Prevent Child Abuse celebrating 30 years
Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii will celebrate its 30th anniversary at the Willows from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 14. The event also will honor Vince Barfield, senior executive vice president of Bank of Hawaii and former Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii board president, and Shirley Yuen, an award-winning author and supporter of the Never Shake a Keiki program.
The Shriners Potentate’s Band will perform music from the 1930s and ’40s, and there will be food and drink stations and casino games. The silent auction will take bids on a new car from Cutter Chevrolet and other items.
A portion of the proceeds from the event will benefit Prevent Child Abuse Hawaii’s educational outreach programs. The agency conducts an annual teddy bear drive to donate stuffed animals to children and families in crisis; hosts a Breakfast with Santa fundraiser; and collaborates with the military, the state and other nonprofit agencies to produce activities in connection with Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Tickets for the dinner are $85. Call 951-0200 or visit preventchildabusehawaii.org.
Hawaiian artists to feature at show
The 31st annual "A Matter of Maoli" will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday at Queen Lili‘uokalani Children’s Center, 1300 Halona St., with a poetry reading and exhibit featuring the works of Hawaiian artists.
On Sunday the center will hold a public service commemorating the 174th anniversary of the queen’s birth at 9:45 a.m. on the ground of the Royal Mausoleum.
Parking will be at the Tenri Cultural Center across from Nuuanu Cemetery on Nuuanu Avenue. Attendees should dress appropriately. Those wishing to offer hookupu may do so after the service.
Event to laud famed women in history
The Sixth Annual Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program on Sept. 15 will honor a wide range of historic figures, from Queen Liliuokalani to the female impersonators of the old Glades club on Hotel Street.
The event, presented by the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities to celebrate the little-known stories of island women, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Mission Memorial Auditorium on Civic Center grounds, 550 S. King St.
Sessions include "Kapa and the Hawaiian World View" with Maile Andrade of the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaii; "Princess Nahinu Kamehaokalani’s Hula Legacy on King Kalakaua’s Court" with Ishmael W. Stagner, author of "Kumu Hula: Roots and Branches," and hula performed by the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Hawaiian cultural expert Cy Bridges and his daughter Maelia; and the story of Queen Kapiolani and Princess Liliuokalani’s voyage and reception across America en route to Queen Victoria’s 1887 Golden Jubilee, with UH Hawaiian language instructor Kawehi Lucas.
Other presenters include Julia Flynn Siler, author of "Lost Kingdom: Hawaiʻi’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure," who will share Liliuokalani’s "contemporary voyage and reception across America in the context of the universal values of faith, leadership and … compassion for her people."
Afternoon sessions will reunite entertainers who performed hula at New York City’s Hawaiian Room at the Lexington Hotel from 1937 to 1967, and highlight the female impersonators of the Glades club and their impact on Hawaii’s transgendered and gay communities.
Advance registration is required; go online at www.DistinctiveWomenHawaii.org.
All sessions are free with advance registration, but optional hospitality packages that include food, drink and other services are available for a small fee.
