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May
17-18, 2008
Bank of Hawaii
Presents
The Third Annual
Hawai‘i Book & Music
Festival
A Celebration of Story and Song
The
annual FREE two-day Hawai‘i Book & Music Festival
(HBMF) celebrates books, reading and music in Hawai‘i,
showcasing Hawaii’s biggest assembly of local,
national and international authors, musicians,
 and storytellers of all kinds.
Presented by Bank
of Hawaii, in association with the City & County of Honolulu,
our new Keiki (Children’s) Festival sponsor Target, and our many
other generous sponsors, the third annual festival will be held
in Downtown Honolulu on the Frank F. Fasi Civic Grounds of
Honolulu Hale (City Hall) in historic downtown Honolulu, on May
17-18 2008 (the weekend before Memorial Day). There is plenty of
convenient FREE parking close to the festival site.
So put HBMF 2008 on your calendar, and plan on
coming to enjoy
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A beautiful
park setting in historic downtown Honolulu
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Twelve stages
and pavilions
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175 events
featuring 450 outstanding international, national and local
authors of recently published books
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Author
signings throughout the day
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Panels on
Fiction, Romance, True Crime, Hawaii history
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Musicians,
storytellers, chefs, and performers
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Tented booths
for publishers, authors, booksellers, music
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Food and
refreshments of all kinds
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Live musical
entertainment in an intimate setting
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Storytellers,
drama, and a poetry slam
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A Keiki
(children) Festival, with a special Activities Pavilion,
and jumpers
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A Keiki Stage,
and Keiki Authors
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Adult and
keiki theatre performances
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A unique
presentation of Hawaiian culture
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Arts & Crafts
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A Starbucks
open-air cafe
Hawai‘i Book and Music Festival
Sat.-Sun. May 17-18 2008
At Honolulu Hale
FREE!
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MESSAGE
FROM MAYOR
MUFI HANNEMANN
Hawaii Book &
Music Festival
Honorary Chairman
It is a
great pleasure to extend my warmest aloha on the occasion of the
Third
Annual Hawaii Book and Music Festival.
This
celebration of story and song is indeed an occasion to
celebrate.This unique event will showcase the
proud literary and musical traditions of our islands in a way
that is fun, accessible and memorable for people of all ages,
backgrounds, and tastes. Hawaii’s publishers strive to introduce
Hawaii’s books and music to the world and to introduce Hawaii to
new worlds of books and music. They honor our host culture,
including the oral and written histories of the Hawaiian people,
and highlight lifelong literacy for all of Hawaii’s people.
The festival will feature pidgin English stories
that capture the diversity of our multicultural society, photo
books of Hawaii’s natural beauty, scientific tomes that
represent the caliber of local research and scholarship, and
programs devoted to the music of Hawaii.
Each year, extensive planning and preparation go
on into making this event a success. I commend the festival
board, sponsors and volunteers for their endeavors in presenting
a celebration that creates joy and excitement about our culture
all year round.
On behalf of the City and County of Honolulu, I
invite you enjoy this year’s festival, which features more than
150 different events and 350 presenters.
From “talk story” for keiki to national book
award winners, from Hawaiian slack key to Broadway musicals and
jazz, you’re sure to find something to delight, intrigue,
educate and entertain.
E komo mai.
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