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First Friday: Kalo (Taro)

  • Ka Waiwai (Arts & Letters Building) 1164 Nuuanu Avenue Honolulu, HI, 96817 United States (map)

Kalo, or taro, is a plant that can grow in a wide variety of environments.  From a spring-fed loʻi in the middle of urban honolulu, to guerilla gardens next to a city watershed, come learn about this wonderful plant!  Hear about creative ways of growing plants with the environment that is available to us.

Event Information

June 10th, Friday 6:30-8pm HST / 12:30am-2am EST
Healing & Planting

Speaker: Robert Silva

In-Person or Virtual

Ka Waiwai Ma Nuʻuanu
1164 Nuʻuanu ave (Arts & Letters Building)


Dancers Unlimited is presenting a series of 7 community Food MoveMEANT sessions on First Fridays starting this February! The sessions are hosted both at Waiwai Collective’s Nu'uanu location and virtually on the FREE community app! Edible Tales: Food MoveMEANT Sessions explore Cultural Heritage, Social Justice & Sustainability. Fusing food topics and dance, each session explores a food-related topic and holds space for achievable action plans toward healing, justice and restoration. The participants are encouraged to turn ideas into action through creative movement exploration and collaboration. 


The event series kicks off on February 4th and runs for 7 consecutive months. Join us for community talks, story and recipe sharing, meet community organizers and leaders, and honor our individual bodies and lived experiences. All sessions are recorded to be included in the culminating dance documentary anthology. 

This program is made possible in part by funding from Hawaiʻi Council of the Humanities through the Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act.

Disclaimer Language

Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Later Event: July 6
Edible Tales: Food Tour (BK)