Events: Library, Volcanoes National Park, Astronomy
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park announces the upcoming flight plans for the remainder of April:
• 8 a.m.-noon Thursday, April 18: For invasive Guinea grass surveys and control along Keauhou Trail, from the coast to 2,700-foot elevation.
• 8 a.m.-noon Thursday, April 18, and April 24: To transport fence material, field equipment and supplies to the Ka‘u desert boundary between sea level and 3,000-foot elevation.
• 10 a.m.-noon Monday, April 22: For invasive faya tree surveys on Mauna Loa between the powerline road and Kipukapuaulu.
• 8 a.m. April 24 and 11 a.m. April 26: Fly supplies and crews for petrel monitoring from the Kilauea helipad at 4,000-foot elevation to Mauna Loa at 9,000 feet and back.
USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory might conduct flight operations over Kilauea and Mauna Loa to assess volcanic activity and maintain instrumentation.
The park regrets any noise impact to residents and park visitors. Dates and times are subject to change based on aircraft availability and weather.
Management of the park requires the use of aircraft to monitor and research volcanic activity, conduct search-and-rescue missions and law enforcement operations, support management of natural and cultural resources and maintain backcountry facilities.
Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea is hosting a writers workshop, “Self-Publishing 101,” from 5-7 p.m. Today (April 17) in the library meeting room. The event is free and open to the public.
Sam Cudney, a Hawaii Island-based freelance editor and writer with a background in nonfiction and technical writing, will lead the workshop. Cudney published several books for himself and others, including “How to Publish Your Book for Free.”
The workshop will demonstrate in detail the intricacies of the self-publishing process using readily available tools. Participants will learn how to format their work for ebook and print.
For more information, call 887-6067.
In a remote southeast corner of the Pacific, outside the Polynesian Triangle, lies the tiny island of Taumako, where ancient wayfinding and canoe building technologies were never lost.
Join ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center from 7-8:45 p.m. Thursday, April 18, in the Moanahoku Room for the Hawaii Island premiere of part one of the groundbreaking new documentary series “We the Voyagers.”
The first film in a three-part series, “Our Vaka,” traces the story of how residents of this isolated Solomon Islands community continue to follow the ways of their ancestral culture-hero, Lata, who built the first voyaging canoe (vaka) and navigated to distant islands using unique designs, materials and methods.
Produced by The Vaka Taumako Project, “We the Voyagers” presents the largely untold story of an unbroken wayfinding tradition, which stands in sharp contrast to the now familiar history of the epic efforts of Hawaii’s Polynesian Voyaging Society to recover the lost art of oceanic wayfinding in the 1970s.
As the film shows, Taumako wayfinding is distinct in other ways as well. Among its features are a unique style of voyaging canoe with a largely underwater hull, prominent roles played by women and a navigation technique for metaphysically influencing weather patterns.
The 58-minute film will be introduced by Chad Kalepa Baybayan, ‘Imiloa’s navigator-in-residence and senior crew member for the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Malama Honua Worldwide Voyage (2014-17).
Following the screening, Baybayan will talk story with the film’s producer, Marianne “Mimi” George, a Hawaii-based anthropologist who has nearly 30 years of experience with Taumako maritime history. Baybayan and George will discuss the divergent histories of wayfinding revival within and outside Polynesia, as well as the Vaka Taumako Project’s efforts to support the construction of new canoes and training of the next generation of youth in Taumako.
For more information, visit www.ImiloaHawaii.org or call 932-8901.
