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Tuesday -Sunday
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9am - 4pm
Dinner
Thursday-Sunday
5pm - 8pm
Reservations
(808) 969-9753
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'Imiloa Ikebana
Sensei Katsuyo Iwase and her students Jane Uyeno, Sharon Madalia and Dao Harder of Shogetsudoh-Koryu School generously donates gorgeous ikebana flower arrangements to 'Imiloa! Mahalo to Sensei Iwase and her students. Please visit these beautiful displays of nature as you enter our atrium.
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Named after an ancient chief of Ni'ihau, Kahelelani shell jewelry is one of the last genuine Hawaiian art forms available today. In ancient times, only ali'i or royalty could wear these beautiful shells. Kahelelani shells are one of the only shells recognized as a gem. Get your precious gems in necklaces, earrings, and bracelets at 'Imiloa's Bank of Hawaii Museum Store!
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Ka Haweo Members
 Robert M. and Alice K. Fujimoto Foundation
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Planning Consultant
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Mahalo to 'Imiloa's Newest Members!
Memberships processed in August 2010
New Dual Members
Roy Kaneko
Anita Katial
Nellieshy Mamuad
Ruthie Nakasone
Gordon Takaki
New Family Members
David & Yvonne Barbosa
Arnold & Ritchell Catt
Rogelio & Tamara Doratt
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& Aldenn Iga
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Dr. Sonia Juvik
& Dr. James Juvik
New Patron Members
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Jocelyn & Michael Day
Josephine & James Drake
Tsukie Imaizumi & Lark Kimura-Okada
Clifford & Joy Motta
Renewing
Individual Members
Eleanor Galimba
Kikuyo Karimoto
Norman Lyman, III
Helen Nakamura
Elaine Onishi
Kinuko Yanagihara
Renewing Dual Members
Hazelynn Amano
Lewis Cook
Kathryn Crozier
Christopher Erickson
Barbara Frost
Robert Gonzalez
Shannon Hart
Marilyn Higbee
Alfred Kober
Michael Letawsky
Tracy Lewis
Melvin Medeiros
Jeffrey Ochi
Wallace Patch
Gerald Reiss
Satsuki Unoki
Renewing
Family Members Tracy Cavaliere Tennille & Lawrence Eckart Clarence Foster
& Rochelle Augustin
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Emress Ann
& Christal Matsumoto
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Renewing
Patron Members Amy & John Brown
Paul & Arlene Buklarewicz
Dr. Richard Crowe
& Debra Crowe
Ingrid Dockersmith
& Christian Giardina
Marie Dohne-Correa
& Harry Correa
Sara Hamasaki
& Randall Hamasaki
Charlene Iboshi-Wagner
& John Wagner
Irma-Jean Kuehn
& Terri Harper
Martin LeDuc
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The Honorable Mark Nakashima
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Richard Reed
Genie Ruddle
& Sherry Arndt
Dr. David Sing
& Nanette Sing
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Renewing
Silver Members
Dr. James Lambeth
& Phoebe Lambeth
Dr. Roanne Tsutsui
& Brandy Harada
Renewing
Gold MembersEsther & George Noguchi
Mahalo for your wonderful support! |
'Imiloa Astronomy Center
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University of Hawai'i at Hilo
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Aloha mai!
Welcome to 'Imiloa's monthly membership e-newsletter, Kilolani. Please send your comments and feedback to our Membership and Development Office at membership@imiloahawaii.org or call (808) 969-9732. |
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'Okakopa (October) Calendar
October 5-10 'Imiloa Fulldome Film Festival
October 8-10 Hilo Wayfinding and Navigation Festival
October 8 E Paipai Ali'i "Support Our Leaders" In Honor of Mau Piailug October 9 NASA Teacher Training Workshop - NASA's Eyes on Hawai'i
October 10 NASA Teacher Training Workshop - Comparative Planetology October 15 Best of the Fest - Members-Only Film Awards & activity night
October 16 'Ohana Family Day at 'Imiloa - FREE Community Day! October 16 Maunakea Skies Lecture Series at 7:00 pm
October 17 'Ohana Discovery Day - Human Body (Grades 4-6) October 20 Science Rocks! After School Program: Energy I
October 23 NASA Teacher Training Workshops - GPS & On the Moon
October 27 Science Rocks! After School Program: Energy II
October 30 Spooky Science Hall and Halloween Keiki Korner
Coming Soon:
'Imiloa After Dark - November 13
Daily Planetarium Shows (Tuesday through Sunday)
11 am Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky
1 pm Dawn of the Space Age (3D)
2 pm Awesome Light 2 (3D) 3 pm Dawn of the Space Age (3D)
Saturdays
9:30-11 am Keiki Kilohoku Korner activities in the atrium 10:00 am Secret of the Cardboard Rocket Special Evening Shows Maunakea Skies Lecture Series - Every third Saturday of the month at 7:00 pm
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'Imiloa Fulldome Film Festival: October 5-10
It's almost here! The 'Imiloa Fulldome Film Festival starts Tuesday, October 5 with a 9:30am opening reception and ends Sunday, October 10. Come check out the latest and greatest in planetarium programming from around the world. The 6-day event will showcase a whopping 52 films including several world premiers, children's programs, and seven 3D films. Click here for the film festival schedule: http://www.imiloahawaii.org/assets/FilmSchedule.pdf
Please join us in celebrating the cutting-edge digital imagery from the industry professionals. Members may see up to three shows a day for FREE. All access passes are available to members for $90 (nonmembers $100); see the members-only 'Imiloa Fulldome Festival invitation for details.
PLEASE NOTE that our regularly-scheduled daily shows (like Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky, Dawn of the Space Age, keiki shows and others) will not be offered during their normal times for this week only. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you or your guests and we hope that you will take advantage of this unique opportunity to experience the best in digital video planetarium productions. Please be sure to share the news with your friends! Questions about member benefits during this week? Please contact our membership office at 969-9732. |
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Hilo Wayfinding and Navigation Festival October 8-10
The legacy of the famed Micronesian navigator Mau Piailug will be the focus of our 3rd Annual Hilo Wayfinding and Navigation Festival, October 8-10. This FREE event will offer visitors and residents an opportunity to learn about Hawaiian navigation, culture, and traditions. Each day will showcase a different theme: 'Ike Ku'una (Living Traditions), He Lani Ko Luna (Native Skies), and E Ola Mau (Cultural Revival). Throughout the weekend there will be hands-on activities, canoe tours and exhibits, canoe plant tours, a planetarium show about the star lines and documentary films about Hawaiian navigation. The afternoons will also include a range of special presentations, cultural arts demonstrations, panel discussions, and indigenous storytelling for keiki and adults alike. See the daily schedule here! Mahalo nui loa to the County of Hawai'i Department of Research and Development and the Hawai'i State Tourism Authority for their sponsorship of this event.
Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies and procedures to participate in this event should contact Carla Kuo at ckuo@imiloahawaii.org or 969-9743, as soon as possible, but no later than 14 days before the scheduled event. |
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E Paipai Ali'i: Wayfinding and Navigation Program Fundraiser
October 8 from 5-8 pm
E Paipai Ali'i is a special evening honoring the legacy of the late Master Navigator Mau Piailug and the contributions of for modern wayfinders and community leaders:
Captain Gordon Pi'ianai'a for distinguished service to the voyaging community
Dr. Walter Steiger
for distinguished service to the astronomy and science community
Will Kyselka
for distinguished service to the educational community
Mayor Billy Kenoi
for distinguished leadership and service to
Hawai'i County
Please join us as we honor our leaders and community wayfinders. Tickets are $150 ($118 is tax deductible) and can be purchased by calling our Development Office at 969-9732. Funds raised will support youth curriculum development for wayfinding and navigation programs at 'Imiloa. Click here for the invitation to E Paipai Ali'i. |
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Teacher Training Workshops: October 9, 10 & 23
NASA Education Specialists Brooke Hsu and Tony Leavitt will be holding several teacher training workshops in October! On Saturday, October 9, teachers will learn how to give their students an understanding of the natural and man-made processes that affect the Hawaiian Islands in NASA's Eyes on Hawai'i. Gain hands-on experience in interpreting volcanic landforms at the Volcano on Sunday, October 10 in Comparative Planetology. Leavitt will hold two workshops Saturday, October 23 - one on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for grades 5 and up and an 'On the MOON' Activity Guide for engineering design for grades 3-12.
These FREE workshops are wonderful opportunities for Hawai'i educators and are not to be missed!
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Members-Only Event October 15
Best of the Film Fest
 Join us for a special member event on Friday, October 15 featuring the best of the 2010 International 'Imiloa Fulldome Film Festival shows. The top four shows from over 55 international shows will be highlighted for one night only as a free event open only to members. RSVP is required. Keep an eye out for your member invitation!
Award categories are:
Best Script/Story - 5 pm show
Best Visuals - 6 pm show
Best Soundtrack/Music - 7 pm show
Audience Choice Award - 8 pm show
Other things to do at this event include:
Watch "Between the Folds" Origami documentary in the Earl and Doris Bakken Moanahoku Hall - an exploration of the art of science and the science of art...what do NASA and Origami have in common? How is origami instruction helping kids to learn mathematic principles? Preview the film here.
Learn about scientific principles of Origami and how to fold from Origami Teacher, Deb Pun Discoe...learn more about Deb here.
Experiment and engage in the best of our educational programs in the Classroom - see science in action!
Dine in the Sky Garden Restaurant
Shop in the Bank of Hawaii Museum Store
Enter to win free tickets to 'Imiloa After Dark event and 'Ohana Discovery Days!
Stay tuned to your email for your invitation and RSVP information. Questions? Contact Membership Office at 969-9732 or membership@imiloahawaii.org See you there! |
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'Ohana Discovery Day - Human Body: October 17
 See science everywhere...have fun and learn science as a family at 'Ohana Discovery Day: Human Body on Sunday, October 17 from 8:30am - 3:30pm. Join us and take home a human body game designed by you! Check out these stations: Human Body 2.0 Explorations Human Skeleton Human Senses Experiments Human Cells Eye-Brain Connection Experiments Doctor Visit DNA Family groups of 3 are $35 ($30 for members). Click here for more information about 'Ohana Discovery Days at 'Imiloa or contact Education Manager Gail Loeffler at (808) 969-9729 or gloeffler@imiloahawaii.org.
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Maunakea Skies October 16 at 7pm
 | | Antonio Chrysostomou, Associate Director of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope |
The JCMT Legacy Survey:
Searching for the "Coolest" Objects in the Universe (a reprise)
The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) on Maunakea is the world's largest single-dish telescope dedicated to astronomy at submillimeter wavelengths, a region of the spectrum where the coldest material in the Universe can be seen. It is this cold dust and gas which are the building blocks of the galaxies and stars in our Universe. The observatory has undergone a significant transformation in preparation for a new generation of instruments which allow us to measure this radiation with more sensitivity and precision than before, and will revolutionize our understanding of the Universe, the galaxies within it and our own Milky Way.
We are nearing the end of the first phase of an ambitious program which will, for the first time, survey the sky at these wavelengths searching for the "coolest" objects in the Universe. With this information, we will better understand the structure of the Universe, the origins and evolution of galaxies, stars and planets. I will present some of the early results from this first phase and look forward to what may still come from the JCMT Legacy Survey.
Hosted by Shawn Laatsch, 'Imiloa Astronomy Center's Planetarium Manager. Maunakea Skies is held every third Saturdays at the 'Imiloa Astronomy Center Planetarium. $5 for members, $8 for non-members.
Antonio Chrysostomou, Associate Director of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), graduated from Queen Mary College of the University of London (England) in 1989. He then moved to the University of Edinburgh to study for his Ph.D. in Astrophysics, graduating in 1992. He has been a regular visitor to Maunakea since that time and was first employed by the JAC from 1996-1999 as a staff astronomer for UKIRT. It was during this time that his daughter was born in Hilo. He moved back to England as a lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, only to return again in 2006, on a leave of absence, to take up his present position with the JCMT. Antonio's research interests are in trying to understand the process of star formation.
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School Field Trip Program Extended!
Thanks to the support of our community supporters, 'Imiloa is continuing our popular School Field Trip program aimed at helping students and schools afford to visit into a third year! Read all about it here. Teachers wanting to reserve a field trip: Click this link for more information. |
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Science Rocks! After School Programs are Rocking!
Just for students grades 4-6, Science Rocks! After School programs run from 2:30-5:15pm. Space is limited, so be sure to make your reservations early. Check out our after school webpage or contact Gail Loeffler at (808) 969-9729 or gloeffler@imiloahawaii.org for more information. |
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Spooky Science Hall and Halloween Keiki Korner: October 30
An alien undergoing live dissection at last year's Spooky Hall Event escaped. Efforts to recover the alien were initially futile. Lifeless remains were discovered and foul play is strongly suspected. Come if you dare Saturday, October 30 from 5pm to 9pm and find out who killed the alien!
- Tickets are $5 for members and $6 for nonmembers.
- Space is limited, so contact the front desk at (808) 969-9703 to get your tickets!
- No tickets will be sold after 8 pm on the day of the event.
- Halloween Keiki Korner (Grade 3 and under) with age-appropriate games and activities will also be available.
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 'Imiloa After Dark - November 13
Save the date!  Brother Noland will be joining forces with top Hilo musicians to provide a special evening including music, food, and great insights from experts on string instrument construction. Learn about Brother Noland's Tracking Project - Hawai'i. Stay tuned for your invite and get your tickets early, because they go fast! Questions? Contact Jeff Harman, Marketing Manager, 969-9705. |
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Image of the Month
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Could life once have existed on Mars? This outcrop of rock on Mars, photographed by the Spirit Rover, was dubbed "Comanche." It is about
16 feet across. The image has been color-coded to highlight significant differences in composition. About one-fourth of the Comanche outcropping is made up of magnesium iron carbonate, and this is about 10 times higher than for any previously identified carbonate in a Martian rock. Carbonates originate in wet environments, but dissolve in acid. Previous findings from the Martian rovers imply that water was present on the surface, but that it might have been too acidic for simple life forms to survive. Since water is essential for life, and since water is effectively absent on the Martian surface now, the find at Comanche implies a less acidic watery environment in the Martian past that was more favorable to life.
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'Okakopa (October) Skies 2010
Highlights from the Night Sky - October 2010
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Mercury is challenging this month, look for it the first 3 days of the month at sunrise, and the last week of the month at sunset.
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Venus is low in the west at sunset and by the 3rd week of the month will be lost in the glare of the Sun.
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Mars is in the west at sunset. A great time to see it is on the 9th when it is in a lovely grouping with Venus and the Moon.
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Jupiter is in the east at sunset and will be visible all night long. Try finding the Galilean satellites (moons) with binoculars.
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Saturn will re-emerge in the morning sky the last week of the month. Look for it around sunrise in the east.
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The Orionid Meteor Shower peaks on the mornings of the 21 & 22. The shower is associated with Halley's Comet, and usually has 15-20 per hour at its peak. The best time to look is in the early morning sky.
'Okakopa Celestial Calendar
Date Event
Thursday, Oct 7 Muku (New Moon) at 8:44 am HST
Hokuloa (Venus) appears stationary
Saturday, Oct 9 Hoku'ulapina'au (Mars) 4° north of the Moon
Hokuloa (Venus) 3° south of the Moon
Thursday, Oct 14 'Olekekahi (First Quarter Moon) at 11:27 am HST
Saturday, Oct 16 Ukaliali'i (Mercury) in superior conjunction
Wednesday, Oct 20 Ka'awela (Jupiter) 7° south of the Moon
Thursday, Oct 21 Orionid Meteor Shower
Friday, Oct 22 Hoku (Full Moon) at 3:36 pm HST
Orionid Meteor Shower
Thursday, Oct 28 Hokuloa (Venus) in inferior conjunction
Saturday, Oct 30 Kaloakukahi (Last Quarter Moon) at 2:46 am HST
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Museum 'Ohana Highlight: Lyman Museum
The Smithsonian-affiliated Lyman Museum tells the story of Hawaii's islands and people through its natural and cultural history exhibits. The Earth Heritage Gallery features displays on Hawaii's volcanic origins, the native flora and fauna found nowhere else in the world, as well as worldwide collections of sea shells and minerals. The Island Heritage Gallery showcases artifacts of ancient Hawaiian culture and the ethnic groups that have shaped the unique society of Hawaii today. Learn about 19th century missionary life on a tour of the historic Lyman Mission House, the Island's oldest wood frame building constructed in 1839.
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