  {"id":157793,"date":"2022-04-19T10:33:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=157793"},"modified":"2022-04-19T10:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:33:57","slug":"imiloa-merrie-monarch-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/19\/imiloa-merrie-monarch-program\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bbImiloa:  Music, lei, Ni\u02bbihau shell workshops and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_157799\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157799\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-kahaunaele.jpg\" alt=\"album cover\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-kahaunaele.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-kahaunaele-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-kahaunaele-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157799\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kainani Kahaunaele will feature music from her newest album, <em>Waipunalei<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/imiloahawaii.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center<\/a> will host cultural enrichment programs in celebration of festivities honoring the 2022 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival in Hilo. The three-day event from April 20\u201322 will give participants the opportunity to learn how to make <span aria-label=\"Niihau\">Ni&#699;ihau<\/span> shell jewelry, fresh lei and listen to live music from multi-N&#257; H&#333;k&#363; Hanohano award winning artist, <strong>Kainani Kahaunaele<\/strong> (lecturer, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olelo.hawaii.edu\/\">Ka Haka <span aria-label=\"Ula\">&#699;Ula<\/span> O <span aria-label=\"Keelikolani\">Ke&#699;elik&#333;lani<\/span> College of Hawaiian Language<\/a>) at the center\u2019s grounds on the <a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> campus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157801\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-shells-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"shells\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-shells-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-shells-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-shells.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Master shell artisan, Kaleialoha Roback will host two earring workshops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We\u2019re thrilled to be able to host another year of Merrie Monarch programs at our center for the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> community, and for those who are visiting Hilo for this internationally acclaimed festival,&rdquo; said <strong><span aria-label=\"Kaiu\">Ka&#699;iu<\/span> Kimura<\/strong>, executive director at <span aria-label=\"Imiloa.\">&#699;Imiloa.<\/span> &ldquo;We\u2019re especially thankful to our presenters this year for supporting our goal to safely offer educational and culturally enriching experiences for our guests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Admission is available with limited seating. 糖心Vlog官方ors are strongly encouraged to reserve their admission via online reservation prior to visiting <span aria-label=\"Imiloa.\">&#699;Imiloa.<\/span> Walk-ups will be accommodated based on first-come, first-serve availability.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_157797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157797\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-ferms-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-ferms-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-ferms-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hilo-imiloa-merrie-monarch-keiki-event-ferms.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lei making materials gathered from the gardens at <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa:<\/span> will be provided to participants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imiloahawaii.org\/\">Find tickets and cultural enrichment program schedule online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In keeping with the current state, county and 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo COVID-19 health and safety protocols, <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> will not require vaccination verification or negative test results. 糖心Vlog官方ors (ages 2 and above) must wear face masks while at the center.<\/p>\n<h2>Special general admission to dinosaur exhibit<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to the Merrie Monarch cultural programming, <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> will continue to host the traveling exhibit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/15\/dinosaur-expedition-at-imiloa\/\">Expedition Dinosaur: Rise of the Mammals<\/a>, through April 22 from 9 a.m.\u20135 p.m. <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\u2019s\">&#699;Imiloa\u2019s<\/span> Sky Garden Restaurant remains closed until further notice. For health and safety purposes, eating inside the building is not permitted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The center will host cultural enrichment programs in celebration of festivities honoring the 2022 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[292,316,14],"class_list":["post-157793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-imiloa-astronomy-center","tag-ka-haka-ula-o-keelikolani","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157795,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157793\/revisions\/157795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}