Gallery offers insights into Japanese culture

Many Japanese works of art presents one of four clearly defined seasons, typical of the seasons of a year, and artists often depict nature motifs in various ways. In the Japan Gallery at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, viewers will have an enjoyable experience browsing an abundance of images that reflect the changing seasons.

Reggae strong influence on island music

Mona Warsame Faran, an HPU senior majoring in psychology, saw local people get wildly excited at Lucky Dube’s recent reggae concert at Kapono’s in Aloha Tower Marketplace.

Things not to do at Lord of the Rings screenings

1. Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, “Wait...where the hell is Harry Potter?”

Return of the King climaxes struggle of good vs. evil

Samwise Gamgee, carrying an exhausted Frodo Baggins on his back, struggles up the steep side of Mount Doom, an erupting volcano, while the rest of the Fellowship of the Ring and the remnants of the armies of Gondor and Rohan are surrounded completely by the army of the evil wizard Sauron. All seems lost for the brave creatures of Middle-Earth, even hope, yet they fight on.