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Biloxi Blues
In this hilarious and heart warming, Tony Award winning semi-autobiographical Neil Simon play, young Eugene Morris Jerome enlists in the U.S. Army at the end of World War II. He is shipped from his Brooklyn home to basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi. At boot camp, Eugene is antagonized by the manic drill instructor, is introduced to adulthood, love and sex through his experiences with a diverse and rowdy group of young recruits, his first girlfriend, and a local prostitute.
Directed by Larry Reitzer
Gamelan Of The Molten Blossom: Special Performance
Live Aloha Art Festival
What: Live Aloha Art Festival (LAAF)
When: January 6-12, 2020
Where: East Hawai’i Cultural Center & ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center
Tickets All events are free and open to the public.
All donations will directly support production costs and participating artists.
A Christmas Cabaret
The Hilo Community Players present A Christmas Cabaret!
3rd Annual Big Island Clay Exhibition
In December, the Makai gallery of the East Hawaii Cultural Center features a solo exhibition by Shelby B. Smith exploring ceramic media through alternative processes. Smith’s fields of study, both architecture and ceramics, conflate in the “theoretical vessel” – an object by which space becomes an artifact of human design and interaction.
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Orchid Isle Orchestra: Ho! Ho! Hoedown
Orchid Isle Orchestra will present its annual holiday concert on Sunday, December 1, 4 PM, at the Kahua ‘Elua Theater (upstairs black-box theater) of the East Hawaii Cultural Center in Hilo. Artistic Director Cathy Young and Assistant Walter Greenwood will team with Guest Conductor David MacKenzie in presenting Ho! Ho! Hoedown!, a concert celebrating the immigrant experience and diversity of our musical heritages.
Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old
Fat, Pretty, and Soon to Be Old
A new storytelling event by award-winning writer/performer Kimberly Dark
November 22, 7 p.m. East Hawaii Cultural Center - Kahua ‘Elua, sliding scale fee of $10-15!
24 Hours of Reality
Big Island friends - Want to learn more about our climate crisis and how we can mitigate it?
Join speakers: LiAnne Yu, Noel Morin, Heather Kimball, Joanna Norton and Ron Reilly as they present a climate talk at the East Hawaii Cultural Center (Kahua 'Elua Theater) on November 20th.
Temple Children & HHS Art Club Mural
Sculpture Drawing
Kindred Spirits
The East Hawai‘i Cultural Center is pleased to announce the opening reception of ‘KINDRED SPIRITS: Exploring Interrelationships Between People, Places and Planet Earth,’ an immersive and sensory exhibition curated by Temple Children and supported by the County of Hawai‘i.










