Ride will honor dead motorcyclist
A retired Navy officer who died in a motorcycle accident March 31 will be honored Nov. 20 with a special "Ride to Remember" around Oahu.
The Naval Information Operations Command Hawaii Chief Petty Officers Association and Hawaii Pacific University are sponsoring the ride to fund a scholarship for diplomacy and military studies in honor of retired Command Master Chief John David Tyner, a Waipahu resident who was pursuing a graduate degree at HPU.
Tyner, who served 29 years in the Navy, instructed submarine engineers at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and was two classes short of completing his degree, which was conferred posthumously. "David Tyner was a true hero to his country, a top-notch scholar and a wonderful person to know," Justin Vance, assistant professor of history at HPU, said in a statement.
The motorcycle ride will begin at 8 a.m. at Moanalua Gardens and travel through East Honolulu to Sandy Beach and Waimanalo before taking the H-3 to Keaiwa Heiau State Park in Aiea, and end at South Seas Motorcycles in Waipahu, where lunch, live music and door prizes will be provided.
Volunteers are needed at stops at Sandy Beach and Aiea to provide water to the riders.
Volunteer photographers are also needed. Visit www.thestrategicallies.com/ridetoremember or email ridetoremember2011@gmail.com to volunteer. Contact Margi Ulveling of alumni relations at HPU at 544-0273 or mulveling@hpu.edu for scholarship information.
Hawaii reggae band to bring tour home
The Green will return home for three concerts as part of the Hawaii band’s national tour in support of its new "Ways & Means" CD.
Promoter BAMP Project announced concerts Nov. 25 at the Waterfront at Aloha Tower, Dec. 2 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and Dec. 4 at Kilohana Pavilion on Kauai.
The Green burst onto the music scene last year with the launch of its debut self-titled album. The album was named iTunes’ best reggae album of 2010 and captured the trophy for best reggae album at this year’s Na Hoku Hanohano Awards. The group’s roots reggae revival continued with last month’s release of its sophomore album, "Ways & Means," on Easy Star Records, which features doses of R&B, soul and pop.
Doors open for the 21-and-older Honolulu show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25, $50 VIP; buy at www.groovetickets.com, www.bampproject.com, Local Motion stores, military ITT Offices and the University of Hawaii Campus Center.
Tickets for the all-ages Maui show are $25; www. mauiarts.org, MACC box office, charge by phone at 242-SHOW.
The Kauai concert is for those 16 and older; tickets are $28, www.groovetickets.com, Deja Vu Surf Hawaii at Kukui Grove, Rainbow Gas and Mini Mart and Pono Market in Kapaa, City Liquor in Lihue and Progressive Expressions in Koloa.
The Green’s website is thegreen808.com.
Students and teachers show work at WCC
The diversely talented art faculty at Windward Community College shows its chops at the campus’ Gallery ‘Iolani in "Ua Lanipili (cloudburst)," on display through Nov. 21.
The teacher/artist lineup includes Jonathan Busse, Norman Graffam, Mark Hamasaki, Snowden Hodges, Lufi Luteru, Antoinette Martin, Rob Molyneux, Bryce Myers and Jordon Souza.
WCC’s art department offers classes in ceramics, design and color, drawing and painting, gallery design and management, photography, screen printing, sculpture, wood carving and fiber arts. The school also offers a six-week summer intensive workshop, Atelier Hawaii, in classical realism after the European masters.
Gallery ‘Iolani, located adjacent to Paliku Theatre, is open 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays to Fridays and Sundays, and 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays. Call 236-9155 or visit www.gallery.wcc.hawaii.edu.
