With the success of more than 200 shows and 120 CD releases, it’s no wonder Jason Miller, founder of Hawaiian Express Records, has something to celebrate. This month marks 15 years of keeping Hawaii’s alternative music scene rocking, even as a flood of mainstream… [»Read]
First, the enigmatic exhibition title–what, indeed, is meant by “eternal blinking”?–raises questions. As curator Whui-yeon Jin suggests, the autonomic response of our eyes, in which a blink refreshes our sense of sight physically, could be understood as a way of taking… [»Read]
Clinking glasses in celebration is easy, but a really excellent toast before the collective swill can be the stuff of legend. Experience it for yourself at Sunday’s Guinness Irish Toast Contest, where blathering booze-lovers have the opportunity to raise a pint for a pair… [»Read]
In 1892, a paniolo from Kauai named Kaluaikoolau (Koolau) contracted the deadly Hansen’s disease, then known as leprosy. Rather than be separated from his wife and son and exiled to Molokai, Koolau took his family to Kalalau Valley in the hopes that they… [»Read]
Like the Japanese haiku, artists Satoru Abe and Hamilton Kobayashi share a style that’s beautiful in its simplicity–and effectively conveys a love of the outdoors. The longtime friends have taken their awe of natural beauty and refracted it into structural ingenuity and… [»Read]
Yo* Honolulu Weekly, Greetings from snowy Manoa, Pennsylvania. Ask around, and most people shrug their shoulders about where this little town eight miles outside of Philadelphia got its name. But local librarians and historians reveal a connection between our Manoa and… [»Read]
Wandering from place to place, Circus, a North Shore art space, leads a nomadic existence that befits its name. “We kinda hang out somewhere for three months then pack our bags and move on,” says founder–or ringmaster–Nick Welles. Situated opposite Pizza Bob’s in… [»Read]
The film industry, especially in the animated realm, uses imagery to the max, and when you see a feature like Avatar, you’re experiencing a story told through mind-blowing imagery coupled with powerful dialogue and music. But Avatar represents the cutting-edge;… [»Read]
We love records: The way they sound, the way they feel, the artwork that comes with them, the way listening to them feels more active than listening to other types of recorded music. If you’re anything like us, you’ll be stoked to hear about an all-afternoon record swap… [»Read]
A couple feeding the birds near Aloha Tower notices a guy snatch a dove from the nibbling flock. Using tiny sharp scissors from a small packet of instruments, he begins working at the bird’s feet. “Avian podiatry,” he jokes. He explains that he helps wild birds with… [»Read]
Honolulu Academy of Arts is launching an extravaganza of modernist works featuring interactive exhibits, technique displays by local artists, a film series, mini art courses and lots of tours. Why modernism? Theresa Papanikolas, the Academy’s curator of European and American… [»Read]
One of the things we’ll be watching closely when the numbers from the 2010 U.S. Census begin to trickle in: the percentage of Hawaii residents who speak the Hawaiian language. In 2000, the last time the Census Bureau checked, it was fewer than one person in 1,000. Now,… [»Read]
VHS? What’s that? With the advent of Blu-ray, even the standard-definition DVD is about to become a thing of the past. What chance does a poor student have at knowing what a videocassette is, much less what to do with it? On top of that, try finding a machine that actually… [»Read]
On stage, they are talking. They have made suicide pacts with God. They have watched the best minds of their generation succumb to hypocrisy and lies and ignorance. They want to breathe. They have sacrificed their lives, someone says, to poetry. They are young, they are… [»Read]
She sees him as she’s heading toward Kailua on Kalanianaole, approaching Waimanalo, where it looks like all of the Kapiolani Park refugees have settled at Waimanalo Beach Park. There are countless tents and canopies, flap to flap, along the highway. The man rises… [»Read]
