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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Anuhea Yagi, Student of Hawaiian Life Ways + Roselle Bailey, Kumu Hula, Ka’Imi Na’auao O Hawaii Nei Institute talk story for SMALL TOWN * BIG ART

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....

Dean Tokishi, Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission + Skippy Hau, Aquatic Biologist, State of Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources talk story for SMALL TOWN * BIG ART

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

JENNIFER COTTER: 2020-07-11 22:01:29 Jennifer Cotter (54) talks with her mom, Carol Gonsalves (75) about growing up on the Big Island of Hawai'i.