Museum After Hours

Friday, March 8, 2024
5 – 9 p.m.
Admission: $10 pre-registration, $15 at the door, Free for Museum Members

This month’s Museum After Hours celebrates the kick-off of the 16th Annual Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival & Symposium and the opening of the Museum’s newest exhibition Corned Beef & Kalo, which brings together two iconic works of contemporary art to consider how agricultural subsistence, environment sustainability, and everyday life intertwine.

In collaboration with Ka Papa Loʻi ʻO Kānewai and Ka Papa Loʻi ʻO Punaluʻu, Bishop Museum presents the 16th Annual Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival & Symposium and celebrates the kalo Piʻialiʻi and ʻEleʻele Mākoko. To kick off the festival and symposium, enjoy live music by Kainani Kahaunaele, presentations by the Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation and Uncle Calvin Hoe, and Corned Beef & Kalo gallery tours led by artist Bernice Akamine and Healoha Johnston, Curator for Hawaiʻi and Pacific Arts and Culture.

Spotlight Presentations

Moʻolelo with Uncle Calvin Hoe and Aunty Charlene Hoe
5:30 – 6 p.m.

Corned Beef & Kalo Gallery Tours w/ Curator Healoha Johnston
6 p.m. and 7 p.m. (30 min gallery talks)

Live Music w/ Kainani Kahaunaele & Kaniaulono Hapai
6 – 7 p.m.

Presentation by Huihui Kanahele-Mossman and Luka Kanakaʻole:
“Haumea-kino Pāhaʻohaʻo:” The many bodies of Haumea, the many varieties of kalo.
7 – 8 p.m.

Ongoing Offerings

Food and drink on the Lawn
5 – 9pm – Great Lawn

Corned Beef & Kalo Exhibition
5 – 9 pm – J.M. Long Gallery

Keiki Activities w/ Ulu Aʻe Learning Center
5 – 7:30 p.m. – Gallery Lawn
For ages 5-10. A parent/guardian must be present.

Lauhala Weaving Workshop w/ Keoua Nelsen
5:45– 6:30 p.m. – Great Lawn
Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center

Lei Making Workshop w/ Maxeen Shea
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm – Great Lawn
Courtesy of Helumoa, Royal Hawaiian Center

Hawaiian Hall Tours
6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. – Hawaiian Hall Complex
Meet at the staircase in Hawaiian Hall’s front entry tower.

Planetarium Shows – The Hawaiian Sky Tonight
6 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8:15 p.m. – J. Watumull Planetarium
Free for members and children under 4, $3 per person general admission. Limited seating.

The 16th Annual Mālama Hāloa Kalo Festival & Symposium is presented by Ka Papa Loʻi ʻO Kānewai with major support from First Insurance Company of Hawaii.

Artwork courtesy of Haylee Watson Studios