Mānoa Heritage Center

Pae La‘au (Surf Wood) 2.0 with Mahi La Pierre

SAT JAN 18, 8:30-12:30 pm 

SAT JAN 25, 8:30-12:30 pm

2-day workshop: $85 

Artist and cultural practitioner Mahi La Pierre is back to share his love of pae la'au! Participants will learn about traditional and modern Hawaiian surfboards, their form, and function. They will be guided on how to design, cut, shape, sand, personalize/decorate, and finish their very own sustʻĀINAble-stoke-guaranteed-perpetual-smile-generating PAEPOʻO Hawaiian surf craft.

Note: This workshop will use hand tools and sandpaper. Keiki and Opio are welcome with Makua/Kupuna. Please indicate in the registration section if you are going to have your keiki join you. The finished board will be 32" long (see board on right in the circle image). 

Limited to 12 participants

Mahina as Medicine with Hemakana Pacarro 

SAT FEB 1, 9:00-11:00 am (in-person at MHC)

WED FEB 5, 6:30-7:30 pm (online zoom hui “zui”)

WED FEB 12, 6:30-7:30 pm (online zui)

WED FEB 19, 6:30-7:30 pm (online zui)

SAT FEB 22, 9:00-11:00 am (in-person at MHC)

5-session hybrid seminar (2 in-person, 3 online): $50 for the series

Join educator and cultural practitioner Hemakana Pacarro for a 5-session seminar to explore “Mahina as Medicine.”  This workshop series will guide participants through the lunar cycles of mahina in a Hawaiian cultural context, connecting moon phases to personal empowerment, healing, and alignment with natural rhythms.  Rooted in traditional Hawaiian wisdom and practices, each session will focus on the transformative power of mahina as a tool for self-discovery, empowerment, and healing. Participants will learn to harness lunar energy for growth, emotional balance, and spiritual alignment.

Limited to 20 participants.