MidWeek Honolulu - Nov 16, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16, 2022
ON STAGE
How Kumu Kahua and Mānoa Valley theaters are wrapping up 2022.
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DIAPER DRIVE
Ward Village Moms rallies the community for a worthy cause. SEE PAGE 9
Thanksgiving Meal Returns To Blaisdell
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ART ON THE COURT
Architectural designer and artist Bonhui Uy poses with some of his cardboard art at Cartwright Park in Makiki. Uy and nonprofit Mālama Kīpuka Hawai‘i teamed up to transform the park’s basketball court. For more, see page 10. PHOTO COURTESY MĀLAMA KĪPUKA HAWAI‘I
ABY STEPHANIE LOPES
t 11 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, ap- proximately 2,000 people will be greeted by community leaders and
volunteers at the entrance to the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall.
Walking down a red carpet, attendees will be treated to a traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey, stuffing, gravy, rice, salad, pineap- ple and a slice of pumpkin pie — all for free — courtesy of The Salvation Army.
“One of our themes this year is Love Be- yond Hunger,” explains Maj. Phil Lum, di- visional commander of The Salvation Army – Hawaiian and Pacific Islands. “The free Thanksgiving meal is open to everyone and no tickets are required. It is really a joyous day to gather and give thanks with those in our communities.”
Following a two-year hiatus due to the pan- demic, this year’s Thanksgiving meal will be one of the largest in The Salvation Army’s 50 years of hosting. First held in 1971 at a Salva- tion Army facility, the free Thanksgiving meal served 500 plates. In 1972, the event moved
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