By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on September 15, 2018 • Updated on September 16, 2018 at 8:30 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on September 15, 2018 • Updated on September 16, 2018 at 8:30 am
Roger Ewens recently worked with a team of technicians and cultural designers in creating the costumes and accessories for “Huki,” PCC’s new afternoon canoe celebration show that opened Aug. 18 in Laie.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on September 8, 2018 • Updated on September 9, 2018 at 7:55 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on September 8, 2018 • Updated on September 9, 2018 at 7:55 am
Ginny Tiu’s father always locked his piano before he went to work so that none of his seven children could “bang on it” when he was away. One day when Ginny was 3-1/2 he forgot. Tiu got her chance to play and her father became her first teacher.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on August 25, 2018 • Updated on August 26, 2018 at 7:00 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on August 25, 2018 • Updated on August 26, 2018 at 7:00 am
Born and raised in Honolulu, a Mid-Pacific Institute and University of Hawaii at Manoa grad, Alvin Chan has had a remarkable career in theater.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on August 11, 2018 • Updated on August 12, 2018 at 10:22 pm
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on August 11, 2018 • Updated on August 12, 2018 at 10:22 pm
At 98, Lillian Yajima is active in several community organizations, helps raise money for Kuakini Hospital’s senior care facility, and teaches hula to “younger women” in assisted-living facilities.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on August 4, 2018 • Updated on August 6, 2018 at 10:37 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on August 4, 2018 • Updated on August 6, 2018 at 10:37 am
Sonny Ching and Lopaka Igarta-De Vera will present the fourth annual Ho‘olau Kanaka O‘ahu Ka ‘Onihi O Na Ka, a Hawaiian culture and arts festival, on August 11.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on July 14, 2018 • Updated on July 15, 2018 at 6:48 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on July 14, 2018 • Updated on July 15, 2018 at 6:48 am
Peter Rockford Espiritu celebrated his 55th birthday with a combination fundraiser and sponsors’ preview of his next production, “Ho‘ina,” on June 27 at Stage Restaurant in the Honolulu Design Center.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on July 8, 2018
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on July 8, 2018
Patrick Fujioka was a junior at Saint Louis School when he was cast in the school’s production of “Arms and the Man.” Theater has been part of his life ever since.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on July 1, 2018 • Updated on July 3, 2018 at 12:29 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on July 1, 2018 • Updated on July 3, 2018 at 12:29 am
Jeff Brackett grew up in Portland, Ore. He studied music and chemistry at Portland State University for a year, then, in 2009, he left Oregon for Maui to work on a farm and study yoga.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on June 17, 2018
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on June 17, 2018
Penelope Ng Pack, who placed third runner-up in the Miss Hawaii competition last year, bounced back to win the title of Miss Chinatown Hawaii in September, and was crowned Miss Hawaii 2018 on June 2.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on June 10, 2018 • Updated on June 9, 2018 at 6:18 pm
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on June 10, 2018 • Updated on June 9, 2018 at 6:18 pm
George Takei is known worldwide for his portrayal of Lieutenant Sulu in the 1960s television series “Star Trek” and its feature film sequels, but in the last decade he has been working on a project of deeply personal importance.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on June 3, 2018
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on June 3, 2018
Zachary Linnert had completed graduate school and was living in New Jersey when he started looking for a job in school administration. He found one — and it happened to be in Hawaii.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on May 26, 2018
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on May 26, 2018
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Jordan and Aaron Kandell are close — even for twins. They shared a room growing up together in Honolulu, graduated from ‘Iolani School together, and were roommates at the University of Southern California, where they studied film and creative writing.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on May 13, 2018 • Updated on May 11, 2018 at 8:27 pm
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on May 13, 2018 • Updated on May 11, 2018 at 8:27 pm
Kilin Reece grew up a California skateboarder and, like many skateboarders, he became skilled at taking skateboards apart and putting them back together. When Reece got interested in string instruments, he started taking them apart as well.
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By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com on May 6, 2018 • Updated on May 6, 2018 at 1:32 am
By John Berger jberger@staradvertiser.com Posted on May 6, 2018 • Updated on May 6, 2018 at 1:32 am
When Claire Chao began working on her mother’s oral history in 2008 she anticipated it would be a few anecdotal stories about her mother’s experiences growing up in a wealthy family in pre-Communist Shanghai. Instead it grew into a multigenerational epic.
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