Features Premium http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium RSS Feed for FeaturesPremium en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 11:43:32 GMT The Velvet Baritone http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519_The_Velvet_Baritone.html Seen on stage, Gary Aiko looks the part of a traditional Hawaiian singer. And, yes, he is a cultural icon who represents a grand era in island music. He is one of the great Hawaiian baritones of the 20th century and, with the evolution of Hawaiian and hapa haole music in recent decades, perhaps the last. "I do!" Hawaii couples share their wedding moment http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519_I_do_Hawaii_couples_share_their_wedding_moment.html Sharkey and Wong. Mawae and Eder. Garcia and Bensley. Published May 19. Married in the last six months? Share that special moment with our readers! Falsetto favored as promising artist http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519_Falsetto_favored_as_promising_artist.html Kamakakehau Fernandez of Maui is the odds-on favorite to be named most promising artist in the 2013 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards to be announced Saturday by the Hawai‘i Academy of Recording Arts. Triple threat http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519__Triple_threat.html The three Geminis — Hamilton Kobayashi, Harry Tsuchidana and the legendary (though he would say "overexposed") Satoru Abe —began hanging out with each other in Kobayashi's Kaimuki frame shop. Author returns to land of inspiration http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519_Author_returns_to_land_of_inspiration.html Award-winning novelist Susanna Moore, whose books include "The Whiteness of Bones," set in the islands, the erotic thriller "In the Cut," and the dark prison tale "The Big Girls," is returning to Honolulu as a special guest at this weekend's 8th Annual Hawaii Book and Music Festival. Whodunit overcomes implausible beginning http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519__Whodunit_overcomes_implausible_beginning.html I almost stopped reading Charley Memminger's debut novel, "Aloha Lady Blue," on page 28. He was laying out the crime scene — a taro patch in one of the priciest real estate sections in Hawaii. Right. No one — even poi lovers — grows taro in posh urban neighborhoods. ''Ewa' brilliantly evokes local feel http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519__Ewa_brilliantly_evokes_local_feel.html The best Hawaii fiction provides a sense of place, a sense of time and an authentic representation of the collective local culture. "‘Ewa Which Way" accomplishes all of these checkpoints and more. 2 Hawaii-filmed movies include local entertainers http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519_2_Hawaiifilmed_movies_include_local_entertainers.html Two prominent Hawaii entertainers — Cha Thompson and Loretta Ables Sayre — are in the midst of filming separate movies on two islands. Thompson is portraying a Hawaiian soothsayer in "Behind the Rainbow," a German movie directed by Judith Kennel being filmed on Maui. 'Mad Men' star Kartheiser heads to isle film festival http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519_Mad_Men_star_Kartheiser_heads_to_isle_film_festival.html When Vincent Kartheiser sheds the Brooks Brothers suit that belongs to Pete Campbell, his uptight character on the AMC series "Mad Men," he turns into a pretty simple guy. 'Incarnation' concludes with startling revelations http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20130519_Incarnation_concludes_with_startling_revelations.html This week's synopses of Korean TV dramas includes: "That Winter, the Wind Blows"; "Jang Ok Jung, Living by Love"; "All About My Romance"; and "Incarnation of Money"