Shows &events
Music, food and Art-After-Dark this evening in Holualoa
The shops and art galleries of historic Holualoa Village will celebrate local art and music this evening from 5:30-8:30 pm. More than a dozen studios and stores will stay open late to welcome friends and visitors with new artwork, food and music.
For music, Dr. Tim’s Medicine Band will be performing on the Ipu Arts Plus lanai and Dave Lawrence will be at Koa Realty. Maestro Andrew Sweeney will be delivering songs and keyboard tunes in front of the Holualoa Gallery and “A Work of Art” gallery will host musical guest Abraham “Bubba” Meyers, a local artist who was a contestant on both Hawaiian Idol and finalist on America’s Got Talent. Mauka Highnotes will be playing on the lanai of the Holualoa Ukulele Gallery all evening.
Artists Mike and Terry Field will show some of their new works and debut original photography by David Darbyshire, new jewelry designs and woodworks by Wooden Classics Hawaii. Pat Pearlman Designs in the Kona Hotel will be showcasing aquamarine, March’s birthstone, in necklaces, pendants, earrings and rings and the newly expanded Holualoa Ukulele Gallery will spotlight instruments that look as good as they sound on their newly painted walls. The Glyph Art Gallery is presenting new oil paintings by Julie Mai, as well as new work by David Kawika Gallegos, Carol Tredway, Lisa Bunge and Peter Heineman.
Parking is available at the village parking lot.
Info: www.holualoahawaii.com.
HPA hosts 24th annual Ukulele Festival
“Peace-Love-Ukulele: Make a Better Place for You and for Me” is the theme of Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s 24th annual Ukulele Festival. The performance, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the school’s Gates Performing Arts Center.
More than 150 students from HPA, Kealakehe Intermediate School, Parker Middle School, and Waikoloa School will perform under the direction of Dagan Bernstein and Georgia Polakova (HPA); Gloria Juan (Kealakehe), Sara Lilley (Parker), and Lani Opunui (Waikoloa).
Highlights include all students performing “Imagine,” “Wavin’ Flag,” “Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” with a hula, and a Michael Jackson medley.
Info: 885-2500 or www.hpa.edu.
Library hosting painted trees lecture
Photographer Kelly Dunn will share a lecture on painted trees Tuesday at the Kailua-Kona Public Library.
Dunn, founder of Art for A Cause Painted Trees of Hawaii, has preserved in time the unique Eucalyptus deglupta trees of Hawaii. These trees, which are particular to the Aloha State, reveal a stunning palette of color as they naturally shed their bark. No two trees are the same; each tree is as unique as a fingerprint.
The lecture, which runs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., is free and appropriate for all ages. Attendees will receive a free autographed photo card.
Dunn will also offer a similar lecture at 5:15 p.m. on March 29 at the Kealakekua Public Library.
Info: www.paintedtreeshawaii.org.
DMAC plans artists talk Thursday
Donkey Mill Art Center hosts a free artists talk with Erik Omundson and Kristin Shiga from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Omundson studied art and architecture at Montana State University, and is a talented technician who is excited to share his experiences and skills with students at Donkey Mill Art Center. He will be working closely with the center’s ceramics studio assistants and program director to ensure that the ceramics department continues to thrive and grow.
Originally from New York City, Shiga comes to Donkey Mill Art Center following 20 years living and working in Portland. Her various professional roles have included gallery director at Museum of Contemporary Craft, extension program director at Oregon College of Art and Craft and conference director for the Society of North American Goldsmiths. She currently serves as chair of the Board of Trustees of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine.
Shiga comes from a long line of teachers, and has taught classes and workshops in various craft media and mindfulness practice around the world since 1992. She has established successful metalsmithing programs at art centers in Portland and New York, and is looking forward to returning to the metals studio at DMAC, which she helped launch during her residency last year.
As a maker, Shiga is inspired by her participation in various collaborations, including the biennial EMMA International Collaboration in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CollaboratioNZ in Whangarei, New Zealand, and Hawaii Artist Collaboration in Holualoa. Her work is featured in numerous publications, including “Art Jewelry Today,” “The Art of Enameling” and several of Lark Books’ “500” series. She has shown her work internationally, and is included in notable collections, such as the Kamm Artful Teapot collection and the Permanent Collection of the White House.
Info: www.donkeymillartcenter.org.
Storm Large makes Kahilu debut
Vocal superstar Storm Large, of Pink Martini, and her band Le Bonheur will perform sublime and subversive interpretations of the American Songbook at 7 p.m. March 11 at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea.
“Le Bonheur” (French for “The Happiness”) draws inspiration from a rich and varied musical tradition; Storm shares her vision of a genre-free world, collecting songs born of French theatrical chanson, jazz standard, heavy metal, smokehouse lounge, and a handful of originals, and stitching them all together into her own singular sonic tapestry to create an unrestrained and impassioned exploration of love, desire, and truth.
Storm is a musician, actor, playwright and author who shot to national prominence in 2006 as a finalist on the CBS show “Rock Star: Supernova,” where despite having been eliminated in the week before the finale, she built a fan base that follows her around the world to this day.
She spent the 1990s singing in clubs throughout San Francisco. Tired of the club scene, she moved to Portland to pursue a new career as a chef, but the last-minute cancellation in 2002 at the Portland club “Dante’s” turned into a standing Wednesday night engagement for Storm and her new band, “The Balls.” It wasn’t long before Storm had a cult-like following in Portland and a renewed singing career that was about to be launched onto the international stage.
Storm made her debut as guest vocalist with the band Pink Martini in April 2011, singing four sold-out concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She continues to perform with the band, touring nationally and internationally, and she was featured on their CD, “Get Happy.” Storm has also sung with Grammy Award winner k.d. lang, pianist Kirill Gerstein, punk rocker John Doe, singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer George Clinton.
Doors open at 6 for the 7 p.m. performance. Because of language and adult content, the program is suitable for audiences ages 17 and up.
In the Kahilu Galleries, the exhibit Solo Exhibits 2017 will be on display featuring works by Eli Baxter, Margaret Shields, and Jean René Leblanc.
Tickets are $20 to $68 and are available for purchase online at www.kahilutheatre.org, by calling 885-6868, or at the Kahilu Theatre Box Office from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on weekdays.
Info: www.kahilutheatre.org.
Calls for entries
Open call for art, critical essays delineating queer
The East Hawaii Cultural Council issues a broad, open call for visual works and critical essays that engage a delineation of queer and response to the unsustainable resurgence of global conservative agenda. The presentation is organized in support of the University of Hawaii at Hilo LGBTQ+ Center and Hawaii Island Pride community.
Submissions will be curated by a panel of four Hawaii-based visual artists/scholars, and selected for presentation in the main exhibition galleries through the month of May 2017.
The open call is for one to three original works in any visual media; essays and artist statements are limited to 1,000 words. A prepaid return shipping label must accompany all art works sent for this exhibition. No fee is required to submit for digital review, which begins on April 3.
On April 10, the panel will notify artists of their selection and works by arrive to EHCC by April 26. The center will exhibit selected works from May 5 to May 27.
Info: Michael Marshall at mdmarsha@ehcc.org, www.ehcc.org.
Announcements
Carlos Santana returns
to Hawaii for 2 shows
Grammy Award-winning rock icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carlos Santana and his band Santana bring two performances of the Transmogrify Tour to Hawaii to perform passion-filled songs from their 40 years of career, including fan favorites from Woodstock to Supernatural and beyond.
Shows are at 7 p.m. on April 30 at Blaisdell Arena on Oahu and 7:30 p.m. on May 2 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. Tickets for the Oahu concert go on sale on Saturday. MACC members will be able purchase tickets for the show on Maui starting at 10 a.m. Saturday and the public will have access to tickets starting at 11 a.m.
The sound of Carlos Santana is one of the world’s best-known musical signatures. Santana continues to be the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural and geographical boundaries. Santana has sold more than 100 million records in their 40-plus-year career. Santana is currently headlining a multi-year residency at House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. In fall 2014, Carlos Santana released his memoir “The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light.”
Tickets for the Oahu show range in price from $59 to $149 and go on sale Saturday at the Blaisdell Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling (800) 745-3000. Tickets for the Maui show are $65 to $149 and will be on sale for MACC members on Saturday at the MACC Box Office, by calling 242-SHOW and online at www.mauiarts.org.
Classes &workshops
Beginning pastels
workshop offered
Jin An Wong, an award winning artist, animator and filmmaker, will teach an introductory workshop on pastels and the techniques used to create a still-life painting on March 18 in South Kona.
The workshop will run from noon to 3 p.m. at the Society for Kona’s Education and Art in Honaunau. Cost is $25 for SKEA members and $30 for nonmembers. The price includes all supplies. Registration is required.
Info: 328-9392 or skea@hawaii.rr.com.
APAC plans spring
break workshop
Aloha Performing Arts Company will offer an acting workshop “Keiki Intro to Theatre” from 9 a.m. to noon March 20-24 at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu.
The instructor, Emma Lou, a drama teacher, actress, and poet who recently relocated to Kona, independently founded Beartooth Actors Workshop, a young actors theater camp in Montana.
“Keiki Intro to Theatre” is for beginning and intermediate actors, ages 8 to 2, who want to develop and grow as actors. Students will learn basic stage skills and vocabulary, and will begin to examine physical and emotional character development. No previous acting experience is necessary.
Tuition is $125. Sibling discounts are available. Enrollment is limited, so early registration is recommended. Students can be enrolled online at www.alohatheatre.com, or by calling 322-9924 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
Info: 322-9924.
Kona Dance and Performing Arts offers dance intensive
Kona Dance and Performing Arts, Kealakekua, offers a three-day dance intensive for youth ages 8 and up over spring break, March 21 through March 23.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, youth will take part in jazz, hip-hop, breakdance, contact movement, and choreography with professional teachers in an open and creative environment. The intensive will culminate in a final showing of everything learned. Cost is $135.
Info: 657-4473, www.konadanceand-performingarts.org
Spring Art Camp offered
The Society for Kona’s Education and Art in Honaunau will host a Spring Art Camp running 8:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. March 20-24 for students ages 6 to 11.
Local artists and crafters will be creating with students through clay, painting, drawing, dance, drama and mixed media projects, outdoor games, and performance.
Tuition is $145. A discount is offered for those registering before March 13. Scholarships are also available.
Info: 328-9392 or www.skea.org.
