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Last February, jazz trio The North debuted at the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Doris Duke Theatre. After a whirlwind year of solo musical success, pianist Romain Collin, bassist Shawn Conley, and drummer Abe Lagrimas, Jr., regroup for ...

Directed by Aditya Chopra, India, 1995, 192 mins.In Hindi and English with English subtitles The longest running film in Indian cinema history (it has played for 17 years straight at one Mumbai theatre!), this classic Bollywood rom-com ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the newly reinstalled Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Cathy Levinson leads a tour of the exhibition Arts of the Bedchamber: Japanese Shunga, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information.

Directed by Aditya Chopra, India, 1995, 192 mins.In Hindi and English with English subtitles The longest running film in Indian cinema history (it has played for 17 years straight at one Mumbai theatre!), this classic Bollywood rom-com ...

Directed by Aditya Chopra, India, 1995, 192 mins.In Hindi and English with English subtitles The longest running film in Indian cinema history (it has played for 17 years straight at one Mumbai theatre!), this classic Bollywood rom-com ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the newly reinstalled Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Aditya Chopra, India, 1995, 192 mins.In Hindi and English with English subtitles The longest running film in Indian cinema history (it has played for 17 years straight at one Mumbai theatre!), this classic Bollywood rom-com ...

Japan Gallery The unprecedented peace and prosperity of the 17th to 18th centuries elevated fūzokuga, literally “paintings of popular customs” (also known as genre paintings), to new heights. What eminent art historian Penel...

Director: Anurag Basu, India, 2012, 151 mins. India’s official Oscar entry tells a heartwarming, Chaplinesque tale of Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor), a deaf and mute charmer who gets entangled with an autistic girl (Priyanka Chopra) a...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the newly reinstalled Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Cathy Levinson leads a tour of the exhibition Arts of the Bedchamber: Japanese Shunga, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information.

Director: Anurag Basu, India, 2012, 151 mins. India’s official Oscar entry tells a heartwarming, Chaplinesque tale of Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor), a deaf and mute charmer who gets entangled with an autistic girl (Priyanka Chopra) a...

Director: Anurag Basu, India, 2012, 151 mins. India’s official Oscar entry tells a heartwarming, Chaplinesque tale of Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor), a deaf and mute charmer who gets entangled with an autistic girl (Priyanka Chopra) a...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the newly reinstalled Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Bishop Museum, Honolulu Museum of Art, and ‘Iolani Palace team up for a night of cultural exploration and fun with a focus on Hawaiian music, with a different headliner at each venue. Don't miss Paula Fuga, Maunalua, and Waipuna. ...

Director: Anurag Basu, India, 2012, 151 mins. India’s official Oscar entry tells a heartwarming, Chaplinesque tale of Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor), a deaf and mute charmer who gets entangled with an autistic girl (Priyanka Chopra) a...

See the connection between math and art, learn how museum staff conceived and constructed Finding X, and preview activities that will be presented on school tours through this free one-hour tour designed for teachers. Space is limited. ...

Directed by Homi Adajania. India, 2012, 146 mins.In Hindi with English subtitles. In a fresh and exhilarating spin on the Bollywood romance, an incorrigible flirt, (Saif Ali Khan), a traditional girl with desi values (Diana Penty) and a...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the newly reinstalled Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Homi Adajania. India, 2012, 146 mins.In Hindi with English subtitles. In a fresh and exhilarating spin on the Bollywood romance, an incorrigible flirt, (Saif Ali Khan), a traditional girl with desi values (Diana Penty) and a...

Directed by Homi Adajania. India, 2012, 146 mins.In Hindi with English subtitles. In a fresh and exhilarating spin on the Bollywood romance, an incorrigible flirt, (Saif Ali Khan), a traditional girl with desi values (Diana Penty) and a...

Explore the 10 newly reinstalled European and American art galleries and enjoy great music and dance! ART ACTIVITIES • Create a masterpiece kaleidoscope: Children will go on an art hunt in the European and American art galleries, ...

Ages 7 and up. Running time: 78 mins. One film has subtitles (French and Spanish). Two other films feature some dialogue in German and Spanish, but subtitles are not needed for either film. Set sail with this fast-paced collection of li...

Ages 7 and up. Running time: 78 mins. One film has subtitles (French and Spanish). Two other films feature some dialogue in German and Spanish, but subtitles are not needed for either film. Set sail with this fast-paced collection of li...

Docent Cathy Levinson leads a tour of the exhibition Arts of the Bedchamber: Japanese Shunga, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information.

Directed by Rajan Khosa. India, 2011, 79 mins. In Hindi with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere In this multi-award-winning heart-warmer, an illiterate orphan bluffs his way into a school—so he can fly his kite from the bui...

Directed by Rajan Khosa. India, 2011, 79 mins. In Hindi with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere In this multi-award-winning heart-warmer, an illiterate orphan bluffs his way into a school—so he can fly his kite from the bui...

Directed by Sameer Sharma, India, 2012, 150 mins. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere Omi Khurana's London dream has just ended. On the run from a dangerous UK gangster, Omi returns to his native village ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Jill Clapes leads a tour of the newly reinstalled 17th-century European Art Gallery followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information.

Directed by Sameer Sharma, India, 2012, 150 mins. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere Omi Khurana's London dream has just ended. On the run from a dangerous UK gangster, Omi returns to his native village ...

Directed by Sameer Sharma, India, 2012, 150 mins. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere Omi Khurana's London dream has just ended. On the run from a dangerous UK gangster, Omi returns to his native village ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Sameer Sharma, India, 2012, 150 mins. In Hindi and English with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere Omi Khurana's London dream has just ended. On the run from a dangerous UK gangster, Omi returns to his native village ...

Chinese Gallery Over 2,000 years, a number of unique painting formats developed in China that were radically different than the oil paintings on framed rectangular canvases that eventually became standard in Europe. At its most basic le...

Directed by Yash Chopra, 2012, 176 mins. In Hindi with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere. Legendary Bollywood filmmaker-producer Yash Chopra’s last film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, was released just weeks after his untimely passing...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Jill Clapes leads a tour of the newly reinstalled 17th-century European Art Gallery followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information.

Directed by Yash Chopra, 2012, 176 mins. In Hindi with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere. Legendary Bollywood filmmaker-producer Yash Chopra’s last film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, was released just weeks after his untimely passing...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

ARTafterDARK admission: $10. Free for Museum members. Help us celebrate the start of our 10th year of ARTafterDARK! We'll have Instagram and Twitter contests related to the museum this Friday at #ARTafterDARK. Instant prizes will be gi...

Don't miss the inaugural Secret Sound Showcase!It's a golden age of hot pop music in Hawai‘i. Hidden downstairs in the Doris Duke Theatre, SSS features up-cand-coming local talents from a wide range of backgrounds and styles. It's ...

See the connection between math and art, learn how museum staff conceived and constructed Finding X, and preview activities that will be presented on school tours through this free one-hour tour designed for teachers. Space is limited. ...

In her autobiography, acclaimed American ceramicist Beatrice Woods tells her story of rebellion and romance, taking the reader to Paris and New York where she was under the influence of Marcel Duchamp. At the age of 40 she discovered the...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Reception 6-7:30pm, concert at 7:30pm From January to June, on the last Saturday of the month, the theater is the place for jazz! From classic be bop to modern jazz adaptations and crossovers, this new concert series offers something fo...

165 mins including two intermissions | Performed Jan 19, 2013 Teeming with period detail, John Copley’s definitive production is traditional opera atits best. From a shabby garret to the bustling Café Momus to a snowy court...

Docent Jill Clapes leads a tour of the newly reinstalled 17th-century European Art Gallery followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information.

165 mins including two intermissions | Performed Jan 19, 2013 Teeming with period detail, John Copley’s definitive production is traditional opera atits best. From a shabby garret to the bustling Café Momus to a snowy court...

Join us for an evening concert from Chamber Music Hawaii. Purchase tickets online.

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of sculpture on the grounds of the Museum. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Ruth Wilson leads a tour of painting and sculpture featuring music and dance. The tour is followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more infor...

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

In her autobiography, acclaimed American ceramicist Beatrice Woods tells her story of rebellion and romance, taking the reader to Paris and New York where she was under the influence of Marcel Duchamp. At the age of 40 she discovered the...

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of sculpture on the grounds of the Museum. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

Doug Britt: Far Away“For the past 40 years I have been painting in the middle of the sea, an experience that provides me with ongoing inspiration,” says artist Doug Britt. In Far Away, paintings and found-object sculptures po...

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of sculpture on the grounds of the Museum. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Ruth Wilson leads a tour of painting and sculpture featuring music and dance. The tour is followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more infor...

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of sculpture on the grounds of the Museum. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Monika Treut, Germany/Taiwan, 2012 83 mins. Amis, English, Haka, Mandarin, Taiwanese with English subtitles. This sumptuous exploration of Taiwan’s rich culinary traditions and unique mix of cultures, highlighting the...

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of sculpture on the grounds of the Museum. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Kids learn how to create space in a drawing by studying works of art in the gallery, then trying their hand at one- and two-point perspective. $15, $10 museum membersfor children ages 5-12To reserve a spot, contact Seng Phengsavath at 2...

145 mins including one intermission | Performed Dec 2012 Welcome to the world of the Netherlands Dans Theater’s in-house choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot. During this evening, they take you with them to their arti...

Docent Ruth Wilson leads a tour of painting and sculpture featuring music and dance. The tour is followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more infor...

145 mins including one intermission | Performed Dec 2012 Welcome to the world of the Netherlands Dans Theater’s in-house choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot. During this evening, they take you with them to their arti...

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Joyce Azama leads a tour of Japanese ukiyo-e or "pictures of the floating world." Ukiyo-e artists depicted the beautiful women, heroes, latest fashions, and daily scenes of their changing, passing world. The tour is fo...

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Musicologist Lynne Johnson will lead a lecture on the opera, Dialogues of the Carmelites by Francis Poulenc.  Learn more about the story, background, anecdotes, and rumor about this operatic masterpiece.  The lecture will inc...

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

The people of the Kuba Kingdom, in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, made textiles that were so highly coveted that they were referred to as the “people of the cloth.” The Kuba wove the leaves of the raffia palm (...

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Joyce Azama leads a tour of Japanese ukiyo-e or "pictures of the floating world." Ukiyo-e artists depicted the beautiful women, heroes, latest fashions, and daily scenes of their changing, passing world. The tour is fo...

Directed by Paul Lacoste, France, 2012, 90 mins. In French with English subtitles. Michel Bras, one of the most influential chefs in the world, has decided to hand over his renowned three-Michelin-Star restaurant to his son Séba...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by William Wyler, 1953, 118 mins. Don't miss this 60th anniversary screening of Audrey Hepburn’s Oscar-winning portrayal of a runaway princess who escapes her royal guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Meet the artists at 6:30pm, concert at 7:30pm. Billed as “like a klezmer band, only bigger,” Big Galute(e) blends history, passion, energy, and humor in its performances of a repertoire that ranges from Italian Baroque to Ne...

Lovebirds can find one-of-a-kind Valentine’s Day gifts at Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House’s Don’t Wait for Love Sale, featuring a trunk show of jewelry made by four local designers—who also all happen to ...

275 mins plus two intermissions | Performed December 7, 2012 René Pape, Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros star in this highly anticipated production of Lohengrin from Teatro alla Scala in Milan. Richard Wagner’s deeply roman...

Docent Joyce Azama leads a tour of Japanese ukiyo-e or "pictures of the floating world." Ukiyo-e artists depicted the beautiful women, heroes, latest fashions, and daily scenes of their changing, passing world. The tour is fo...

Directed by Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Strapi. France, 2011, 93 mins.French and English with English subtitles In the follow-up to their Oscar-nominated debut Persepolis, directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud team up to adapt...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Strapi. France, 2011, 93 mins.French and English with English subtitles In the follow-up to their Oscar-nominated debut Persepolis, directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud team up to adapt...

Directed by Todd Louiso USA, 2012. 99 mins. Hawaii premiere When a young divorcée seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents, an unexpected romance with a 19-year-old actor jumpstarts her passion for life and he...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Todd Louiso USA, 2012. 99 mins. Hawaii premiere When a young divorcée seeks refuge in the suburban Connecticut home of her parents, an unexpected romance with a 19-year-old actor jumpstarts her passion for life and he...

Fascinated by the mountain ranges of North America, captivated by the volcanoes and rainforests of the tropics, and comforted by the pastoral farmlands of home, 19th-century Americans were obsessed with the natural world, creating a vogu...

Directed by Nagisa Oshima. Japan. 1999, 100 mins. Japanese with English subtitles. In this rarely seen masterpiece by legendary Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses), Japan's rigid samurai code is threatened by th...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

For much of the 20th century, shunga, or erotic art, was banished to the closed doors and dark corners of Japanese art history. While this has changed in recent years, discussions concerning the role of sexuality in Japanese art during t...

Directed by Nagisa Oshima. Japan. 1999, 100 mins. Japanese with English subtitles. In this rarely seen masterpiece by legendary Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses), Japan's rigid samurai code is threatened by th...

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, 2012, 137 mins. Danish, French, German and English with English subtitles Denmark’s official Oscar entry is a lavish and sumptuous period piece centering on the love triangle between an insane D...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, 2012, 137 mins. Danish, French, German and English with English subtitles Denmark’s official Oscar entry is a lavish and sumptuous period piece centering on the love triangle between an insane D...

Join our family-oriented yoga sessions—they're geared toward children but are appropriate for all ages. Please bring your own mat. To reserve a spot, call 237-5230. $12 general$10 museum members$5 children age 6-12Free for child...

Jesse OwensDirected by Laurens Grant. USA, 2012, 53 mins. Hawai’i premiere. Emmy Award-winning Freedom Riders producer Laurens Grant pays tribute to legendary African-American sprinter Jesse Owens, a sharecropper’s son, who ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Jesse OwensDirected by Laurens Grant. USA, 2012, 53 mins. Hawai’i premiere. Emmy Award-winning Freedom Riders producer Laurens Grant pays tribute to legendary African-American sprinter Jesse Owens, a sharecropper’s son, who ...

Celebrate the year of the sssssnake!  ART ACTIVITIES Create a paper lotus blossom: It’s easy to make eye-catching lotus blossoms from paper—and they will last a long time.  Build a Chinese snake pupp...

Directed by Tyrone Young. USA, 2010, 83 mins. Hawai’i premiere Developed in collaboration with Florida-based historian Mary Fears to produce a historically accurate portrayal of the inspired contributions of African-American craft...

Directed by Tyrone Young. USA, 2010, 83 mins. Hawai’i premiere Developed in collaboration with Florida-based historian Mary Fears to produce a historically accurate portrayal of the inspired contributions of African-American craft...

Directed by Byron Hurt. USA, 2012. 64 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Baffled by his dad’s unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn mo...

Directed by Byron Hurt. USA, 2012. 64 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Baffled by his dad’s unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt sets out to learn mo...

Directed by Ya’ke Smith. USA, 2012. 86 mins, Hawai‘i premiere Ya’ke Smith, known for his unflinching and veracious style of storytelling, is a rising voice in independent cinema (we screened his award-winning short Kat...

Directed by Ya’ke Smith. USA, 2012. 86 mins, Hawai‘i premiere Ya’ke Smith, known for his unflinching and veracious style of storytelling, is a rising voice in independent cinema (we screened his award-winning short Kat...

Directed by Aaron Walker. USA, 2011, 120 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Bury the Hatchet follows three Mardi Gras Indian Big Chiefs, descendants of runaway slaves who were taken in by the Native Americans of the Louisiana bayous. These Af...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the Portraiture Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Steve Miller explains the development, use, and reading of handscrolls in the Chinese Art Gallery. The tour is followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 53...

Directed by Aaron Walker. USA, 2011, 120 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Bury the Hatchet follows three Mardi Gras Indian Big Chiefs, descendants of runaway slaves who were taken in by the Native Americans of the Louisiana bayous. These Af...

Directed by Jeff Kaufman. USA, 2012, 90 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Swing-era drummer-bandleader Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as a hunchback dwarf afflicted with spinal tuberculosis. Despite his hardships, he virtu...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the Portraiture Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Jeff Kaufman. USA, 2012, 90 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Swing-era drummer-bandleader Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as a hunchback dwarf afflicted with spinal tuberculosis. Despite his hardships, he virtu...

Every year on the third day of the third month, families throughout Japan honor daughters by displaying in their homes an elaborate collection of dolls decorated to resemble court nobles from the Heian era (794-1185). Hina matsuri (liter...

John Tanji Koga is being honored by the Honolulu Museum of Art as the 12th recipient of the Catharine E.B. Cox Award for Excellence in Visual Arts. The award was established in 1985 by the grandsons of Catherine Cox and is given biennial...

The Honolulu Printmakers encourages all printmakers in Hawai‘i to submit prints for its juried Annual Exhibition, held at the Honolulu Museum of Art School Feb. 21 to March 15. The exhibition is themed "85" in recognition of the gr...

New York artist Tony Oursler takes the moving image away from the video monitor and projects it onto three-dimensional surfaces and environments to create miniaturized worlds in which funny, strange, surreal narratives and imagery confro...

Directed by Mark Parry. USA, 2012, 60 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Veterans of Color gives voice to the stories of the African-American men and women who have served in our nation’s Armed Forces. Spanning the experiences of vetera...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the Portraiture Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docent Steve Miller explains the development, use, and reading of handscrolls in the Chinese Art Gallery. The tour is followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 53...

Directed by Mark Parry. USA, 2012, 60 mins. Hawai‘i premiere Veterans of Color gives voice to the stories of the African-American men and women who have served in our nation’s Armed Forces. Spanning the experiences of vetera...

The Last FallDirected by Matthew A. Cherry. USA, 2012, 98 mins., Hawaiʻi premiere Directed by NFL player turned writer/director Matthew A. Cherry, The Last Fall is poignant coming-of-age tale about a young NFL journeyman facing life aft...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the Portraiture Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

ARTafterDARK admission: $10. Free for Museum members. MUSIC Open Air Concert featuring: 6:30pm: Koga 7pm: ALT/AIR 7:30pm: Mano Kane ART Contemporary dancers from Convergence Dance Theatre m...

The Last FallDirected by Matthew A. Cherry. USA, 2012, 98 mins., Hawaiʻi premiere Directed by NFL player turned writer/director Matthew A. Cherry, The Last Fall is poignant coming-of-age tale about a young NFL journeyman facing life aft...

Gather round the larger-than-life painting of Ada Katz to discuss the autobiographical memoir of the artist Alex Katz, a man obsessed with painting his wife. Raised in Brooklyn by Russian parents, Katz has had more than 200 solo exhibiti...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of the Portraiture Gallery. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

One of Hawai‘i's premier drummers and instructors, Chuck James teams up with Jason Gaye, Reggie Padilla, Ernie Provencher, Dave Yamasaki and Rea Fox to close out the African American Film Festival with some old-school flair celebra...

330 mins. including two intermissions Les Troyens is opera at its most epic. The sheer scale of its story, music, passion, staging, and performers make this one of the Royal Opera House events of the decade. Berlioz’s great work i...

Docent Steve Miller explains the development, use, and reading of handscrolls in the Chinese Art Gallery. The tour is followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 53...

330 mins. including two intermissions Les Troyens is opera at its most epic. The sheer scale of its story, music, passion, staging, and performers make this one of the Royal Opera House events of the decade. Berlioz’s great work i...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docents Susan Palmore & Dwight Lowrey lead a tour of the exhibition Finding X, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information. Jonathan Bo...

Gather round the larger-than-life painting of Ada Katz to discuss the autobiographical memoir of the artist Alex Katz, a man obsessed with painting his wife. Raised in Brooklyn by Russian parents, Katz has had more than 200 solo exhibiti...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE Part One: BeginningsPart Two: Eternal Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo. Japan, 2012, 240 mins (plus one intermission). In Japanese with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere Coming to the Doris ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Docents Susan Palmore & Dwight Lowrey lead a tour of the exhibition Finding X, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information. Jonathan Bo...

Honolulu art lovers have a rare chance to hear Morrison H. Heckscher, the Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, speak about what's new at the Met's American Wing, which has undergone a fo...

SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE Part One: BeginningsPart Two: Eternal Directed by Yukihiro Miyamoto, Akiyuki Shinbo. Japan, 2012, 240 mins (plus one intermission). In Japanese with English subtitles. Hawai’i premiere Coming to the Doris ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

This vibrant Canadian quartet won the 2008 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and the 2010 Young Canadian Musicians Award. Advocates of new music who enjoy a friendly mentorship with the Kronos Quartet, the Afiara String Qua...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Opening night reception: March 2, 6-7:30pm: Ticket includes pūpū from Da Spot, and there will be a no-host bar. Mabul screens at 7:30pm. $15, $12 museum members. Rachel Ahuvia and the Israeli folk dance group HORA will perform during th...

Kids can print a cool, eye-catching tote bag using ready-made or custom stencils. $15, $10 membersFor children ages 5-12 Reservations: 237-5230 or seng@honolulumuseum.org

Directed by Ela Thier, 2012, USA, 100 mins. Hawai‘i premiere It’s 1982 and 12-year-old Ellie, newly arrived in the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, lan...

Docents Susan Palmore & Dwight Lowrey lead a tour of the exhibition Finding X, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Free with museum admission. Call 532-3621 for more information. Jonathan Bo...

Directed by Thierry Binisti, 2011, France. 90 mins. France | French, Hebrew, English and Arabic with English subtitles Hawai‘i premiere Based on the award-winning novel by Valerie Zenatti, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea is a realist Rom...

Director: Arnon Goldfinger, Israel, 2011, 97 mins. Hawai‘i premiere When director Arnon Goldfinger’s grandmother passed away at age 98, he was left with the task of clearing out the Tel Aviv flat that she and her husband sha...

Directed by Anna Justice, Germany, 2011, 105 mins. German | English | Polish | Russian with English subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a love story that blossomed in a concentration camp in ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Join docents Karlyn and Bill Pearl for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Thierry Binisti, 2011, France. 90 mins. France | French, Hebrew, English and Arabic with English subtitles Hawai‘i premiere Based on the award-winning novel by Valerie Zenatti, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea is a realist Rom...

The new Spalding House Family Room is open to the public during museum hours and features self-guided art activities, films, and storytelling sessions. For more information, call 237-5230.

Director: Arnon Goldfinger, Israel, 2011, 97 mins. Hawai‘i premiere When director Arnon Goldfinger’s grandmother passed away at age 98, he was left with the task of clearing out the Tel Aviv flat that she and her husband sha...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Though the development of any art genre is typically a gradual process that defies precise explanation, a discussion of the art-historical merits of Japanese shunga demands careful consideration of how and when the commercial production ...

Directed by Ela Thier, 2012, USA, 100 mins. Hawai‘i premiere It’s 1982 and 12-year-old Ellie, newly arrived in the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, lan...

During his lifetime, Giovanni Battista Piranesi produced more than 1,000 etchings and engravings of various places and objects, real and imagined. His first independent commercial success was a set of small-scale etchings called Roman An...

Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger, Germany, Austria, 2011, 109 mins. German, with English Subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere The producers of the Academy Award-winning The Counterfeiters are back with this audacious caper comedy. Victor Ka...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Join docents Karlyn and Bill Pearl for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Directed by Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir. Israel, 2012, 72 mins. Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles Morad, an Arabic teenager in the north of Israel—disconnects himself from humans after being brutally beaten. When told by docto...

Directed by Anna Justice, Germany, 2011, 105 mins. German | English | Polish | Russian with English subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a love story that blossomed in a concentration camp in ...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Directed by Anna Justice, Germany, 2011, 105 mins. German | English | Polish | Russian with English subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a love story that blossomed in a concentration camp in ...

Directed by Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir. Israel, 2012, 72 mins. Hebrew, Arabic with English subtitles Morad, an Arabic teenager in the north of Israel—disconnects himself from humans after being brutally beaten. When told by docto...

Join docents Karlyn and Bill Pearl for a themed tour, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Visitors meet the docent at the entrance to the museum. Free with museum admission.

Opening night reception: March 2, 6-7:30pm: Ticket includes pūpū from Da Spot, and there will be a no-host bar. Mabul screens at 7:30pm. $15, $12 museum members. Rachel Ahuvia and the Israeli folk dance group HORA will perform during th...

Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger, Germany, Austria, 2011, 109 mins. German, with English Subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere The producers of the Academy Award-winning The Counterfeiters are back with this audacious caper comedy. Victor Ka...

Presented by Hawai‘i People’s Fund Hawai‘i People’s Fund, a community-based public foundation, has organized Hawai‘i’s first major public screening of the profound, important feature film The Land of ...

Director: Arnon Goldfinger, Israel, 2011, 97 mins. Hawai‘i premiere When director Arnon Goldfinger’s grandmother passed away at age 98, he was left with the task of clearing out the Tel Aviv flat that she and her husband sha...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Join docents Deb Nehmad (Mar 12) and Fred Smith (Mar 14) for a tour of the Honolulu Printmakers 85th Annual Exhibition, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Visitors meet the docent at the entr...

Directed by Thierry Binisti, 2011, France. 90 mins. France | French, Hebrew, English and Arabic with English subtitles Hawai‘i premiere Based on the award-winning novel by Valerie Zenatti, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea is a realist Rom...

Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger, Germany, Austria, 2011, 109 mins. German, with English Subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere The producers of the Academy Award-winning The Counterfeiters are back with this audacious caper comedy. Victor Ka...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

The Buddhist cave chapels of the ancient Kizil Kingdom, situated near modern Kuqa in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, represent one of the primary resources for understanding the development of Buddhist art in Central Asia. With more than...

Directed by Anna Justice, Germany, 2011, 105 mins. German | English | Polish | Russian with English subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a love story that blossomed in a concentration camp in ...

Directed by Ela Thier, 2012, USA, 100 mins. Hawai‘i premiere It’s 1982 and 12-year-old Ellie, newly arrived in the US from Israel, anxiously waits for letters from her best friend back home. Suffering from homesickness, lan...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.

Join docents Deb Nehmad (Mar 12) and Fred Smith (Mar 14) for a tour of the Honolulu Printmakers 85th Annual Exhibition, followed by an art discussion over a glass of iced tea in the café. Visitors meet the docent at the entr...

Directed by Wolfgang Murnberger, Germany, Austria, 2011, 109 mins. German, with English Subtitles. Hawai‘i premiere The producers of the Academy Award-winning The Counterfeiters are back with this audacious caper comedy. Victor Ka...

Take a half-hour docent-led tour of artwork on display. Check in at the Visitor Information Center.Free with museum admission.