With over 30 years of experience, Alan Arita has honed his abilities to become one of Hawai'iʻs top mentalists, and today he makes an appearance at the PBS Hawaiʻi offices to amaze staff with his mind-bending tricks.

On Tuesday, December 17 we had a virtual screening of this documentary that sheds light on a multi-agency effort to protect several of Hawaiʻi’s forest birds threatened with extinction due to the threat of avian diseases carried by invasive mosquitos. A conversation with the filmmaker followed the screening.

When Silence Becomes a Song documents the urgent battle to save the ʻakikiki, the honeycreeper endemic to the island of Kauaʻi. Filmmaker Ella Marcil follows the efforts of conservationists, scientists and videographers as they confront the looming threat of extinction faced by this delicate bird species. Following the screening, the filmmaker join us for a conversation.

With rising temperatures comes the rise of mosquitoes, spelling great danger for Maui’s remaining forest birds. Fighting fire with fire, conservation experts are now deploying a new tool; Incompatible male mosquitoes.

Kalaʻe Parish steps up to the PBS Hawaiʻi Song Challenge! Players are given a word, and have ten seconds to sing a song with that word in it.

Ah Quon McElrath: The Struggle Never Ends. The film tells the story of Ah Quon McElrath who became one of the islands’ most influential leaders, giving voice to Hawaiʻi’s working class. The documentary recounts how she helped shape the Hawaiʻi local of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) into a force for political change. Following the screening, join us for a discussion with: Joy Chong-Stannard, Producer, Director, Editor Chris Coneybeare, Producer

Brother Noland steps up to the PBS Hawaiʻi Song Challenge! Players are given a word, and have ten seconds to sing a song with that word in it.

This is a panel discussion for the film “Songs of Love from Hawaiʻi”…

These students are now navigating the world of business with the ginger root beer they brewed in the lab…

In Infected Earth, Hawaiʻi-based emergency room physician Darragh O’Carroll travels to Australia to investigate the dramatic effects of climate change on plant, animal and human life in the land down under.