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Marine Munchies
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Mondays in July and August
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4:15 – 6:00 pm
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Discover animals’ adaptations for capturing their meals and what they eat here at the Aquarium.
Included is an exclusive after-hours animal feeding.
Watch the octopus eat.
See the seadragons slurp up shrimps.
Then it’s your turn to feed the animals in our Edge of the Reef exhibit.
Minimum age 5 years;
youngsters must be accompanied by an adult.
$16/adult, $12/child ($20/$15 for non-members).
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Gyotaku with Riley Yogi
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July 8 and 15, Tues
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6:30 – 8:30 pm
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Fishermen! Artists! Teachers! Learn the art of fish printing with local fisherman and artist
Riley Yogi. On the first night, participants will use non-toxic black ink to print their fish
and learn to paint realistic eyes. On the second night, techniques for adding watercolors will be taught.
Supplies will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own fish or octopus.
Minimum age 14 years. $22 ($26 for non-members).
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Ke Kani O Ke Kai
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July 10 and 24, Aug 7
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Spend a Thursday evening on the lawn enjoying the Aquarium's summer concert series.
The doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the concert kicks off at 7:30 p.m.
Click here for details
on the artists. Tickets for members are $18 for adults and $7 for children aged 7 to 12;
children under 6 are free.
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Family Night:
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Sharks!!! And Other Creatures of the Reef
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July 18, Fri
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6:00 – 8:30 pm
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Celebrate the International Year of the Reef while enjoying an evening packed with sharky fun. Bring a picnic for
your family then join the games and activities. Make a shark to take home. Solve reef riddles. Meet shark biologist and author
of Sharks and Rays of Hawaii, Gerald Crow. Then visit the predator tank and check out the sharks up-close with the new predator
camera. All ages welcome; children 2 and under are free. $10/person ($12 for non-members).
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Aquarium After Dark
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July 22, Tues
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7:00 – 9:00 pm
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Sept 12, Fri
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7:00 – 9:00 pm
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Discover if fish sleep, sea snails snooze or weedy seadragons doze on an after-dark flashlight tour of the
Aquarium. Find the sleeping spot for the red-toothed triggerfish or the rockmover wrasse. What color are
yellow tang at night? Minimum age 5 years; youngsters must be accompanied by an adult. $8/adult,
$6/child ($10/7 for non-members).
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Overnight with the Sharks
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Aug 14, Thu
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7:00 – 8:00 am (Holiday)
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Design and build your own shark model for our early morning shark races.
Will your shark be a bottom feeder, a spinner shark or will it run straight and true?
Minimum age 5 years; youngsters must be accompanied by an adult. Evening refreshments
and continental breakfast included. $30/adult, $25/child ($35/30 for non-members).
*Reminder, Friday is Admission's Day holiday.
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Overnight Lights
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Aug 22, Fri
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7:00 – 8:00 pm
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Many ocean creatures have the ability to shine at night or in the darkness of the deep ocean.
Some fluoresce, while others bioluminesce... but all are radiant. Spend a night learning about
the glowing animals large and small, then sleep in their luminous light in the galleries.
This program is co-sponsored by the University of Hawaii's Center for Microbial Oceanography:
Research and Education. Minimum age 5 years; children must be accompanied by an adult.
Evening refreshments and continental breakfast included. $30/adult, $25child ($35/30 for non-members).
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Small Fry
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Sept 2 – 30, Tues
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A Session
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8:30 – 10:00 am
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B Session
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10:30 am – noon
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For the youngest learners.
An adult and their 1- to 3-year-old team up to discover the amazing undersea world of the Aquarium.
Five weekly sessions include crafts, song, play and exploration of the exhibits.
For adult-child teams. $50/adult & child ($80 for non-members).
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Home for a Hermit Crab
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Sept 22, Mon
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3:30 – 5:00 pm
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Spend a morning investigation hermit crabs and their housemates through storytelling, art and up-close encounters
with these crusty creatures. Adults and their 4 to 6 year olds will meet left-handed, elegant and anemone hermit
crabs and then create a crab of their own design. $12/adult and child team ($16 for non-members).
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