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Coffee Talk at Kahuku: Pele and Hiʻiaka: Myth or History? Is Saturday, August 17 from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. at Kahuku unit of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Located an hour's drive from Kīlauea Visitor Center. Retired USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist and volcanologist Don Swanson teaches about Pele-Hiʻiaka oli (chants) describing metaphorically the two largest volcanic events at Kīlauea since Polynesians came to Hawaiʻi. Part of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes’ ongoing Kahuku Coffee Talk programs.