Hi folks,
Tomorrow is a big day as we finish planning our conversations so that we can begin to record them! A few points to keep in mind:
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Hi everyone,
In these first two weeks since we watched The Way of a God, weʻve been brainstorming, asking and looking for answers to some very interesting questions. Starting tomorrow, weʻll start to plan our podcasts (and perhaps record some segments.) Weʻll start figuring out a flow for our conversations (who will ask what questions and what kinds of answers we might offer) , picking out excerpts from the play to read out and record that relate to the issues weʻre interested in, and/ or do a little research that might help our listeners get a stronger context (including history) for our conversations. Once we do that, our podcasts will really start coming together! Just wanted to take a moment to mention that Itʻs so important that we all show up for these upcoming sessions, especially, so that we can contribute to our projectʻs larger goal of producing a message for our community. As we said at the beginning of the process, this work requires your commitment! See you soon! Hi everyone,
Tomorrow, weʻre scheduled to meet with Harry Wong, Kumu Kahau's artistic director, who will give a presentation related to producing plays, and then conduct a question-and-answer dialogue about Way of a God. Below are the questions we wrote based on our initial discussion of the play. Weʻll ask each group to ask Harry the questions you generated, but first, to briefly describe the overall topic youʻre interested in discussing based on our meeting last week. That way, Harry will have a better sense of why the questions are interesting to you. It would interesting, in fact, if you gave some possible answers to the questions before Harry responds. This way, we can have more of a dialogue. We hope you may have some other questions other than these as well. Look forward to chatting soon! Jae & Ralph
Heidi & Chelsea
Cindy & Steven (joined by Zharelle this week).
Hello everyone,
Kumu Kahua Artistic Director Harry Wong couldn't make it last week because of some scheduling confusion, but we are expecting him today. Please be prepared to ask the questions you contributed and any others that come to mind. What issues came up in your conversations that you wanted to clarification on?
Here are some guidelines for writing an essay based on our experience together. For the KCC students, as you'll read, this essay serves as a final exam for their courses. Kaimuki students, though they aren't required to write an essay, may still want to in order to share it on our website, submit it for future applications or just take advantage of an opportunity for personal reflection. I look forward to our last day for the semester. (And to reading some good essays soon.) Hi everyone,
If you haven't already, I hope you take a minute to listen to your edited conversations. You should be able to access them on this website any time under "recordings" in the menu. You all sound great! By the way...Did you record and upload some of your initial responses to Fa'alavelave? Please take a minute to do so if you haven't had a chance. Tomorrow, we have our next-to-last session for the semester. Weʻre scheduled to meet with Harry Wong, Kumu Kahau's artistic director, who will give a presentation related to producing plays, and then conduct a question-and-answer discussion about Fa'alavelave. Below are the questions we wrote based on our initial discussion of the play. Please be prepared to ask the question you contributed. It would be helpful if you also mentioned why the question is interesting to you and if you offered some of your own possible answers. That way, we can have more of a dialogue. We hope you may have some other questions other than these as well.
Hi folks!
I hope you enjoyed Fa'alavelave, and I look forward to discussing it with you this week. Before our meeting on Thurs., I hope you have a few mins. to record your first impressions of the play (about 2 mins.) and upload the file to Google Drive. (I copied the instructions below in case you needed a reminder.) I'm also including three quotes that seem important to me that may be part of our discussion this week. What issues and emotions might the quotes bring up for you that you can share during our conversation? Did any other moments in the play, or in the talkback session afterward if you were able to stay, stand out to you? (I'll bring copies of the script to explore.)
Hi everyone,
We look forward to seeing you at Kumu Kahua Theater tomorrow (Fri., 11/15) at 7:30 pm to watch FA‘ALAVELAVE, which in Samoan means "THE INTERRUPTION." "Here's the play program with some reflections from the writer and director. For a deeper dive, you can listen to an interview with the playwright Kiki Rivera (fast forward to 1:00--that's hour not minute). I hope you have a few moments to read/listen before the play. Keep in mind that sometime after the play, weʻll send you further information about creating a few quick audio reflections, an easy process that shouldnʻt take more than about 20 mins. The purpose of these recordings is to share with our community what we're learning through this experience, and it's an important service you've been asked to provide! The play begins at 8 pm, but weʻre hoping to meet at the theater at 7:30 pm to say hello and take care of a little paperwork. Please do your best to be on time. Here are the directions and parking recommendations for Kumu Kahua. After the play, some of us plan to go to Zippy's on Vineyard for some snacks and conversation. We hope you can join us! And no worries if you can't. Please note that if unforeseen circumstances prevent you from attending play, let us know with as much advance notice as possible since we're required to inform the theater so that they can release the ticket to someone else (which is harder if we cancel at the last minute.) If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email or call Alex at (305) 982-7863. Looking forward to watching and talking with you, Alex Salinas-Nakanishi, Kapi'olani CC Bill Spradlin, Kaimuki HS Hi everyone!
I'm so proud of the way you all have embraced this challenge of sharing our voices with the community! If you get a chance, please take a moment to listen to what we've recorded so far: great insights, vivid stories, and heartfelt conversations. (Let me know if you have trouble accessing the links)
Hi everyone,
I was excited to see the wonderful questions you posed last week that can serve as the basis for our podcasts. Some of my favorite questions included:
Just wanted to take a moment to mention that Itʻs so important that we all show up for these upcoming sessions especially so that we can contribute to our projectʻs larger goal of producing a message for our community. As we said at the beginning of the process, this work requires your commitment! See you soon! Hi everyone,
Last week, we got into three teams and started brainstorming issues we're interested in focusing on as we share our responses to Ua Pau. If you were absent last time, we'll plug you into a team this week so that you can give your input as we go forward. Our goals for this week include narrowing down our topics and writing some questions we want to ask each other in order to get at the issues in the play. As we've mentioned, one way we can do that is by recording our conversations based on our awesome questions in a podcast format that we can share. In our session, I'll show you a possible format for a podcast that each team can create! We'll also listen to a few minutes of a local podcast called Blue Hawai'i as an example. The hosts are two lawyers who live in Ewa Beach and like to discuss local issues, interview interesting people, and explain how national and international current events affect us here in Hawai'i. In this episode, they have a "roundtable" discussion with some folks who have been involved in the protests in Mauna Kea, and interestingly, the issues they raise have some parallels with those in the play. We'll check it out for a few minutes during our session, but feel free to listen on your own if you're curious. By the way, if you have some other ideas about how you would prefer to present your ideas about the play--documentary, art, creative writing, performance, presentation?--please let us know! Looking forward to seeing you on Thurs.! |
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