FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 5, 2025
Contact: Kawika Alfiche, Halau o Keikiali'i
Interview: Tel. (415) 531-7285 / Email: [email protected]
Halau o Keikiali`i Live in performance at Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Celebrating HeART-filled Heritage
An Asian American-Pacific Islander Performing Arts Series
Featuring Kumu Hula & Artist Kawika Alfiche, Hula School Halau o Keikiali`I and Falsetto and Slack Key Artist Steven Kanahe Espaniola
OAKLAND - Halau o Keikiali`i (Bay Area based hula school), under the direction of Kumu Hula Kawika Keikiali`ihiwahiwa Alfiche, is pleased to announce its upcoming Performance Saturday, August 16 at 12:00-5:00pm, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 Ninth St, suite 290 Oakland. Featuring performances by Halau o Keikiali'i (ancient and modern Hula), Hawaiian music artists Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche on `ukulele and Steven Kanahe Espaniola on Hawaiian slack key guitar and falsetto, and Hawaiian arts and crafts vendors. Entrance is free! For more information, please rsvp (510) 637-0455 or email [email protected].
Don't miss this celebration of Hawaiian culture, tradition, and community! OACC's "Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage" Asian American & Pacific Islander performing arts series will provide a platform for local Asian and Asian Pacific Islander culturally relevant artists that inspire intergenerational and cross-cultural exchange.
Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 12:00-5:00pm
Free Entrance, RSVP
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
(510) 637-0455/ [email protected] / https://www.oacc.cc
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Halau o Keikiali'i is a Hawaiian cultural group based in San Francisco. Since 1994, its goal has been to educate the public about Hawaiian culture and its traditional customs, values, and protocols. Besides having regular scheduled classes, Halau o Keikiali'i strives to perpetuate the rich culture of Hawaiian people through educational workshops, performances, and other cultural events throughout the globe.
Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche is the Kumu Hula (Master teacher) for Halau o Keikiali'i, is the Director for the Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center in South San Francisco, and has been teaching hula and Hawaiian cultural arts for over 30 years. With a mission to preserve and perpetuate all things Hawaiian, Kawika spends his life learning, teaching, and sharing his culture through the hula and cultural arts.
Steven Kanahe Espaniola, raised in Aliamanu, Hawai'i and now residing in the California Bay Area, is a self taught multi-instrumentalist Hawaiian artist specializing in Ki Ho'alu (Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar), 'Ukulele, Upright Bass, and Leo Ki'e Ki'e (Traditional Hawaiian falsetto). Of Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent, his ethnicity is as diverse as his unique sound which preserves the integrity of the traditional with a flourish of the modern.
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Contact: Kawika Alfiche, Halau o Keikiali'i
Interview: Tel. (415) 531-7285 / Email: [email protected]
Halau o Keikiali`i Live in performance at Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Celebrating HeART-filled Heritage
An Asian American-Pacific Islander Performing Arts Series
Featuring Kumu Hula & Artist Kawika Alfiche, Hula School Halau o Keikiali`I and Falsetto and Slack Key Artist Steven Kanahe Espaniola
OAKLAND - Halau o Keikiali`i (Bay Area based hula school), under the direction of Kumu Hula Kawika Keikiali`ihiwahiwa Alfiche, is pleased to announce its upcoming Performance Saturday, August 16 at 12:00-5:00pm, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 Ninth St, suite 290 Oakland. Featuring performances by Halau o Keikiali'i (ancient and modern Hula), Hawaiian music artists Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche on `ukulele and Steven Kanahe Espaniola on Hawaiian slack key guitar and falsetto, and Hawaiian arts and crafts vendors. Entrance is free! For more information, please rsvp (510) 637-0455 or email [email protected].
Don't miss this celebration of Hawaiian culture, tradition, and community! OACC's "Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage" Asian American & Pacific Islander performing arts series will provide a platform for local Asian and Asian Pacific Islander culturally relevant artists that inspire intergenerational and cross-cultural exchange.
Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 12:00-5:00pm
Free Entrance, RSVP
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
(510) 637-0455/ [email protected] / https://www.oacc.cc
# # #
Halau o Keikiali'i is a Hawaiian cultural group based in San Francisco. Since 1994, its goal has been to educate the public about Hawaiian culture and its traditional customs, values, and protocols. Besides having regular scheduled classes, Halau o Keikiali'i strives to perpetuate the rich culture of Hawaiian people through educational workshops, performances, and other cultural events throughout the globe.
Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche is the Kumu Hula (Master teacher) for Halau o Keikiali'i, is the Director for the Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center in South San Francisco, and has been teaching hula and Hawaiian cultural arts for over 30 years. With a mission to preserve and perpetuate all things Hawaiian, Kawika spends his life learning, teaching, and sharing his culture through the hula and cultural arts.
Steven Kanahe Espaniola, raised in Aliamanu, Hawai'i and now residing in the California Bay Area, is a self taught multi-instrumentalist Hawaiian artist specializing in Ki Ho'alu (Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar), 'Ukulele, Upright Bass, and Leo Ki'e Ki'e (Traditional Hawaiian falsetto). Of Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent, his ethnicity is as diverse as his unique sound which preserves the integrity of the traditional with a flourish of the modern.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 5, 2025
Contact: Kawika Alfiche, Halau o Keikiali'i
Interview: Tel. (415) 531-7285 / Email: [email protected]
Halau o Keikiali`i Live in performance at Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Celebrating HeART-filled Heritage
An Asian American-Pacific Islander Performing Arts Series
Featuring Kumu Hula & Artist Kawika Alfiche, Hula School Halau o Keikiali`I and Falsetto and Slack Key Artist Steven Kanahe Espaniola
OAKLAND - Halau o Keikiali`i (Bay Area based hula school), under the direction of Kumu Hula Kawika Keikiali`ihiwahiwa Alfiche, is pleased to announce its upcoming Performance Saturday, August 16 at 12:00-5:00pm, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 Ninth St, suite 290 Oakland. Featuring performances by Halau o Keikiali'i (ancient and modern Hula), Hawaiian music artists Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche on `ukulele and Steven Kanahe Espaniola on Hawaiian slack key guitar and falsetto, and Hawaiian arts and crafts vendors. Entrance is free! For more information, please rsvp (510) 637-0455 or email [email protected].
Don't miss this celebration of Hawaiian culture, tradition, and community! OACC's "Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage" Asian American & Pacific Islander performing arts series will provide a platform for local Asian and Asian Pacific Islander culturally relevant artists that inspire intergenerational and cross-cultural exchange.
Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 12:00-5:00pm
Free Entrance, RSVP
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
(510) 637-0455/ [email protected] / https://www.oacc.cc
# # #
Halau o Keikiali'i is a Hawaiian cultural group based in San Francisco. Since 1994, its goal has been to educate the public about Hawaiian culture and its traditional customs, values, and protocols. Besides having regular scheduled classes, Halau o Keikiali'i strives to perpetuate the rich culture of Hawaiian people through educational workshops, performances, and other cultural events throughout the globe.
Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche is the Kumu Hula (Master teacher) for Halau o Keikiali'i, is the Director for the Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center in South San Francisco, and has been teaching hula and Hawaiian cultural arts for over 30 years. With a mission to preserve and perpetuate all things Hawaiian, Kawika spends his life learning, teaching, and sharing his culture through the hula and cultural arts.
Steven Kanahe Espaniola, raised in Aliamanu, Hawai'i and now residing in the California Bay Area, is a self taught multi-instrumentalist Hawaiian artist specializing in Ki Ho'alu (Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar), 'Ukulele, Upright Bass, and Leo Ki'e Ki'e (Traditional Hawaiian falsetto). Of Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent, his ethnicity is as diverse as his unique sound which preserves the integrity of the traditional with a flourish of the modern.
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Contact: Kawika Alfiche, Halau o Keikiali'i
Interview: Tel. (415) 531-7285 / Email: [email protected]
Halau o Keikiali`i Live in performance at Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Celebrating HeART-filled Heritage
An Asian American-Pacific Islander Performing Arts Series
Featuring Kumu Hula & Artist Kawika Alfiche, Hula School Halau o Keikiali`I and Falsetto and Slack Key Artist Steven Kanahe Espaniola
OAKLAND - Halau o Keikiali`i (Bay Area based hula school), under the direction of Kumu Hula Kawika Keikiali`ihiwahiwa Alfiche, is pleased to announce its upcoming Performance Saturday, August 16 at 12:00-5:00pm, at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center 388 Ninth St, suite 290 Oakland. Featuring performances by Halau o Keikiali'i (ancient and modern Hula), Hawaiian music artists Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche on `ukulele and Steven Kanahe Espaniola on Hawaiian slack key guitar and falsetto, and Hawaiian arts and crafts vendors. Entrance is free! For more information, please rsvp (510) 637-0455 or email [email protected].
Don't miss this celebration of Hawaiian culture, tradition, and community! OACC's "Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage" Asian American & Pacific Islander performing arts series will provide a platform for local Asian and Asian Pacific Islander culturally relevant artists that inspire intergenerational and cross-cultural exchange.
Saturday, August 16, 2025 - 12:00-5:00pm
Free Entrance, RSVP
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
(510) 637-0455/ [email protected] / https://www.oacc.cc
# # #
Halau o Keikiali'i is a Hawaiian cultural group based in San Francisco. Since 1994, its goal has been to educate the public about Hawaiian culture and its traditional customs, values, and protocols. Besides having regular scheduled classes, Halau o Keikiali'i strives to perpetuate the rich culture of Hawaiian people through educational workshops, performances, and other cultural events throughout the globe.
Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche is the Kumu Hula (Master teacher) for Halau o Keikiali'i, is the Director for the Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center in South San Francisco, and has been teaching hula and Hawaiian cultural arts for over 30 years. With a mission to preserve and perpetuate all things Hawaiian, Kawika spends his life learning, teaching, and sharing his culture through the hula and cultural arts.
Steven Kanahe Espaniola, raised in Aliamanu, Hawai'i and now residing in the California Bay Area, is a self taught multi-instrumentalist Hawaiian artist specializing in Ki Ho'alu (Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar), 'Ukulele, Upright Bass, and Leo Ki'e Ki'e (Traditional Hawaiian falsetto). Of Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese and Spanish descent, his ethnicity is as diverse as his unique sound which preserves the integrity of the traditional with a flourish of the modern.
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