Jennifer Freeland + Haines Burt Freeland
December 29, 2023 App Interview

Hui Mo‘olelo #22: Jennifer Freeland & Haines Burt Freeland Recorded October 13, 2023 at the Bailey House Museum in Wailuku, HI The goal of the Hui Mo‘olelo program is to capture an authentic moment of connection through stories that are...

Hawaiian Cultural Programs Director Kalapana Kollars + Aunty Wallette Pellegrino of Wailuku talk story
September 16, 2021 App Interview

Kalapana Kollars, Hawaiian Cultural Programs Director at Lahaina Restoration Foundation + Wallette Pellegrino, Host of ”Preserving Our Recollections” Oral History TV Program for University of Hawaii Maui College talk-story for SMALL TOWN * BIG ART.

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Kathleen Esserman and Lauren Moriarty

Kathleen Esserman (36) shares anecdotes and interviews her mother Lauren Moriarty (67) about Lauren's father, David Merritt Peters, who was a Green Beret with an extensive and accomplished military and civilian life.

Annadelle Yahiro + Michael Bursack
December 29, 2023 App Interview

In May 2022, Michael (Mick) Bursack completed a storytelling training alongside 12 extraordinary individuals, led by SMALL TOWN * BIG ART artist Leilehua Yuen. Our team paired each participant with an intergenerational partner to engage in a 40-minute, audio-recorded "Talk...

Kevin Gavagan + Kukui Gavagan
December 29, 2023 App Interview

Hui Mo‘olelo #24: Kevin Gavagan and his daughter Kukui Gavagan Recorded Oct 30, 2023 in Wailuku, HI The goal of the Hui Mo‘olelo program is to capture an authentic moment of connection through stories that are embedded in a Maui...

Sissy Lake-Farm + Lopaka White
December 29, 2023 App Interview

In this "bonus episode" of our Talk Story initiative, Lopaka White specifically requested an impromptu meeting with Sissy Lake-Farm to learn more about Hawaiian Canoe Club -- a program that raised him and that was created by Sissy's family, John...

Kahoʻiwai Belsom + Jocelyn Romero Demirbag
December 29, 2023 App Interview

In May 2022, Jocelyn Romero Demirbag, Ed.D., Director of Development, Maui Nui at The University of Hawaii Foundation, completed a storytelling training alongside 12 extraordinary individuals led by SMALL TOWN * BIG ART artist Leilehua Yuen. Our team paired each...

Uncle “Gaby” Gouveia & Pualani Enos Dunn
February 20, 2024 App Interview

Hui Mo‘olelo #28: Uncle “Gaby” Gouveia & Pualani Enos Dunn Recorded Dec 2023 The goal of the Hui Mo‘olelo program is to capture an authentic moment of connection through stories that are embedded in a Maui County sense of place....

Frank De Rego + Wallette Pellegrino
December 29, 2023 App Interview

On Friday, June 10, 2022, cousins Frank De Rego, (Maui Police Commission, Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, Maui County Climate Action Resiliency Planning Advisory Committee) and ​Wallette Pellegrino, (Former Host of ”Preserving Our Recollections” Oral History TV Program for...

Sissy Lake-Farm of Hālau Makana Aloha O Ka Lauaʻe ​+ Gordean Bailey of Halau Wehiwehi of Leilehua talk-story
December 13, 2021 App Interview

Sissy Lake-Farm, Kumu Hula, Hālau Makana Aloha O Ka Lauaʻe ​and Executive Director, Hale Hōʻikeʻike at the Bailey House Museum/ Maui Historical Society + Gordean Bailey, Kumu Hula, Halau Wehiwehi of Leilehua talk-story for SMALL TOWN * BIG ART

Michael K. Nāhoʻopiʻi +Kelly McHugh-White
December 29, 2023 App Interview

In May 2022, Kelly McHugh-White helped to organize a storytelling training alongside 12 extraordinary individuals, led by SMALL TOWN * BIG ART artist Leilehua Yuen. Our team paired each participant with an intergenerational partner to engage in a 40-minute, audio-recorded...

Jeanette Nalani Kaauamo + Lopaka White
December 29, 2023 App Interview

Here, Lopaka White of the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission talks story with one of his outrigger canoe paddling heroines, Jeanette Nalani Kaauamo, known to many as Aunty Sweetheart, of Wailuanui. The goal of the Hui Mo‘olelo program is to capture...

Bruce Uʻu & Nohe Uʻu-Hodgins
December 28, 2023 App Interview

Here, father-daughter duo Bruce & Nohe talk story about Hawaiian Canoe Club, which is based in the heart of Kahului. The goal of the Hui Mo‘olelo program is to capture an authentic moment of connection through stories that are embedded...

Joyce Kawahara + Dean Tokishi
December 29, 2023 App Interview

Here, 47-year old Dean Tokishi of the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission talks story with his fourth grade teacher from Kahului Elementary School, 79-year old Joyce Kawahara -- or, Tutu K. The goal of the Hui Mo‘olelo program is to capture...

Anuhea Yagi + Hōaka Delos Reyes
November 4, 2022 App Interview

Anuhea Yagi, Student of Hawaiian Life Ways speaks with Hōaka Delos Reyes, expert in the field of stone-on-stone carving (kālai pōhaku)