Do It: Windward Carnival, Silent Disco, Te Aito, PechaKucha

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

>> Carnival marks Windward Mall’s 35th anniversary

E.K. Fernandez is joining Windward Mall in celebrating the windward landmark’s 35th anniversary with a second annual Windward Carnival in the mall’s parking lot on Alaloa Street.

Carnival entertainment includes H Trey with Jasmine Idica Friday at 8:30 p.m. The Kennedy Taylor Band appears Saturday at 7 p.m., followed by Hoku Award-winner Josh Tatofi at 8:30 p.m. Culture Nation makes music at 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by Augie T at 4:30.

As those old late-night commercials used to say, there’s more: Kapena — Kelly “Kelly Boy” De Lima and his talented ohana — plays at 5 p.m. Saturday inside the air-conditioned mall. 94.6 KUMU morning show member Tehani Gonzado will emcee the show at the mall’s center court. Halau Kawaiuloaokala will also perform.

Admission to the carnival grounds is free, but an E.K. Fernandez Shows Fun Pass is required to ride the rides, play games, and purchase food and beverages. Discounted rides will be offered all day Sunday.

— John Berger, Star-Advertiser

FRIDAY

>> Silent disco makes its way to Mighty Mo

There’s a party pending on the deck of the Mighty Mo, with neon lights and beats from the best DJs. But onlookers won’t hear a sound.

The memorial is hosting its first Silent Disco event at the Battleship Missouri Memorial this evening, hopping on a silent-disco trend that has been building across the country as a way to hold a party without sharing the noise. Organizers call it a “fresh, new approach to pau hana partying.”

Patrons listen to beats transmitted live over channels mixed by different DJs and synced to specialized wireless headsets. Everyone can dance at the same time, but not necessarily to the same beat. All it takes is the flip of a switch to change the playlist.

“There’s nowhere else in Hawaii where a person can experience this fun, new social experience with the backdrop of Pearl Harbor aboard America’s last battleship,” said Jaclyn Hawse, director of communications for the USS Missouri Memorial Association.

The Silent Disco party is open to those ages 18 and above. Tickets are $20 and include the wireless headsets, twilight tours of the Mighty Mo and complimentary shuttle service to and from the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center.

>> Artists to share work in concise format

The focus will be on females and feminism at PechaKucha Night, a provocative evening of images and oration at the Honolulu Museum of Art School.

PechaKucha is a kind of presentation format in which a speaker shows 20 slides and speaks for 20 seconds on each. First presented in 2003 in Japan as a way for up-and-coming designers to present their work in a quick, easy format, PechaKucha has now spread to more than 900 cities worldwide.

“It’s 20 seconds on 20 images, so it’s a very short, very fast presentation,” said Sara Smith, who organizes PechaKucha nights for the museum school.

The school has been hosting PechaKucha Nights for the last few years, encompassing themes like plastic, ink and style. Friday’s theme, “Female,” was chosen because of the emergence of the issue not only in politics but also to give voice to feminism within the artistic community, Smith said.

“We have several strong female artists in Hawaii, but they don’t get the chance to talk about their artwork on such a scope,” Smith said.

Speakers for the night include Amanda Ellis, a Visiting Senior Fellow at the East-West Center, talking about women’s issues in the 21st century; artist Terra Keck, an arts student at the University of Hawaii-Manoa; artist Lauren Chai, a former Hawaii resident now based in Texas; drag performer Marina Del Rey; and comic book illustrators Michael Ceballos and Matt Ortiz.

>> Menswear show to feature reggae/R&B artist Irie Love

Food and craft beer will be available for purchase from Gordon Biersch’s pop-up.

See the latest in Polynesian design from new clothing brand Te Aito, an offshoot of Tahitian-based clothing and lifestyle brand Hinano, which debuts its new line of men’s fashions at a launch party Friday at Artistry Honolulu in Kakaako.

Live models will mingle with the crowd to present the new fashions, a luxury men’s line that includes classic and slim-fit aloha shirts in unique prints for men, as well as aloha shirts for boys. The word “aito” means “iron wood,” a reference to its extreme strength as well as a term for warrior.

Local reggae/R&B artist Irie Love will spice up the proceedings with the debut of her new single, “Made in the Islands,” and the world premiere of her music video.

“I’m so excited about this video because it encompasses all that I am as an artist at this point,” Love said. “It is an homage to my pride for being a native island woman. It’s regal. It’s mana-full! I can’t wait to share it with all my islanders around the world.”

— Nina Wu, Star-Advertiser