Reading "Leaving Paradise" by Phyllis Hoge Thompson.

Reading Bill Teter’s "Ha’ina Ka Puana."

Wil tells Marshall M. Doi’s poignant story "The Luna of the Landing."

Kat reads from "Living Near the Water," a poem by Cathy Song.

Darryl captures the indefatigable spirit of Kau Goong in Darrell H.Y. Lum’s "No Mistaking."

Sen. Chun Oakland, a longtime advocate of elders’ rights, opens our tribute to kupuna with L. Nishioka’s poem "Kilani Bakery Obaasan."

Cedric reads the stage directions for Lanning Lee’s "Too Smart to Slow Down: A One-Roach Play in One Act."

Photograph by Sammie Choy