J. Watumull Planetarium
The Stars Tonight
Join us for the Stars Tonight at Bishop Museum! Examine the skies with a presenter in our planetarium, featuring the stars, planets, astronomical highlights, and other stories of the current season. …
Atherton Hālau
Living Culture Workshop Series
Returning by popular demand, master hulu practitioner Kawika Lum-Nelmida will lead participants in the art of creating Lei Kāmoe in a four-part Living Culture workshop series. Kāmoe is a featherwork technique where feathers are laid down smoothly in overlapping rows so they kāmoe, or lie flat. In lei-making traditions, kipona refers to the incorporation of materials of varying color and texture to create a distinct design. Participate in four workshop sessions to create your own lei kāmoe, expressing your own signature design. …
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
Artist Talk & Dinner w/ Sig Zane
Bishop Museum’s newest exhibition Ea Mai ʻEiwa: Patterns of Practice features works by Nālani Kanakaʻole (1946–2026), Sig Zane, and Kūhaʻoʻīmaikalani Zane, a family of artists from Hilo, Hawaiʻi. …
J. Watumull Planetarium
Sounds of the Ocean
Prepare to embark on an extraordinary journey that will immerse you in the wonders of the deep blue. Sounds of the Ocean, the award-winning immersive experience, invites you and your family to a captivating fusion of art, music and mindfulness that will transport you to the heart of the ocean’s embrace. Get ready for an adventure like no other, where the beauty of the seas unfolds before your eyes. Created by ocean artivist, director & composer Joshua Sam Miller and co-director/Expressive Arts Facilitator Elise Lein, this experience immerses you in an enchanting underwater world. …
J. Watumull Planetarium
Sounds of the Ocean
Prepare to embark on an extraordinary journey that will immerse you in the wonders of the deep blue. Sounds of the Ocean, the award-winning immersive experience, invites you and your family to a captivating fusion of art, music and mindfulness that will transport you to the heart of the ocean’s embrace. Get ready for an adventure like no other, where the beauty of the seas unfolds before your eyes. Created by ocean artivist, director & composer Joshua Sam Miller and co-director/Expressive Arts Facilitator Elise Lein, this experience immerses you in an enchanting underwater world. …
J. Watumull Planetarium
Navigating by the Stars and Kōkō a Makaliʻi
Join Bishop Museum Planetarium educators and Hōkūleʻa navigator and Honolulu Community College Hoʻokele Instructor Kaʻiulani Murphy for Navigating by the Stars! Each talk will include an introduction to the night sky and celestial navigation and will feature the Hawaiian star line most prominent that month. …
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