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Killed in action

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A suicide epidemic has soldiers killing themselves in record high numbers. Some months this year saw more American soldiers die by suicide than in combat. Hawaii has sent a vast number of troops to Iraq–more, at times,… [»Read]


A line in the sand

Development / As the person who tends the heiau that line Wailua bay and river, Jim Alalem has a special sense about the region’s cultural value. “It’s the most sacred area on Kauai,” he said. “No place else on Kauai but… [»Read]


Down by the River

Community / A Punahou education and childhood in Kahala didn’t prevent Connie Geisler from becoming homeless. But thanks to help from places like the Institute of Human… [»Read]


When was

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the last time you danced like that? I ask this question assuming that at some point between last Thursday and today, every single one of us has danced at least once to a Michael Jackson song. For me it was a bit more than… [»Read]


Stick ’n‘ move

In your hands / “In any city’s video game crowd, you’ll always find people like me.” Humble in his craft, arcade stick builder, network administrator and 2Face4 band member Ray Farias noted that anyone can build joysticks (or “(joy)sticks”… [»Read]


Still got love for the Street

Sun/Jul 5

Second Annual Street Fight for Hunger / Whether the Hadouken or the cross up move is your death bringer move of choice, Street Fighter lovers have come back out and together this year with the… [»Read]


Let’s have a ball

in my belly / 1717 was a dark year. Literally because there was no electricity, but more so because there was no ice cream. Well, technically, ice cream historians (how do we… [»Read]


The Floating City

Fort Street Mall, Thursday,12:30pm Two middle-aged men are on Fort Street Mall, shaking their heads as they talk. A woman–maybe a coworker of theirs–walks over…. [»Read]


Robot porn

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen / Scoff if you will at the testicles of a robot. If that image does not entertain you, then obviously Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is not for you. Balls are just one example of the many things this juvenile,… [»Read]


Happy ending

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Away We Go / A good rule of thumb for movie selection is to check the range of reviews: If, as in the case of Away We Go, some reviewers say it’s lousy, some say so-so,… [»Read]


Where there’s a Will, there’s a way

Opens Fri/Jul 10

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Hawaii Shakespeare Festival / “When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” –First witch, Macbeth, I-i If I had uttered that witch’s words upon a stage rather than writing them here, then problems… [»Read]


Cake walk

Cake doesn’t seem to be in vogue these days. Recent wedding articles would have you believe that all the cool couples have replaced stodgy tiers of wedding cake with hipper pies, cookies and chocolate fountains. Trendier… [»Read]


Obon

Bon ami

Fri/Jul 3

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Obon / Celebrating Obon, i.e. welcoming spirits of the dead, becomes more gleeful with… [»Read]


Act like ya’ know

Sun/Jul 5

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WWE / If the suspension of disbelief is the hallmark of truly great theater and film, then… [»Read]


Hoku Zuttermeister

Summer star

Thu/Jul 2

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Hoku Zuttermeister / “Ka nani kaulana poina `ole — Famed is the beauty, never to be forgotten…”… [»Read]


Eddie Vedder

You Vedder, you Vedder you bet

Through Thu/Jul 2

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Eddie Vedder / Eddie would go — that is, Eddie Vedder, and he would go, because he’s going… [»Read]


Battle of Gettysburg

Gettysburg dress

Sun/Jul 5

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Battle of Gettysburg / Four score and seven years ago, the Battle of Gettysburg was already over–and… [»Read]


Whole Foods Community Support Day

Whole

Wed/Jul 1

Whole Foods Community Support Day / In less than a year, Whole Foods has managed to make itself the happenin’ place… [»Read]


The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Spellbound

Through Sun/Jul 19

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee / Can you use it in a sentence? Then it might be a part of Manoa Valley Theatre’s season… [»Read]


Grab your harmonica

Sun/Jul 5

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Israeli Circle Dance / Dancing in a circle may seem like a piece of cake, but we’re not talking about Ring… [»Read]


First Thursdays at Pipeline Café

Word to your summer

Thu/Jul 2

First Thursdays at Pipeline Café / The verbal poetry slammage continues as local poets, artists and performers congregate… [»Read]


Web Exclusive

My, what big eyes you have!

Through Fri/Aug 28

fishcake / “Everything we have toes the line between scary and cute,” said Brooke Berrington… [»Read]


Ua Mau ke o ka ‘Aina i ka Pono

I am appalled at the findings as I look back 50 years when Hawaii’s statehood was… [»Read]


Remember Jyllands-Posten

I was thinking of advertising in the Weekly, only to find a cartoon that portrays… [»Read]


Kim Jong-illin’

It was perhaps the most outrageous, hysterical, yet unfathomably surreal Halloween costume… [»Read]



Green Market 2009

On Earth Day 2009 Honolulu Weekly held its first Green Market. We brought together over 40 local businesses and organizations, took over Fort St. Mall, and for an afternoon showed how easy it is to "go green."