Jump into culture this week
Kaua‘i Music Festival
When: Wednesday to Saturday, Aug. 1 – 4, Friday, Aug. 3 – Island Music Night Concert, 7 – 10 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 4 – Gala Night Concert, 7 – 10 p.m.
Where: Hilton Kauai Beach Resort
Tickets: $25 each night or $40 both nights at ticket outlets —
Magic Dragon Toys & Art, Bounty Music, Scotty’s Music,
Hawaiian Music kiosks in
Princeville & Coconut Marketplace, Island Soap & Candle Works, Aloha-n-Paradise
$30 for tickets at door
Contact: news@kauaimusicfestival.com
www.kauaimusicfestival.com/site/schedule.html
Art Walk in
Old Town Hanapepe
Galleries and artists studios stay open for an after dinner stroll
When: Friday from 6-9 p.m.
Where: Kona Road
Colorful Bottles
Paint glass bottles with vitreous glass paints that are fired on permanently
When: Thursday, August 2,
9 a.m. to noon
Fee: $65
More info: call 632.0555
NTBG’s Garden Connection Series; Landscaping with Native Plants
When: Friday, August 3,
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Where: NTBG McBryde Garden
More info: call 332-7324
Summer Bon Dance at
Buddhist Temples
(two weekends remaining)
When: August 3 – 4 at Koloa Jodo Mission, 8:00 p.m.
August 10 – 11 at WKH – Hanapepe Temple, 7:45 p.m.
(WKH is West Kaua‘i Hongwanji)
All day Live Entertainment — Visiting Tahitian Group
When: First Friday & Saturday of Month, Aug. 3 – 4
Where: Coconut Plantation Marketplace
Fee: Free and open to the public
Heiwa I Kaua‘i Iaorana
Tahiti — Tahitian
Cultural Festival
When: August 4, 5, all day
Where: Kapa‘a Ball Park
More info: call Tepairu Manea, 822-9447
Koke’e Summer
Guided Hikes
When: Saturday, August 4, 12:30 p.m. start time/ register
by 12:15 p.m.
Where: Koke’e Halemanu Trail
When: Sunday, August 5,
12:30 p.m. start time/ register
by 12:15 p.m.
Where: Canyon Trail
More info: call, 335-9975 to register, donation requested
Helen Turner exhibition
When: Sunday, August 5 through January 5
Where: Roy’s Restaurant, Kiahuna Shopping Village in Po‘ipu
JazzBug at Polynesia Café in Kapa‘a
When: August 5 and 7 and every Sun. & Tues., 7 n 9:30 p.m.
Sunday: Tony LeHoven on guitar, Darryl Miyasato on bass, Eddie Sitzler on drums
Tuesday: Tony LeHoven on guitar, Darryl Miyasato on bass,
Rhett Pierce on drums
Princeville Public Library Speaker Program
David Kuhn, Kaua’i Nature
recordist, wilderness guide & lifelong birder: “Kaua’i Native
Forest Birds”
When: Wednesday, August 8, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Princeville Public Library
More info: call Dotty Nakea, 826-4310
Glass Beadmaking
with Kathy Cowan
Make glass beads using the torch; Pull stringers, make dots & swirls
When: Wednesday, Aug. 8, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; noon to 2 p.m.
Fee: $55; Four students limit; each has torch
Register: 632-0555