PBS Hawaii Weekly Newsletter - MAY 1 - MAY 7

Aloha mai kakou from Leslie Wilcox, President and CEO...

PBS Hawaii is Moving!

PBS Hawaii's New Home on Sand Island Access Road and Nimitz Highway (image) Kalihi Kai, here we come!

This is it – our new home at the corner of Nimitz Highway and Sand Island Access Road near downtown Honolulu. After years of planning, fundraising and building, the time has come for us to exit our leased premises at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and relocate to property we own.

Next week marks our start in the new building created by the people of Hawaii.

With our staff and equipment in transition this week, we’re sending you your weekly newsletter earlier than usual. We look forward to bringing you the following new programs:



PACIFIC HEARTBEAT: A Place to Live (image) The peoples, cultures and contemporary issues of the Pacific will once again receive national attention in this fifth season of PACIFIC HEARTBEAT, a co-presentation of Pacific Islanders in Communications and PBS Hawaii. The series launches with the documentary, A Place to Call Home (Sat., May 7, 8pm). The New Zealand government is about to sell off one-third of its publicly owned state houses. Two women are at odds over a plan to rebuild one community with houses taken from another community.



HIKI NŌ 717: Shave Ice (image) On HIKI NŌ (Thurs., May 5, 7:30 pm), students from Kapaa High School on Kauai report on a healthy modern twist on an iconic Hawaii treat – shave ice. For decades, shave ice consisted of a mound of ice shavings doused with artificially colored syrup. Entrepreneurs on Kauai have created what they say is an all- natural, no-food-coloring-added version of this classic refreshment.

We’ll also see new student stories from: Campbell High School (Oahu), Hana K-12 School (Maui), Hongwanji Mission School (Oahu), Waiakea High School (Hawaii Island) and Waianae Intermediate School (Oahu).



AMERICAN MASTERS: Janis Joplin (image) AMERICAN MASTERS (Tues., May 3, 8:00 pm) presents the life story of raw, emotional rock singer Janis Joplin. Director Amy Berg presents a portrait of a complicated and driven artist. Singer Chan Marshall, better known as Cat Power, narrates. (Janis Joplin died at age 27. If she were alive today, she’d be 73.)





CHANGING SEASON: ON THE MATSUMOTO FAMILY FARM (image) Changing Season: On the Masumoto Family Farm (Thurs., May 5, 8:00 pm) documents a transitional year in the life of farmer, “slow food” advocate and sansei David “Mas” Masumoto. His daughter Nikiko returns to the family farm with the intention of stepping into her father’s work boots.





ENCORE PICK OF THE WEEK:

JAZZ: Dedicated to the Chaos (1940 - 1945) - Billie Holiday (image) The 10-part Ken Burns series on JAZZ (Fri., May 6, 9:00 pm) continues with Dedicated to Chaos (1940 – 1945). The infectious music of swing bands sets the mood for soldiers off to fight in World War II. Among the greats that emerged during this era: singer Billie Holiday (pictured), trumpeter Dizzie Gillespie and saxophonist Charlie Parker.





For more program listings by genre, click here.

Mahalo for your help in supporting PBS Hawaii programming! And thank you for being part of a devoted community that invested in a replacement building for our mission. We exist to serve the people of Hawaii by advancing learning and discovery, through authentic storytelling that touches lives.

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A hui hou kakou — until next time,
Leslie

Leslie Wilcox
President and CEO
PBS Hawaii
315 Sand Island Access Road
Honolulu, Hawaii 96819

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