Native storytellers from Hawai‘i, Alaska, and Massachusetts will gather on the Great Lawn at Bishop Museum to “talk story” and join in a celebration of native cultures through the ancient art of storytelling and dance. The 8th annual Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival will be held at Bishop Museum on Sunday, February 24, 2008 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person for Hawai‘i residents and military with ID. Members and children 3 and under are free. Regular admission is charged for all others.

Among the participants in this year’s Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival are performers from the Bishop Museum; the Peabody Essex Museum and New Bedford Whaling Museum of Massachusetts; the North Slope Borough in Barrow, Alaska, and the Alaska Heritage Center in Anchorage, Alaska; and known local storytellers from Hawai‘i.