A free event for all ages.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
This year, storms rolled through our neighborhoods. Bills that could solve Hawaiʻi's biggest problems have fallen flat in the legislature. The cost of calling Hawaiʻi home keeps climbing out of reach. And big money is still calling the shots, shaping our daily lives.
No one is coming to save us — but we can show up for ourselves.
🤝 Hoʻohui means to come together, to unite, to join. It's one of Our Hawaiʻi's core principles; the belief that there is strength in numbers, that movements are built conversation by conversation, neighbor by neighbor, until we have the collective power to shape our own future.
What to expect:
- 🎤 Open Mic from 5-6pm (sign up here)
- 🎶 Live Music by The Vitals and Irie Love
- 🗺 Community Resource Vendors
- 🥁 Healing through Art Workshops
- 🎨 Community Mural: Add Your Mark with Solomon Enos
- 🖼 Open Gallery Experiences
- 🍱 Eats & Drinks by Nui Kealoha
- ... & MORE!
Free to attend. ʻOhana-friendly. All ages welcome.
Optional donations at the door go directly toward storm relief and long-term community recovery for folks still rebuilding across Oʻahu and beyond.
Come together with other local people, kānaka and kamaʻāina, who care about creating a Hawaiʻi that works for all working people, not just a wealthy few. Not wishing, but organizing. Not waiting, but building.
Hui pū. Join the Movement.
Presented by Our Hawaiʻi and Capitol Modern in partnership with Mori. Doors open at 4PM. For parking and public transportation options please visit capitolmodern.org/visit.
Main Programming
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4-5pm |
Sound check & opening |
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5-6pm |
Open Mic! |
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6-6:30pm |
Ho‘ohui Welcome Kona Low Recovery Updates Community Art Mural by Solomon Enos - Envisioning Our Hawai‘i |
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6:30-7:30pm |
The Vitals 808 |
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7:30pm-8pm |
Uniting for a Stronger Hawai‘i |
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8pm-9pm |
Irie Love |
Art Workshop Programming:
Title: Community Art Mural
Instructor: Solomon Enos
Join Solomon Enos to collectively paint our visions of Hawai‘i’s future and plan the mural we will paint together on the Capitol construction walls.
Title: Plant Dyes and Earth Colors of Hawaiʻi
Instructor: Avalon Paradea
Join Avalon Paradea to learn about crafting colors with local plants and soils. Co-creating with ʻāina encourages us to slow down, to kilo both our inner and outer senses, and to open ourselves to the playful results of working with living materials. Participants will get to decorate a paper keepsake to take home. Fun for all ages!
Title: Happy Bracelet
Instructor: Fae Yamaguchi
Happy Bracelet is a creative beading workshop where participants design personalized bracelets using colorful beads and meaningful words. Through simple art-making and connection, the workshop offers a space for creativity and comfort.
Title: Who's Got the Beat?
Instructor: James McCarthy
WHO'S GOT THE BEAT? WE GOT THE BEAT! ALL OF US HAVE RHYTHM INSIDE OF US AND JUST NEED A CHANCE TO LET IT OUT. AND YOU CAN LET IT OUT THIS FRIDAY AT HO'OHUI WITH MASTER TEACHING ARTIST AND PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN JAMES B MCCARTHY WHO HAS WORKED WITH KIDS AND FAMILIES AT CAPITOL MODERN FOR OVER A DECADE. WITH OUR HANDS AND SOME SHAKERS AND DRUMS WE CAN MAKE MUSIC IN NO TIME. AND ONCE WE HAVE
DISCOVERED SOMETHING MISTER JAMES WILL RECORD IT SO YOU CAN REMEMBER IT AND SHARE IT WITH FRIENDS. RHYTHMS NOT ALGORITHMS AT CAPITOL MODERN.
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