From the first imprinting of infancy to the constancy of long-term intimacy, interacting with someone (even oneself) face-to-face remains one of the most immediate and complex acts of human communication. Portraits–those works of art that mediate the face-to-face relationship–create… [»Read]
It’s heresy to some, but for me, growing up as a teen in Minnesota, improv began with–and owes its dues to–Dudley Riggs and the Brave New Workshop on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis. Oh sure, some will cite Viola Spolin and Del Close and the whole Chicago thing, some… [»Read]
At the center of the Skygate statue of Honolulu Hale stands a woman draped in an aqua gown. Water pours forth from her headdress and gloved fingertips. She is a living fountain–and the centerpiece of IONA Contemporary Dance Theatre’s latest creation “The Living Earth.”… [»Read]
Turner overdrive Bethel Street Gallery celebrates one of its own-ers this weekend with a show featuring Mark Turner. The painter and gallery partner’s solo exhibition bursts with the vibrance and power befitting its summertime opening. “I tried to take the pressure… [»Read]
A day before setting off on a European tour earlier this month, Ladytron cofounder and DJ Reuben Wu talked with the Weekly via phone, speaking calmly and with his Scouser lilt. While it’s common for international citizens to look down on decidedly unworldly Americans,… [»Read]
For its 20th anniversary celebration, the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival breezes back into town this week with films from l2 countries, dance, music, a “gayla” with tiki bar and two special guests: Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk) and writer-performer… [»Read]
Artists Hawkins Biggins and Scott Groeniger share a China connection, made explicit in their exhibition at the HPU Art Gallery at the Kaneohe campus. Both focus on the many associations that circulate around Chinese culture and each has a distinctly different but still… [»Read]
There’s a party going down this weekend at Loft, the Hotel Street hipster hangout-of-the-moment that’s also the current tenant at what was once Wo Fat, one of Chinatown’s most archetypal addresses. It’s the perfect setting, says artist/attorney/activist/party… [»Read]
The endless fascination with Francisco Goya’s body of work is, for many, founded in the Spanish painter’s ability to surprise, tease and horrify all at once. A famous and favorite prototype of his playful wickedness is “Se repulen,” (they spruce… [»Read]
Victoria Dworkin’s home in Kailua is a comfortable one. The outside walls are a soft cream color accented with a light blue trim. The ubiquitous piles of shoes and slippers wait outside the front door. The interior walls are filled with photographs and carved ducks…. [»Read]
Proust Questionnaire excerpt: What is your favorite sound? Pose this question to those familiar with indie rock band Rilo Kiley or snippets of certain Postal Service songs, and the answer may be, “Jenny Lewis’ voice.” That voice is like a hypnotic bell… [»Read]
This year’s Spring Showcase edition of the Hawaii International Film Festival, which opens Friday and runs through April 9, features more than 20 films, with the usual mix of culture and eclecticism. In addition to the films scheduled ([www.hiff.org]), there… [»Read]
A delicate piece, fragile, haunting, simultaneously concealing and revealing, powerful and devastating, uplifting in an odd sense—that humans will suffer yet survive, but at a cost—Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is a distinctly American… [»Read]
The term “abstraction” is not an easy one to come to grips with. Untethered from its denotation of something that distills the features of reality in order to pierce its essence, the word has come to mean “something that doesn’t look like anything at all.” That… [»Read]
Two recliners are shoved into the front corner of the Irish Rose Saloon’s stage. They are overstuffed, brown and white, old and tattered at the corners. I have no doubt that after last call, when the final patron has stumbled off to home or a hotel or some assignation,… [»Read]
