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Nisei center to host ‘obake triple feature’

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center will host an “obake triple feature” on Saturday with showings of two short movies followed by some scary obake (ghost) stories with Alton Takiyama-Chung.

One of the films will be “Kakurenbo,” which follows a young boy named Hikora as he enters the ruins of a forbidden city with other children to play “otokoyo” — a game of hide-and-seek where the players are said to be kidnapped by ghosts and demons — to find his missing sister, according to a news release. The 2004 animated film is 25 minutes long.

The other film will be “Kuro Gami,” which is about an impoverished swordsman in Kyoto who divorces his wife and leaves her for a woman from a wealthier family, only to discover his new wife is callous and selfish. The 1962 film is 27 minutes long.

Takiyama-Chung, the former chairperson of the National Storytelling Network, will follow the showings with scary stories that mix the magic and superstitions of the Hawaiian Islands with the history of Japan and Korea.

Doors open at 1 p.m., and the movies start at 1:30 p.m. Costumes are encouraged, and Japanese snacks will be provided.

The in-person event is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by calling (808) 244-6862.

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Authors to discuss land use issues

Authors Sydney Iaukea and Will Caron will talk about community-based resistance and land use issues from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lahaina Public Library.

Iaukea and Caron will discuss chapters from the book “Civil Society in West Maui,” a wide-ranging collection of essays piecing together key political controversies that have animated the social and political life of West Maui, according to a news release.

A Native Hawaiian educator, Iaukea will discuss her essay “Shorelines, Ridges and Seawalls: Saving Olowalu,” which recollects attempts to resist planned projects threatening important and sacred spaces of the region, including a successful effort to block the installation of a seawall by the state.

Caron, a community organizer, advocate and director of communications at Hawaii Appleseed Center, will share some of the key conflicts over land use in Kaanapali. His essay “Access Denied! The Struggle for the Future of West Maui,” discusses how local shoreline users have resisted privatizing and the closing off of shoreline space to the community and its needs.

A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow.

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Free ocean learning kits to be distributed

Free grab-and-go ocean learning kits will be distributed in Maui on Saturday.

The kits will focus on a theme of “Malama o ke Kai,” or “Take Care of the Ocean,” and will feature topics such as kilo, or traditional Hawaiian observation systems; pono (sustainable) fishing practices; taking care of limu, or seaweed; and understanding and behaving properly in the presence of honu, or green sea turtles, and honu ea, or hawksbill turtle.

The kits will be available at the Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary in Kihei from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. as well as at the Kihei, Lahaina and Makawao public libraries beginning at 9 a.m. until supplies last.

For Lanai and Molokai, kits will be distributed directly to all public fourth grade classrooms, according to a news release.

The learning kits are part of a collaboration between the state Division of Aquatic Resources, Hawaii State Public Library System, National Marine Fisheries Service and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

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