Events

Oceania on the Reel Spring 2018 Pacific Film Series

The Oceania on the Reel monthly film series gets started this week with Breadfruit and Open Spaces, a documentary film about Micronesians reaching out to Guam. Come meet cast members, talk story, and watch cultural performances by Pacific Voices. See you there!

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Iati Iati, PhD

Join us this week for a lunch hour talk by visiting scholar and friend of the Center, Dr. Iati Iati of the University of Otago. Dr. Iati will address issues surrounding the 2008 Land Titles Registration Act passed in Samoa and implications for conflict among customary land owners. See you there!

It’s First Friday! Tonight’s opening pARTy will be kicking off a month of public programs & events that gather artists, communities, and creatives exploring the African Diaspora of Oceania and beyond.  #CPIStudent Serena Michel will be performing a piece of poetry at “In the Black: A Visual Anthology.” Serena will be performing a piece titled “Piel Negra (Black Skin).”

The installation for “In the Black” features works by Nicole Maileen Woo and Mark “Feijao” Milligan II. “In the Black” flips the script on the misconception of African Americans and the African diaspora as “lacking” or “impoverished.” The exhibits aim to refocus the lens on the innate wealth of the African people, offering a narrative that tells the story of the descendants, the answered prayers of ancestors. Attention is given to showing connections between the African and Native Hawaiian culture. 

First Friday, February 2, 6:00-10:00pm

6:00-8:00pm: Docent led gallery tours with the artists

8:00pm: Mo’olelo, Spoken Word & Poetry featuring Malia Connor, Ihilani Gutierrez, Serena Michel, Lyz Soto, Kiana Camara & Zen Chambers

9:00-10:00pm: CALLING ALL DRUMMERS! African Drum & Dance Circle (bring your drum and dancing feet)!

The Bar@MARKS with Kona Brewing Co. & Trubody Bliss

LYFT Ride: ARTSATMARKS22
Valid for 20% off to/from the First Friday Gallery Show Opening pARTy

FREE & Open to ALL AGES

“IN THE BLACK: A Visual Anthology” gallery installation is open February 2-24, (Tuesdays-Saturdays 12:00-5:00pm).

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Celebrating a lifetime Commitment to the Pacific

Please reserve the evening of Thursday, March 8, to join us in honoring the memory of the late Dr. Bob Kiste, former director and lifetime friend of the Center for Pacific Islands Studies. Please see the attached invitation for details, and visit
http://go.hawaii.edu/QVf to indicate your intent to attend.

Join us for “Gendering Te Pō: Māori Women’s Voices and Embodied Storytelling in Patricia Grace’s Potiki”

A talk presented by Joyce Pualani Warrenas part of the English Department Colloquium Series

Thursday, January 25, 2018

3:00-4:30pm

Kuykendall Hall 410