The children of the night came out for the second annual Miss Vamp beauty pageant, run by Camera Obscura and hosted by Hawaii Theatre Saturday night. Contestants were judged on their beauty, intelligence, creativity and talents. At the end of…
The first annual Zombie Pub Crawl shambled its way through Chinatown Friday evening, taking over BambuTwo and The Venue, O’Toole’s, Hank’s Cafe, Smitty’s Union Bar, Bar 35, thirtyninehotel, Downbeat Diner, Indigo, J.J. Dolan’s and Mercury Bar before returning to The…
HIFF Opening Night ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 20 The Hawaii International Film Festival's fall showcase is finally here, and with 220 films, including 22 feature-length Japanese films, there's something for everyone. Opening night kicks off with "The…
Last week, I had the chance to fly to Portland for the wedding of one of my best friends from high school. Although I’ve been to Portland before, this was my first time as an adult.While I was in Oregon,…
Matt Kee's Birthday Bash with Urban Assault ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 Local DJ Matt Kee uses his birthday as the perfect excuse to throw a big party this Thursday, and he's booked electro house/dubstep/drumstep DJ duo…
Photographer Jonas Maon shares his photos from two days of this year’s HEXXP, the annual Hawaii Entertainment Expo, which showcases everything from video games, sci fi and anime to fashion and art. HEXXP 2011 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1…
TY KU Sake and promoters Furious Styles, AGN, Level H and Tantriq hosted a Sake Day pool party on Queen Kapiolani Hotel’s pool deck as part of a nationwide toast Saturday afternoon. The party, complete with Asian décor, prize giveaways,…
After the Octoberfest street festival in Chinatown, OO-Spot’s Chinatown Get Down party took over the club district, with six clubs (NextDoor, with a fundraiser show for Chinatown art collective The ArtSmith, thirtyninehotel, with Soul Clap, and Bar 35, Manifest, Indigo…
Los Angeles rock band 30 Seconds to Mars played a great high-energy show at The Waterfront Thursday night, joined for a DJ set by Shiny Toy Guns members Jeremy Dawson and Carah Faye Charnow. The band played a mix of…
30 Seconds to Mars ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 18 Los Angeles rock band 30 Seconds to Mars plays a much-anticipated show at The Waterfront this Thursday, joined for a DJ set by Shiny Toy Guns members Jeremy…
Officially, everything got started on Thursday this week. Although I hadn’t entirely intended to, I found myself in Chinatown and, from Mercury, headed over to check out Broadcast, the weekly live indie rock show at NextDoor. Thursday’s edition was a…
Chinatown dance club/art space/lounge thirtyninehotel celebrated its seventh anniversary Saturday with a dance party featuring resident DJs Gelareh (also the owner), Kevin Koga, Timo and Davey Shindig, lots of balloons and free spiked punch courtesy of bar chef Christan Self.…
The sixth annual Improvaganza! Improv Comedy Festival kicked off on Thursday and continued Friday with a hilarious lineup of local and visiting performers from all over the nation at two venues: The ARTS at Marks Garage and The Venue at…
Broadcast ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 20 Jet Setter Productions sponsors a special edition of Broadcast, NextDoor's live indie rock night, with special guest Leeni, an 8-bit (think old video game music) DJ/producer from Seattle. Also playing are…
With way too much to do over the weekend, it’s a wonder I made it to half the stuff I wanted to, and even then, I felt like I was missing out. It’s actually a pretty normal feeling for me.…
Alohalaulea, thrown by the team that brought you the Mayjah Rayjah, took over Aloha Tower Marketplace with stages at The Waterfront, Don Ho’s and Gordon Biersch playing Island music and electronica. Headlined by Tribal Seeds, the festival, which brought out…
ZineFest, thrown by Otto of Otto Cake Bakery and The 86 List, returned for an annual punk show at Anna’s with special guests The Knumbskulls (reunited for this show), as well as 86 List, Never Enough (Hilo), 13th Legion and…
TTT First Anniversary ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 22 SoHo's Thursday house music night celebrates one year this week, with local DJs Nightmarcher, Ernie K, Loic, Daniel J and Errick on the decks. Come out and play; they're…
Graffiti artists Estria Miyashiro and John “Prime” Hina of 808 Urban began working on a new mural Friday near the former Pipeline Cafe; I dropped in to check out their progress on Monday afternoon. The mural is in conjunction with…
This weekend was, aside from the “Hawaii Five-0” premiere, all about the music… hip-hop, electropop, techno, dubstep and classical. I had a friend ask me once how important music was to my life, and after realizing he was serious, my…
Swedish electropop/R & B band Little Dragon, fronted by Yukimi Nagano, played to a packed house Saturday at NextDoor, making the audience scream with their peppy, upbeat stage presence and catchy songs both old and new. Little Dragon ◄ Back…
Urban clothing company Dissizit celebrated eight years with a big party at SoHo Friday, featuring performances by DMC of the legendary Run DMC trio, Rakaa Iriscience and Babu of Dilated Peoples, Money B, Scott Knoxx, Phoreyz and Monarx. Dissizit 8th…
New promoters Adamatic Productions and the UD Family threw a special one-off night at The Venue Friday with DJ Shift, Peter Lau and other DJs spinning old-school, “Sandstorm” era techno/trance/edm and dubstep for an enthusiastic crowd. Audiobahn ◄ Back Next…
Fashion's Night Out ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 23 Ala Moana Center joins dozens of cities around the globe this weekend for Fashion's Night Out, a worldwide event that coincides with the start of Fashion Week. Events, workshops,…
First, in nightlife news…If you’re at all a part of the nightlife scene, you’ve probably heard about the present debacle happening with the Waikiki EDITION hotel and its nightclub, Crazybox. For those of you who haven’t been following the developing…
DJ Jus “Bone” Kaneshiro of KTUH’s Got Rice? Show celebrated his birthday at Got Rice? Fest, showcasing some of Hawaii’s hip-hop acts, including Broke Mokes, Ill Hill Society, Big Mox, Blood Brothers and Pro.All photos by Nonstop guest photographer Riana…
The Labor Day edition of CWSK’s now-famous Bacardi Pool Party went off at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel’s pool deck Sunday, with thousands of people coming out to enjoy the warm summer weather and party with their friends. Along with the…
A small crowd came out to NextDoor Saturday night to enjoy a chill reggae concert with local band Dubkonscious. The concert was the first in a series called Summer Shine, featuring various reggae acts each month.The 10-piece band played for…
We hit the streets, art galleries and boutiques of Chinatown on September’s First Friday, traditionally one of the biggest First Fridays of the year, to bring you pics from Abigail Stanwood’s photo exhibit at Ong King, performances at The ArtSmith,…
The quarterly Nextworking professionals pau hana mixer brought out hundreds of people to Chai’s Island Bistro at Aloha Tower Thursday evening for an end-of-summer mega-mixer with food, drink specials and professionals of all ages and fields. Nextworking at Chai's ◄…
Nextworking at Chai's Island Bistro ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 18 Honolulu’s largest free professional mixer returns to Chai’s Island Bistro at Aloha Tower for its end of summer mega-mixer. Last Nextworking saw over 600 local professionals from…
Some people say smartphones are overrated, but every weekend, I realize exactly how much of my memory and organizational skills I put onto my phone, just to leave space for everything else that’s going on. Ask me what’s going on…
Thirtyninehotel launched Keep It Upp, a new monthly party Saturday night, with DJs Gelareh, Timo, Kevin Koga and Davey Shindig, and complimentary dragon punch (a sweet, spicy alcoholic concoction with passion fruit, nutmeg and anise) courtesy of bar chef Christian…
The Waterfront at Aloha Tower hosted a big end-of-summer Island music concert Friday night, headlined by New Zealand reggae artists Three Houses Down. The concert, also featuring Hot Rain, Fiji, Na Drua, Siaosi and many others, wasn’t packed, but a…
KTUH hosted the second in a series of special seasonal nights that combine reggae dub with its descendents: Jungle, drum & bass, dubstep and dub techno, for an interesting night of music that kept the crowd at Lotus dancing all…
Local hip-hop trio Ill Hill Society released their “RAP BETTER” EP with performances by Broke Mokes, The Nightmarchers, Pro, and Prie at The Venue on Friday night. Special guest photographer Riana Stellburg of Rudified Media captured shots of the crowded…
America ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 24 America, the iconic Grammy Awarding-winning rock group known for classic songs like "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair," "Ventura Highway" and "Lonely People," bring their 40th anniversary tour to…
Media, public relations and communications industry folks of all ages showed up to eat, drink and mingle at PRSA’s August mixer on Wednesday at Pearl. PRSA Mixer @ Pearl ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 19 jQuery(function($) { new…
The weekend started off with me looking at my schedule and being amazed that I was actually going to try and do all that. Does this happen a lot, you may ask? Well, yes. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an…
A small crowd of family and friends came to Fresh Cafe Saturday evening to support and congratulate graffiti artist John Prime, leader of 808 Urban, on his new art show. The installation consists of a number of gorgeous aerosol murals…
