The POW! WOW! Hawaii art festival, now in its fifth year, kicked off Monday at Lana Lane Studios with a Hawaiian blessing and brief talk by co-founder Kamea Hadar. Then artists grabbed their paints and hit the streets to begin…
Red Bull Music Academy, POW! WOW! School of Music and international party hosts Haycock and Strong of The Do-Over brought Lei-Over back to Honolulu for its fourth Hawaii installment at Buho Cocina y Cantina Saturday night. The official kick-off party…
POW! WOW! officially kicked off Saturday night with an opening art reception at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. The exhibition, called “Exploring the New Contemporary Art Movement,” was curated by Andrew Hosner from Thinkspace Gallery in Los Angeles and…
In celebration of Chinese New Year (officially Thursday, Feb. 19, but who’s counting?), Eat the Street vendors got out their woks and got creative Friday with themed offerings like lup cheong (Chinese sweet sausage) poppers from Paul’s Poppers, Chinese fried…
It came as a shock Tuesday afternoon when patrons, friends and fans of the rustic French restaurant and wine bar Brasserie Du Vin, owned by the same group as Bar 35 and Eleven44, found out that one of their favorite…
After nine years, Shiroma’s Wine and More in Aiea, affectionately known as SWAM, has closed its doors. More than just a store, SWAM also did wine tastings, discount days, workshops, parties and gatherings. It was also a social hub for…
Sailor Jerry is a household name in Hawaii. The legendary tattoo artist, famous for his work on sailors and his technical innovations in the world of tattooing, used to have a shop on Smith Street in Chinatown until his death in…
Eli-Mac, otherwise known as “American Idol” contestant Camile Velasco, celebrated the release of her “Dubstop” EP Friday night at The Republik. The sold-out reggae show also featured Japanese reggae star Likkle Mai and opened with local musicians The Vitals and The Jimmy…
Electric Palms and The Republik hosted New York electronica/EDM trio Cash Cash (brothers Jean Paul Makhlouf and Alex Makhlouf, along with Samuel Frisch) on Saturday night, for a show that got the audience pumped. In addition to three full-length albums…
The annual New Year’s Ohana festival, hosted by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, brought out hundreds of families Sunday to chow down on traditional Japanese and local food and watch the many performances and attractions, including the Cherry Blossom…
Ong King hosted a fun costume party Saturday night, with attendees dressing up in their finest, most dapper clothes to enjoy cupcakes, wine, Champagne and a lineup of performers that included the talented Taimane Gardner and several other live bands,…
Happy New Year! Oahu’s biggest New Year’s Eve party, Party of the Year at Kakaako Park, welcomed 2015 in style, with Eat the Street food trucks in the parking lot; a ferris wheel and other carnival rides; multiple stages of…
RumFire at the Sheraton Waikiki — newly renovated and with a brand-new oceanfront bar and poolside cabanas — celebrated New Year’s Eve with an uber-classy party featuring aerial dancers; DJs Tina T, Evil One, Mike D and Technique spinning from…
With its recent renovations, RumFire at the Sheraton Waikiki has effectively transformed a lounge/lobby area into a second oceanfront bar, complete with poolside VIP cabanas, all done in bright, cheerful colors. The new bar and cabanas will make its official…
Justin “DJ Bone” Kaneshiro and his crew celebrated 15 years of the Got Rice? hip-hop radio show on the University of Hawaii’s student-run station, KTUH, with a live hip-hop showcase at NextDoor that brought together several of Hawaii’s hip-hop stars,…
Happy birthday, Super CW! Hawaii’s favorite nightlife blogger/DJ/It-girl magnet celebrated her birthday at M Nightclub, spinning an early set and then hosting an early holiday party, ugly sweaters included, in the back. Super CW's Birthday Party @ M ◄ Back…
The tree was hung with tinsel and lights; the scent of delicious food cooked by both Bevy staff and special guest chefs was in the air; and holiday drinks were flowing at Bevy Thursday for their second annual neighborhood Christmas…
A special edition of Toast at Eleven44 brought clubgoers and nightlife industry out Saturday night to help Artist Groove Network promoter Thaddeus Park celebrate his birthday (nope, we’re not telling how old he is). The celebration included drink specials, $4…
Sweet Soiree, an original burlesque play written, produced and directed by Lola Love, the mastermind behind Neon Dreams, opened Thursday evening at the Arts at Marks Garage. The show offered a mix of burlesque and childlike innocence, karaoke, musical dance…
The final round of 80s Pop Muzik DJ’s competition featured seven finalists from contests throughout the year, each playing a strictly ’80s music set at Bar 35 on Saturday. Congratulations to DJs KSM and Shaun Coondog for tying for first…
Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook brought his band to Honolulu for a three-hour show at The Republik, comprised of Joy Division and New Order songs. Opening with a classic Joy Division set that included well-known favorites like…
Street Grindz debuted on Saturday a new streetwear event, Threadz, which brought together more than 25 of Hawaii’s urban clothing designers and vendors. Fans of urban streetwear and art came out to Our Kaka‘ako do some holiday shopping, while Beyond…
Eat the Street’s most popular theme ever returned for the last Eat the Street of the year, Eat the Street: BACON! Vendors got creative, with dishes like chocolate-covered bacon, bacon wrapped meat, bacon toppings, bacon cupcakes, candied bacon, bacon nachos…
Grammy-nominated Chicago electronic dance music DJ Kaskade headlined a concert Saturday evening at a new outdoor event space at Turtle Bay, supported by DJs Graves, Phantom Funk and Ramyt. The enthusiastic crowd really got into the vibe of the headliner’s…
As a tribute to world-famous tattoo artist Sailor Jerry, Jet Setter Productions organized a special themed First Friday for November, with vintage scooters, motorcycles, beautiful vintage cars (even a Delorean!), rockabilly, pin-up and ’60s mod fashion, tattoo specials at Chinatown…
HONOLULU Fashion Week officially got underway Thursday night, with a VIP event for fashion insiders, friends and media that included a spirited runway show showcasing the collaboration between Hawaii’s Sig Zane and the New York-based line, Saturdays Surf NYC. The…
Mercury announced the ownership change on social media at the end of October. Chinatown neighborhood watering hole The Mercury Bar has changed owners again, this time without much fanfare. As a longtime regular who considered Mercury my home away from…
Guests at Aston Waikiki’s Coconut Club got dapper on Sunday evening for the launch of Your Dapper, a new “dudeswear” line of custom, handmade bowties for the discriminating gentleman. An official Hawaii Fashion Month event, the party showcased the bowties…
Restaurant Row threw a Halloween block party that was bigger than ever this year, with Tantriq Entertainment’s Gotham City-themed party at M Nightclub and the Row Bar outside at the center of the action. Caped crusaders, terrifyingly painted villains and…
Since high school, I’ve had fond memories of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which opened with the first of four screenings Wednesday night at ARTS at Marks Garage. It was all about pushing the limits, wearing the most outlandish outfits…
The streets of Chinatown were filled with music, spectacle, food, drink and crazy costumes for Saturday’s Hallowbaloo Street Festival presented by Burger King, which attracted an estimated 15,000 people. The party then raged on with a club crawl at most…
The fourth annual Hawaii Zombie Crawl brought out horrific hordes of zombies Saturday night, despite the rain. The annual pre-Halloween Chinatown bar crawl kicked off at The Fix, where some zombies got their makeup done, then headed to Mercury, J.J.…
Kailua came together Saturday evening for a street festival celebrating its food, fashion and community spirit. Along with great food, there was musical entertainment by Roothub, Erika Elona, Paul Izak, The Deadbeats, Jerome James and DJ Jenr8r, carnival rides and…
Wednesday, Oct. 29HAPA Presents Haunted Garage + ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’Oct. 29 through Nov. 1The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave.Varies by eventMore information and tickets at: artsatmarks.com/halloween.php or artsatmarks.eventbrite.comThe ARTS at Marks Garage has a lot going…
Hip-Hop Culture Day at Ward Warehouse Amphitheatre was the final big event for National Dance Week, which winds up tomorrow. Starting with a day of workshops, from beatboxing to cypher etiquette (aka how to conduct yourself in a b-boy circle),…
National Dance Week Hawaii held a huge international dance showcase with amazing local and visiting dancers to benefit the Hawaii Children’s Cancer Foundation, on Friday evening at The Crossroads at Hawaiian Brian’s. More than 10 groups demonstrated colorful dances from…
The 16th Annual Love Festival Hawaii, the largest electronic dance music event in the State of Hawaii, happened on Saturday at Kaka’ako Waterfront Park, with thousands of music fans coming out to get their moves on to headliners including Baauer,…
It was a night of lederhosen, pretzels, bratwurst, sauerkraut and beer steins, as Eat the Street celebrated Oktoberfest.Stars of the night: German food truck Wurst-Wagen, who had a line across the parking lot all night; Five-0 Ribs, who took the…
One of the first Oktoberfest celebrations of the year happened at the Hawaii Prince Hotel in Waikiki Saturday night, with traditional beers, wines, liquor and cuisine of Germany in bountiful supply. A few highlights of the event included the beautiful…
Veteran punk band The Sticklers, headed up by prominent punk rocker/bakery owner Otto, reunited for their first show in nearly 10 years at Downbeat Lounge Friday night. The venue was packed to the brim to see the remaining three original…
