FRIDAY
Rock band Citizen will do its duty at Hawaiian Brian’s
Citizen, a Midwestern band that blends diverse styles from the punk-rock era on, visits Hawaiian Brian’s today.
The group formed in 2009, with members from Michigan and Ohio. They gained attention in 2011 with their EP, “Young States,” and delivered on that promise with a debutalbum, “Youth,” in 2013. “Youth” proved popular enough to get the band on the Vans Warped Tour in 2014.
They followed that up with 2015’s “Everybody Is Going to Heaven,” which reached No. 2 on Billboard’s Vinyl Albums chart.
Their music has been described as emo pop, post-hardcore, indie rock, alternative rock and shoegaze.
However you describe it, it’s thickly textured and pleasantly melodic, with lyrics that are intense and heartfelt. The band now consists of Mat Kerekes, lead vocals; Nick Hamm,guitar, vocals; Jake Duhaime, drums; Ryland Oehlers, guitar; and Eric Hamm, bass.
Where: Hawaiian Brian’s, 1680 Kapiolani Blvd.
When: 7 p.m.; doors open at 6
Cost: $25
Info: flavorus.com or 855-235-2867
SATURDAY
Return of violinist tops classical bills
Classical music lovers can rejoice this weekend, with top-quality orchestral and chamber music on tap.
Leading the way is the return of violinist Augustin Hadelich, who earned an extended standing ovation playing Tchaikovsky last year in his Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra debut — after just the first movement. He further endeared himself with the audience by placing lei on conductor JoAnn Falletta at the end of the concert.
His rich tone has drawn comparisons to Golden Age violinists like Jascha Heifetz and Yehudi Menuhin and propelled him to a Grammy this year for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for a recording with the Seattle Symphony.
Hadelich performs Edouard Lalo’s massive “Symphonie Espagnole” with Brazilian maestro Marcelo Lehninger conducting. The program includes Beethoven’s lighthearted Fourth Symphony.
Note:
This week offers more classical music highlights. The Dover String Quartet, a young group from the Curtis Institute of Music, visits the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Orvis Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Sunday with a program of Mozart, Britten and Beethoven; $20-$45. Info: honoluluchambermusicseries.org or 956-8246.
Chamber Music Hawaii’s Spring Wind Quintet, a locally based group, presents a program of Respighi, Puccini and Andrea Strappa’s “Music for the Great Circus of the World” at 7 p.m. Monday at the Doris Duke Theatre, at the UH-West Oahu library at 7 p.m. Tuesday and at Windward Community College’s Paliku Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28; $30. Info: chambermusichawaii.com or 489-5038.
Where: Blaisdell Concert Hall
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday
Cost: $34-$92
Info: ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000
Anniversary gig celebrates ARTS and collaborators
The ARTS at Marks Garage celebrates its 15th year supporting Hawaii’s creative community by taking its annual benefit party to the skies.
This year’s event, Raise the Roof, will be held on top of the low-rise building at the corner of Nuuanu Avenue and North Pauahi Street, with its distinctive, vertically striped design.
An all-inclusive ticket supports ARTS at Marks programs, with tastes and beverages from JJ Dolans, Palete, On Bethel, Grondin French Latin Kitchen and Kona Brewery.
As entertainment, enjoy music from ukulele sensation Taimane, Afro-funk outfit Good Foot and DJ Mr. Nick, and dance performances by Spatial Sculptors.
The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival, which has staged most of its plays within Marks’ intimate theater space, will demonstrate stage fighting techniques.
Improv sketch comedy group On the Spot will surprise and provoke. Young artists will be represented, with Pacific Tongues/Youth Speaks Hawai performing spoken word.
Works by painters Carl Pao and Solomon Enos will be on display, and Culture Shocka will be painting live.
Where: ARTS at Marks Garage (rooftop), 1159 Nuuanu Ave.
When: 6-10 p.m. Saturday
Cost: $80; kids 12 and under free
Info: eventbrite.com, artsatmarks.com or 521-2903
MONDAY
Saxophone player brings his chops to university stage
If you’ve been awake on a late Saturday night at any point during the last, oh, 40 years, chances are you’ve enjoyed “Blue” Lou Marini’s music.
Marini composed and performed the famous theme song for “Saturday Night Live.” His bright and sassy saxophone has landed him recording gigs with a veritable who’s who of pop musicians and bands, including Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Frank Zappa, the Rolling Stones and Steely Dan.
Marini was a member of the seminal rock-jazz band Blood, Sweat and Tears, as well as the Blues Brothers Band, the band that SNL’s John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd took on tour and featured in a comedy film. (Aykroyd is the one who nicknamed Marini “Blue.”)
Marini performs at the University of Hawaii-Manoa Music Department on Monday with guitarist Joe Caro, another top sideman; drummer Marty Fera, who’s played with the late Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh of the Eagles; and local bassist Bruce Hamada.
Where: UH-Manoa Music Building 108
When: 7 p.m. Monday
Cost: $19-$39
Info: outreach.hawaii.edu/community or 956-8246
