{"id":131384,"date":"2020-11-25T16:09:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T02:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=131384"},"modified":"2020-11-25T16:09:08","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T02:09:08","slug":"imiloa-shopping-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/25\/imiloa-shopping-event\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bbImiloa to host Christmas shopping event"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Imiloa_store_products.png\" alt=\"products for sale at Imiloa Center\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-131381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Imiloa_store_products.png 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Imiloa_store_products-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Imiloa_store_products-130x73.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the way we celebrate the holiday season this year, including shopping for Christmas presents.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, <a href=\"https:\/\/imiloahawaii.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center<\/a> is hosting a unique experience for shoppers with its <span aria-label=\"Kuai\">K&#363;&#699;ai<\/span> Hele Kalikimaka: Virtual Christmas Shopping Experience from December 7 to 10. Each shopper gets a 30-minute, one-on-one curated shopping session via Zoom. Members and the general public are invited to participate.<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Imiloa\">&#699;Imiloa<\/span> Astronomy Center has been closed since March 2020 due to COVID-19 concerns. The center created an <a href=\"https:\/\/sales.imiloahawaii.org\/giftshop.aspx\">online shopping platform<\/a> in late September that allows the purchase of items such as books, educational kits and games, apparel and a variety of items by local artists.  <\/p>\n<p>To reserve a shopping date and time and learn more about the event, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/imiloahawaii.org\/kuai-hele-kalikimaka\">&#699;Imiloa Virtual Shopping Experience<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#699;Imiloa Astronomy Center hosts a special holiday season shopping event for present seekers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[34,1411,1416,292,14],"class_list":["post-131384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-astronomy","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-imiloa-astronomy-center","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131384"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131390,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131384\/revisions\/131390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}