HPU Events
Music on the Mall
Downtown campus
Feb. 23 at 12 - 3 p.m.
Celebrate Black History month with live music on upper Fort Street
Mall. For more information on spring 2007’s the monthly
Music on the Mall, call Student Life: 544-0277.
8th Annual Pacific Bowl
Kapiolani Park
Feb. 25 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
HPU hosts Keiyo University of Japan in friendly flag-football
competition at the 8th Annual Pacific Bowl. For more information,
call 236-3544
PRSSA workshop
Downtown campus
Feb. 27, 4-5:30 p.m.
Open to all students but especilly valuable for communication
and marketing majors. Meet and talk with public relations practitioners
and media professionals from radio, TV and print. 1132 Bishop
St. (FH building), suite 306.
Viewpoints Film Series: When the Levees Broke
March 1, 12:30 p.m.
Excerpts from the Spike Lee documentary on Hurricane Katrina
and its aftermath in New Orleans. Sea Warrior Center, 1154
Fort St.
Business & Technology Career Fair
March 2, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
HPU’s Career Services Center invites current students
and alumni to meet employers from the business and technology
industry. 1132 Bishop Street (FH building) on the downtown
campus
“Preservation” and “Items of History”
Hawai‘i Loa Campus
Through March 9
The intriguing art works of Lori Uyehara and Derek Arata are
presented in a joint show at the windward campus academic center
gallery. (Story on page 16.) For more information, call 687-7017.
Music & Dance
Jazz Minds Art and Cafe
A variety of live music continues through February:
Mon. Feb. 19, 26 at 10 p.m.
The Concious Groove hip-hop jazz ensemble.
Feb. 21,28 at 9 p.m.
Local jazz guitarist Dave Yamasaki and his trio play an all-night,
must-see, must-hear jazz session.
Fri. Feb. 23 at 11 p.m.
Dont miss a special concert with Rocky Brown and DeShannon
Higa, folk jazz, followed by hip hop jazz DJ.
For more information, call 945-0800
Pipeline Cafe
Every Friday 10 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Foreplay Fridays features DJs Wu Chang in the main room & Mike
D in the side room. Ages 18 and up. 21 to drink for more information,
call 589-1999
Next Door
Every Fri. at 9 p.m.
Located at 43 North Hotel Street, Next Door features resident
DJs Ira and Silvana who keep the party going until the early
morning. Guest DJs weekly. Admission $10 with a valid 21 +
I.D. For more information, call 548-6398 or visit www.whoisnextdoor.com.
Contemporary Museum
In the Galleries
Makiki Heights
Saturdays 10:30 a.m. - noon
Artists Geoffrey Chadsey and Jenny Holzer present a special
program in conjunction their exhibitions. Free, but space is
limited andr egistration required. Call237-5217
Hawai‘i Theatre
Narcissus Classic, An Evening of Music
March 10
Four world-renowned Chinese stars perform music ranging from
operatic arias to Broadway tunes. Presented by the Chinese
Chamber of Commerce of Hawai‘i. Tickets $41, $31. For
more information, call 533-3181.
Hawai‘i Theatre Docent Tours
Tuesdays at 11 a.m.
Experience Hawai‘i’s history as you tour the renovated
Hawai‘i Theatre, built in 1922 and proclaimed the “Carnegie
Hall of the Pacific.” A mini-concert on the Robert Morton
Theatre Organ is included as Honolulu’s past comes alive
thanks to trained docents who share colorful anecdotes about
this jewel of Chinatown.
At the Academy of Arts
Enriched by Diversity
Ongoing through 2006
Tuesday - Saturday at 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
A semi-permanent installation featuring two- and three-dimensional
works by over 250 Hawai‘i-based artists from the Art
in Public Places Collection. Inspirational themes in the installation
revolve around rediscovering Hawaiian heritage, Asian roots,
social consciousness, the land, sea, and cultural traditions.
Tour and Tea
Tours are led by volunteer docents that have completed a rigorous
two-year training program. Visitors will explore the galleries,
learn more about art and culture, and socialize over a cup
of tea. Discussions in the galleries offer insight into many
cultures and time periods. For more information, call 532-8700.
Films at the Doris Duke Theatre
Join the Doris Duke Theatre e-mail newsletter.To subscribe,
send an e-mail to film@honoluluacademy.org. For more information,
call 532-8700.
Performances
Broadway at Shanghai Bistro
Every Fri. and Sun at 8 p.m.
Broadway at the Bistro is a live entertainment cabaret show
that stars Don Conover at the keyboards and vocalist Rex Nockengust.
Admission is $20. For reservations, call 955-8668.
Live Jazz at Thirtynine Hotel
39 North Hotel St.
Every Tues. at 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
Sit in on a session preformed by New Jassquartet, one of the
hottest live Jazz acts in town. Featuring Justin James on precussion,
saxaphonist Ryan Kunimura, and Mark Tanouye on keyboards. Special
guest appearences weekly. Admission is $5 with a valid 21+
I.D. For more information, call 599-2552.
Bishop Museum
The Canoe: An Alaskan and Polynesian Tradition
Hawai‘i Maritime Center, Pier 7, Honolulu Harbor
Jan. 19 - ongoing
In conjunction with the Alaskan Native Heritage Center, this
exhibition will show visitors the similarities and differences
in voyaging traditions between Hawaiians and Alaskans. For
more information, call 847-3511.
Lost Marine Cultures: China and the Pacific
Archaeological exhibition of the Maritime civilizations that
flourished from 7000-3000 B.C.E. in China and the Pacific.
These cultures are belived to be the ancestors of the Austronesians
whosedescendants eventually colonized most of the Pacific
islands, reaching as far as Hawai‘i, New Zealand, and
Easter Island.
Japan and Hawai‘i: Building Bonds Across the
Pacific
The Hall of Discovery
Through April 1
This exhibit will give visitors the chance to understand the
early relationship developed between two islands that are an
ocean apart. For more information, call 847-3511.
NOAA’s Science on a Sphere
Cooke Rotunda, Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium
Onging Permanent Exhibit
This new edition to the museum gives visitors the opportunity
to see the world as the astronauts do; it also allows us to
see the effects global warming has on our earth. For more information,
call 847-3511.
Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center
Ongoing Permanent Exhibit
Explore the mechanics of tsunamis in the wave-making machine
or watch a volcanic erruption in this new 16,500-foot facility.
See the islands of Hawai‘i in a new way. For more information,
call 847-3511.
Special Events
Borders
Ward Centre
Feb. 24 at 12 p.m.
Rich Budnick will be autographing his books, Hawaiian Street
Names and Hawai‘i's Forgotten History.
First Friday Gallery Walk
Every first Friday of the Month
Chinatown, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
By far the best night of the month in Chinatown, featuring
25 galleries and a variety of live acts.
COOK’S TOUR OF HONOLULU
Every Sat at 8:30 a.m. to10:30 a.m.
Insider’s guide to Asian cooking with Walter Rhee, chef-instructor
and food scientist. Learn about fresh meat & seafood, vegetables,
fruits, sauces, herbs and spices, and the best places to buy
ingredients. $15 tour fee (cash only) includes sampling. Reservations
required. Call 391-1550 or e-mail eat_hawaii@yahoo.com. Private/group
tours are arranged with at least two weeks notice.
All Things Hawaiian
Through March 24
An all-media art show featuring works of and on Hawaiian
culture, people, and environment from more than 20 local
artists. Sponsered by the Association of Hawai‘i Artists.
If you’re interested in local culture come see for
yourself. For more information call, 689-3165.
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