The Chinatown art renaissance continues. The neighborhood’s social and cultural transformation has long been underway–at least five years by our count–but local artists say this weekend’s unveiling of artist lofts on Hotel Street represents a significant step toward anchoring Honolulu’s creative leaders in a district that… [»Read]
That was the e-mail response when I RSVP’d for the big LOST final season premiere at Sunset on the Beach…. [»Read]
Opens Sat/Feb 6
You may have the emotional stoicism of a brick wall, but the story of a stuffed bunny made real through the love of a little… [»Read]
Opens Fri/Feb 5
Writer Lee Tonouchi is no stranger to an underdog story. For starters, he’s made a career of preserving and legitimizing… [»Read]
The Chinatown art renaissance continues. The neighborhood’s social and cultural transformation has long been underway–at least five years by our count–but local artists say this weekend’s unveiling of artist lofts on… [»Read]
That was the e-mail response when I RSVP’d for the big LOST final season premiere at Sunset on the Beach. I got the invitation from a national reporter who always looks out for me (and reads this column,… [»Read]
Wed/Feb 3
Creating art should be a limitless process. At least, that’s Noa Laporga’s philosophy. He’s pioneer–or maybe more appropriately “captain”–of the groundUP Pirates, a Honolulu-founded group of independent artists… [»Read]
As a college student in Long Beach, Calif., Hawaii-born Nini Nguyen loved shopping at Buffalo Exchange, a mainland thrift-store with dozens of locations countrywide…. [»Read]
They are strangers, but they’ve arrived at the tomatoes about the same time, and so they exchange chatter about price and taste nowadays. He begins to tell her… [»Read]
Sat/Feb 6
The slow cadence of musician Andrew Bird’s commanding voice is enough to capture anyone’s attention from across the sea. In a phone interview with the Weekly from Hong Kong, where Bird is on his first musical tour of… [»Read]
Opens Fri/Feb 5
Writer Lee Tonouchi is no stranger to an underdog story. For starters, he’s made a career of preserving and legitimizing Pidgin in literature. In his latest venture, he aims to conserve a different slice of Hawaiian history,… [»Read]
Opens Wed/Feb 3
The Pacific Ocean, as anyone who truly loves it can tell you, has an unusual magic about it. It sparkles unlike other seas and oceans and has a playfulness–even… [»Read]
When you get your Korean plate lunch, do you always go for the kimchi, pajeon and other side dishes that you can’t even pronounce? Do you wonder how some Korean home chefs are able to whip up so many delicious dishes for… [»Read]
For Hawaii residents, good news was to be had this year whether sublime, borne on vessels… [»Read]
Opens Fri/Feb 5
If the mention of Beijing opera, or Jingju, brings to mind images of hefty Chinese women… [»Read]
Opens Sat/Feb 6
Beginning this weekend, some of the best stand-up paddlers from around the globe will… [»Read]
Thu/Feb 4
If you admire Indiana Jones but don’t want to leave the island, check out a lecture… [»Read]
Sat/Feb 6
The tremendously athletic, energetic members of New Zealand’s all-male dance troupe… [»Read]
Sun/Feb 7
Aloha Shorts, the locally produced and much beloved radio program showcasing writings… [»Read]
Opens Sat/Feb 6
You may have the emotional stoicism of a brick wall, but the story of a stuffed bunny… [»Read]
Through Sat/Feb 6
Begun in 1932, one of Honolulu’s perennials is the Punahou Carnival, which now… [»Read]
I am a student and resident of the North Shore. This e-mail is in response to the “flood… [»Read]
It is clearly evident to me that two things should happen at the State Capitol now that… [»Read]
I sat last Friday having a beer at my favorite watering hole when two people sauntered… [»Read]
The question of civil unions is not one of love vs. bigotry–though they are present on… [»Read]
You are one of my favorite reads of the week, but this past week you really missed the… [»Read]
Your day to shine has come and gone in a moment of weak-kneed fear of pending elections…. [»Read]
“We’re lost but we’re making good time.” An old pilot’s joke that perfectly… [»Read]
