Storytellers from Alaska, Mississippi, Massachusetts, and Hawai‘i will gather at Bishop Museum on Sunday, February 8, 2009 to perform at the 9th Annual Mary Kawena Pukui Performing Arts Festival. This year’s theme is “The Way to the Heart: Changing Food, Foodways, and Culture.”

The Pukui festival is a celebration of native cultures through the ancient arts of storytelling and dance. There will be several stages featuring Hawaiian storytellers, stories for keiki, dance performances, kalo practitioners, and more.  Event goers will also have the opportunity to watch a special performance led by the dynamic Tau Dance Theatre Artistic Director Peter Rockford Espiritu.