Made in Hawaii Festival adds HIFI fashion flair
A collection of Hawaii fashion and jewelry designers will be spotlighted at the Made in Hawaii Festival in the New Products Showcase organized by the state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
The showcase in the Blaisdell Center’s Pikake Room will feature eight Hawaii Fashion Incubator (HIFI) Boutique designers: Alohiwai, Genuine Guava, Indigo Sage, JenStone Jewelry Hawaii, Kai Ea Hawaii Jewelry, Naturally Young at Heart, Route 99 and Sea Swept Hawaii. The brands will stage a 2:15 p.m. fashion show Saturday and Sunday with models from Larson Talent and hair and makeup styled by Paul Brown Hawaii.
Two other organizations participating in DBEDT’s New Product Showcase are the Hawaii Culture and Retail Association, featuring contemporary and traditional products made by Hawaii’s cultural artisans and practitioners; and INNOVATE Hawaii, a program of DBEDT’s High Technology Development Corp. that will showcase five food product manufacturers.
The Made in Hawaii Festival will take place at the Blaisdell Arena and Exhibition Hall 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $5 per person, with children age 6 and younger admitted free. Discount coupons are available at First Hawaiian Bank branches, while supplies last. The first 500 people attending the festival each day will receive a reusable 20th-anniversary Made in Hawaii eco-bag.
Pearlridge Farmers Market will offer postage stamps
Pearlridge Center will be giving away one sheet of U.S. Postal Service "Farmers Markets" stamps to the first 250 customers who shop at five different market vendors and complete a birthday passport beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday. (Pick up passports at the RevoluSun tent.)
This mahalo gift is being offered in celebration of the first birthday of the Farmlovers Pearlridge Farmers Market, which takes place 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays.
The 20-stamp sheet of the first-class "forever" stamps is worth $9.80. The Postal Service unveiled the new stamps Aug. 7.
Shoppers can also enjoy free slices of chocolate haupia layer cake with coffee cream cheese frosting from market vendor Waialua Sweets and Savory.
Visit PearlridgeOnline.com for more information.
Arts center seeks works for Trash & Treasure show
The TEMARI Center for Asian & Pacific Arts invites new artists to submit photographs of their work for consideration for its annual Trash & Treasure event taking place Nov. 2.
Artists may submit three to five digital photos to the Trash & Treasure Screening Committee at TemariTnT2014@gmail.com or mail photos to TEMARI, P.O. Box 12185, Honolulu, HI 96828, Attn: TNT. (Photos will not be returned.)
Artists should include a brief description of their work, prices and a list of fairs or galleries where their work has appeared. Notification of acceptance will be issued by Aug. 22.
T&T started with artists who sold surplus supplies to one another, with the notion that one person’s trash is another’s treasure. New works were later added, and in its 35th year T&T has grown large enough to fill the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii’s Manoa Grand Ballroom.
Entry deadline is Friday for Cherry Blossom pageant
Friday is the last day to enter the 63rd Cherry Blossom Festival queen pageant, set to take place in March.
Applicants must have at least 50 percent Japanese ancestry, be between 19 and 26 years old, unmarried, a U.S. citizen and Hawaii resident, and meet other requirements. A completed registration form, documentation and a $30 application fee is required. Contestants are selected for their dedication to perpetuating Japanese culture, commitment to education and passion for community service. Applications are available online at www.cbfhawaii.com.
For more information, email cbfhawaii.contestantsearch@gmail.com.
