Kealoha - Career Highlights

Career Highlights

• Performed at the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: National Philanthropic Briefing (2012).
• Represented Hawai`i at 7 National Poetry Slams (2003–2009) and performed on the finals stage four times (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008). Ranked 8th individually out of 350 poets in 2007, and was captain of the 5th ranked team in 2009. At the 2010 National Poetry Slam, was a performer for the opening ceremonies and was honored as a "National Slam Legend."
• Featured at major venues throughout the world including the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (New York City), the Bowery Poetry Club (New York City), the Green Mill (Chicago), New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Planet Hip-Hop Festival), the Schiffbau (Zurich, Switzerland), the Rokerij (Amsterdam, Netherlands), the Bienal do Ibirapuera (São Paulo, Brazil), and the NFL Pro Bowl halftime show.
• Featured on HBO’s Brave New Voices series presented by Russel Simmons (2009).
• Coached the Youth Speaks Hawai`i team that won the championship for the International Youth Poetry Slam in 2008.
• Poetic vocalist for Henry Kapono's Wild Hawaiian project, whose album was nominated for a Grammy.
• Featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Network Conference, the Bay Area Storytelling Festival, and the Honolulu Storytelling Festival.
• Wrote, performed in, and co-directed the State of Hawaii's "Can't Fool the Youth" anti-smoking campaign.
• Interview subject on PBS's Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox (2010)
• Actor in the film "Get a Job," winner of "Jury Award" at Las Vegas Film Festival, "Best Comedy" at Ventura Film Festival and Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, and nominee for "Best Film" at Marbella Internacional Film Festival (2010)
• Composed and performed two original pieces for the Na Hoku Hanohano Awards show (Hawaii's Grammys), once for the opening sequence and once with Henry Kapono and Mick Fleetwood (2010)
• Performed poetry at the World Invitational Hula Festival (2009)
• Featured 4 times on the "World's Greatest Poetry Slam" DVD series (2004, 2005, 2007, 2008) and starred in the movie "Hawaii Slam: Poetry in Paradise."
• Has conducted workshops at over 200 schools, libraries, & prisons throughout his career.