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Entertainment

Johnny Nicholas and band to tour with Honokaa Dragon Jazz Band

Jan. 27, 2023

Honokaa music hero Gary Washburn and the Dragon Jazz Band will team up with Texas blues legend Johnny Nicholas and his band Hell Bent for a circle-island concert tour in February.

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Puna man dances his way into popular Cirque du Soleil show

Jan. 15, 2023

Like so many young people from Hawaii, Kekuahiwi Woods left for Las Vegas to pursue better career opportunities than he could find here at home.

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Film helps renew search for 1st Black Navy pilot’s remains

Jan. 13, 2023

The film “Devotion” reignited efforts to repatriate the remains of Jesse Brown, America’s first Black Navy pilot, who died in 1950 after having to crash land his damaged plane during the Korean War.

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Invitational Masters Show opens today

Jan. 13, 2023

The 37th Invitational Masters Show opens today at Isaacs Art Center at Hawaii Preparatory Academy.

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‘The Talent that Surrounds Us’: Kamuela Philharmonic showcases talent from around Hawaii

Jan. 13, 2023

The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra (KPO) continues its 2022-23 MasterWorks Season at Kahilu Theatre with “The Talent that Surrounds Us” at 2 p.m. Jan. 22.

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Arts and entertainment news at a glance

Jan. 13, 2023

El Sancho and The Magmatics to perform at Gertrude’s Jazz Bar

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Arts and entertainment news at a glance

Jan. 06, 2023

Blue Sea Artisans featuring Rochkovsky in January

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A lion roars on Broadway as box office hauls reveal winners

Jan. 06, 2023

NEW YORK — It was feast or famine at the Broadway box office as 2022 wound down, with eye-popping revenue for popular shows — including a staggering new Broadway record for “The Lion King” — not lifting all strugglers.

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Comedian Pauly Shore to perform in Hilo

Dec. 30, 2022 • Updated 10:25 p.m.

Comedian Pauly Shore performs next month in Hilo.

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History of Ka‘u coffee detailed in new documentary

Dec. 30, 2022

Find out how former sugar workers reinvented themselves to grow award-winning Ka‘u coffee in a new, 20-minute film available via YouTube.

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Maria Bakalova wants to make you feel something

Dec. 30, 2022

LOS ANGELES — When it comes to acting, Maria Bakalova considers herself to be a person of extremes.

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An Iranian masterwork opens with its director behind bars

Dec. 23, 2022 • Updated 11:14 p.m.

NEW YORK — After being arrested for creating antigovernment propaganda in 2010, the Iranian director Jafar Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years. Since then, he’s made five widely acclaimed features.

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OperAloha comes to Waimea: Genre-busting opera performances set for Jan. 14, 2023

Dec. 23, 2022 • Updated 11:15 p.m.

Kahilu Theatre presents OperAloha — an evening of genre-busting opera performances by some of the most exciting emerging voices in opera today — next month.

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WHDT lights up the holidays with ‘The Nutcracker’

Dec. 16, 2022

The West Hawaii Dance Theatre and Academy lights up the holidays by presenting “The Nutcracker” Dec. 23 at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea.

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‘Break Point,’ Netflix’s ‘Drive’ for tennis, debuts Jan. 13

Dec. 16, 2022

A Netflix docuseries about professional tennis called “Break Point” — think of it as that sport’s answer to the popular “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” — will debut on Jan. 13, three days before the start of the 2023 Grand Slam season at the Australian Open.

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Jason Momoa’s ‘Chief of War’ series filmed partially on Big Island

Dec. 11, 2022 • Updated 2:26 p.m.
Filming on Hawaii Island for Jason Momoa’s Apple TV limited series “Chief of War” will wrap by the end of the week, according to the production’s unit publicist.
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Brendan Fraser is back. But to him, ‘I was never far away’

Dec. 09, 2022

NEW YORK — In a darkened hotel room in New York’s Soho neighborhood, Brendan Fraser kindly greets a reporter with an open plastic bag in his hand. “Would you like a gummy bear?”

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Dancing in a Winter Wonderland! Celebrate festivities from all over the globe with Prince Dance Institute

Dec. 02, 2022 • Updated 11:38 a.m.

Prince Dance Company presents “Winter Wonderland: Holidays Celebrations from Around the World” at Kahilu Theatre at 4 p.m. Dec. 11.

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Arts and entertainment news at a glance

Dec. 02, 2022

Star shines bright at Hoku Concert Series

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Kona Choral Society’s Holiday Concert Series returns

Nov. 25, 2022

There is another reason to celebrate this holiday season — the return of the Kona Choral Society’s annual Holiday Concert Series.

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