The fifth annual Miss Vamp Hawaii, a vampire beauty pageant, took place at Hawaii Theater Sunday evening; with a competition similar to normal beauty pageants, but with a darker edge. It featured a performance by special guest Aurelio Voltaire, plus…
Hawaii’s dark alternative community got together to dance and celebrate the fourth Goth Prom, presented by Miss Vamp Hawaii and DJ Nocturna. DJs Shadowfaxxx, Nocturna and Du Nord set the mood with goth and industrial music, and a highlight of…
80s Pop Muzik celebrated its fourth anniversary with Camera Obscura’s fourth annual Venetian Mask Ball, which began with dinner and an exotic bellydance show at The Dragon Upstairs, catered by KanZaman Hawaii, and moved over to Bar 35 for the…
The second annual “Future is the Past” steampunk-themed fashion show by Millennium Hawaii and night presented by 80s Pop Muzik and DJ Nocturna brought all kinds of elaborate alternative fashion out to Bar 35 on Saturday night. If you’re not…
Camera Obscura and DJ Nocturna hosted the Third Annual Venetian Mask Ball at Adega Portuguese Restaurant in Chinatown Saturday night. Guests went all-out to dress up for the formal affair, which started with a full three-course dinner and continued through…
Happy Vampsgiving! Vampires and their fans came out to The Venue for Camera Obscura’s Thank God for Vampires event on Friday evening, with performances by some contestants from the Miss Vamp Hawaii beauty pageant and goth, industrial, dark 80s and…
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…
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…
Sexy bellydance superstar Sabrina Fox from LA returned to Honolulu for a special show with local tribal bellydance troupe Shakti Dance Movement and DJs Dymentia and Nocturna at July’s Camera Obscura. Sabrina Fox @ The Venue ◄ Back Next ►…
It’s the constant flux of the nightlife scene here in Hawaii that makes it endlessly interesting to observe and be a part of. We’ve had quite a few new nightlife openings recently, including Rakuen in Chinatown and Surfer The Bar…
Camera Obscura and Portland’s Decadent Events collaborated for a gothic Alice in Wonderland-themed party at The Venue on Friday night. With performers from Cherry Blossom Cabaret, a fashion show by local designer Lady Jane Metcalf, a costume contest, and DJs…
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…
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.…
So I’ve finally figured out how to be in most or all of the places I want to be any given night. The trick is not to stay too long. While the downside of this is that I miss some…
If you’ve somehow managed to miss it in the last several months, Honolulu has been undergoing an art revival. Thursday’s unveiling ceremony for the huge Water Writes mural done by Estria and 808 Urban really drove that home for me,…
Was it just me, or was the list of things going on over the weekend a bit longer than usual? I know my personal calendar was pretty scary-looking, but in retrospect I can look back with a sigh of relief…
The Venue was crowded Friday night with people dressed in elaborate costumes, with characters from “Star Trek,” “Star Wars,” “Futurama,” “Ghostbusters” and elaborate original costumes crafted by local Steampunk designers and members of the Costumer’s Guild of Hawaii and other…
I think my weekend started with Twitter being over capacity… again.(.__)<{(My ASCII version of the Twitter Fail Whale)Looks like I have to rely on my faulty human memory for everything that happened… but that’s all right. Lots of memorable things…
