Saturday, September 1, 2012

MAI POINA Living History Walking Tour

Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
In September, 2012, Hawaii Council for the Humanities presented the 6th Annual Distinctive Women in Hawaiian History Program. Along with A Celebration of Women’s History, a day of history, storytelling, music, poetry, and hula, a living walking tour was presented during four evenings.
 
MAI POINA

A living history walking tour, presented on the grounds of ‘Iolani Palace, retraced four pivotal days leading up to and including the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy. In the walking tour, costumed role-players situated at seven stations around the palace grounds, and on the steps of Iolani Palace, interpreted the significant events and sites surrounding the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom through a dramatic narrative. 
 
Iolani Palace
 
In 1893, annexationists proclaimed that the Hawaiian Kingdom was ended and declared the Provisional government legitimate. Under protest, Queen Lili’uokalani conditionally yielded her sovereign authority to the U.S.

Queen Lili'uokalani


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The script for this special presentation was written by local novelist and screenplay author Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, a founding member of Sisters in Crime/Hawaii.
 
Victoria Kneubuhl
narrating events surrounding
the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
 
http://www.hawaiiponoi.info/2012/08/07/mai-poina-walking-tours-2012/

Friday, April 20, 2012

Shadowing the Librarian for SinC/Hawaii

 
On April 21, a select group of Sisters in Crime member authors will be volunteering in bookstores and libraries in their hometowns—from Albany, New York, to Honolulu, Hawaii, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., local time. In addition, SinC’s more than 3,000 members worldwide are gearing up to go into libraries and bookstores on that day to personally thank the booksellers and librarians they find working behind the counters and in the stacks.
 
The event, produced by Sisters in Crime, is designed to thank librarians and booksellers for 25 years of support of the mystery genre. Sisters in Crime was established with an organizational meeting held in New York City in the spring of 1987.
Crime Fiction Author, Honolulu Resident, Gail M Baugniet,
Is a Library Staffer for a Day
Takes Part in Sisters in Crime’s
“Booksellers and Librarians Solve Mysteries Every Day” Event

Gail eagerly awaiting ten o'clock!
Honolulu—Gail Baugniet, author and member of Sisters in Crime/Hawaii and Sisters in Crime, Inc.—an international organization founded to support the professional development of women writing crime fiction—will work as a volunteer staffer at The Makiki Community Library in Honolulu on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. as part of a “Booksellers and Librarians Solve Mysteries Every Day” celebration.
Makiki Community Library Librarians
The event, produced by Sisters in Crime, is designed to thank librarians and booksellers for 25 years of support of the mystery genre. Sisters in Crime was established with an organizational meeting held in New York City in the spring of 1987.

“I am very excited about spending time at The Makiki Community Library,” Baugniet said. “In helping readers find their way to the right book at the right time, librarians solve mysteries every day.”

On April 21, a select group of Sisters in Crime member authors will be volunteering in bookstores and libraries in their hometowns—from Albany, New York, to Honolulu, Hawaii, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., local time. In addition, SinC’s more than 3,000 members worldwide are gearing up to go into libraries and bookstores on that day to personally thank the booksellers and librarians they find working behind the counters and in the stacks.

Gail Baugniet is working on the second novel in her Pepper Bibeau mystery series. Her first novel, FOR EVERY ACTION There Are Consequences, is available in print format at The Makiki Community Library, and is also available at Amazon.com in print and e-book format.

While at The Makiki Community Library on April 21, Baugniet will be shadowing Librarian Wendy Maxwell as she assists library patrons and performs the daily tasks required to keep the library running smoothly.
Wendy demonstrating to Gail
the Internet card catalog system
The Makiki Community Library is located at 1527 Keeaumoku Street in Honolulu. The library is open on Wednesday from 2 to 6 pm and Saturday/Sunday from Noon to 4 pm. The Makiki Community Library phone number is 808-522-7076.

Sisters in Crime is currently celebrating its 25thanniversary year. The organization is made up of more than 3,000 members and 48 chapters worldwide—authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers, librarians and others who love mysteries. Sisters in Crime is online at www.sistersincrime.org.