Senegal, West Africa dance and drum classes Tomorrow, Sunday; Jan. 1, 3, 8, 10 Lydgate Park; All Saints Gym Aloha-Africa: A Cultural Exchange is bringing guest artist Ousmane Sali, master dancer and teacher, to Kaua‘i for two weeks of dance
Senegal, West Africa dance and drum classes
Tomorrow, Sunday; Jan. 1, 3, 8, 10
Lydgate Park; All Saints Gym
Aloha-Africa: A Cultural Exchange is bringing guest artist Ousmane Sali, master dancer and teacher, to Kaua‘i for two weeks of dance instruction. According to the organization’s Web site: There is powerful medicine in the unity of earth-based cultures. In both Hawai‘i and Africa dancers and musicians are the keepers of tradition, history and spiritual practice. The classes are as follows: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. tomorrow, Jan. 3 and 10 at Lydgate Park. A drum class with Nii Anang follows at 11:30 a.m.; Evening classes are from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at All Saints Gym in Kapa‘a tonight, Jan. 1 and 8. Classes are $15 each or $60 for five classes. For more information visit aloha-africa.com
Musical duo ‘Radiance’
7 p.m. tonight
Storybook Theatre of Hawai‘i
Tonight Storybook Theatre’s ‘Dakine Peace Garden Party’ in the Spark M. Matsunaga International Children’s Garden of Peace features Cary and Wendy Valentine in their musical duo, ‘Radiance.’ Friday night is also Art Night in Hanapepe town and the stores, restaurants and galleries are open.
Cary Valentine is a world class rhythm specialist who has recorded and toured with some of Brazil’s popular recording artists including Milton Nascimiento. Wendy Valentine is an arts, language, yoga and music educator and teaches voice, ukulele and guitar. A gifted vocalist, Wendy Valentine has an eclectic repertoire and sings in several languages. “Radiance” will perform from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The show is free and open to the public with donations to Storybook Theatre being gratefully accepted. Storybook Theatre is located at 3814 Hanapepe Road. For more information call 335-0712.
‘Year of Hawaiian Music’
Jan. 2
Kick-off radio event
Three Kaua‘i non-profits coordinate Na Mele O Kaua‘i (songs of Kaua‘i). Kaua‘i Music Festival, Garden Island Arts Council and Malie Foundation join forces to promote 2009 as the “Year of Hawaiian Music.” To kick this theme off, between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Jan. 2 five radio stations will play only music about Kaua‘i in the Hawaiian language. All listeners on Kaua‘i will be able to tune in and receive Hawaiian music at the same time. Participating radio stations include: KONG FM93.5, SURF 95.9, KUAI AM720, KESU 87.7, KKCR FM91.9.
KPAC presents
Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’
Jan. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18
Kaua‘i Community College
Performing Arts Center
Arnold Meister directs and Dennis McGraw producing; Blake Guest and Kendall Beck star as Lord and Lady Macbeth. Advance tickets available at North Shore Pharmacy, Kilauea, Jim Saylor Jewelers, Kapa‘a, K-Mart, Lihu‘e, Progressive Expressions, Koloa, Scotty’s Music, Kalaheo. Students, $8; adults $12/$15 at the door. KPAC is a Hawai‘i State Department of Education program.
Let’s Make A
Movie Together
Jan. 5 to Jan. 9,
The Storybook Theatre, Hanapepe
During the school winter break The Storybook Theatre will offer its Media Arts Academy for young people ages 7 to 14. The program will be held daily from 8 a.m. until noon, Jan. 5 through Jan. 9. The five day program, focused on visual arts, storytelling and performing arts, will carefully select a Hawaiian story to produce into a short feature movie made by the participants. Each day, professional instructors Cindy Combs and Mark Jeffers will incorporate language skill building activities, powers of storytelling and music into storyboarding and TV production. Students will enjoy making their story into real media and taking home their movie to share with family and friends. Students will meet every day at Storybook Theatre’s media studio in Hanapepe then, on one day of the program they will field trip for a day’s excursion into a different island location selected for the movie. They will bring back their experiences to create the setting and story into media at Storybook Theatre’s children’s media studio. Enrollment is limited to 15. Tuition is $125 for the week-long program. Snacks will be provided each day. This program is partially funded by the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts with funds from the Hawaii State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For further information contact The Storybook Theatre at 335-0712 or markjeffers@hawaii.rr.com
Ballroom dance
class registration
Jan. 6
Hanapepe Neighborhood Center
The Hanapepe Chapter of the Kaua‘i Ballroom Dance Club will have class registration Jan. 6 and 10 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The beginning dances are rumba, nightclub two-step and intermediate East Coast swing. Classes begin on Jan. 13 and continue each Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
For more information call Glenda at 335-3554.
