Loft Gallery and Lounge hosted an eclectic gathering of artists, dancers, musicians and creatives for a gathering Saturday night that included mind-blowing visuals and performances by Quadraphonix, the Hawaii Fire Artists, Shakti Dance Movement, a crazy fashion show by Liz and…
We hit the happening spots on May’s rainy First Friday, including Louis Pohl Gallery, The ARTS at Marks Garage, Let Them Eat Cupcakes and the new Black Cat Tattoo studio at 1111 Nuuanu Ave. May's First Friday ◄ Back Next…
Although it rained all night, a small, lively crowd showed up for the annual street festival in Chinatown. With taco trucks, beer tents, two stages of live music, DJs from KWAI and KTUH and a dance performance by Dancers Unlimited,…
The official after-party for the Cinco de Mayo Street Festival, Chinatown Get Down included seven participating bars for one cover (Lotus, thirtyninehotel, Indigo, Manifest, NextDoor, Bar 35 and SoHo).Take a look at pics from the bars (and some other spots)…
Artist Vane (Vanessa Russo), who grew up in Haiti before moving to New York and now Honolulu, premiered her artwork in Hawaii at Crazybox, with a reception, art show and art auction. Vane's Art Show @ Crazybox ◄ Back Next…
Cinco de Mayo Street Festival ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 19 This huge block annual block party takes place along Nuuanu Avenue and Hotel Street from 6-10 p.m, featuring Latin food, music and dance of Mexico. Various bands,…
If you go out every day of the week, does the weekend ever really end?For the sake of keeping this a weekend blog, I’ll start with Friday, although I ended up going out every night from Tuesday onward.Friday afternoon, I…
Anthony Hopkins art exhibit ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 23 Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, known for such defining roles as Hannibal Lector and Titus Andronicus, brings his artwork (yes, he's also an artist) to Honolulu for…
Los Angeles indie dance/electropop band City City, brought in by Jet Setter Productions, put on a great performance at SoHo Friday night, keeping the crowd dancing for their entire set and sticking around afterward to mingle and greet their friends…
Academy Award-winner Sir Anthony Hopkins has been one of my favorite actors since I first saw him in the powerful, defining roles of Hannibal Lecter in “Silence of the Lambs” and Titus Andronicus in Julie Taymor’s “Titus.”In real life, the…
Part art show, part rock concert, NextDoor hosted a special “No Sleep for Dreamers” show on Wednesday night, featuring Joel Gaspar’s graphic poster-like artwork of famous influential people like Martin Luther King Jr. Ghandi, Mother Theresa and Audrey Hepburn, along…
While having a name that’s incredibly hard to Google, City City has become known in Los Angeles for its catchy, dancy, pop/electronic sound. Jet Setter Productions will be bringing the five-piece indie band to play their first show in Hawaii…
Long weekend.Thursday evening started with a fashion show and fashion industry mixer at the Waikiki EDITION, with five of the stars of “Project Runway,” Casanova, Mondo Guerra, Michael Drummond, Christopher Collins and local boy Andy South, as the guests of…
The South Carolina-based “chillwave” musician and his band brought their signature brand of funky, groovy, electronic shoegaze jams to a sold-out show at NextDoor Saturday night. Opening were local acts Clones of the Queen and Painted Highways.Although the club was…
DJ Dave Paul of hip-hop label Bomb Records hosted a “Prince vs. Michael Jackson” night Friday at NextDoor, playing hits, rarities and remixes from both artists. The music was a trip to listen and dance to, mostly because so many…
Many of the movers and shakers of the local fashion industry and a who’s who of local photographers were among the crowd at Waikiki EDITION Thursday evening for a meet & greet with “Project Runway” Season 8 star designers Casanova,…
TTT with Lady Faith ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 17 LA-based electronica/house/trance DJ Lady Faith is one of the newest and hottest hard house DJs to come out of the SoCal scene. She'll be the special guest DJ…
What an interesting weekend, taken all in stride. Island music and crazy grungy garage-pop-punk, with a side of wild, imaginative Japan-inspired fashion and club-hopping for a good cause. Not the longest weekend I’ve had by any means, but one of…
The huge Island music festival featuring R.J Kaneao, Sheriff Brown, Cease Fyah, Ooklah the Moc, Ho’okoa, Rebel Souljahz, Kolohe Kai, Ho’onu’a and headliners Katchafire drew over 7,000 people to Waikiki Shell Saturday night. The Mayjah Rayjah ◄ Back Next ►…
The mysterious masked Bay Area garage pop/punk musician and his band took the stage Saturday at NextDoor, with a theatrical show that prompted much enthusiasm from the crowd. In addition to some of his older songs, like “Hocus Pocus,” Nobunny…
After we’d missed each other for days, I finally got to speak with Nobunny, aka Justin Champlin, on the phone at 12:30 a.m. Lucky that both of us are night owls (setting aside for a moment the relationship that owls…
Chinatown’s Hotel Street bars and clubs united Friday evening for a fundraiser party to benefit Japan relief efforts.NextDoor held a silent auction, followed by live music; thirtyninehotel’s Soulgasm party featured a special dance performance by Dancers, Unlimited; Downbeat Diner offered…
The Laughing Samoans ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 20 The comedic duo of Ete and Tofiga, from New Zealand, bring their humor to Blaisdell for one night. From laughing at their families to laughing at themselves, the world-famous…
It always trips me out to visit a place with actual, clear-cut seasons. Yes, I know, that’s just about every place but here. Still, when I go to California in the spring, it’s with a happy heart and an appreciative…
HawaiiSlam Finals & Eighth Anniversary ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 21 HawaiiSlam celebrates its eighth anniversary along with the Grand Slam Finals on Thursday, and if you've been putting off going or have been wanting to check out…
First, I have to apologize for the hiatus. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but for the entire month of March, for one reason or another, I neglected the Weekend Wrapup (and also got kind of lazy…
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We hit the happening spots for April’s First Friday, including The ARTS at Marks Garage, where a new watercolor art exhibit was drawing crowds; SoHo’s Decadent Circus, with bellydancers, clowns and a new art show by Kat Reeder; and Ong…
Eat the Street ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 20 This month's Eat the Street is set for Thursday, March 31, at the same Kaka'ako parking lot as last month's event (555 South St.). But this time, the food…
BAMP's last overwhelmingly successful show was Nas and Damien Marley at Kakaako Park.It’s been a long time in the works, but the tireless folks from BAMP Project, Hawaii’s most active concert promotion group, who have already brought over 200 shows…
The Waikiki Marriott’s poolside was packed to max capacity Sunday afternoon for the Spring Break edition of CWSK’s already-legendary pool party series, sponsored by Bacardi. How well have these parties caught on? Let’s put it this way… even though the…
The second edition of Paul Klink’s new LUX fashion night went off Saturday night in The Honolulu Design Center’s Cupola Theatre. The night, a fundraiser for the American Red Cross Japan Relief Fund, included an art show, an elaborate multicultural…
Once again, the Twitter community rallied for a cause — this time, for the Blood Bank of Hawaii. Attendees enjoyed food, drinks, prizes, and live entertainment by Jason Tom, Emi Hart, Kamuela Kahoano and Willow Chang … and of course…
As one of the highlights of this week’s HIFI Spring Pop-Up Fashion Incubator event, local celeb designer Andy South, in collaboration with the talented dancers of 24-VII Danceforce, put on a gorgeously theatrical fashion show at Ala Moana Centerstage. After the…
Honolulu Twestival ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 20 Every year, Twestival Honolulu brings Honolulu's tweeple (yep, that's people on Twitter) and social media gurus from all over the nation together to have a good time for a good…
Waikiki Cocktail Scavenger Hunt ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 46 An industry bar crawl AND a scavenger hunt? With cocktails? The premise was fascinating enough that Nonstop's Melissa Chang and I decided to head down to Nobu Waikiki…
A small crowd braved rainy weather to watch an impressive lineup of local performers at Restaurant Row and support Unshakably Yours: Hands Across the Ocean, a fundraiser to benefit American Red Cross efforts in Japan. Later in the evening, the…
You’ve heard of scavenger hunts, and industry bar crawls, but an event that crosses the two?The first annual cocktail scavenger hunt for charity this Sunday is the first of its kind in Waikiki, and the more I read about it,…
The streets around Murphy’s Bar & Grill were packed with thousands of merrymakers dressed in green Thursday night for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party, the largest of its kind in the Pacific. While not quite as packed as…
St. Patrick's Day Block Party ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 19 Party in Irish style at the enormous annual St. Patrick's Day block party, thrown by Murphy's Bar & Grill in Chinatown. The streets around Murphy's will be…
