{"id":42829,"date":"2016-02-11T10:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=42829"},"modified":"2020-03-12T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T02:18:54","slug":"live-music-food-and-more-at-hawaii-cc-palamanui-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/11\/live-music-food-and-more-at-hawaii-cc-palamanui-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Live music, food and more at <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai\u02bbi<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr>\u2013P\u0101lamanui grand opening"},"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_42836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42836\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hawaii-palamanui-grand-opening-performers-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hawaii-palamanui-grand-opening-performers-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hawaii-palamanui-grand-opening-performers-1-98x260.jpg 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured from top, Robi Kahakalau, The Steppas, Keawe Trio and Te <span aria-label=\"Ea\">&#699;E&#699;a<\/span> o Te Turama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanui\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8211;P&#257;lamanui<\/a> hosts an <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanuiopenhouse\">Open House and Grand Opening Celebration<\/a> on Saturday, February 27, 9 a.m.&#8211;2 p.m. at the new campus in North Kona. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;P&#257;lamanui opened for classes in August 2015, and now we are excited to welcome the community to the campus for a fun and celebratory event,&rdquo; said Kenneth &ldquo;Marty&rdquo; Fletcher, director of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P&#257;lamanui. &ldquo;Residents of West <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> worked very hard to turn the vision of this campus into a reality. We look forward to introducing them to their new home for higher education.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Open House and Grand Opening Celebration is free and open to the public. <\/p>\n<h2>Event details<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Live performances<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Award-winning musician and singer Robi Kahakalau<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>-based reggae band The Steppas <\/li>\n<li>Contemporary Hawaiian musicians the Keawe Trio<\/li>\n<li>Polynesian cultural group Te <span aria-label=\"Ea\">&#699;E&#699;a<\/span> o Te Turama<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cooking demonstrations by the college&#8217;s culinary arts program (samples and light refreshments included!) <\/li>\n<li>Campus tours<\/li>\n<li>Performances by talented students<\/li>\n<li>Informational booths presented by the college programs and community partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanuiopenhouse\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P&#257;lamanui Open House and Grand Opening Celebration website<\/a> for the latest details.<\/p>\n<h3>Location<\/h3>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P&#257;lamanui is located mauka of the Kona International Airport. Access the campus off <span aria-label=\"Kaiminani\">Ka&#699;iminani<\/span> Drive in North Kona. Turn north off <span aria-label=\"Kaiminani\">Ka&#699;iminani<\/span> Drive by the fire station, directly across from Ane Keohokalole Highway and proceed approximately 1.2 miles until you reach the campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Hawaii+Community+College+Palamanui\/@19.73839,-156.0127687,14z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x97510329b49ffd63\">Find the campus on Google Maps.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42833\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42833\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hawaii-palamanui-campus-generic.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaii Community College-Palamanui campus\" width=\"620\" height=\"219\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hawaii-palamanui-campus-generic.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/hawaii-palamanui-campus-generic-260x92.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8211;P&#257;lamanui campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>More about <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> &#8211; P&#257;lamanui<\/h3>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr>&#8211;P&#257;lamanui is a branch campus of <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College<\/a> and part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.edu\/\">University of Hawai&#8217;i System<\/a>. It is located in North Kona, mauka of the Kona International Airport.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> &#8211; P&#257;lamanui offers certificates and associate degrees from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College. The campus includes the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Center, West <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Thatcher Moats<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Community College&#8211;P&#257;lamanui<\/a> hosts an <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.hawaii.edu\/palamanuiopenhouse\">Open House and Grand Opening Celebration<\/a> on Saturday, February 27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,435,71],"class_list":["post-42829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-palamanui","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42829","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=42829"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113424,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42829\/revisions\/113424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}