{"id":203301,"date":"2024-09-10T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=203301"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:59:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:59:22","slug":"hawaii-book-music-festival-uh-manoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/hawaii-book-music-festival-uh-manoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Free two-day Hawai\u02bbi Book &#038; Music festival held at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-hawaii-book-music-browsing.jpg\" alt=\"attendees looking at books\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-203254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-hawaii-book-music-browsing.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-hawaii-book-music-browsing-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-hawaii-book-music-browsing-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 19th <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Book &#38; Music Festival (<abbr>HBMF<\/abbr>), in partnership with the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa, will present a robust, two-day program September 14&#8211;15 on the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa campus.<\/p>\n<p>The free, open to the public, non-profit festival will feature 150 events with more than 300 participants, including themed programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mainstage, featuring hula and music (at Campus Center)<\/li>\n<li>Keiki Stage, featuring musical artist Steve Songs (along Legacy Path)<\/li>\n<li>Performance Stage, featuring hip hop, improv, storytellers and drama (between Kuykendall Hall and the Art Building)<\/li>\n<li>Celebrity Readers Corner, for young readers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two Author venues will present new works by the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Authors and Poets. The festival\u2019s themed programs will include discussion panels on issues in Hawaiian culture, sustainability and resilience, wellness, innovation and the impact of <abbr>AI<\/abbr> on the humanities. Attendees can also enjoy the annual <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Literary Council\u2019s Elliot Cades Awards for Literature, and the Loretta D. Petrie Awards for Service to the Literary Community.<\/p>\n<p>The Publisher\u2019s Village will host local publishers, exhibitors and vendors including a variety of food trucks.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its partnerships with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa, <abbr>HBMF<\/abbr> is supported by the City &#38; County of Honolulu, Kamehameha Schools-Kai&#257;ulu, Kosasa Foundation, the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Tourism Authority, Oceanit, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Council for the Humanities, through support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Always Dream Foundation, Halekulani Hotel, Better Tomorrow Speakers Series, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Manoa Bookstore, <abbr>BDK<\/abbr> Hawaii, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Public Radio, Civil Beat and iHeartMedia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__http:\/\/www.hbmf.online\/__;!!PvDODwlR4mBZyAb0!S_ylGKDMEGaNWKMYXPusrE9VBRJYAmteDk-szZi2w2gjFglvsZlIfymYL6qlKo5d-xF889bIoV9rimFViFucURahoA$\">Visit the festival website for the event schedules and program updates.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa will host a two-day program September 14&#8211;15, featuring more than 300 participants. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[33,460,9],"class_list":["post-203301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-hawaiian","tag-uh-bookstore","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203301"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203331,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203301\/revisions\/203331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}