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December 02, 2009 - MidWeek The East Waha Nui
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The Best Female Artist at the 2009 Native American Music Awards is coming to Kaimuki next week. Joy Harjo will sign copies of her latest CD, Winding through the Milky Way, from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 12 at the American Indian Store (formerly Native Winds) on Koko Head Avenue. Joy lives here part time and also paddles with Hui Nalu Canoe Club. Her creativity knows no bounds. A member of the Mvskoke (Creek) Nation, she has authored seven books of poetry, produced four CDs, written a children’s book and plays saxophone in her touring band (734-8018) ...
Emmett Mahoney of Palolo and Sonny Silva of Diamond Head play guitar with the Hot Club of Hulaville’s yuletide gypsy jazz show, The Gift, at 7 tonight (Dec. 2) at Manoa Valley Theatre (988-6131) ... More East Oahu hams: Gerald Altwies of Waialae Nui and Buzz Tennent of
Hawaii Kai portray King Balthazar and King Melchior, respectively, in Honolulu Theatre for Youth’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, playing Friday through Dec. 19 at Tenney Theatre at St. Andrew’s. (839-9885) ... The Honolulu Board of Water Supply’s 2010 calendars are in, and they’ve got an East Oahu connection. Out of 3,500 poster entries and 200 poems, the water people picked only a dozen of each to grace the pages of the calendar on the theme “Ola I Ka Wai - Water Gives Life” (738-5369). Get yours and look for artwork by Arianna Chung, a fourth-grader at Wilson Elementary School who placed third among grades 3-4 ...
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Hawaii Kai’s Ann Marie Kirk was named a 2009 Outstanding Alumnus of Sacred Hearts Academy recently for her prolific video and film work about the community ... Local film historian Steve Fredrick has films and tours ready for Hawaii history buffs: Hawaii During World War II: The Movies and the Music of the 1940s will be screened at 7 p.m. Saturday in Hawaii Kai for $10 admission to his VIP room, and there’s a “Hawaii Wartime” tour at 1 p.m Sunday meeting at Fort Street Mall for a $20 fee (395-0674) ...
The expression “It’s a dog’s life” takes on new meaning with Pono the yellow Lab. The laid-back pooch spends his days on a surfboard and his evenings “hosting” guests at Diamond Head Cove Health Bar on Monsarrat Avenue (run by his master Marcus Marcos). He’s put in some screen time on TV’s Lost series, and is now in front of BBC cameras for a piece that’s being prepared for Animal Planet.
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Autographs, anyone? ... East Oahu’s Tsuyuko Kurashige was honored recently by Retired & Senior Volunteer Program for her work of 13 years in the Leahi Hospital Auxiliary thrift shop. She’s always cheerful, helpful and welcoming to both patients and customers, said the auxiliary’s president Dan Virnig. Also honored for helping at Leahi was Evelyn Morimoto ...
Timothy Carney says that Piano Planet on Nimitz has a unique program of selling pianos “used” at Chaminade University and helping the college acquire more pianos for its music programs and Honolulu Vocal Arts Ensemble. Timothy directs the ensemble and knows whereof he speaks. However, the sale ends Dec. 15. Call George Nellas at 357-3373 for a good deal ... Kaiser High grad Carianne Makino was named Goalkeeper of the Year for the PacWest Conference. A sophomore on the HPU women’s soccer team, Carianne has allowed only 1.45 goals in 19 matches
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