Waha Nui
November 05, 2008 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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For someone who always has a few names to drop for this column, Elissa Josephsohn of Wilhelmina Rise finally gets her own “fame” this week. Her friends are throwing a benefit for the cancer-stricken publicist from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Restaurant Row. To help with her medical expenses, donations are very welcome. Call Trudy Wong at 988-2254 to reserve a seat or to add to the fund. Hang in there, Lisa ...
Kaimuki High freshman Siming Liu placed second in his category in the Worldwide Chinese Students Composition Competition for his entry, Learning Gongfu in Summer School. Siming attends Mun Lun Chinese Language School downtown. The annual contest attracted 7 million contestants from 29 countries ... Fitness buffs got pumped up a bit at the Koko Marina 24 Hour Fitness by an Oct. 22 visit from Olympian and triathlete Andy Potts ...
The local Trust for Public Land office has hired Kaiser High and UH-Hilo graduate Kawika Burgess for its new position of native lands coordinator. Kawika, who grew up in Hawaii Kai, speaks fluent Hawaiian and will focus on protecting lands that are important to Hawaiian communities and culture. “With Kawika’s help,” says TPL director Lea Hong, “we hope we can conserve more of what makes Hawaii special for future generations” ...
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Kahala filmmaker Kim Bassford‘s piece on Patsy Mink was given the audience award for favorite documentary in the recent Hawaii International Film Festival ... East Oahu’s master taiko drummer Kenny Endo is very busy these days, including Live from the Lawn at 5 p.m. Friday at the Hawaii State Art Museum. Kenny and his taiko ensemble perform in the “World Beat” show (586-0300) that night ...
Happy 80th birthday to Nyle Hallman, organist emerita at Central Union Church. The Hawaii Kai woman was honored last month by the church and fellow organists with a concert in celebration of her decades of service. She played in the concert, of course. Nyle and her late husband Roy co-founded the Honolulu Boy Choir ...
East Oahu’s Donald Hosaka, Walter Soga and Salome Sato are helping classmates plan a special reunion for the University of Hawaii Class of 1958. The Nov. 19 event will honor those who attend as Golden Scholars of an era when gasoline cost 30 cents per gallon, and the blockbuster movie was South Pacific. They plan a brunch buffet at Sinclair Library, campus tour and special gifts. Only thing is, reservations ($35) are due by Oct. 31. For an update, call 956-0993 ... Remember Watergate and Tricky Dick? Manoa Valley Theatre will retell it all in Frost/Nixon, a Tony Award-winning drama to be staged Nov. 12-30 (988-6131).
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Ned Van Zandt of Black Point plays British talk-show host David Frost to former Kaiser High drama teacher Bill Ogilvie‘s Richard Nixon. Allen Cole of Wilhelmina Rise is Jack Brennan (Nixon’s chief of staff) and Kaimuki’s John Tolentino is Technician 1 ... Niu Valley’s Frank South has extended his one-man show through Nov. 15 at the Academy of Film & Television in Kakaako. It’s an extended name as well: Pay Attention - ADHD in Hollywood on the Rocks with a Twist (550-TIKS) ...
Like Michael Phelps, Randal Chow likes to swim fast, and the Hawaii Kai athlete did just that on a recent People to People Sports Ambassador visit to Austria. Randal earned a bronze for butterfly, silver for freestyle and gold for the medley relay in the World Sports Festival this past summer in Vienna ... Sign of the times. Carats & Karats, a fine jewelry and antique store in Kaimuki, has added Michael Boccanfuso to the staff to assist with estate liquidation, buying and collateral loans (735-2303)
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