Art, music join forces
Explore the relationship between art and music at ArtSpree July 21, which is built around the Spalding House exhibit "Now Hear This."
Visitors to ArtSpree, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., can create rubber-band banjos, clay instruments and rattles. There will also be face painting, storytelling, dance lessons and an aerial acrobatics performance by the Samadhi Hawai‘i Youth Company.
The 20th annual arts festival at Spalding House will be held in conjunction with The Honolulu Museum of Art’s Family Sunday.
The Honolulu Museum of Art, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (activities end at 3 p.m.), will offer art projects involving musical instruments and a gallery hunt for music-related artwork at its Beretania Street location.
Entertainment includes a taiko drumming workshop and trampoline demonstration. At the art table, make and decorate a Chinese drum from plastic containers and chopsticks or a tambourine out of paper plates and bottle caps.
Both events are free, but ArtSpree is only accessible by free shuttle bus from Punahou School (1601 Punahou St.) or the Honolulu Museum of Art (900 S. Beretania St.). Call 532-8701 (Honolulu Museum of Art), 526-1322 (Spalding House) or visit www.honolulumuseum.org for more information. — Nina Wu, Star-Advertiser
Keiki fun, film on tap
Hawaiian Airlines is sponsoring a free screening of "Oz the Great and Powerful" on the 80-foot video board inside Aloha Stadium on July 20.
People can sit in the stands or set up beach chairs and blankets in the north section of the stadium, which will be the prime viewing area.
The movie starts at 7:30 p.m. and features James Franco as a small-time circus magician who is swept away by a tornado to Oz, where he finds himself in a power struggle among three witches, played by Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis.
Families may come early to take part in activities at the south end of the field, starting at 6 p.m.
The Hawaii Speed & Quickness athletic skills training clinic for youth will run obstacle courses. The Xtreme Fun Keiki Zone will include a rock wall. And there will be room enough on the field for casual football tossing and end-zone kicks.
Parking will be $5 per car, and no tailgating will be allowed. Turnstile Gate 4 will be open starting at 5:30 p.m.
The stadium concession stands will be open, and no coolers or outside food and beverages will be allowed.
For more information, call 483-7133 or alohastadium.hawaii.gov. — Gary Chun, Star-Advertiser
Haleiwa festival nears
The North Shore will be hopping next weekend as upward of 15,000 people are expected to visit Haleiwa Beach Park for the 16th annual Haleiwa Arts Festival.
Grade- and high-school students will be showing off their art, and children can make their own masterpieces at stations where they can model clay or create masks. Kids can also contribute to a keiki mural or have their face painted.
Families can go on 1 1/2-hour historical and agricultural tours, presented by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, between the beach park and Waialua. The requested donation for the tours is $5; they will be scheduled for 11 a.m. and 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. on both days of the festival.
Food will be sold at the site of the festival, but patrons are also encouraged to visit North Shore shops and eateries, many of which will be offering special promotions.
More than 135 juried visual artists will be presenting and selling their art in a variety of media, like oil and acrylic paint, watercolor, photography, sculpture jewelry, glass, wood and fiber.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 20 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 21.
For more information, call 637-2277 or visit haleiwaartsfestival.org. — Gary Chun, Star-Advertiser
