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Virtual Kahaukani Conversations – Filipino Foodways
We are excited to announce our next Virtual Kahaukani Conversations coming up on Thursday, May 19 with Pinay scholar and educator Shannon Cristobal. Her presentation will look at the stories of Pinay women and their foodways during the plantation era and beyond. These stories can illuminate the ways in which history, culture, and household knowledge […]
Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike Workshops
Ma ka hana ka ʻike.In working one learns. Join us in 2022 for exciting hands-on workshops at Mānoa Heritage Center. All participants must pre-register for workshops. No refunds 3 days before class begins and no walk-ins. Microplastic Art Workshop We are excited to partner with Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi to host a special Earth Day month […]
Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike Workshops
Ma ka hana ka ʻike.In working one learns. Join us in 2022 for exciting hands-on workshops at Mānoa Heritage Center. All participants must pre-register for workshops. No refunds 3 days before class begins and no walk-ins. Kaula Hau Join us for a special ma ka hana ka ʻike workshop in conjunction with Kahu Lokoʻolu Quintero’s Hoʻomau […]
Virtual Kahaukani Conversations – Waititi
Join us for our next Virtual Kahaukani Conversations on Thursday, March 17 with Chaminade Professor of Anthropology and Geography, Dr. Richard Bordner. In his presentation entitled “Mapping the Mahele in the Ahupuaʻa of Waititi,” Dr. Bordner will be sharing about his project of creating an overlay of the current area of Palolo-Waikīkī with the 1855 […]
Papermaking Program
Color Collaboration with Liz Train Instructor: Allison Roscoe Saturday, March 26, 2022 9 am to 12 pm 1-day session $45 (includes $15 materials fee) Join MHC’s resident paper instructor Allison Roscoe and fiber artist Liz Train for a morning using pigments to add pizazz to your paper! Choose from several colors and experiment with dabs […]
Papermaking Program
Intro to Papermaking Instructor: Allison Roscoe Saturday, February 26, 2022 9 am to 1 pm 1-day session $45 (includes $15 materials fee) Learn to create unique sheets of (Western-style) paper with moulds and deckles and a variety of fibers pulped in a Hollander beater. The history of papermaking and its contemporary uses as an art-making […]
Virtual Kahaukani Conversations – Oral Histories
We are excited to invite you to our second Kahaukani Conversations event, featuring author and historian Jane Marshall Goodsill. Join Ms. Goodsill in a lively discussion about her work as an oral historian. She will be sharing collection techniques, creative ways of presenting material, pros and cons of editing, use of photographs, and efficient ways […]
Workshops and Programs
Workshops available at Mānoa Heritage Center for the months of February and March. All participants must pre-register for workshops. No refunds 3 days before class begins and no walk-ins. Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke Workshop Botanical Workshop with Moani Hibbard Saturday, March 20, 2021* 9am – 12pm 1 session $35 (includes materials) Join Moani Hibbard […]
Why Mānoa Matters
Mid-Pacific Students Create a Podcast About the Valley Mānoa Heritage Center was first introduced to Mid-Pacific Institute’s Historic Preservation course back in 2017 when students scanned Kūkaʻōʻō Heiau using a 3-D Lidar Scanner. This year, challenged by COVID safety protocols, Historic Preservation teacher Billie Napoleon approached Mānoa Heritage Center about the possibility of supporting students […]