The Slopes of Diamond Head Hui’s pre-Halloween FUNdraiser packed The Waterfront at Aloha Tower Friday night for the annual Crazy, Sexy, GHOUL, a costume party that’s become known as one of the best parties of the year. Costumes ranged from…
Chopsticks & Wine: Wine and All That Jazz ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 12 The annual Chopsticks & Wine dining event, happens again at the Hawaii Convention Center, with participating restaurants like Alan Wong's, Gyotaku, the Royal Hawaiian…
The Zombie Apocalypse hit Chinatown on Saturday night, with 12 participating venues is being overrun by shambling hordes. Next Door, 39 Hotel, Bar 35, DownBeat Diner, Indigo, The Dragon Upstairs, Hanks, O’Tools, JJ Dolan’s, Mercury Bar, BambuTwo and The Venue…
The HIFF China Night Gala was an Education Program fundraiser for the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Academy of Creative Media (ACM) Film Student Exchange with Shanghai University, in honor of Chinese media icon, entrepreneur and philanthropist Yue-Sai Kan, who…
The vampires came out to Hawaii Theatre Friday night for the annual Miss Vamp Hawaii, a beauty pageant like traditional beauty pageants, but with a darker edge. Contestants were judged on their creativity, passion, beauty and bearing in a number…
Kaleidoscope ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 12 Kaleidoscope indie rock night is back Thursday, with a new lineup of live bands: Pink Mist, Nerve Beats, Welwing and DJ Ross Jackson are ready to rock you. thirtyninehotel; Thursday, Oct.…
Pow Wow supporters, celebrities and artists came out to the first Pow Wow Fundraiser Gala at the warehouse at 683 Auahi St. for a gala unlike any Kakaako has ever seen before on Saturday night. From food stations and a…
We hit some of the happening spots on October’s First Friday to bring you photos from Joel Gaspar’s “Pop Art” art show at The Loading Zone, Hotel Street and Mercury Bar for Subphonix’s 7th Anniversary party. First Friday Oct. 2012…
Cirque du Soleil - Quidam ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 9 Cirque du Soleil returns to Honolulu with an all-new, magical show that includes everything you love about the Cirque: Death-defying acrobatics, stunning costumes and sets and drama…
A big pau hana crowd came to Vice Nightclub Wednesday evening for the launch of a new local microbrew, hi Beer, a product of Hawaiian Islands Brewing Co., in partnership with the In4mation crew. The brewing company joins Inferno’s Wood…
The 7th Annual Improvaganza! ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 The 7th Annual Improvaganza hits Chinatown, with a four-night celebration of improv comedy in all its wacky diversity. The event will be held at The ARTS at Marks…
Fresh Fashion Rocks! took over M Nightclub on Saturday evening for local fashion designer Valerie Joseph’s benefit for Community Helping Schools, a nonprofit that helps teachers and students acquire much-needed items for their classrooms. The event brought out a who’s-who…
Rockstar Energy Drink, Bamp Project, and Collective Effort Events teamed up for this huge, hard-hitting electronica event at Kakaako Park on Friday night, headlined by Island favorite Steve Aoki, who closed out the night, plus Kill the Noise, Felix Cartal,…
Auahi Street hosted a mini block party Thursday night as a benefit for 808 Urban, with friends, students and fans of founder and creative powerhouse John “Prime” Hina’s work (“Water Writes” mural at Honolulu Community College, the Warriors mural by…
Behind the Wall: John Prime ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 19 Friends, students and fans of creative powerhouse John "Prime" Hina's work with volunteer-led graffiti artist collective 808 Urban ("Water Writes" mural at Honolulu Community College, the Warriors…
We stopped by local celeb fashion designer Andy South’s new boutique and showroom at 12 S. King Street in Chinatown to check out the new digs. Take a look! Andy South's Atelier Opening ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of…
Camera Obscura held a night of dark, exotic fashion, music and dance on Friday at The Venue, with a fashion show by Hunter Vain, Nelli and Kisa Kosmos, Badra Belly and fire dancers, and DJs Dark Cloud, Dymentia and Nocturna…
RAW Honolulu: Ensemble ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 13 The RAW artists showcase, with a rotating lineup of performing and visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, photographers, makeup artists and fashion designers, returns to Vice with featured artists and performers…
LA avant-garde electronica and fusion DJ Tokimonsta (she’s also a Red Bull Music Academy alumni) packed Fresh Cafe’s Loft in Space warehouse Saturday night with a crowd that responded enthusiastically to her set, which ranged from hip-hop to dubstep to…
We hit the happening spots for Setember’s First Friday, with stops including Hawaii Theatre for its 90th anniversary, Mojo Barbershop for a mens’ haircut competition, The ARTS at Marks Garage for a bike-themed art show, SoHo Mixed Media Bar, where…
The Slopes of Diamondhead Hui hosted its semi-annual pau hana cocktail party for Honolulu’s movers and shakers at M on Thursday evening. The party doubled as a preview and ticket pick up for Diamondhead Hui’s Make a Wish FUNdraiser, Crazy,…
Hawaii Food and Wine Festival ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 13 Hawaii's premiere foodie fest, the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, this year consists of four days of food and wine-centric events with more than 60 local, national…
Legendary singer, writer, journalist, activist, radio DJ and spoken word artist Henry Rollins kicks off his Capitalism spoken word tour with a stopover in Honolulu this week. The premise of the tour: 50 states, 50 capital cities.Travel is something that…
Honolulu’s biggest and best professionals networking mixer returned with a crowd of hundreds at an all new venue at Aloha Tower on Thursday evening. Professionals from all trades mingled, ate, drank and traded business cards on the second floor of…
Nextworking ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 16 Honolulu's biggest and best professionals networking mixer returns with an all new venue at Aloha Tower this Thursday, and hundreds of professionals from all trades looking to mingle, chill and connect.…
Chic bi-level restaurant/bar Yogur Story hosted a crowded new party by Potent Productions & Kurious (celebrating their 7th anniversary and promoter David Miyachi’s birthday) on Saturday night, complete with bottle service, an open bar from 10-11 p.m. and dancing to…
NextDoor was packed on Friday night for the first of their Seventh Anniversary parties and the return of critically acclaimed DJ Ztrip, the “godfather of mash-ups.” Weaving seamlessly from hip-hop to house to electro to oldies to rock, Ztrip keep…
Quirky Chinatown nightclub, coffee lounge and art space Manifest celebrated its third anniversary on Friday, with a 70s Aloha theme party, Rap Replinger videos, live music and DJs. Manifest's 3rd Anniversary ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 jQuery(function($)…
DJ Ztrip & NextDoor's 7th Anniversary ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 15 NextDoor celebrates seven years of rocking Honolulu's nightlife with the first of a couple anniversary parties, this one featuring critically acclaimed DJ Ztrip and his audio-visuals…
The Republik, BAMP Project’s new venue, has been in operation since the end of July, throwing concerts with big mainland acts every week, but the official grand opening party featured all live local bands and DJs, including ESKAE, Erin Smith,…
DJ Shadow, perhaps best known for his work with experimental hip-hop and creative sampling, played a set to a room crowded with fans (many of whom were musicians and DJs) on Friday night at The Republik. Rather than play the…
The Jump Up ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 Fresh local talent takes the stage at the second Jump Up, featuring Drew Imagination + Ezra, Navid Najafi & The Illnomadics, The Night Marchers and DJs Ledes and Rob…
The Nonstop crew had been dying to try REAL a Gastropub for weeks, but we all knew that the menu was extensive and a little heavy, so we needed to round up eaters to help us try as many items…
Electronica duo The Crystal Method, whose music has appeared in numerous TV shows, films, video games and advertisements since the 90s took BAMP Project’s new venue, The Republik, by audio storm on Saturday night. Supported by local DJs RAF, Tide,…
Latin Nights ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 Get into the underground food scene with Street Grindz' destination dining experience in a warehouse with a full 6-course Latin tapas menu and an Agua Fresca bar. Profits from the…
Over the course of several outings, the Nonstop crew tried out the food and drinks at Pint & Jigger, the latest in a series of gastropubs to hit the scene in recent months. New eats: Pint & Jigger ◄ Back…
The local hip-hop and indie scenes came out to Fresh Cafe Saturday night to see special guest DJ Onra, who spun a fascinating, unique and catchy set blending hip-hop and cutting techniques with traditional Chinese rhythms and old-school funk, hip-hop…
We hit the happening spots for First Friday’s art walk and the club craziness afterward, including The Loading Zone for its grand opening party, NextDoor, Bar 35, The Venue, Cafe Sarang, The ARTS at Marks Garage for an art show…
First Friday ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 10 Everyone knows about the insanity that is First Friday, but a lot of the special stuff happening sometimes gets lost in the confusion. To keep you on track and make…
Everyone knows about the insanity that is First Friday, but a lot of the special stuff happening sometimes gets lost in the confusion. To keep you on track and make sure you don’t miss any of the good stuff, here’s…
