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Electric Chubbyland

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by Niko Rivas

Concerts / There are many sides to Ted Horowitz, aka Popa Chubby, an electric blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. Left to fend for himself in the Bronx since he was 7 years old, Popa Chubby gravitated to the guitar and learned how to become an entertainer.

Foote Loose

by Steve Wagenseller

With a name like Horton Foote, the guy really ought to be better known. A household word, even.

Man Vs. Ladyfingers

by James Cave

That old dinner-and-a-movie ritual is so junior high. It’s time to graduate to dinner and a play, at the play, watching the actors eat what you’re eating while you eat it.

Pretty in Petal

by Maria Kanai

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. The seven colors of the rainbow can’t hold a candle to the spectrum of spectacular blossoming shades at Honolulu’s biggest flower event, Echoes of Rainbows, the annual Garden Club of Honolulu showcase.

Clap Your Hands, Say Aloha

by Niko Rivas

Paiolu Kaiaulu, a US veterans’ emergency transitional homeless shelter and housing program located on the Leeward Coast, will throw their 3rd Annual Hana Like Kakou: Many Hands Working Together benefit May 11. Although this year, the organization is throwing a party as never before, with music, food vendors, informational booths and hula from the local Waianae halau.

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Reclaiming Goddess

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Stage / When you walk into the interactive installation La Madonna, art, dance and music will swirl together against a mesmerizing multi-cultural cathedral backdrop where illustrious worship for the divine female takes center stage. Wander to the piece “The Word Made Flesh,” and lock eyes with a goddess encased in a Plexiglas box that’s covered with sprawling profanities against women.

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Tresemble Shuffle

by James Cave

Concerts and Clubs / Once long ago, when chamber music was at its hustling and bustling prime, the Victorian man’s “iPod shuffle” more or less consisted of, “You, you, and you over there! Play me a Haydn, and then surprise me!” Fun stuff, but hard to take with you to the gym.

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Chinese Glory Days

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by Maria Kanai

Stage / Pair 5,000 years of history with a show-stopping performance, and you’ve got Shen Yun Performing Arts. The show is a collection of short pieces that will take you for a vivid trip around the country and then back in time, bringing out elements of traditional Chinese culture–you know, the vibrant colors, spirituality, ethnic dances.

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Tea for Thought

by Matthew DeKneef

Extras / Green: the color symbolizing life, nature, fertility and well-being. It’s also the hue you will steep in during an interactive workshop on Japanese green teas with The Greenhouse Hawaii Tea Club.

Cinco De Mayo Fiesta

by Stephen Agustin

Cinco de Mayo is one of those holidays where a lot of people might have forgotten how it all got started, but it’s celebrated nonetheless because it’s gained so much cultural momentum. Despite popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day.

A Fabric Affair

by Raymond Ngo

Forget about those crocheting needles and head to TEMARI: Center for Asian and Pacific Arts’s, Bolts of Fabric & Fun Sale, which promises to show attendees a whole new side of the world of textiles that extends beyond the granny square. The event welcomes all with a passion for anything textile, from weaving and beading to dyeing and printing.

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Campus Vogue

by Maria Kanai

Extras / Strike a pose, kids. Fashion-savvy students are finishing up their last few weeks of college with a victorious strut down the catwalk for the UHM Revolution Fashion Show 2012.

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Spontaneous Celebration

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by Eleanor Svaton

Stage / Can I get a suggestion from the audience for something . .

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Yes Means Yes

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by Stephen Agustin

Concerts / Mind-bending time signatures? Yes.

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Ocean Puppetry

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by Maria Kanai

Stage / Hold your breath! As the summer waves roll in, the sea will be taking the stage in a big, blue and bold production of Ocean’s Motion.

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Miss Bright Side

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Concerts / Her website calls her a “shit talker” and “over user of the word ‘balls,’” but singer/songwriter Meiko comes across as a sweetheart. Her new album is even called The Bright Side, which will be released on May 15.

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Still on Board

Given the city’s crumbling infrastructure and rail controversy, it’s hard to believe anyone would want to be the next mayor of Honolulu. But a few do want the job, including the incumbent, Mayor Peter Carlisle, the former Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney who won a 2010 special election to fill the remainder of Mufi Hannemann’s term.

City Council 101

I’d never been to a Honolulu City Council meeting until a few weeks ago. Features, not politics, was my beat.

Nurturing a living culture

Victoria Holt Takamine is a kumu hula, a cultural activist and a teacher and has an impeccable pedigree to back up all these titles. Born of an alii family whose kuleana was in Moanalua, she graduated as a hula teacher under the legendary Auntie Maiki Aiu Lake and taught hundreds of students in her own halau (Pua Alii ‘Ilima) and at the University of Hawaii.

Public access

On April 25, a state judge dismissed trespassing charges against a Kauai man after finding that he had been exercising traditional native Hawaiian rights hunting wild pigs on private land. Kui Palama, 28, was arrested on Jan.

transitional Housing

The city plans to dish out $3.5 million from its Affordable Housing Fund and either purchase or renovate a structure to provide transitional housing for Honolulu’s special needs homeless population. “Our community has invested considerable effort and resources in addressing homelessness,” Mayor Peter Carlisle said in a statement, “but there remains a population whose disabilities or chronic conditions make it difficult for them to participate in traditional shelter programs.” Carlisle is referring to those homeless with mental illnesses, addictions and physical disabilities.

Poi Mill shut

Makaweli Poi faces an uncertain future after its owner, a corporate subsidiary of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) ordered the West Kauai mill to suspend operations May 23. Mona Bernardino, chief operating officer of the corporation, Hiipoi LLC, says the move to shut down Makaweli Poi was prompted mainly by financial concerns.

Sewage study

A resolution adopted by the City Council will solidify an agreement between the City and County of Honolulu and the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center (UH-WRRC) to conduct an analysis of impacts from ocean sewer outfalls on the marine environments off of Oahu. The city will pay UH-WRRC as much as $2.5 million for biological and sediment studies in portions between now and June 30, 2017 .

pedaling 9-5

Along with the deep, verdant growth of spring sprouts an unyielding desire to spend more time in the open air. That’s why it should come as no surprise that National Bike Month falls in the sun-drenched time of May.

Billions of …

Of the many letters you publish against rail, how many offer an alternative that won’t send us into further economic demise? Billions of gallons of oil are imported for us from every oil-producing nation on this planet so that we can buy billions of gallons of gasoline.

Goodbye bus, hello rail?

TheBus is taking a back seat to rail. At the May 3 Downtown Neighborhood Board meeting, an audience member asked city Transportation Director Wayne Yoshioka when we could expect the bus route cancellations and changes to be reversed.