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Look & Listen: Poetry, Storytelling and Book Art

Sep 19, 2026 • 10:00 AM

2:00 PM

Capitol Modern: the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum

Free family-friendly celebration of poetry, storytelling, and books. Storytime and book art display, hands-on art activities, and live poetry readings. A partnership with Bess Press publishing.

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Poetry readings with Normie Salvador, Noelle Kahanu, Ryan Oishi, Misty Sanico, and Hawaiʻi Poet Laureate Lee Tonouchi. 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. during the "Look & Listen" event. Free, all ages welcome.

Activity schedule

Ground floor, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Keiki art and poetry activities with Laurel Nakanishi (outside the MORI shop) - Bess Press Books pop-up book shop with locally published titles and participating poets (cafe area) - Book Art Exhibit with artists Mariko Merritt, Lauren Trangmar, Kelsie Dayna, Solomon Enos, Erzsi Palko (cafe area) Keiki Read Aloud in the Ground floor Multipurpose Room (MPR), to the right as you enter the lobby. - 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Honolulu Theatre for Youth (HTY) Read Aloud with Junior Tesoro - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lee A. Tonouchi (Okinawan Princess) - 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Mama Inno & Pacific Voices (Piafe, Mwa Machang) - 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Tamara Montgomery (When the Cassowary Pooped) Poetry Readings on the Second Floor Grand Lanai - 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lyz Soto, D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie, Donovan Kūhiō, Kalilinoe Detweiler - 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Pidgin Poets: Lee A. Tonouchi, Noelle Kahanu, Normie Salvador, Ryan Oishi, Misty-Lynn Sanico -

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