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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Performance
Friday, January 12, 2024 - 7:00pm to Sunday, January 28, 2024 - 3:00pm

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Kahua ʻElua Theatre (2nd Floor at the EHCC)

A play by Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre

Directed by Larry Reitzer

A play by Dale Wasserman, adapted from Ken Kesey's 1962 novel. Synopsis: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the unforgettable story of a mental hospital and its inhabitants. When a brash new inmate arrives, the rigid program of the ward, headed by the tyrannical Nurse Ratched, is thrown up for grabs.

Colors Of The Season

Performance
Monday, December 18, 2023 - 7:00pm
 
Orchid Isle Orchestra celebrates the “Colors of the Season” in an evening concert on Monday, December 18, 7 P.M. at the East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo.
 
Included in the musical canvas are brushstrokes from the classical, romantic, jazz, modern and holiday genres -- arrangements of Haydn Symphony No. 86 Finale; Fandango Asturiano from Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol, Op.

Book launch of Vita: Sculptor at work featuring Michael Shewmaker

Special Event
Saturday, December 2, 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
 
Sculptor Michael Shewmaker has spent the last 15 years building an iconic three acre sculpture garden in Pepeʻekeo. Working in collaboration with photographer and book designer, Andrzej Kramarz, and renowned curator, Thomas Moran, they have created a unique, innovative book on the work and garden.
 
Please join us for this free event on December 2nd for the launch of Vita: Sculptor at work on an Active Volcano.

3rd Annual Holiday Sale & YAS²

Special Event
Friday, December 1, 2023 - 5:00pm
Join us for the Youth Arts Series' 3rd Annual Holiday Sale! Get your handmade items from local artists:
  • Dena Nakahashi
  • EHCC Ceramics Studio
  • Hawaiʻi Handweaversʻ Hui
  • Jelly Cakes Hawaiʻi
  • N3rdy Hawaiʻi
  • Waiākea High School Key Club & Waiākea Intermediate School Art Club
Join us Friday, December 1 from 5:00-8:00 PM in the annex- behind the main building.
We’ll also have a special YAS², holiday themed free art activity for keiki.

Voices of Hilo: A reading by two poets

Performance
Related People: 
Alan Young
Sunday, November 5, 2023 - 3:00pm
Voices of Hilo: A reading by two poets
A reading by two local poets whose poems explore the lessons they have learned from decades in Hawai’i.
 
Sunday, November 5th 3:00- 4:30pm HST
 
Join us at EHCC on Sunday, November 5 for a live reading by two local poets whose poems explore the lessons they have learned from decades in Hawai’i, about love and loss, about caring for the land, about finding meaning in a world that seems on the verge of collapse.

OUT OF STATE screening & Filmmaker Q&A

Special Event
Related People: 
Kanani Daley
Saturday, October 14, 2023 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker, Ciara Leina‘ala Lacy, and Featured Gentlemen, Hale Gualdarama 
Saturday October 14th, 2-4pm in the Kahua ʻElua Theatre

Shipped thousands of miles away from the tropical islands of Hawaii to a private prison in the Arizona desert, two Native Hawaiians discover their Native traditions from a fellow inmate serving a life sentence.

the Youth Arts Series Fall Break Halloween Art Camp 2023

Workshop
Related People: 
Kellie Miyazu
Marisa Miyashiro
Monday, October 9, 2023 - 8:00am to Friday, October 13, 2023 - 12:00pm
the Youth Arts Series Fall Break Halloween Art Camp 2023
 
Program Description:
Our spookiest and kookiest camp has returned for its 4th year
Enter the Terrible Toy Box, an unsettling land where the misfit toys rule!
 
Students will create pieces to be collectively displayed in our spooky toy box themed haunted house. Through their classes, students will learn a variety of techniques ranging from 3D building, fabric/textile work, printmaking and more.

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