THEATRE Date: January 26th to February 26, 2012 Show Dates: Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm: January 26, 27, 28; February 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25 Sundays 2pm: January 29; February 12, 19, *26 (No show Sunday, February 5, because of the Superbowl) Place: Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street, Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813, Oahu Contact: (808) 536-4441, kumukahuatheatre@hawaiiantel.net Celebrating Our 41st Season with a diverse selection of three premieres, a long awaited revival and a unique holiday production. Plays about life in Hawai`i. Plays by Hawaii’s playwrights. Plays for Hawaii’s people. This play is a World Premiere by Lois-Ann Yamanaka. Adapted by John H.Y. Wat and Harry Wong, III. The unforgettable poetry of Lois-Ann Yamanaka unfolds in this new theatrical adaptation. Meet Tita, Girlie, Lucy, Kala, and other young women on the brink of adulthood, as they explore sexual awakening, family abuse, peer pressure, and identity. With humor, pain, and raw honesty, their voices come to life on Kumu Kahua’s intimate stage. The winner of the Pushcart Prize, Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre was Lois-Ann Yamanaka’s first major work and introduced the world to one of Hawai‘i’s bravest writers. This play contains strong language.
	2012 SANCTUARY OCEAN COUNT Date: The last Saturday of January through March (peak whale season), January 28th, February 25th, and March 31st, 8:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m, 2012 Place: The shores of O`ahu - O`ahu Site Descriptions, Hawai`i (Big Island) - Hawai`i Site Descriptions and Kaua`i - Kaua`i Site Descriptions Contact: Micki Ream (NOAA Education Specialist), (808) 694-3948, cell (650) 392-5448, micki.ream@noaa.gov The Sanctuary Ocean Count project offers the community a chance to monitor humpback whales from the shores of O`ahu, Hawai`i and Kaua`i. Not only has this proven to be a fun volunteer activity for residents and visitors, but it also helps to provide important population and distribution information on humpback whales around the Hawaiian Islands. Both site leaders and general volunteers are needed for all islands. Of course, the count cannot be done without the help of enthusiastic volunteers - we hope you'll consider taking part in this fun opportunity.
	FARMERS MARKET AT HONOLULU COMMUNITY COLLEGE Date: Every Saturday, 4 pm - 8 pm, 2012 Place: Honolulu Community College parking lot, 874 Dillingham Blvd. Honolulu, Oahu Contact: Sonny Doung, (808) 225-4002, sonnydoung@hotmail.com The finest and freshest locally grown produce, foods, flowers, plants ,artwork and crafts.
	FARMERS MARKET AT EWA BEACH ELEMNTARY SCHOOL PARKING LOT Date: Every Sunday, 9 am - 1 pm, 2012 Place: Ewa beach elemntary school parking lot - 91-740 Papipi Road, Ewa Beach, Oahu Contact: Sonny Doung, (808) 225-4002, sonnydoung@hotmail.com The finest and freshest locally grown produce, foods, flowers, plants ,artwork and crafts.

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