KPAC presents ‘Footloose’ 7 p.m. today, tomorrow; 4 p.m. Sunday Kauai‘ War Memorial Convention Hall “Footloose” is the musical production that tells the story of a Chicago teen, Ren MacCormack (Christian Fort), who moves to the backwater town of Bomont
KPAC presents ‘Footloose’
7 p.m. today, tomorrow; 4 p.m. Sunday
Kauai‘ War Memorial Convention Hall
“Footloose” is the musical production that tells the story of a Chicago teen, Ren MacCormack (Christian Fort), who moves to the backwater town of Bomont with his freshly divorced mother. Enrolling at the local high school, he discovers the town has outlawed rock-n-roll and dancing, as enforced by local preacher Rev. Shaw Moore (Toby Riggle). Ren quickly sets about changing the law, meanwhile falling in love with the preacher’s daughter Ariel (Kendall Black). The gloriously 80s soundtrack boasts a diverse array of music by rock icons like Sammy Hagar, Meatloaf and Kenny Loggins. Tickets are $10, advance; $12 at the door; students, $6 in advance; $8 at the door. Advance tickets available at the following outlets: North Shore Pharmacy, Kilauea; Jim Saylor Jewelers, Kapa‘a; Borders Books and Music, Lihu‘e; Progressive Expressions, Koloa and Kalaheo Cafe and Coffee Co., Kalaheo.
Quilt exhibit
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday through May 10
Hanalei
Grove Farm, Waioli Mission House and Mahamoku museums will host an exhibit of the Wilcox missionary and Hawaiian quilt collections — historic quilts shown for the first time in twenty-five years. The collection preserved by Mabel and Elsie Wilcox will be exhibited at Mahamoku, a 1914 beach house in Hanalei. Tour the beach house and its original furnishings. It will also feature biographies of five island quilters: Maria Mahoe Hookano Waiuli, Lydia Kaluapiilahaina Ellis Waiau, Kalei Lois Kapule Montgomery, Lahapa Kamakalii Opiopio Mundon Opio and Emily Salai I Makanani.
The second part of this exhibit will be at the 1836 Waioli Mission House, home of missionary teachers Abner and Lucy Wilcox. Waioli Mission House and Mahamoku in Hanalei and Grove Farm in Lihu‘e are three historic site museums. The sites also include ancient Hawaiian taro agricultural fields still in cultivation and an intact ahupua‘a. Waioli Mission House and Makamoku are within walking distance of each other. A special workshop seminar on washing delicate quilts will be held at 1 p.m. May 9 at Mahamoku. Parking available between the sites at the Waioli park adjacent to Waioli Hui’ia Church. Admission is $15, adults; $10, children under 13. Mahamoku is located at 5344 Weke Rd, Hanalei. For more information call, 245-3202.
Big Fun at Kong Lung
3 p.m.. to 6 p.m. Saturday
Kong Lung Center, Kilauea
May Day is the theme for this upcoming community festival. Festivities will include a May Day performance by Kilauea School students; a chance to learn the art of lei making with guest lei maker Haunani Pacheco. And as with every Big Fun at Kong Lung event, there will be food, music, dance and fun for the kids. For more information call, 808-651-9323.
Sierra Club outing
Sunday
Okolehao on the North Shore is a hike that climbs 1200 feet along a ridge behind Hanalei with beautiful views of Hanalei Bay. This is a strenuous five mile round-trip hike. Call Ben, 639-3009.
Bill Anschell, Seattle jazz pianist
8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thursday
Trees Lounge, Kapa‘a
Northwest Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year, Bill Anschell will perform a free concert joined by local musicians Tony LeHoven on guitar, Darryl Miyasato on bass and Eddie Sitzler on drums. Graduate of Wesleyan University, Anschell has played and/or recorded with a host of jazz greats including Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Benny Golsen and Russell Malone. His own CDs have earned critical acclaim and widespread exposure with the last three discs all making “Jazzweek’s” national “Top 50” chart for radio airplay. Anschell’s 1998 release, “A Different Note All Together,” was selected by United Press International as one of the 10 best jazz releases of the year. For additional information call, 828-0101.
Hawaiian Music Songwriters Camp
May 8 to 10
Koke‘e
Celebrating the “Year of Hawaiian Music” through the combined efforts of the Garden Island Arts Council, Kaua‘i Music Festival, Malie Foundation (Mokihana Festival), community radio station KKCR and Ke Kula O Kekaha, come study Hawaiian music with Kaliko Beamer-Trapp, Keola Donaghy, Keale, Kenneth Makuakane, Puakea Mogelmeier and Lolena Niau Nicholas. Learn from musical talents who devote intimate, focused time to students in small group sessions. Cost is $100. Space is limited. For more information call 346-5800 or e-mail katherine@brockmarketing.com
Call for playwrights
May 15 deadline
Women in Theatre invites writers to participate in their second, “Kaua‘i Shorts.” Write a 10-minute play with a simple set and small cast. Any subject fit for public viewing is acceptable. All manuscripts must be submitted by May 15. Notice of acceptance will be mailed within two weeks. The plays to be showcased will be chosen, and then the fun begins: Selection of directors, auditions for the casts and rehearsals, all leading up to the celebratory weekend of August 7, 8 and 9 when the plays will be presented at the Kaua‘i Community College Performing Arts Center. The audience will vote for their favorites.
Send a hard copy with a brief biography to: WIT, P.O. Box 724, Hanalei 96714 and if possible an e-mail version to romeycurtis@aol.com
If interested in directing your own play, indicate this. Call Romey at 826-9755 for a copy of the criteria or further information.
Call for artists
2 to 6 p.m. May 23
Kaua‘i Society of Artists
Byte Me 2 Digital Art Exhibition returns after last year’s popular exhibit. Open to all adult Kaua‘i artists. Bring entries to the Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall. KSA membership is not required and new or renewing members may join on entry day. Entry fees will be $7 per entry for KSA members and $12 for non-members. Artists may submit up to five works, none larger than 60 inches in any dimension, and all work must have been entirely or partially created using digital technology, including digital painting, photography, illustration, manipulated photographs, video art, fractals, manipulations of traditional art forms, prints and mixed media with digital elements, animation, installations and 3D work with digital additions. Digital reproductions without substantial manipulation (aka “giclees”) of an existing artwork that was originally created in traditional non-digital media are not allowed. This will be a semi-juried exhibition, with at least one piece per artist accepted. Juror for the exhibit will be Scott Groeniger, digital artist and assistant professor of digital imaging at University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.
For full entry information visit kauaisocietyofartists.org or call Carol Ann Davis at 742-6523.
