Experience a celebration of Hawaiian culture with Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima o Nuioka:

• Hula Performance and Lei-Making Workshops

• Oli for Ke Aloha Outrigger Canoe
  Canoe paddling talk by Keith, with related hula and storytelling.

• Outdoor Activation:
  Enjoy traditional Hawaiian music, dance, and stories on the porch, with sound support by DU.

• Storytelling:
  Featuring Ho’onani: Hula Warrior and Inā Lilo Au i Manu / If I Were a Bird.

Pua AliʻI ʻIlima o Nuioka (PAʻI Nuioka), founded in 2010, is the NYC extension of Pua AliʻI ʻIlima, the hālau hula (school of traditional Hawaiian dance) of Kumu Hula Vicky Holt Takamine and Kumu Hula Jeffrey Takamine, based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. PAʻI Nuioka is co-led by their haumāna, Lenae Lehuanani Guarna and Roberta Māpuana Uno, and is comprised of haumāna from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima o Nūioka is a resident company of La MaMa Theatre's Indigenous Initiative.  The hālau has performed at the Prince Lot Festival on Oʻahu, the Queen Emma Festival on Kauaʻi, the La MaMa Moves Festival, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage, Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Festival, the New York Botanical Gardens and various New York City venues. 

For their Governor’s Island residency, Pua Aliʻi ʻIlima o Nuioka  will be performing hula, sharing storytelling, lei making, and more!

Space is limited, Registration required.

Celebrate PRIDE with us and cultivate a space for dreams, nourishment, and healing.

Featured artists from Pacific Islands: Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Samoa) and Reuben Paterson (Auckland, New Zealand).

More artists in gallery: Claire Unabia & Matthew James (O`ahu / Brooklyn), Sonja John, Tommy Hite (O`ahu), and Paula Walters Parker (Kingston, Jamaica / Brooklyn).

Donation-based workshops include “Braiding Intimacies”- a forever-lei making and genealogical movement workshop with Dancers Unlimited’s director Linda Kuo, traditional Filipinx tattoo drawing with visiting artists from Plush Tattoo (O`ahu / Portland), and Pilates Mat with Dancers Unlimitedʻs company manager, Lian Kizner.

The special donation-based workshops help contribute to our fundraiser to bridge the funding gap for our Governors Island programs due to the recent federal funding cut.

Featured Monthly Partners: Pacific Island Film Festival & Talk Story Collective

Schedule of the day

11am House Opens
12:30pm-2:00pm / Braiding Intimacies / Facilitator: Linda Kuo
4:00pm-6:00pm / Private hours for members & funders / Facilitator: Linda Kuo

Location: Colonels Row 405B, Governors Island NYC

Plan Your Trip

Governors Island is accessible by ferry daily year-round.

• From Manhattan: Ferries operated by the Trust for Governors Island run daily from the Battery Maritime Building, located at 10 South Street in Lower Manhattan. Scroll down for schedules and click the green "Purchase tickets" button to purchase tickets.

• From Brooklyn: Seasonal ferries operated by the Trust for Governors Island run Saturdays, Sundays, and Holiday Mondays from May 24 to September 14, 2025, from two Brooklyn locations: Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Red Hook/Atlantic Basin. Scroll down for schedules and click the green "Purchase tickets" button to purchase tickets.

Celebrate PRIDE with us and cultivate a space for dreams, nourishment, and healing.

Featured artists from Pacific Islands: Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Samoa) and Reuben Paterson (Auckland, New Zealand).

More artists in gallery: Claire Unabia & Matthew James (O`ahu / Brooklyn), Sonja John, Tommy Hite (O`ahu), and Paula Walters Parker (Kingston, Jamaica / Brooklyn).

Donation-based workshops include “Braiding Intimacies”- a forever-lei making and genealogical movement workshop with Dancers Unlimited’s director Linda Kuo, traditional Filipinx tattoo drawing with visiting artists from Plush Tattoo (O`ahu / Portland), and Pilates Mat with Dancers Unlimitedʻs company manager, Lian Kizner.

The special donation-based workshops help contribute to our fundraiser to bridge the funding gap for our Governors Island programs due to the recent federal funding cut.

Featured Monthly Partners: Pacific Island Film Festival & Talk Story Collective

Schedule of the day

11am House Opens
12:30pm-2:00pm / Braiding Intimacies / Facilitator: Linda Kuo
2:30pm-3:15pm / Traditional Filipinx Tattoo Drawing Workshop / Facilitator: Plush Tattoo
3:15pm-4:00pm / Mat Pilates / Facilitator: Lian Kizner
4:00pm-5:00pm / Poetry Workshop / Facilitator: Dan Taulapapa McMullin
5:00pm-7:30pm / Outdoor picnic, Kanikapila Performances
7:30pm / Film Screening / Host: Pacific Island Film Festival NY

Location: Colonels Row 405B, Governors Island NYC

Plan Your Trip

Governors Island is accessible by ferry daily year-round.

• From Manhattan: Ferries operated by the Trust for Governors Island run daily from the Battery Maritime Building, located at 10 South Street in Lower Manhattan. Scroll down for schedules and click the green "Purchase tickets" button to purchase tickets.

• From Brooklyn: Seasonal ferries operated by the Trust for Governors Island run Saturdays, Sundays, and Holiday Mondays from May 24 to September 14, 2025, from two Brooklyn locations: Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park and Red Hook/Atlantic Basin. Scroll down for schedules and click the green "Purchase tickets" button to purchase tickets.