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Community and Policing

Special Event
Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 10:00am
Community and Policing: Where were we, where are we, where will we go?

INTRODUCTION

The facilities that now house the East Hawai'i Cultural Center were originally built in 1932 to house the Hilo Police Department, District Courthouse, and jail. Court staff remained there until 1969 and the police until 1975.

EHCC Lecture Series Online Presents: Roots and Routes Along Keaukaha's Seashore

Lecture
Friday, April 21, 2023 - 5:00pm
Roots and Routes Along Keaukaha’s Seashore
A presentation by Halena Kapuni-Reynolds
Friday April 21, 2023, at 5PM HST
 
In this lecture, Halena Kapuni-Reynolds illuminates the concept of “huaka’i hele” [a sightseeing tour in which a knowledgeable guide takes others along a route to reveal the stories surrounding a particular land area] through the huaka’i hele shared with amateur ethnographer and Hawaiʻi photographer Theodore Kelsey by Henry Nālimu (1835-1934) and his niece Mary Ka‘ōulionālani Ka‘ai (1

EHCC Lecture Series Online Presents: Who owns the past? Cultural Heritage and International Law

Lecture
Related People: 
Lawrence Butler
Thursday, March 9, 2023 - 3:00pm
EHCC Lecture Series Online Presents: Who owns the past? Cultural Heritage and International Law with Larry Butler
Zoom Lecture on Thursday, March 9th, 2023 at 3PM HST
 
Who owns the past? This has become the hottest question in museum and cultural studies around the globe. Should Britain send the Parthenon sculptures back to Greece? Should Benin bronzes be returned to Nigeria? Will that spark a wholesale transfer of museum antiquities? Are there laws, standards or conventions that might govern these questions?

Young At Art 2023

Exhibition
Related People: 
Marisa Miyashiro
Kellie Miyazu
Friday, March 3, 2023 - 10:00am to Friday, March 31, 2023 - 4:00pm

The 35th Annual Young At Art Juried Exhibition 2023

Sponsored by EHCC and the Hawai‘i District Department of Education 

The Young at Art annual juried exhibition celebrates National Youth Art Month by recognizing the excellence, creativity and originality of K-12 students on Hawai’i Island in all public, charter, and private schools, as well as home-schooled students.

Ghosts Of War

Exhibition
Related People: 
Andrzej Kramarz
Friday, February 3, 2023 - 6:00pm to Friday, March 31, 2023 - 4:00pm
The consequences of armed conflict, and how they weave themselves into our lives, provide the theme for the latest exhibition at the East Hawai'i Cultural Center. “Ghosts of War” presents the work of five women artists.

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