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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, April 20, 2009

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Museum celebrates Hawaii's nature, culture

Advertiser Staff and News Services

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In honor of Earth Day, Bishop Museum hosts the Grow Hawaiian Festival, presented by Hawaiian Electric Co., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The family-oriented eco-festival focuses on conservation, sustainability, Hawai'i's cultural heritage and the Islands' endemic and Polynesian-introduced plants. Admission is free for kama'aina and military. Hui Ku Maoli Ola will sell Hawaiian plants, and there will be interactive activities for kids, Hawaiian food booths and entertainment by hula halau; www.heco.com.

—Advertiser Staff



PBS DOCUMENTARY



ABSORB RICH CULTURE OF PUNALU'U

Punalu'u, on the Big Island's Ka'u Coast, is Hawai'i's longest undeveloped coastline. In "The Punalu'u Experience," airing at 8:30 and 11 p.m. Thursday on PBS Hawai'i, viewers will be invited into a world of sacred fishing grounds and ancient heiau on Punalu'u Black Sand Beach. Produced by Ka'u Preservation, the documentary is part of the PBS Hawai'i Presents series, showcasing independent documentaries and special event programming about Hawai'i.

— Zenaida Serrano