James Hood and Vortex Immersion Media Present: MESMERICA 360: A Visual Music Journey

Friday, January 24: 6pm & 8pm show
Saturday, January 25: 8pm show
Sunday, January 26: 8 pm show

J. Watumull Planetarium

Mesmerica is a visual music journey that brings the mesmerizing music of Grammy-nominated composer and percussionist, James Hood together with visually-hypnotic, 3D animated art curated from artists around the world to create an immersive experience designed to transcend time, relax, soothe, and also stimulate your mind and senses.  This family-friendly, mind-expanding projection experience is designed to relieve stress, and is suitable for all ages 6 years and above. Come and leave your troubles at the door as we take you on a fantastic journey into awe-inspiring imaginary landscapes.

Members receive 10% off tickets

Join us for an evening of surf for all ages! Explore the Mai Kinohi Mai: Surfing in Hawaiʻi exhibit in the Castle Memorial Building, enjoy food and activities on Flanders Lawn, and a panel discussion with four-time World Surfing Champion, 2020 Olympic qualifier, and Subaru Hawaii Ambassador Carissa Moore and Rafael Bergstrom, Executive Director of Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii.

Bishop Museum parking is $3 per vehicle after 5:00 pm.
Museum Members attend for free; please log in to get your discount. If you haven’t set up your account yet, click in the upper right corner to get started. Please note that your membership discount will be applied after you have added the tickets to your cart.

Friday, January 31
5:30-8:30pm
Atherton Hālau

We the Voyagers: Lata’s Children (Matou Nga MokuPuna o Lata)
a two part documentary film series.

Details:
This two-part film series features the living crew of Polynesian voyagers of Taumako, Solomon Islands, who share their history, motivations, and skills through storytelling, canoe building, and wayfinding. They use only the designs, materials, and methods of their culture-hero Lata, who built the first voyaging canoe (vaka) and navigated to distant islands. We invite everyone to see this film and reconnect with their ancestors and sustainable lifeways. This is a story of the real Moana. Each film is 57 minutes long and there will be a short intermission between the two screenings. The film is hosted by Dr. Marianne “Mimi” George, anthropologist, sailor, and writer specializing in voyaging cultures, and co-sponsored with East-West Center.

Online Registration Required:
General: $10
Youth: $7

Members receive 10% off tickets

5:30pm Registration
6:00pm Part 1 Screening
7:00pm Short Intermission
7:15pm Part 2 Screening

Part 1. We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka
We, the Polynesian voyagers of Taumako, Solomon Islands, share our history, motivations, and skills through storytelling, canoe building, and wayfinding. We recall our ancestors, who made the greatest of human migrations. We use only the designs, materials, and methods of our culture-hero Lata, who built the first voyaging canoe (vaka) and navigated to distant islands. When Europeans took over, we became isolated. To regain sustainability, our most experienced navigator, Te Aliki Kaveia, led us in planting gardens, feeding workers, making rope from plants, weaving and sewing sails, protecting our trees, adzing parts for voyaging canoes, and lashing them together. Kaveia enlisted an anthropologist to help us make this film. After he died in 2009, we built a vaka. Te Aliki Holani, our new Lata, prepared us for an open-ocean voyage. From the living story of Lata we learn that everyone is welcome in Lata’s crew, and that we can avoid making key mistakes as we strive to connect with long-lost family and new friends on faraway shores.

Part 2. We, the Voyagers: Our Moana
In our isolated Polynesian community, we live the story of our ancestral culture-hero Lata. To make a voyage, Lata welcomes men, women, and children as crew, including hard workers with skills and applicants of dubious character. Our community blesses the vessel and sailors, and we learn how to sail in Lata’s arms. We find our way in the open ocean by interacting with patterns of winds, waves, stars, and other signs that our ancestors show us when we need them. We arrive at islands and learn what happened to family members since the last voyage some generations earlier. We reconcile, reaffirm our love for each other, and look to our future together.

Marianne “Mimi” George
Dr. Mimi George is an anthropologist, sailor, and writer who specializes in voyaging cultures. Before the Vaka Taumako Project, she documented voyaging traditions of islanders in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, and Siberian Yupik Eskimos on the Alaskan and Russian sides of the Bering Strait. Her research voyages have used ancient polar technology, and the early nineteenth-century European technique of wintering-over in a sailboat frozen in the sea ice of Antarctica. In the Vaka Taumako Project, she studies Polynesians building vessels and making voyages using ancient technology, materials, tools, and navigation methods. Mimi made 25 inter-island voyages in the Santa Cruz Islands, and one voyage from Duffs through Vanuatu, either under the sailing direction of Te Aliki Kaveia or with him on board.

Living Culture Presentation:
The Art and Significance of Lei
With Kumu Melvin Kahōkūloa Lantaka
Saturday, February 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2020
Hawaiian Hall Atrium
10:00 am–2:00 pm
This program is free with paid Museum admission.

In this presentation you’ll see a wide range of materials and techniques used in traditional and modern-era lei making. In addition to flowers, lei can be made from shells, foliage, feathers, and seeds in a variety of styles that are ever-evolving. Learn the continued importance of making, giving, and wearing lei daily and for cultural events.
You’ll also have the opportunity to see traditional Hawaiian lei and other adornments from Bishop Museum’s collections on the second floor of Hawaiian Hall.

The Bishop Museum Living Culture presentations and workshops are supported by Hawai‘i Tourism through the Kūkulu Ola Program.

Surfboard Shaping Workshop
With Kumu Pōhaku Stone
Saturday February 1, 2020
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Flanders Lawn in front of Castle Memorial Building

Registration: $25 per person; online pre-registration is required. Museum admission is included with workshop registration.
Bishop Museum members receive 10% off registration.
Register online today; space is limited.

In this workshop, participants will learn about the special relationship between the shaper and a traditionally carved surfboard. The process of finding the right source of wood, bringing out the life of the board, and naming the surfboard involves culture, protocol, and respect. Get a feel for shaping the wood and gain some insights into understanding the connection between shaper and board inherent in the process of creating a traditional wooden Hawaiian surfboard.
The Bishop Museum Living Culture presentations and workshops are supported by Hawai‘i Tourism through the Kūkulu Ola Program.

Saturday, February 1, 2020

8:00 – 9:30 pm

J. Watumull Planetarium

Tickets $10

Explore the wonders of the Hawaiian night sky! This month we’ll see how to find Orion and the Winter Circle, the Orion Nebula, Venus, and more! Weather permitting, stargaze through our observatory telescope and observation deck after the show and find the objects discussed in the presentation.

Living Culture Presentation:
Surfboard-Shaping Presentation
With Kumu Pōhaku Stone
Saturday, January 4, 18, 25 & February 8, 2020
10:00 am–2:00 pm
Flanders Lawn
This program is free with paid Museum admission.

Come and learn about the making of traditional Hawaiian surfboards like the alaia, a short board, the kī koʻo, a popular long board, and an olo, a type of long board used by the aliʻi. See a solid wood slab given new life and purpose in the way traditional surfboards were. Kumu Stone will explain the importance of shaping the curves of the nose, bottom, and rails of a board for wave-riding performance.

You’ll also have the opportunity to journey back to the days of old and see traditional Hawaiian surfboards from Bishop Museum’s collections in the Mai Kinohi Mai: Surfing in Hawaiʻi exhibit in the Castle Memorial Building.

The Bishop Museum Living Culture presentations and workshops are supported by Hawai‘i Tourism through the Kūkulu Ola Program.

Living Culture Presentation:
The Art and Significance of Lei
With Kumu Melvin Kahōkūloa Lantaka
Saturday, February 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2020
Hawaiian Hall Atrium
10:00 am–2:00 pm
This program is free with paid Museum admission.

In this presentation you’ll see a wide range of materials and techniques used in traditional and modern-era lei making. In addition to flowers, lei can be made from shells, foliage, feathers, and seeds in a variety of styles that are ever-evolving. Learn the continued importance of making, giving, and wearing lei daily and for cultural events.
You’ll also have the opportunity to see traditional Hawaiian lei and other adornments from Bishop Museum’s collections on the second floor of Hawaiian Hall.

The Bishop Museum Living Culture presentations and workshops are supported by Hawai‘i Tourism through the Kūkulu Ola Program.

Bishop Museum Presents:
Romance Under the Stars
Friday, February 14, 2020  |  6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Bishop Museum Gallery Lawns

Sip, savor, and stargaze this Valentine’s Day.

Stroll the night away with tastings from five of Honolulu’s best restaurants featuring: Flavors of Italy, Koko Head Café, La Vie, Pig and The Lady and 53 by The Sea, specialty chocolate tastings from Lonohana Hawaiian Estate, a wide selection of wines from Fujioka’s Wine Times, top mixologists handcrafting specialty cocktails and locally produced beers from Ola Brew. Stargaze under the night sky in the J. Watumull Observatory (weather permitting) and explore through Mai Kinohi Mai: Surfing in Hawaiʻi exhibit in Castle Memorial Building while listening to the sweet sounds of local artist Shane Kainoa.  All attendees will receive a complimentary Spiegelau wine glass to remember the evening.  Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved one, your friends, or even on your own!

This is a 21 and over event. Registration is required as capacity is limited. Bishop Museum Members receive 10% off ticket prices!

PRICE:  $125/adult  |  $240/couple (2 adults)

Living Culture Presentation:
The Art and Significance of Lei
With Kumu Melvin Kahōkūloa Lantaka
Saturday, February 1, 8, 15 & 22, 2020
Hawaiian Hall Atrium
10:00 am–2:00 pm
This program is free with paid Museum admission.

In this presentation you’ll see a wide range of materials and techniques used in traditional and modern-era lei making. In addition to flowers, lei can be made from shells, foliage, feathers, and seeds in a variety of styles that are ever-evolving. Learn the continued importance of making, giving, and wearing lei daily and for cultural events.
You’ll also have the opportunity to see traditional Hawaiian lei and other adornments from Bishop Museum’s collections on the second floor of Hawaiian Hall.

The Bishop Museum Living Culture presentations and workshops are supported by Hawai‘i Tourism through the Kūkulu Ola Program.

Bishop Museum’s J. Watumull Planetarium Presents A Series of Talks from Polynesian Voyaging Society Navigators, featuring Ka‘iulani Murphy

Wednesday, February 19, 2020 – This month’s Hawaiian star line: Ke Kā o Makaliʻi (The Canoe-Bailer of Makali‘i)

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

At Bishop Museum, we believe in exploring the world around us and in the importance of sharing knowledge. Join Bishop Museum Planetarium educators and Polynesian Voyaging Society navigators as the stars are projected on Bishop Museum’s 30-foot Planetarium dome and listen as Hōkūleʻa navigator and Honolulu Community College Hoʻokele Instructor Ka‘iulani Murphy shares how voyaging navigators use the stars to navigate. Each talk will include an introduction to the night sky and will feature the Hawaiian star line most prominent that month. To help remember the pattern of stars in the sky, it is organized into four star lines, each taking up about a fourth of the celestial sphere.

Following each talk, weather permitting, you will be invited to the Bishop Museum viewing deck to find the stars in the actual night sky that were discussed earlier in the program.

Don’t miss the other Navigating by the Stars Programs, click the dates below for tickets:

– Wednesday, May 20, 2020 – Iwikuamoʻo (The Backbone)

– Wednesday, August 19, 2020 – Manaiakalani (The Chief’s Fishline)

– Wednesday, November 18, 2020 – Ka Lupe o Kawelo (The Kite of Kawelo)

General: $10

Youth: $7

Members receive 10% off

James Hood and Vortex Immersion Media Present: MESMERICA 360: A Visual Music Journey

Friday, February 21: 6pm & 8pm
Saturday, February 22: 8pm
Sunday, February 23: 6pm & 8pm

J. Watumull Planetarium

Mesmerica is a visual music journey that brings the mesmerizing music of Grammy-nominated composer and percussionist, James Hood together with visually-hypnotic, 3D animated art curated from artists around the world to create an immersive experience designed to transcend time, relax, soothe, and also stimulate your mind and senses.  This family-friendly, mind-expanding projection experience is designed to relieve stress, and is suitable for all ages 6 years and above. Come and leave your troubles at the door as we take you on a fantastic journey into awe-inspiring imaginary landscapes.

Members receive 10% off tickets