The Green Room

Fostering a reverence for nature, language & imagination

Coming up next:

ALEXIS ROCKMAN in THE GREEN ROOM

Two Hawai‘i Appearances:

HONOLULU, 10/24      KAHULUI, 10/27
Tickets now on sale!

Alexis Rockman (photo: Dorothy Spears) / Spheres of Influence, 2016, oil on wood, 72 x 144 in. / Upper Peninsula, 2017, watercolor, ink and acrylic on paper, 74 x 52 in. / American Bison, Bison bison, 2017, La Bajada Red Clay and acrylic polymer on paper, 18 x 24 in.

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Previous presentations of The Green Room have featured:

Authors and Poets:  Tracy K. Smith, Billy Collins, Bill McKibben, Naomi Shihab Nye, Cathy Song, Edward Hirsch, Michael Wiegers, Dr. Hope Jahren, William Finnegan, Dr. Pualani Kanaka‘ole Kanahele, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Hirshfield, Susan Casey, Barry Lopez, Terry Tempest Williams, Bill Porter (aka Red Pine), Gary Paul Nabhan, Bob Holman, Dr. Abraham Verghese, Alexander Maksik, John Burnham Schwartz, W.S. Merwin

Musicians:  Anthony Pfluke, Halemanu, Hong Zhou, Ron Kuala’au, Keali‘i Reichel, Ka‘ena Elaban, Nā Keiki Pūnana Leo o Maui, Gene Argel

Films:  Language Matters with Bob Holman by David Grubin, Symphony of the Soil by Deborah Koons Garcia

Artists: Susan Middleton, Daniel Sullivan, Gwen Arkin

Actors:  Hector Elizondo

Scientists: Steve Perlman

Bill Porter (aka Red Pine) speaking in The Green Room

Friends together at Bill Porter in The Green Room

Bill Porter (aka Red Pine) with Dr. Gary Greenburg

Doug Schatz, Donna Howard, Jason Denhart, Jac Kean at Bill Porter in The Green Room

Karin Frost and Sara Tekula at Bill Porter in The Green Room

William Finnegan in The Green Room

Sold Out House at William Finnegan in The Green Room

Conservancy President Matt Schwartz and wife Karen at William Finnegan in The Green Room

Mary Lock, Kathy Baldwin, and Sarah Cavanaugh at William Finnegan in The Green Room

Klaus Simmer and friends at William Finnegan in The Green Room

Stefan Schaefer and Lisa Villiarimo at William Finnegan in The Green Room

Gary Paul Nabhan and Merwin Conservancy Executive Director Jason Denhart

Gary Paul Nabhan

W.S. Merwin and Dr. Art Medeiros

Dania Kats of edible Hawaiian Islands and author Sunny Savage

FIM Group – Proud Sponsors of The Green Room

Michael Ondaatje reading from his works

A full audience at Michael Ondaatje in The Green Room

Attendees at Michael Ondaatje in The Green Room

Michael Ondaatje signing books at The Green Room

Jane Hirshfield, W.S. Merwin, and Paula Merwin

Jane Hirshfield reading poetry in The Green Room

Jane Hirshfield entrances the full Green Room theater

Conservancy Artist-at-Work Gwen Arkin and Director of Communications & Outreach Sara Tekula

Keali‘i Reichel and members of his halau perform chant and hula at “Hawai‘i: Language Matters”

Keali‘i Reichel and members of his halau perform chant and hula

Kumu Leilei Ishikawa performs with Nā Keiki Pūnana Leo O Maui

Poet Bob Holman offers a W.S. Merwin poem

Dr. Puakea Nogelmeier and Professor Kī‘ope Raymond discuss Hawaiian language

Poet Bob Holman, Ethnographer Kepā Maly, and Pūnana Leo kumu Leilei Ishikawa

Filmmaker David Grubin and Dr. Puakea Noelmeier

Musician Ka‘ena Elaban performs at the “Hawai‘i: Language Matters” reception

NY Times Best-Selling Author Susan Casey in The Green Room

Susan Casey captivates the December 2015 Green Room Audience

Susan Casey Book Signing at The Green Room

Executive Director Jason Denhart with W.S. Merwin and Alexander Maksik

Barry Lopez inspires the audience at The Green Room

National Book Award-winning Author Barry Lopez in The Green Room

Terry Tempest Williams in The Green Room

Terry Tempest Williams reads to the Green Room’s full audience

Deborah Koons Garcia introduces Symphony of the Soil in The Green Room

Naomi Shihab Nye – The Green Room at Maui Arts & Cultural Center

Naomi Shihab Nye with 10th grade poetry students

Naomi Shihab Nye signing books in The Green Room

The Green Room at the McCoy Theater

Dr. Abraham Verghese speaks in The Green Room

Karen Bouris, Paula Merwin, Dr. Verghese, and Cari Kapur.

Dr. Abraham Verghese signs books in The Green Room

The Green Room at Fort Faught

Alexander Maksik reading from ‘A Marker to Measure Drift’

William and Paula Merwin with Daniel Sullivan.

Dancer in The Green Room

Actor Hector Elizondo reads W.S. Merwin’s ‘Rain Light’

The Green Room is presented through a generous sponsorship by the FIM Group.
All proceeds support The Merwin Conservancy, a nonprofit organization.