Latest Past Events

The Shape of Story: Storytelling Workshop with Alicia Upano

Join Hawaiʻi novelist Alicia Upano for The Shape of Story, a generative writing workshop exploring how patterns in nature, namely the stages of a tsunami, can give structure to a story of fiction or nonfiction. The workshop includes a brief lecture, writing prompts, and discussion, followed by a drinks-and-pūpū reception. Upano is the author of...

November 29: Understanding Halapē

Mokupāpapa Discovery Center

Join PTM's Executive Director, Cindi Preller, and experts from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to explore Hawaiʻi's locally-generated tsunamis and how preparedness saves lives. Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025 Time: Doors open @ 2:00 PM, Program begins @ 3:00 PM Location: Mokupāpapa Discovery Center, 76 Kamehameha Avenue, Hilo FREE & OPEN...

November 29: Remembering Halapē ’75

Commemorating 50 years since the November 29, 1975, locally-generated tsunami. Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025 Time: Doors open @ 10:00 AM, Program begins @ 11:00 AM Location: Pacific Tsunami Museum FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC