By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on February 23, 2019
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on February 23, 2019
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Born and raised in Makaha, 18-year-old island/pop recording artist MiMi grew up singing at home, but it wasn’t until she was 15 that she started thinking of it as a career.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on February 16, 2019 • Updated on February 17, 2019 at 9:02 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on February 16, 2019 • Updated on February 17, 2019 at 9:02 am
Born in Vancouver, Canada, to parents active in martial arts, Angela Lee was already following in their footsteps when they brought the family to Hawaii several years later.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on February 9, 2019 • Updated on February 9, 2019 at 5:31 pm
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on February 9, 2019 • Updated on February 9, 2019 at 5:31 pm
Kevan Scott has contributed to Hawaii’s arts and entertainment scene as a journalist, a gofer for famed entertainment entrepreneur John F. Leonard, a radio show host and a niche-market concert promoter.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on February 2, 2019 • Updated on February 2, 2019 at 5:38 pm
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on February 2, 2019 • Updated on February 2, 2019 at 5:38 pm
After 18 years managing Paliku Theatre at Windward Community College and producing shows there, Tom Holowach, 68, is retiring effective Feb. 28.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on January 20, 2019 • Updated on January 21, 2019 at 10:36 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on January 20, 2019 • Updated on January 21, 2019 at 10:36 am
Chev-Vaughn Lum is making his debut as a leading man, starring as Princeton opposite Jody Bill as Kate Monster, in Manoa Valley Theatre’s production of “Avenue Q,” which runs through Feb. 10.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on January 13, 2019 • Updated on January 15, 2019 at 11:20 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on January 13, 2019 • Updated on January 15, 2019 at 11:20 am
Kurt Kaminaka recently completed work on his first film, “Tales of the Circle Keys,” about a writer who becomes obsessed with a character he created while writing the screenplay for his first film.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on December 23, 2018 • Updated on December 23, 2018 at 12:39 pm
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on December 23, 2018 • Updated on December 23, 2018 at 12:39 pm
Norm Winter was 15 and living in Los Angeles when he started buying and selling used records. It was the start of a career that has included retail record sales, wholesaling and broadcasting.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on December 16, 2018
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on December 16, 2018
Alan Wu was 9 and spoke no English when his family came to Hawaii from Taiwan. He now co-owns Doctors of Waikiki, an urgent care facility in the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on December 9, 2018
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on December 9, 2018
Mpho Moloi Ernst, 24, was born after apartheid ended in 1994, but the legal system of strict racial segregation that divided South Africans by skin color is part of her heritage.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on December 2, 2018 • Updated on December 4, 2018 at 12:19 pm
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on December 2, 2018 • Updated on December 4, 2018 at 12:19 pm
In the 58 years since William Robinson Jr., had his first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart — a million-seller titled “Shop Around”— the man known to millions of fans around the world as “Smokey” has been one of most important figures in contemporary American music.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on November 25, 2018
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on November 25, 2018
The past year has been a big one for Jonah Ray, Kailua-born star of Joel Hodgson’s reboot of the cult TV series, “Mystery Science Theater 3000.”
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on November 18, 2018
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on November 18, 2018
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The possibility that Hurricane Lane might devastate Honolulu didn’t keep Engelbert Humperdinck, 82, from appearing as promised for two shows at the Hawaii Theatre in August.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on November 11, 2018
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on November 11, 2018
When Kapono Na‘ili‘ili is on stage with Moses Goods in Honolulu Theatre for Youth’s production of “Paniolo: Stories and Songs from the Hawaiian Cowboy,” he’s drawing on personal experience.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on November 4, 2018 • Updated on November 4, 2018 at 9:14 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on November 4, 2018 • Updated on November 4, 2018 at 9:14 am
Chloe Aquino, 20, was born and raised in Kailua and is majoring in psychology at Argosy University while also working on her next CD single. She also recently donated her time as a model for a calendar sold to support breast-cancer awareness.
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