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July 22 
Join SigZane Designs for its Summer Bliss sale this Thursday through Saturday. All items are 25% off! Sale will begin at 9:00am on Thursday, July 24th and ends on Saturday, July 26th at 4:00pm (Hawai`i time). Your discount will be applied to your entire purchase at check out. You can anticipate delays in shipping due to the higher volume of orders during sale time. The Summer Bliss sale will run concurrently with the Hilo shop. For those of you in the Yokohama area, you can find Sig, Kuha`o and Haku at the Yokohama Hawai`i Festival July 25, 26 and 27 at the Osanbashi. They'll be there with the Big Island Visitors Bureau and Nani Lim. They'll have our latest dresses, blouses and aloha shirts there for purchase, and there will also be a short hula show featuring our dresses and songs of the islands!
Mahalo nui! July 07  The 7th Annual Korean Festival is an annual event run by the Hawai'i Korean Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with dozens of community organizations and businesses, and hundreds of volunteers. The purpose of the Korean Festival is to share, promote, and raise awareness of Korean culture in the community. Additionally, proceeds from the Festival are used to fund service projects and ventures which benefit the Korean and larger community in Hawai'i, including an annual scholarship fund for outstanding, civic-minded students entering or currently enrolled in college.
The 7th Annual Korean Festival
Saturday, July 12, 2008
10am to 9pm
Kapi'olani Park & Bandstand Admission is free and open to the general public. Food, products, and some activities are also available with purchase of scrip. This is a tentative list. Events and times are subject to change without notice. 10:00am Traditional Farmer's Harvest Music
Nongak Marching Group 10:15am Fan Dance
by Aju P'ongsang Suwon Institute 10:21am Uttari Nongak
Pochun Manwol Samulnori 10:31am Folk Song
by Aju P'ongsang Suwon Institute 10:37am Student Scholarship Awards Presentation
Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce 10:42am The Scholar Dance
by Aju P'ongsang Suwon Institute 10:47am Taekwondo (Korean Martial Arts) Presentation
US Taekwondo Team 11:17am The Hand Drum Dance
by Aju P'ongsang Suwon Institute 11:22am Hula
by Halau Hula O'Hoakalei 11:50am Royal Hawaiian Band 12:20pm Opening Ceremonies & Entrepeneur of the Year Presentation
Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce 12:45pm Court Dances
by The Society for Research for Jeongjae Group 1:00pm Latin Dances
by Korean Life Culture Association 1:15pm Korean Dances
by The Society for Research for Jeongjae Group 1:31pm Jazz & Hip Hop
by Korean Life Culture Association 1:45pm Kim Chi Eating Contest 2:11pm Welcome Remarks 2:16pm BYU Korean Music
BYU Korean Club 2:26pm Martial Arts Presentation
Pacific Martial Arts 2:56pm Local Korean Dance Groups
Halla Huhm Studio
Hwa Sook Chang Dance Team
Myung-Woo Dahn
Jung Eun Sun Studio
Cham-Sa Rang
Rainbow Music Band 4:10pm Chung Hwa Ja Kayagum Institute 4:40pm Samul Gwang Dae Group 5:30pm Korean Song Contest 7:00pm Award-Winning Korean Pop Star
Kim Se Hwan Featured Performers 
The Korean Life Culture Association performs a number of different dances including the Cha-Cha, Rumba, Samba, Pasadoble, Jive, Jazz and Hip-Hop to share contemporary dance and good will with their audiences throughout Korea and around the world. 
The members of Samul Gwang Dae Group have known each other from childhood and began playing together from an early age. In 1988 they joined Kim Duk-su's Samulnori Hanullim while in high school and from then on became known as the Samul Gwang Dae. Global performers, they are making their Hawaii debut at the Festival. 
Aju P'ongsang Suwon Institute won the first place award for traditional dance at the Kangnam Cultural Center in Seoul last year. These Korean housewives perpetuate traditional Korean culture in Suwon, and derive much personal enjoyment as well. They perform the following dances: Puchae Chum (fan dance), Minyo Chum (folk song dance), Heung Chum (small hand drum dance) and Hairyang-mu (scholar's dance). 
Chung Hwa of Chung Hwa Ja Kayagum Institute is an award-winning performer who also teaches at Namwon Traditional Art High School. Her performance of the Suk Dae Mori tells a famous Korean love story. In Honam-ga, she brings alive a poem of the Yi dynasty describing the Honam scenery. Chindo Arirang takes the audience to the Chindo province, and Sae Taryong describes the singing of many different birds. 
The Society for Research of Jeongjae strives to perpetuate the interest in Jeongjae, a beloved Korean court dance. The Korean National Folk Museum has invited the group to perform at its events, and they have performed at historic Korean palaces, at the concert celebration for the Korean empress Hyegyeong's sixtieth birthday and at a celebration for cultural icon, Kim Chang-Ha, a court dance master in the late Joseon Dynasty. 
Pochun Manwol Samulnori is the enthusiastic amateur performing troupe that studies with Kim Han Bok of the Samul Gwang Dae Group. Their talent and love for performing has taken them from stages in their hometown of Pochun to Hawaii and beyond. 2008 HAWAI'I CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL July 27-28, 2008 Lili'u Theatre, Room 310, Hawai'i Convention Center, Honolulu, HI FREE! Help us get the word out about the festival Download PDF flyer for distribution SCHEDULE OF FILMS Sunday July 27, 2008 11.00 am – 12:00 pm The Hawaiians - Reflecting Spirit (2007) This film offers important cultural insights into who the Hawaiians are as a people, their origins, historical challenges and current social conditions. It talks about the connectedness of native peoples to the ocean, sky and land. (58min DVD) To be shown as filler between feature programs Summer 2008 Eruption Update (2008) During an eruption anything can happen. Anywhere. Without warning. Kilauea volcano has been erupting for more than 24 years. Segments of this film will be shown throughout the day highlighting what happens: seared your skin, scorching your clothing, and trying to set your feet on fire, and the amazing dynamics of an active volcano: high fountains, fissures, lava lakes lava flows, villages destroyed, and new land built at the ocean. 12:00 – 12:30pm The Airport and the Ae‘o (2007) This is the story about an airport, a bird, and what the State of Hawai‘i did to save its habitat. The construction of the reef runway for Honolulu not only provided mitigated habitat for the Ae‘o and other wetland birds, but also a precedent for the Federal Aviation Authority funding nationwide. (25 min DVD) 12:30 – 1:00pm Kaulana Nā Wai ‘Ehā: Restoring Maui’s Famous Streams (2008) The story tracing the endeavors of Hui o Nā Wai ‘Ehā and the Maui Tomorrow Foundation, to restore the historic flows to Waikapū, ‘Īao, Waiehu and Waihe‘e streams on Maui, traditionally known as Nā Wai ‘Ehā, “the Four Great Waters”. For the past century agricultural plantations have diverted the lion’s share of the water from two of these streams, Waihe‘e and ‘Īao. Community groups are actively working to protect and restore their quality of life for present and future generations by retrieving water to these streams, thus to benefit, not only the native stream life, such as ‘o‘opu, hīhīwai and ‘ōpae, but also to help kalo farmers flourish in the area once again. (30 min DVD) 1:00 – 2:30 pm Sharkwater (2006) For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a life-long fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth's history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart's remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world's sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind. (89 min DVD) 2:00 – 3:30 pm Strange Days on Planet Earth – Most Dangerous Catch (2008) Our massive demands on the ocean’s bounty impacts life far beyond the shoreline: bushmeat hunting is on the rise in Ghana while in Namibia; fishing grounds struggle to recover as putrid fumes explode from the ocean depths and poison the waters; and radical new fish farms are sprouting up from Puerto Rico to Canada. Across the globe, all life is feeling the effects of overfishing. Can we protect fish in time to safeguard the ocean, life on land and ultimately ourselves? Find out how we all can make a difference. (55 min DVD) 3:30 – 4:30 pm Strange Days on Planet Earth –Dirty Secrets Something is amiss in our global world water supply: Striped bass are succumbing to flesh-eating bacteria in Chesapeake Bay; seabird chicks are starving in Hawai‘i; coral reefs are weakening under a growing assault of invisible contaminants and an increasing variety of aquatic animals are showing signs of developmental disorders. Experts and citizens are racing to find clues to the causes—and the solutions. Find out how we all can make a difference. (55 min DVD) 4:30 – 6:00 pm The Future of Food (2004) An in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply. (88 min DVD) 6:00 – 7:30 pm King Corn King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat-and how we farm. (88 min DVD) 7:30 – 9:00 pm 11th Hour (2007) Humankind’s 11th hour is here: the last moment when we can change and stop our rush towards ecological collapse. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio produces and narrates this urgent and transforming look at where we’ve been, where we’re going and – most important – how we can change. Astonishing images of floods, fires, hurricanes, collapsing ice cliffs and growing mountains of waste juxtaposed with images of a sustainable future urge us to take action. Will we employ exciting new technologies and change our behavior to save our planet? The crisis is now; but we do have the solutions to save this unique blue planet for future generations. (92 min DVD) Monday July 28, 2008 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005) The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. Castigated as a pariah in his community, Farmer John bravely transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and arson. He succeeds in creating a bastion of free expression and a revolutionary form of agriculture in rural America. (82 min DVD) 12:00 – 1:00 pm Cane Toads - An Unnatural History (1988) Cane toads were imported by the sackload from Hawai‘i to Australia in 1935 in an attempt to rid the country of the Greyback beetle, which was rapidly destroying their sugarcane crop. The cane toads adapted beautifully to their new surroundings. Problem was, the beetle could fly and the cane toad couldn’t. This is an amazing story of an amphibious assault – the whole story, warts and all, and in truly Australian style. (60 min DVD) 1:00 – 1:30 pm Gimme Green (2008) Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the curtain of the $40-billion industry that fuels our nation's largest irrigated crop-the lawn. (28 min DVD) 1:30 – 2:30 pm The Silence of the Bees (2007) The film encompasses three parallel stories. The first is the overall mystery of why the bees are disappearing, and the scientific investigations that are under way to try to understand this. The second is the surprising reliance that we have on this completely unnatural system of trucking bees around the country to pollinate our crops. This is something that I think has taken everyone by surprise. Third, maybe most fascinating of all, is the story of the honeybee itself. To understand the magnitude of the problem and what we're losing, it's important to appreciate how extraordinary these animals are, and the value of what they contribute to the planet. And to our plates! (56 min DVD) 2:30 -4:00 pm Who killed the electric car? (2006) In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline...........Ten years later, these cars were destroyed. Running solely on electricity, General Motors’ fleet of EV-1 electric vehicles were so efficient, they were on the brink of altering the future of driving in America – perhaps even the world. Those lucky enough to drive on gave it glowing reviews. So why were they all destroyed? This is a murder mystery like no other, as it unravels the puzzling demise of a vehicle that could have saved the environment and America’s dangerous addition to foreign oil. (95min DVD) 4:00 -5:00 pm Car of the Future (2008) The "Car Talk" radio guys go on a joke-filled quest to find the perfect car of the future in a TV show premiering on Earth Day. And the punch line is that the technology they're looking for is already available - for a price, that is. PBS Nova documentary series, marks the prime-time television debut of Tom and Ray Magliozzi, a.k.a. Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers. (56 min DVD) 5:00 -6:00 pm Solar Energy - Saved by the Sun (2007) This documentary poses the burning question: Can solar power help save the Earth from the ravages of global warming? In the face of steeply rising oil prices and political turmoil in the Middle East, there’s a new urgency and enthusiasm for finding ways to make solar power more efficient and affordable. Nova presents a provocative mix of scientists, economists, and ordinary citizens who are all pushing the envelope of solar power’s untapped potential. (56 min DVD) 6:00 -7:00 pm The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (2006) When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba’s economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call “The Special Period.” Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope. It is interesting to think how Hawaii could survive a similar oil crisis with its 90% dependency of imported oil and commodities. (53min DVD) 7:00 - 8:30 pm Six Degrees Could Change the World (2008) Six Degrees is an extraordinary journey into our planet’s future to explore the potential impacts of global warming degree-by-degree - through six degrees over the next hundred years. From Greenland’s ice sheet to tropical ocean coral reefs, from Himalayan glaciers to the Amazon rainforest, come chilling firsthand accounts of climate change already underway - and evidence of more to come. As global warming reaches into the lives of ordinary people, scientists on the frontlines race against the clock to determine if the climate models are right and if they are, how bad things could get. As the mercury rises, what could the next century of climate change really look and feel like? The journey of Six Degrees concludes with an examination of solutions, both great and small, we can use to defuse the global warming time bomb. (90 min DVD) 
www.hawaiiconservation.org Sponsored by: Hawai'i Conservation Alliance Foundation, Hawai'i International Film Festival, Kokua Hawai'i Foundation, CFP Landscapes, 100% Green, and private donors Carbon Offset Fund Find out how to help make the film festival and other Hawai'i Conservation Week events carbon neutral. June 29 It's Bon Dance season in Hawai'i! Dust of the hapi coat, pull out the fan, and grab that hand towel...and don't forget to bring your appetite too! O‘AHU - June 7 (Sat.): Waipahu Cultural Garden Park, 4 p.m. Buddhist service, 6 p.m. bon dance (677-0110)
- June 21 (Sat.): Ewa Hongwanji, 6 p.m. service, 7 p.m. bon dance (677-4221)
- June 27 & 28 (Fri./Sat.): Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, 6:30 p.m. bon dance (536-7044)
- June 27 & 28 (Fri./Sat.): Wahiawa Hongwanji, 6:30 p.m. service (English on Friday, Japanese on Saturday), 7:30 p.m. bon dance both nights (622-4320)
- July 4 & 5 (Fri./Sat.): Moiliili Hongwanji, 7:15 p.m. bon dance follows short o-bon service (949-1659)
- July 5 (Sat.): Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji, 6 p.m. service, 6:30 p.m. bon dance (247-2661)
- July 11 & 12 (Fri./Sat.): Koboji Shingon Mission, 7 p.m. bon dance, (841-7033)
- July 11 & 12 (Fri./Sat.): Waipahu Hongwanji, 6:30 p.m. service on Friday, 7:30 p.m. bon dance (677-4221)
- July 12 (Sat.): Tendai Hawaii Betsuin, 7 p.m. bon dance (595-2556)
- July 18 & 19 (Fri./Sat.) Shinshu Kyokai Mission, 7:30 p.m. bon dance (973-0156)
- July 18 & 19 (Fri./Sat.): Haleiwa Shingon Mission, 6:30 p.m. service, 8 p.m. bon dance (637-4423)
- July 19 (Sat.): Kailua Hongwanji, 7 p.m. bon dance (262-4560)
- July 19 (Sat.): Kahuku Hongwanji, 7:30 p.m. bon dance (622-4320)
- July 25 & 26 (Fri./Sat.): Jikoen Hongwanji, 6:30 p.m. bon dance (845-3422)
- July 25 & 26 (Fri./Sat.): Haleiwa Jodo Mission, both nights: 6:30 p.m. service, 7 p.m. bon dance, 9 p.m. toro nagashi on Saturday (637-4382)
- July 25 & 26 (Fri./Sat.): Wahiawa Ryusenji Soto Mission, 7:30 p.m. bon dance; 7 and 8:30 p.m. performances by Hawaii Matsuri Taiko; Saturday only: 9 p.m. Okinawan bon dance with Hawaii Eisa Shinyu Kai (622-1429)
- July 25 & 26 (Fri./Sat.): Higashi Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin, 7 p.m. service, 7:30 p.m. bon dance (531-9088 )
- July 26 (Sat.): Waianae Hongwanji, 7 p.m. bon dance (7 p.m. service on Friday) (677-4221)
- Aug. 1 & 2 (Fri./Sat.): Palolo Hongwanji, 7 p.m. service, 7:30 p.m. bon dance (732-1491)
- Aug. 1 & 2 (Fri./Sat.): Waipahu Soto Zen Temple Taiyoji, both nights: 6:30 p.m. service, 8 p.m. bon dance; Friday: 9:15 p.m. performance by Hawaii Matsuri Taiko (671-3103)
- Aug. 2 (Sat.): Waialua Hongwanji, 6 p.m. service, 7:30 p.m. bon dance (625-0925)
- Aug. 8 & 9 (Fri./Sat.): Shingon Shu Hawaii, 6:30 p.m. service, 7 p.m. bon dance (941-5663)
- Aug. 8 & 9 (Fri./Sat.): Soto Mission of Aiea – Taiheiji, 7:30 p.m. bon dance; 7 p.m. taiko performance both days; Okinawan bon dance with Hawaii Eisa Shinyu Kai Saturday at 9 p.m. (488-6794)
- Aug. 8 & 9 (Fri./Sat.): Pearl City Hongwanji, both nights: service at 6:15 p.m., bon dance at 7:30 p.m. (455-1680)
- Aug. 15 & 16 (Fri./Sat.): Jodo Mission of Hawaii, 7 p.m. bon dance (949-3995)
- Aug. 15 & 16 (Fri./Sat.): Soto Mission of Hawaii – Shoboji, 7 p.m. bon dance both days, o-bon service precedes Friday bon dance (537-9409)
- Aug. 15 & 16 (Fri./Sat.): Mililani Hongwanji, 7:30 p.m. bon dance (625-0925)
- Aug. 23 (Sat.): Aiea Hongwanji, 6 p.m. service, 7 p.m. bon dance (488-5685)
- Aug. 30 (Sat.): Okinawan Festival, 5:30 p.m. bon dance at Kapi‘olani Park (676-5400)
- Sept. 20 (Sat.): Autumn Dance Matsuri at Hawaii Okinawa Center, 5 p.m. (676-5400)
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 Mike McStay at Twitchfilm just gave a positive review of "The Crossing". My friend (LHJ) who studies North Korean refugees cried after seeing the film. I can't wait to see it in Hawai'i.
Synopsis: Yong-soo lives in a small coal-mine village in North Korea with his wife and young son. Although living in extreme poverty, the family is happy just to be with each other. Then one day, Yong-soo’s pregnant wife becomes critically ill. Let alone medicine, Yong-soo can’t even find food for her in North Korea. So he secretly crosses the borders of China hoping to find the medicine for his wife. After many life threatening moments in China, Yong-soo is forced into South Korea, becoming an unwanted refugee prohibited to return to his family. Meanwhile, his wife passes away leaving their young son alone in desperation. With no one to turn to, his young son sets out to find his father not knowing where or how to find him. June 22 
CAMPAIGN eNEWSLETTER
June 22, 2008 (Sunday) Aloha, Stop Rail Now Supporters: What a great week and what a great weekend . . . we've received at least 8,000 signatures in just the past 6 days. We're closing in on 30,000 and (with YOUR help) we'll be there before you know it. Mahalo!! As you've seen, Mufi and his greedy friends will say and do just about anything (including smearing local residents who oppose rail) in order to get their hands on the big money that the rail project will provide to the Mayor's associates in the construction industry and the development industry. In addition to the deceptive advertising which started airing this past week or so, today's daily newspapers each contained a large print ad -- paid for by Mufi's own campaign -- which (among other things) maligned tens of thousands of our fellow citizens of Oahu for being unthinking supporters of our 'mainland' effort to put the rail project on the ballot. Mufi's nastiness reminds me of an encounter I had with a couple who accused me of being a mainland haole who lives in Hawaii Kai and only came to ruin Hawaii and then leave to go back to the mainland. Of course, I'm born and raised in Hawaii and have lived for years in Ewa Beach. But, these pro-railers will stoop to anything . . . including personal attacks, made-up statistics, using our tax money to spread lies, and cutting backroom deals to gain support for this white elephant. But we've got them running scared. That's why we need to stay focused and stay strong. If Mufi and his greedy friends are going to get desperate, we'll work harder to let the public know that this entire project is about money and not about traffic relief. Unlike the members of the Rail Consortium, we at Stop Rail Now can back up our assertions. And we already know that the public agrees with us about big money being the reason that Team Mufi are spending so much money, time and energy attempting to keep the rail project from getting de-railed. Even regular voters and taxpayers who might be leaning in favor of rail are suspicious of the motives for this project . . . they just need our help learning the truth. In addition to SRN's own advertising, one of the best techniques we have for spreading the word during the next six weeks and beyond is SIGNWAVING. In addition to the standard sized signs you see politicians holding during 'signwaving season', we've got some really large banners which allows a single signwaver to look like six people. Thanks to the ingenuity of Mililani-based volunteer Wayne Miyashiro, SRN has several large PVC-framed banners which break down easily for storage in your car. Volunteers are needed for signwaving: daily at morning rush hour (6am - 9am), lunchtime (11am - 1pm), and evening rush hour (4pm - 7pm). Please reply to this e-mail or call the office at 536-4384 and let us know if you can help. From past and present experience, I can assure you that signwaving is a LOT of fun, and you will get GREAT responses from passing drivers. Yesterday, on Ala Moana Boulevard, we got over 100 honks and hundreds of folks waving in just a couple of hours!! Also, we need volunteers for door-to-door signature collection, mostly in the evenings (between 6pm and 8pm). All neighborhoods island-wide will be visited during the weeks ahead, so you can help close to home, or anywhere else on the island. Please reply to this e-mail or call the office at 536-4384 and let us know. This is a big effort which we'll likely repeat once we're on the ballot. But to get to that stage, we need the support of more registered voters on Oahu through their signatures. Speaking of signatures, please send in any petitions (partial or complete) that you now have and please let anyone you know to do the same. Please keep collecting, but please help us to keep up with the task of verifying signatures and keeping the count accurate. In fact, our verification efforts have begun and will be ongoing until the day we turn in the signatures to the City Clerk in six short weeks (August 4th). Using the voter registration database, our goal is to know EXACTLY how many valid signatures we have from registered voters on Oahu before we turn over the petition sheets (keeping copies, of course!!). We're not going to let City Hall pull any shenanigans during their 20-day petition/signature review period. If we can identify the signers, then they can too!! YOUR HELP IS NEEDED:
BIG HAPPENINGS / WEEKDAYS & THE COMING WEEKEND Here's this coming week's schedule of activities for collecting signatures between now and Sunday. We can't rely on the internet or mail order petitions to cross the finish line. So with your help at one or more of these events, we'll get hundreds and hundreds (if not thousands and thousands) of people to sign our petition during these next seven days: TUESDAY, JUNE 24th United States Post Office - Downtown
Downtown, corner of Richards & Merchant
Tuesday, 11am to 1pm WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25th Fort Street Open Market
Downtown, corner of Pauahi & Fort Street
Wednesday, 11am to 1pm THURSDAY, JUNE 26th United States Post Office - Downtown
Downtown, corner of Richards & Merchant
Thursday, 11am to 1pm FRIDAY, JUNE 27th Flavors of Honolulu 2008
Municipal Grounds (positioned outside near entrances)
Friday, 5pm to 10pm Taiko Fest 2008
Hawaii Theatre -- 1130 Bethel Street
Friday, from 6:00pm to 7:45pm SATURDAY, JUNE 28th KCC Open Market
Kapiolani Community College (parking lot)
Saturday, from 7am to 11am Flavors of Honolulu 2008
Municipal Grounds (positioned outside near entrances)
Saturday, 12 noon to 10pm SUNDAY, JUNE 29th Flavors of Honolulu 2008
Municipal Grounds (positioned outside near entrances)
Sunday, 12 noon to 6pm Please R.S.V.P. by calling our headquarters (536-4384) then come down and meet us at the selected special events for a great time engaging voters and getting signatures. The more, the merrier!! In addition to the campaign-sponsored activity, there are many other promising places to find lots of willing signers. After scouring event calendars, SRN has posted a frequently updated calendar of recommended locations for collecting signatures in our petition drive. Found on our website's "Volunteer" page, here's the direct link to the calendar. We sincerely hope you can join us for some, most or all of these signature collection (and promotional) opportunities. At many of these events above, we'll have clipboards, pens, petitions, extra t-shirts and loads of enthusiasm! Please contact our office at 536-4384 if you can take part in any of these events. Finally, thanks again for your support of Stop Rail Now. Stay tuned for more announcments. We couldn't do it without you. :-) Mahalo, ERIC RYAN
Stop Rail Now info@stoprailnow.com
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Hawaii has its own indigenous language and KGMB9 television has begun to broadcast it. Korean Film Festival Guide A calender of cinema on the peninsula and abroad by Jung-yul Ogborne, OhmyNews There are enough film festivals in Korea to satisfy even the most hardcore film fanatic, in fact too many some in the industry would say. Whilst the major festivals such as Busan and Jeonju attract the biggest crowds, for those interested in the latest trends in Korean Independent Cinema the smaller festivals are also worth checking out. Quality will be varied, but you might just be lucky enough to find a real cinematic gem or gain insight into a social issue that foreigners rarely get to hear about in Korea. Buoyed by the boom in Korean cinema in the late 1990s, Korea has one of the largest populations of cinephiles anywhere in the world and when you combine this with the national passion for meeting together in big groups and getting drunk, it's easy to understand why the major festivals attract such large audiences. The queues of people camping out overnight to get weekend tickets every year down in Busan pay testament to this enthusiasm, so it pays to book early if you want to see films that are likely to be popular at the bigger festivals.
Visiting film festivals is a great way to take in Korean culture and maybe explore a part of Korea you have not visited before, taking in local scenery and cuisine and maybe making some new friends too. My personal favourites are Jeonju (progressive programming, awesome food) and Pucheon Fantastic Film Festival, as well of course EXiS for something a little different. Busan has become kind of commercial in recent years, but there are still interesting films to be seen in some sections (if you can get a ticket) and it is worth a visit for the spectacle and to take in the atmosphere alone. Chungmuro was a welcome new addition to the calendar last year, giving audiences young and old a rare chance to see classic films on the big screen, as well as lesser known works by outstanding directors you might not have heard of.
*The dates of these festivals vary slightly every year. Confirmed dates are for 2008, see the related Web sites for more details. The festival season runs roughly from May to October. March
Seoul Independent Film and Video Documentary Festival (인디다큐페스티벌)
2008.3.28 - 4.3
www.sidof.org
April
International Women's film Festival in Seoul (서울여성영화제)
2008.04.10-18
www.wffis.or.kr
Udine Far East Film Festival
Confident, exciting programming makes this one of the best places to catch the best new pictures from Asia.
Udine, Italy / End of April
www.fareastfilm.com/
May
Jeonju International Film Festival (전주국제영화제)
Jeonju City, Jeolla-buk do
2008.5.01-09
http://www.jiff.or.kr
Seoul Human Rights Film festival (인권영화제)
Mid may, Seoul art Cinema
www.sarangbang.or.kr/hrfilm
Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (서울국제만화애니메이션페스티벌)
2008.5.21-25
www.sicaf.org
Independent Film and Video Makers Forum (인디포럼)
Indi-space, Seoul
2008.5.29-6.6
http://www.indieforum.co.kr/
Busan Asian Short film Festival (부산아시아단편영화제)
End of May
www.basff.org
June
Seoul LGBT Film Festival (서울LGBT페스티벌)
Seoul Art Cinema
http://www.selff.com/
Mise-en-scene's Genres Film Festival (Short Film Festival) (미쟝센단편영화제)
Yongsan, Seoul / End of June
http://www.mgff.org/
July
Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival PIFAN (부천판타스틱영화제)
Bucheon, Incheon / 2008.7.18 - 27
www.pifan.com
Seoul International Youth Film Festival (서울국제청소년영화제)
2008.7.16-22
www.siyff.com
August
JeongdongJin Independent Film and Video Festival (정동진독립영화제)
Jeongdongjin, Gangwon-Do / Early August
www.jiff.co.kr
Jecheon International Film and Music Festival (제천국제음악영화제)
Jecheon, Chungcheonbuk-Do / mid August
"Launched in 2005, Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) is a celebration of film and music set in the beautiful landscapes of Jecheon City."
www.jimff.org
EBS International Documentary Festival EBS (국제다큐멘터리페스티벌)
TV Broadcast Festival, showcasing documentaries from Korea and abroad on EBS End of August
http://www.eidf.org
Fringe Festival (프린지 페스티벌)
Various venues around Seoul, End of August
http://www.seoulfringefestival.net/
New York Korean Film Festival
Annual film festival hosted by the Korean Society of New York, End of August http://www.koreanfilmfestival.org/
September
Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS) (서울국제실험영화제)
Korea's only Film festival dedicated to Experimental works.
Seoul Art Cinema & one other venue / early September
www.ex-is.org
Seoul International Film Festival (서울국제영화제)
Konkuk University Lotte Cinema / Mid September
www.senef.net
Jeju Film Festival (제주영화제)
Jeju Island, September
www.jf.or.kr
Chunsa Film Festival (춘사대상영화제)
Seoul /Mid-September
http://www.chunsafilmfestival.com/
Resfest Korea (레스페스트디지털영화제)
Seoul, End of August (Currently Defunct)
http://www.resfest.co.kr/resfest/
Korea Youth Film Festival & Dream Invitation Motion Picture Award (대한민국청소년영화제)
End of September
www.dima.or.kr
October
Busan International Film festival (부산국제영화제)
Haeundae and other locations in Busan / early-mid october
www.piff.org
Seoul International Family Film Festival (서울국제가족영상축제)
Newly inaugurated festival of films on other activities based on the theme of family.
Jungdong Cinema & Mirospace Cinema - Gwangwhamun,Seoul / Mid-October www.sifff.org
Daegu International Short Film Festival (대구단편영화제)
Daegu, Gyungsangnam-do / Late October
http://www.diff.or.kr/
Chungmuro Film Festival (서울충무로국제영화제)
Retrospective Film Festival
Chungmuro Area, Seoul / Late October
www.chiffs.org
November
Pucheon International Student Animation Festival (부천국제대학애니메이션페스티벌)
Pucheon, Incheon / Start of November
http://www.pisaf.or.kr
Asiana International Short Film Festival (아시아나 국제단편영화제)
Cinecube Cinema - Gwanghwamun, Seoul / Early Nov
www.aisff.org
Seoul New Media Festival (서울뉴미디어페스티벌)
Various venues aroud Seoul / mid November
http://www.nemaf.net/
Gwangju International Film Festival (광주국제영화제)
Gwangju City, Late November
http://www.giff.org/
Seoul Independent Film Festival (서울독립영화제)
IndieSpace (Jungang Cinema), Seoul / End of November
www.siff.or.kr
December
Person with Disabilities Film Festival (장애인영화제)
Cinemas around Seoul / Early December
http://www.pdff.net/
University Film festival of Korea (대한민국대학영화제)
End of December
www.uniff.org
Green Film Festival in Seoul (Hosted by the Korea Green Foundation) (서울환경영화제)
http://www.greenfund.org/greenmovie/
Note on Screenings
If you don't speak Korean, please make sure subtitles will be shown before travelling to the screening! At every film festival I go to there are always a few people who make a bee-line for the door once the dialogue starts unaccompanied by translation, so please don't waste your time and check before hand. Please be warned that the fact a film festival calls itself 'international' is no guarantee that it will cater to non-Korean speaking audiences, especially for films where the dialogue is not in Korean or English.
I know myself how annoying it is to find a film in the program that you really want to see is not going to be subtitled in English, but having worked with festival subtitling teams I know what a huge task it is and many festivals simply do not have the resources to dedicate to the task -- especially when only a handful of foreigners are likely to be in the audience. Remember, we are in Korea after all .
Happy Viewing! May 13 It's that time of the year again for me.... April 15 
Presented by Hawaiian Electric Company Saturday, April 26, 2008
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Great Lawn Bishop Museum is hosting the first Grow Hawaiian Festival to be held on O'ahu, presented by Hawaiian Electric Company on April 26, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The eco-conscious festival is being held in honor of Earth Day. Admission is free. Weavers, dancers, kapa makers, and other practitioners of traditional Hawaiian culture will join biologists, conservationists, and horticulturists to share their common passion for the native and Polynesian-introduced plants of Hawaii. Festival attendees will have a unique opportunity to speak to many of the foremost practitioners of Hawaiian arts including lei makers, ipu makers, and woodworkers. Click here for the day's schedule of events. Ongoing demonstrations and displays on the Great Lawn: - Ipu making by Calvin Hoe
- Lei making by Bill Char and Dot Sakamoto
- Kapa making by Dalany Tanahy and Verna Takashima
- Wood working by Solomon Apio
- Weaponry & wood work by Umi Kai
- Weaving by Janice Kai, Marques Marzan, Patrick Horimoto, and Kawahine Tokunaga
- Lomilomi massages by Moku Ola Hawaiian Healing Center
- Kalo pounding and kapa making by Ka‘ala Farm
- Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program
- Mālama Hawaii
- Mālama Learning Center
- Hawaiian Electric Company
Headlining the festival will be presentations by ‘olohe lua, author, and cultural historian, Richard Likeke Paglinawan, who will discuss the plants of the ancient Hawaiian martial arts, while a roundtable of kumu hula will share personal stories and thoughts on the plants used in hula. Staff from the native plant nursery Hui Ku Maoli Ola will talk about how to choose and properly care for Hawaiian plants. Representatives from Ka‘ala Farm will be on hand demonstrating kalo pounding and kapa making. The Grow Hawaiian Festival provides an extraordinary opportunity for people to ask experts for advice on all manner of things biological or horticultural. Attendees can bring their unknown plants to the festival to get them identified. The festival will also feature informational booths on local conservation and sustainability efforts, a guided tour of Bishop Museum’s garden of native and indigenous plants, and a native plants sale. The Hawaiian music trio Pilioha and hula dancers will entertain festival attendees. Refreshments will be available for purchase from local food vendors. Hawaiian Electric Company will give away reusable grocery bags to the first 100 families or individuals who attend the festival and, while supplies last, to those who pledge to conserve electricity. 
MAMo Awards 2008 Ceremony and Gallery Reception
May 1
6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Bishop Museum Bishop Museum hosts the awards ceremony that honors this year’s MAMo Award recipients. The MAMo Award recognizes Native Hawaiian visual artists who have devoted a lifetime to championing Native Hawaiian arts. FREE to the Public. 3rd Annual Native Hawaiian Arts Market & Keiki Art Festival
May 3-4,
9 am -5 pm
Bishop Museum Co-sponsored by Bishop Museum and PA‘I Foundation, the two-day Annual Native Hawaiian Arts Market will feature over 40 Native Hawaiian visual artists, from fine arts to contemporary craftwork. For the first time, the 3rd Annual Keiki Art Festival will also be taking place at Bishop Museum. A reduced admission rate of $3 per person for Hawaii residents and active/retired Military and their families with identification will be offered. Museum members and children 3 and under are free. April 07 
He'll be in a dark suit, with his only son at his side as best man. She'll be in a white suit, with her only daughter at her side as maid of honor. But when they promise to love, honor and obey as they take traditional wedding vows eight weeks from now, it's still undecided whether the new Mrs. Daniel K. Inouye will actually take the senator's last name. "We're still trying to work that through," said Irene Hirano, the petite and stylish 59-year-old Los Angeles museum executive who accepted a marriage proposal a year ago from Hawai'i's 83-year-old senior senator. "She has her professional career," he said, adding in jest that they could have a card saying "U.S. Sen. and Mrs. Daniel Inouye," with the caveat "also known as Irene Hirano." On May 24, the couple will be married in a small, private service in Los Angeles, with only their families present. Inouye said last week that his son, Kenneth, is already beginning to stress about arrangements. "Don't worry," the senator reassured him. "We're keeping it small and simple," added Hirano. "I still have to do the flowers." from the Honolulu Advertiser |
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