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Stage

Backstage pass

Honor Amongst Thieves
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Honor Amongst Thieves / The 35 actors on stage study fight choreographer Tony Pisculli as he works one segment of the big finish to Honor Amongst Thieves, the new “swords and wenches” play opening Friday at Leeward Community College. “OK,” Pisculli says to one actor, demonstrating… [»Read]


Concerts

Punctuation rock

!!!
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!!! / Nic Offer’s foray into the art world took place in 2007, with his performance art piece titled “What The World Needs Now Is A White Piano In The East River.” After shoddily playing a few lines of Burt Bacharach’s “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” Offer launched–surprise–a… [»Read]


Stage

After the volcano

‘Ohia Productions
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‘Ohia Productions / Natalie McKinney smiles broadly, remembering the beginnings of ‘Ohia Productions. Founders Lisa Matsumoto and her cousin Michael Furuya had named the company after the native tree, McKinney says, “because the ‘ohia lehua–after the lava flow–it’s the first… [»Read]


Art

That’s gonna leave a mark

The Drawing Show at Windward Community College
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The Drawing Show at Windward Community College / “Drawing” is one of those words that carries particular weight and resonance, and a wide range of connotations. The word itself suggests both process and product, action and outcome, and many artists feel that while they may be constantly looking, they do not truly see… [»Read]


Music

Punk life

HAWAIIAN HOUSE PARTY
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HAWAIIAN HOUSE PARTY / Punk promoter Jason Miller has a history with Asian Man Records founder Mike Park. While in the California-based band Skankin’ Pickle, Park says that Miller, then a young kid living across the street, used to come by peek into the garage to watch them practice. Miller… [»Read]


Art

The people’s art

ComPRESS
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ComPRESS / We’ve gotten so used to living in a “dot-com” world that we often forget to consider what that means for the nature of human connections. ComPRESS, the exhibition now at The ARTS at Marks Garage, asks us to rethink the implications of the way we connect, and… [»Read]


Halloween Events Guide — 2009

Adult FunHulaween 2009✸Art Of The Living Dead✸Legends Of Hip-Hop Masquerade BallGraveyard CuriositiesHalloween At The HyattHalloween Masquerade PartyTiki’s Halloweenee Bikini PartyMoulin Rouge Halloween PartyCross Dress Night✸Hallowbaloo Music & Arts… [»Read]


Art

Ancient roots

Art
Comes with video
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Art / Sensual and celebratory, hula is a form of devotional performance that totally engages performers and audiences alike, and inspires a search for meaning on multiple levels. Given the performance dimension of this art, creating an exhibition about hula could have presented… [»Read]


Music

A trio grows in Brooklyn

Music
Comes with video
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Music / They’re melodic, easy to remember, and they won’t let you forget their hooks. Layered with harmonies that declare importance, choruses and transitions will have you stuck with The Vivian Girls in your head even after one quick run through their frenetic yet soothing… [»Read]


Art

It’s the news, see?

Slow News International
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Slow News International / To get at the truth, you sometimes have to stand it on its head. So in response to the old “truism” that “news travels fast,” artists participating in Slow News International have used snail mail to send news from their various international sites of life… [»Read]


Music

A deeper shade of soul

De La Soul
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De La Soul / The year was 1989 and the gold chain era of hip-hop was in full effect. Rap was still a separate entity from the mainstream music and artists like LL Cool J, Run DMC, Eric B. and Rakim, EPMD and Big Daddy Kane ruled the scene. Then three teens out of Long Island by the names… [»Read]


Food

Chef under chef

Food
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Food / Kevin Chong, Lindsey Ozawa, Wade Ueoka. Their names may be unfamiliar, but these cooks helm three of Honolulu’s most recognizable restaurants in upscale dining: Chef Mavro, Nobu and Alan Wong’s, respectively. In this era of celebrity chefs, the relative anonymity of… [»Read]


Art

Artistic faculties

Art
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Art / If this were any other exhibition, one could more easily judge it solely on the basis of the works: a very well-bred, healthily diverse selection of works that combine a formal maturity with varying degrees of conceptual engagement. But the fact that this is an exhibition… [»Read]


Art

The graduates

Art
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Art / Ask anyone who has spent hours staring at the trail of words behind a blinking cursor, repainted repeatedly over the same canvas or strummed clumsily through the chord progression of a song-in-progress, and she’ll tell you how solitary an artist’s pursuits can be. For… [»Read]


Art

Existential pilgrims

Existential Pilgrims
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Existential Pilgrims / For some artists, art-making is about way-finding, a means of navigating a path through the complexities of life. The paths of four such artists converge in the exhibition Existential Pilgrims, now current at the Academy Art Center Gallery at Linekona. As the artists… [»Read]