AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoArts & Community: Hawaiʻi County awarded $450,000 in FY26-27 Impact Grants to 23 projects, including funding for film and creative industries, regenerative tourism, and agriculture/food security. Local Arts Calendar: Downtown Art Center’s Filipino American History Month mixed exhibition “Halo Halo” opens Oct. 2, and AIA Honolulu’s Architecture Firm Crawl returns Oct. 2 as a First Friday-style open house. Music & Performance: A 35-show John Denver Christmas tour lands in Hawaiʻi for five dates Dec. 26–30 (Hilo, Honolulu, Kailua-Kona, Līhuʻe, Makawao). Creative Industries: Surf Expo spotlighted Aloha Collection’s wholesale growth and its new Disney licensing launch. Sports on TV (Hawaiʻi tie-in): Nevada’s Wolf Pack men’s basketball schedule includes national TV games featuring matchups vs. Hawaii on FS1 (Jan. 8) and CW (Feb. 20). Film Tour: “The Journalist’s Mission,” inspired by the Kosovo War, will end its 50-state run in Hawaiʻi on Dec. 20.
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