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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Saturday, October 4, 2008

WHETHER IT'S THE PALACE OR A POW WOW, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Get festive this weekend

Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Catch a hula performance at today’s Day at Queen Emma Summer Palace.

Photos by Philip Spalding III

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DAY AT QUEEN EMMA SUMMER PALACE

9 a.m.-5 p.m. today

Queen Emma Summer Palace, 2913 Pali Highway

$6 general, $1 children, free for keiki 5 and younger

595-6291, www.daughtersofhawaii.com

Note: Turn on Pu'iwa Road and park on the grass.

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Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Puamana and friends entertained at a past palace event.

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Hawaii news photo - The Honolulu Advertiser

Lots of vendors will sell their wares, including jams, jellies and chutneys.

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There's much to do, see and taste at the 32nd annual Day at Queen Emma Summer Palace.

That includes entertainment by Jerry Santos and friends, Punahou Alumni Glee Club, Kaha'i Topolinsky and Halau Ka Pa Hula Hawai'i, Tony Conjugacion and Halau O Wainohia, Vicky Holt Takamine and Halau Pua Ali'i Ilima, Kualoa, the Royal Hawaiian Band and others.

There's storytelling, native Hawaiian arts demonstrations, jams, jellies, chutney, haku lei and home-baked goods and more food (including seafood by chef Elmer Guzman of Poke Stop). Especially for the kids: a Keiki Krafts Korner; especially for thirsty adults: a beer and wine garden.

The admission fee also gets you into the palace's current exhibit, "Beaten and Basted:

A Collection of Rare Kapa and Quilts."

Need another reason to visit? It's your last chance to see a smoking jacket Queen Emma made by hand for King Kamehameha IV. After today, it will be returned to proper archival conditions to prevent further wear.

The event is a fundraiser for the Daughters of Hawai'i in its efforts to preserve Queen Emma Summer Palace and the Hulihe'e Palace in Kona.

WAIT — THERE'S MORE

There's an overflow of festivals around the island this weekend:

• The third annual Keiki Festival, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Hawaii's Plantation Village, features ethnic food samples, keiki plantation and makahiki games, catch-and-release fishing and storytelling by Nyla Fujii-Babb at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free. 677-0110.

• The 34th annual Intertribal Pow Wow, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow at Thomas Square, is a chance to take in American Indian traditions. Free. 734-8018, 497-7279.

• The 13th annual Discover Moiliili Festival, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today at Old Stadium Park, is all about the neighborhood, with food, arts and crafts, farmers market, kids' activities and trolley tours. Free. 955-1555.

• The 15th annual Children & Youth Day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow at the state Capitol and surrounding areas, is full of kids' activities, entertainment and tours. Free. www.kipchawaii.org.