During August’s First Friday, we dropped in at Brue Bar on Merchant Street for John McCaskill’s “Suicide Prints” woodblock art show, the new Palate restaurant, formerly Soul de Cuba, Madre Chocolate for live music and chocolate samples, The Human Imagination…
Chinatown was a flurry of activity during June’s First Friday, with the art walk and the restaurants and clubs bringing out lots of people to enjoy the night. We hit some of the happening spots, including art gallery Ten41 on…
Seven bars and clubs in Chinatown participated in this year’s Mardi Gras Club Crawl on Fat Tuesday: Square Barrels, Scarlet Honolulu, The ARTS at Marks Garage, Manifest, Downbeat Lounge, Bar 35 and Nextdoor. All served up traditional Mardi Gras food…
For November’s First Friday, we hit the streets, shops, galleries and clubs of Chinatown, including ARTS at Marks Garage, where a crowd came out for the debut of a new exhibition, Makakolu, plus Abstract Magazine’s 9th issue launch party; Roberta…
Chinatown was in full party mode for First Friday December 2014. We raged with the best of them at NextDoor, Downbeat Diner and Bar 35. We also took a look at the brand-new Bethel Street Tap Room, in the old…
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…
We dropped in briefly on First Friday this month to capture scenes from some of the lively happenings around the Chinatown Arts District, including a Diamond Head-themed showcase of mixed media at The ARTS at Marks Garage, Red Lantern at…
August started out with a bang with First Friday, and we hit the happening spots: NextDoor, the Hawaii Institute for Hair Design for a creative Back to School fashion show, the beautiful new Barrio Vintage boutique location at 1161 Nuuanu…
We hit some of the highlights of May’s First Friday, including the “ALOHA My Name Is” exhibition of contemporary urban art at the ARTS at Marks Garage, the animal-themed fashion show at the Hawaii Institute of Hair Design, the happenings…
The 14th Annual Mardi Gras Carnaval Street Festival and Club Crawl shut down the streets of Chinatown Tuesday night, with sinful indulgences from Hawaii’s best street food vendors, samba parades, festive floats, live music and dance on three street stages,…
The first First Friday of 2014 was mellow, but there was still lots to see and do in the Chinatown Arts district. We hit some of the happening spots, including The ARTS at Marks Garage, Madre Chocolate, the small boutiques on…
Despite upcoming finals for University of Hawaii students and the winter holidays, a crowd came out for 2013’s last First Friday to peruse the art galleries and party later on in the night. We stopped by some of the happening…
Although November’s First Friday was slower than usual, falling as it did right after all the Halloween festivities, there was still a lot to see and do around Chinatown. Take a look at some of our shots from NextDoor, Loading…
Thousands of people turned out, dressed in costume, for the huge annual Hallowbaloo Street Festival that took over the Chinatown Arts District Saturday, with four outdoor stages featuring local and guest performers including headliner Xavier Rudd from Australia, Taimane Garner and…
We hit some of the most happening spots on First Friday, including The Venue for a fundraiser for K-9 Kokua, a nonprofit that rescues and finds homes for dogs in need; The ARTS at Marks Garage for an art exhibition…
We hit the happening spots on First Friday, including The ARTS at Marks Garage for a colorful exhibition sponsored by the Surfrider Foundation, with surf rock band Mano Kane and surf art; Downbeat Lounge, where DJ Ross Jackson was playing…
We hit some of the happening spots during First Friday’s Art Walk in July, from AJ Feducia’s “Stay Poor” art exhibit at the Human Imagination studio to Loading Zone’s Essence of Hawaii show to The ARTS at Marks’ Garage, where…
We hit the art galleries, clubs and streets of Chinatown to bring you pictures of the colorful scene during June’s First Friday Art Walk. We dropped in on Mojo Barbershop, RaKuen Lounge, where people were enjoying sushi, The Fix for…
The Arts District Merchants Association and Hawaii’s Hispanic community once again celebrated Cinco de Mayo with a huge annual street festival showcasing the colorful music, dance, cuisine and cultural art of Latin America. From lowriders to tamales, sombreros to salsa…
We hit the happening spots on First Friday, including The ARTS at Marks Garage, The Human Imagination for Riana Stellburg’s “Underground Celebrity” photo exhibition documenting Hawaii’s hip-hop scene, the Strawberry Fields vintage pop-up shop at the Chinatown Artists Lofts, Loading…
We hit the happening spots for April’s First Friday, including Ong King’s seventh anniversary celebration, Downbeat Lounge, The Loading Zone, the Chinatown/Mendonca Courtyard and the busy streets of Chinatown.Photos by Tracy Chan and Eric Baranda. First Friday April 2013 ◄…
Although the weather was rainy most of the night, a small crowd still braved the elements to come out to Chinatown on the first First Friday of the year. We hit some of the most happening spots, including The ARTS…
We hit some of the most happening spots during December’s First Friday art walk, including the crowded Anti-Canvas art show fundraiser at SoHo, with dozens of boardshorts featuring spectacular work by local artists, plus the grand opening of Article 15…
We hit the happening spots during November’s First Friday art walk, saying hello and happy anniversary to Mojo Barbershop, celebrating their first anniversary, and JJ Dolan’s, celebrating their fourth anniversary with free pizza and a fundraiser for hurricane victims on…
