The massively popular South by Southwest festival (SXSW) has grown into one of the most highly anticipated annual music events in the nation. But it was launched with a simple idea: Give emerging musicians a stage, and give back to both the musicians and those who are seeking… [»Read]
It’s early evening at Manoa Gardens, the University of Hawaii bar, and Soul Revival Sound System has the crowd moving to its blend of Mardi Gras funk and jazzy ska. Ryan Miyashiro follows his trumpet solo with vocal harmonies and tops it off by leaping into the crowd… [»Read]
His residencies at lavish super nightclubs like Tao and Lavo make DJ Vice Las Vegas’ premier club DJ. An average of 300 shows a year proves that he not only has Sin City in the palm of his hand, but much of the world as well. Locked, loaded and psyched to be back in the… [»Read]
Dominatrixes, or doms, are the people in charge of whipping, scratching, nibbling, teasing, pinching, burning and cajoling willing participants at Alter Solum’s monthly BDSM event, Heaven and Hell. In short, they keep the party going. The Weekly sat down with Twisted,… [»Read]
Early March again brings island cinema lovers a unique opportunity: the eighth annual Temple Emanu-El Kirk Cashmere Jewish Film Festival at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. All films are premieres for Hawaiʻi and each of the seven illuminates Jewish culture in careful,… [»Read]
Nevermind the pasties. When ladies remove their outer layers in front of an audience, no matter how, er, artistically or humorously it’s done, the focus of that ogling audience is mostly on the lovely lady lumps and humps. But what about the glittery, sequin-drowned costumes… [»Read]
About a month ago, I was hanging out with my family, talking and taking photos outside my grandmother’s apartment in North Los Angeles. When my 3-year-old cousin heard the click of a camera pointed at her, she reached for it, then flipped it around to see how her picture… [»Read]
It began with a single performance of Madama Butterfly, half a century ago, in the McKinley High School auditorium. Since that debut, Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) has grown into one of the nation’s leading opera companies, and offers a full Grand Opera featuring… [»Read]
Brian McKnight has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, has his own late night talk show and his own radio show. He plays nine instruments and has worked with a range of musicians from Stevie Wonder to Willie Nelson and everyone in between. He took a break during… [»Read]
Earlier this week, the Weekly spoke with Dr. Lily Chung, a San Francisco-based Fung Shui practitioner and I Ching reader who is well-versed in the cosmic animals of Chinese astrology. What should we expect from this year of the Tiger? There are many ways to predict things… [»Read]
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, the story of a scrappy swim team from Maui in… [»Read]
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 in its intense power–all its own. Those who know the Pacific well will insist it absorbs the colors of the land… [»Read]
There’s an often-repeated quotation about every story having already been told, and how human nature can be reduced to what’s expressed in Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird and A Wrinkle in Time. It’s an idea that… [»Read]
The workshop consists of two rooms, tucked away in Waialua’s Old Sugar Mill. This is where surfboard shaper Mike Tuten works. He’s standing under the strained whirring of a ventilation fan clogged with foam dust, which covers everything including the radio, presently… [»Read]
You wouldn’t necessarily know, walking into the University of Hawaiʻi’s Art Gallery, that this is an exhibition of student work. That is both an advantage and a liability for the 32nd Annual Graduate Student Exhibition. On the one hand, the work, in general, exhibits… [»Read]
