HONOLULU Magazine - August 2004

Not every opera is an epic Germanic cycle or Italian tragedy. In fact, one opera is downright silly.

DJ Betty is making a name for herself. She's spun for crowds of 1,500 at clubs such as Zanzabar and Volcanoes, has her own business cards and is planning to distribute her own mix CDs. Not bad for a 16-year-old…

Taking the road test for a drivers' license has never been pleasant, but the experience brought Kalai Ing, 24, to tears. She says that while taking her test two years ago in Kahului, Maui, the examiner yelled at her while…

With Global Pau Hana, you’re never far from Hawai‘i

There was a time when ice cream lovers on Maui had Roselani Ice Cream all to themselves-unless, of course, you could fit a cooler into your airplane's overhead compartment. Now, it's getting easier for local sweet tooths to find this…

If an old building is lucky, it will enjoy many uses. Case in point: The Yokohama Specie Bank Building (pictured below), at 36 Merchant St., designed in 1909 by architect Henry Livingston Kerr. Originally, this was a bank for Japanese…

We all know Brickwood Galuteria can sing, dance and emcee with the best entertainers in Hawai'i. But can Brickwood do politics? In his first foray into the political mosh pit Galuteria will serve as the chair of the state Democratic…

Six-thousand miles from Hawai'i on a beach in Nova Scotia, I spotted a man wearing a Honolulu Fire Department T-shirt. I'd been traveling with my husband and friends on Canada's famous Cabot Trail on Cape Breton Island, and the man…

There's nothing like a little self-affirmation to boost a town's stock. For 12 years now, Kailua has thrown an annual party celebrating its own residents and businesses. Event organizers say the shindig has been instrumental in Kailua's revitalization.Corinne Ching, 27th…