Friday, July 28. The Bishop Museum is encouraging students to go back to school with a few more facts about the human body. This is Whoopee Cushion Weekend at the Museum’s summer exhibit, “Grossology: The Impolite Science of the Human Body.” HPR’s Noe Tanigawa offers a sample tour. Runs: 3:05.
Thursday, July 27. Indian classical dance has four main styles, one of which is kathak, from the word for storytelling. Originating in Northern India up to three thousand years ago, Kathak dance revolves around tales from Hindu mythology, and practitioners could reach heights of ecstasy during performance. Two members of the Honolulu Indian community spoke with HPR’s Noe Tanigawa about a kathak performance scheduled for this weekend. Runs: 3:57.
Tuesday, July 25. A pod chair for comfortable cross-legged seating. A mini washer for just a couple of shirts and socks. Appliances, entertainment, the wacky and practical collide at the Japan Foundation of New York’s Japanese Design Today 100 exhibition at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai’i. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa spoke with international designer, Toshihiko Sakai, who contributed a series of soft zippered lamps for the show. Runs: 3:31.
Friday, July 21. Musician, teacher and journalist Keith Haugen, and Carmen Haugen, musician and dancer, raised five children while pursuing day jobs alongside their musical careers. Recently the Music Foundation of Hawai’i bestowed upon the Haugens, an award for Lifetime Achievement as a Musical Group, in recognition of their 30 years performing around the world, including 17 years as the longest running act at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa caught up with them on the eve of a celebratory concert. mp3 Keith and Carmen Haugen, hosts of “The Music of Hawai’i” every Sunday at 3pm on KIPO, will hold a CD release party to benefit Hawai’I Public Radio this Saturday, 7:30pm at HPR’s Atherton Studio. The CD, entitled “A Lifetime of Hawaiian Music”, is a compilation of originals and Hawaiian classics. Runs: 4:00.
Thursday, July 20. The East-West Ceramics Collaboration has drawn together artists from Europe, Japan, Korea, Turkey and elsewhere around the globe to share their expertise in clay. The ceramists represent diverse traditions, techniques, materials, and esthetic points of view, and are offering hands on workshops as well as public lectures. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa visited the UH Manoa ceramics lab for this report. mp3 All are welcome to a slide presentation by visiting ceramists from Korea, Canada, Turkey, China and the US tonight, 7pm in the UH Manoa Art Auditorium. There will be an open house Saturday, July 29th, at the UH Ceramics Lab and an exhibit of works in the main gallery next month. Check the UH Art department website under East West ceramics, for more information. Runs: 3:35.
Tuesday, July 11. Lyon Aboretom is a botanical preserve and research facility established in the 1920’s by Harold Lyon on former sugar cane land in the back of Manoa Valley. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa ventured into the lush valley for this report. Runs: 3:16.
Friday, July 7. “An Inconvenient Truth”, a film starring former Vice President Al Gore, is raising national awareness about global warming. In Honolulu it dovetails with UH Manoa’s “Beyond Oil” film series, causing more people to ask how to start living sustainably here in Hawai’i. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa talked with an environmental advocate who has been working over a decade on Hawai’i’s specific issues. Runs: 3:44.
Thursday, July 6. This has been Curtis Lee’s first week since retiring as head of Servco Pacific’s automotive operations, it was also his first week as Chair of the Honolulu Symphony Board of Directors. He hit the ground running, making calls with the Symphony’s new Executive Director, Tom Gulick. mp3 HPR’s Noe Tanigawa offers this installment in a continuing profile of the Honolulu Symphony’s resuscitation and revival. Runs: 3:31.