HPR Arts & Culture

Nancy Bannick Honored By Hawai’i Arts Alliance

Administrator — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:57:48 +0000

Tuesday, October 17. The Hawai’i Arts Alliance represents 105 organizations and hundreds of individuals statewide who are committed to the power of the arts to transform lives. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports on this weekend’s celebration honoring an arts supporter whose efforts are shaping the character of Hawai’i. This Saturday night, the Hawai’i Arts Alliance honors Nancy Bannick at the Hawai’i Theater with an evening of inspiring music and dance. Call or check online, Hawaii Arts Alliance or hawaiitheatre.com. Runs 3:06.

Fresh F.A.C.E. of Nu’uanu Street Festival

Administrator — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 01:36:36 +0000

Friday, October 13. “Project Runway,” the hit fashion reality program, will have a Honolulu spin-off this Saturday. Forty budding designers are presenting over a hundred garments on a red carpet catwalk in Chinatown for the Fresh F.A.C.E. of Nu’uanu Street Festival. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa spoke with the fashion festival’s organizers. This month’s Second Saturday event is The Fresh F.A.C.E. of Nu’uanu Street Festival with 3 Fashion shows; 25 Art tents; international Cuisine; and Entertainment including Cirque Hawai’I and the Hawai’I Opera Theater. Keiki activities are scheduled in nearby shops. Fashion shows are at 11:30, 2, and 4 and festivities continue til 6pm this Saturday on Nu’uanu street downtown. Runs 3:32.

UH Manoa Faculty Art Exhibit

Administrator — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:36:24 +0000

Thursday, October 12. Five key members of the UH Manoa Art Department retired last year, including the Department Chair, John Wisnosky, a prominent local painter who passed away just a few months ago. Fiber artist, Pat Hickman, Japanese art history professor Willa Tanabe, gallery director Tom Klobe and department secretary Amy Oshiro all left distinguished legacies. On the occasion of the Annual Faculty Exhibit, HPR’s Noe Tanigawa spoke with the new UH Manoa Art Department Chair, Gaye Chan. The UH Manoa Faculty Art Exhibition is on view at the Art Building Gallery through October 20th, weekdays from 10:30 am to 4 pm and Sundays from noon to 4pm. Volunteers are needed to help construct a full sized airplane inside the gallery for the upcoming exhibition, “Reconstructing Memories.” Runs 3:52.

Naupaka - A Hawaiian Love Story

Administrator — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:36:12 +0000

Friday, October 6. An ambitious multi-media opera, “Naupaka - A Hawaiian Love Story” premieres Saturday night at Leeward Community College Theater. In Hawaiian with English super titles, “Naupaka” combines chant, kiho’alu (slack key), dance, drama, and digital sound and projections in a unique theater experience. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa offers this preview. “Naupaka: a Hawaiian Love Story,” is sold out on O`ahu but will tour to the Maui Arts and Cultural Center and the Kahilu Theatre on the Big Island. Runs 3:07.

Contemporary Tahitian Literature - Part II

Administrator — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:36:00 +0000

Thursday, October 5. French Polynesia is composed of 118 atolls and islands, including 5 archipelagos stretched over a nearly 100 thousand square mile area in the South Pacific. Tahiti is the largest island, home to about 70% of French Polynesia’s 250 thousand inhabitants. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa continues a discussion with authors featured in Varua Tupu, a collection of new writing from the region. A colloquium on Ma’ohi language and literature is set for 3 pm this afternoon at the UHManoa English Department. Varua Tupu: New Writing from French Polynesia is available at bookstores around the state. Check manoajournal.hawaii.edu. Runs 4:27.

Contemporary Tahitian Literature

Administrator — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:49:15 +0000

Tuesday, October 3. A celebration of Tahitian literature and culture is underway in Honolulu with the publication of Varua Tupu, the first English translation of contemporary Tahitian writing. Varua Tupu, the latest edition of Manoa: A Pacific Journal, includes poetry, essays, and artwork that bring contemporary French Polynesia to life. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa offers the first of two conversations with contributing writers. | The public is invited to a reading by writers featured in Varua Tupu at Native Books/Na Mea Hawai`i, Ward Warehouse, tonight, 7-9 pm. A panel discussion on contemporary Tahitian literature is set for Thursday, October 5th at the UHM English Department. For more information, check manoajournal.hawaii.edu. Runs: 3:38.

Donald Clark: Making a Living in Crafts

Administrator — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:49:01 +0000

Friday, September 29. The Hawai’i Craftsmen Annual Juried Exhibition is known as the premier showcase for fine crafts from across the state. The deadline for entries begins Sunday on Kaua’i, as juror Donald Clark makes his way across the Island chain, judging works and offering lectures on his specialty, the business end of art. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports. | Artists are invited to submit works for the Hawai’i Craftsmen 39th Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition, on view October 14-29 at the Linekona Art Center, Honolulu. Beginning Sunday, Donald Clark will jury submissions and offer workshops on “Making a Living in Crafts” on four Islands, adding a slide lecture on fine crafts, at the Honolulu Academy of Arts Monday, October 9th. For more information, check www.hawaiicraftsmen.org. To view works in Clark’s gallery check www.ferringallery.com. Runs: 3:25

Seeing Red at the Pegge Hopper Gallery

Administrator — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:48:50 +0000

Thursday, September 28. Public posters were at one time a dominant means of communication. They were tools for conveying information, then advertising, and beginning in World War I, propaganda. “Seeing Red,” an exhibit now at the Pegge Hopper Gallery in Honolulu, shows the impact they continue to possess. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports. | “Seeing Red: 35 Designers Confront Contemporary Issues” runs through October at the Pegge Hopper Gallery on Nu`uanu Avenue downtown. A companion exhibit next door features poster art by students of Le Jardin Academy. For information on the project, check www.seeing-red.net. Runs: 3:24

The Future of Music

Administrator — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:48:41 +0000

Friday, September 22. Composer, futurist, and head of UH Maui’s Music Department, Dr. Robert Wehrman, hosts a weekly exploration of “new music” on HPR entitled “Mirror of the New.” This Sunday in a special afternoon lecture, he will examine the past and offer predictions about music’s brave new future. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa offers this preview. | Robert Wehrman looks ahead to “The Future of Music” this Sunday, 2 pm, at HPR’s Atherton Studio. Call 955-8821 for reservations. His weekly program, “Mirror of the New,” runs Sundays, 8-9 pm on 88.1 KHPR. A program of new music and visuals, “Music of the Spheres II” is set for October 14th at Windward Community College’s Imaginarium. UH professor Tom Rosenkrantz performs Charles Ives next month at HPR’s Atherton Studio. Runs: 3:52

Discover Recycling Fair 2006

Administrator — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:22:29 +0000

Tuesday, September 19. Last year more than forty five hundred people revved up for recycling at Honolulu’s Discover Recycling Fair, discovering easy ways to convert their ‘opala, or refuse, into new uses, including fundraising. O’ahu schools have already made over a million dollars through recycling bins on their campuses. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa checks O’ahu’s progress, with the 2006 Recycling Fair this weekend. Runs 3:42.