Jazz concert benefits Donkey Mill Art Center
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Donkey Mill Art Center is presenting the Bill Noble Jazz Combo for Holiday Affair 2014 at 4:30 p.m Saturday. A native of Kohala, Noble is an accomplished saxophone, flute and clarinet player and composer whose resume includes performances with Ray Charles, Gladys Knight and The Temptations. He recently opened for Jennifer Hudson at the Maui Ritz Carlton.
For Holiday Affair 2014, his jazz combo will bring the finest island musicians together for an evening of Latin and jazz favorites. Donkey Mill Art Center supporters will enjoy a the jazz experience while bidding on original works of art and mingling with friends with beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres. Tickets are $60 per person with limited seating.
This benefit concert and silent art auction is a fundraiser for Donkey Mill Art Center. For more information, visit donkeymillartcenter.org or call 322-3362.
Kona Choral Society plans holiday concerts
The Kona Choral Society kicks off its concert series for the holidays Dec. 7 at the Kaleiopapa Convention Center at the Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa, Keauhou Bay, performing Franz Schubert’s “Mass in G” and George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah.” The event begins at 3 p.m. with pre-concert music presented by the Kona Choral Society Youth Chorus and no-host refreshments. The concert begins at 4 p.m. Tickets at $20 for adults, $5 for full-time students and are available at Kona Bay Books, Kona Stories Book Store in Keauhou or by visiting konachoralsociety.org or calling 334-9880.
“Joy to the World,” the organization’s free holiday concert for the community co-sponsored by Hawaii County begins at 4 p.m. Dec. 20 at Old Kona Airport Park Makaeo Events Pavilion. A repeat performance of “Joy to the World” will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 21 at the same site.
For more information visit konachoralsociety.org.
Hospital Auxiliary plans fundraising art and kite festival
The Kona Community Hospital Auxiliary is planning the first Art at the Pavilion-and Kite Festival. The festival will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 7 at the Old Kona Airport Park Makaeo Events Pavilion and will feature leading and emerging Big Island artists, food and entertainment. Proceeds from admission tickets and auxiliary tables will go toward the purchase of fetal monitors, new bassinets and help provide nursing scholarships.
Interested artists should visit kchauxiliary.org to print an event application and for more information. Application deadline for artists is Dec. 15. For festival information, call Kirsten Carlson at 937-6193 or Dee Faessler at 326-2796.
Presentation about Kahoolawe given at Kahilu Theatre
Filmmaker David H. Kalama Jr.’s film, “Kahoolawe — The Taking Away,” about the smallest, yet most controversial Hawaiian island, comes to the Kahilu Theatre at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Winner of the Best Hawaii Picture award of the 1999 Hawaii International Film Festival, “Kahoolawe” chronicles the years-long effort by Native Hawaiians to recover their sacred island used as a military bombing range.
After the film, the audience can talk story with the filmmaker. Kalama will also conduct a workshop from 3:30 to 5 p.m. exploring the question: “What is Hawaiian fine art?”
Tickets are $5 for the film, $10 for the afternoon workshop and are available online at kahilutheatre.org, by calling 885-6868 or at the Kahilu Theatre box office, 67-1186 Lindsey Road, Waimea, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Auditions begin for ‘Evita’ at APAC
Aloha Performing Arts Company will hold open auditions for volunteer singer/actor/dancers of all ages for its spring production of the 1976 Broadway musical “Evita” by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Auditions will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Dec. 15 and 17 at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. A possible invitational call-back audition may be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 18. All roles are available. Rehearsals begin immediately with time off for the holidays and will be conducted Monday through Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons.
Those auditioning will be asked to speak extemporaneously as a personal introduction, sing individually for a minute or less and learn a short movement routine in a group. Appropriate clothing for movement should be worn, including secure, closed shoes. No slippers are allowed. The singing portion of the audition must be part of a song from the show, for which music will be available, or from any other show, if sheet music in the proper key is provided. The default singing audition possibility is the seasonal carol “Let It Snow,” for which music will be available. An accompanist is provided. A capella or karaoke auditions will be not be allowed. Those auditioning will be seen in small groups in order of arrival.
Scripts are available for onsite perusal or for checkout in exchange for a deposit, by arrangement with APAC operations director Suzanne Murdock. For more information, call 322-9924.