Doris Duke

Here are the It Kids from Erin Smith Vocal Coaching

Local singer-songwriter Erin Smith and Star 101.9’s Kevin Jones hosted a night of music featuring talented young singers and songwriters in her vocal coaching program. Youngsters taking the stage to sing covers or original music, backed by Smith’s band, included…

Something to see: The Art + The Ink

The Heart Sūtra, the inspiration behind this show, is often cited as the best known and most popular Buddhist scripture of all. It teaches enlightenment through emptiness of the self, with the themes of disintegration, impermanence, flux and that form…

Something to see: D’Arranged Marriage

Part stand-up, part parody, part slapstick and part Bollywood, “D’Arranged Marriage” is a one-man performance by Rajeev Varma that plays one more night in Honolulu after 200 performances in eight countries. It revolves around the tribulations and unmarried status of…

Doris Duke’s Mughal suite unveiled

Doris Duke and husband James Cromwell in the Jali Pavilion at Shangri La in 1939. Courtesy of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Doris Duke was an environmentalist and conservationist long before it was fashionable. The tobacco heiress was a lifelong…