Amy-Lauren’s Gallery grand reopening tonight New mermaid paintings by Isa Maria will be showing at the Amy-Lauren’s Gallery grand reopening in Hanapepe. Isa Maria was the first featured artist in Amy-Lauren’s gallery when it first opened. The gallery is now
Amy-Lauren’s Gallery grand reopening tonight
New mermaid paintings by Isa Maria will be showing at the Amy-Lauren’s Gallery grand reopening in Hanapepe. Isa Maria was the first featured artist in Amy-Lauren’s gallery when it first opened. The gallery is now in a bigger location on 3900 Hanapepe Road in Hanapepe. Amy-Lauren’s Gallery represents local artists including Uri Blayer, Isa Maria, Emily Miller, Melinda Morey, Phillip Schoeny, Helen Turner, and Martin Wessler. Art Night begins tonight with artists reception at 6 p.m. and a live drumming performance by Love Tribe at 7:30 p.m. Call 334-2827 or visit www.amylaurensgallery.com for more information.
Free concert, Kaua‘i
Community Orchestra
The Kauai Community Orchestra will perform under the baton of living treasure Larry McIntosh, at 7 p.m. Dec. 14, at the KCC Performing Arts Center. From Handel and Haydn to Andrew Lloyd Webber and holiday favorites, this free concert will feature classics. Support the island’s only orchestra and classically trained volunteer musicians. For more information www.kccmusic.org or call 639-0234.
Mixed media artist and spoken word poet debut show at Small Town Coffee tomorrow
The process of becoming an artist and the fruition of the creative process will be showcased at 7 p.m. tomorrow, at Small Town Coffee as Soulful Threads Clothing Line presents mixed media artist and spoken word poet MAK-MELvin. Works of the artist will be featured as well as a live spoken word performance. Soulful Threads Clothing Line will also be debuting its first logo tees. The event is free and open to the public. As a celebration of the artist, tickets will be sold at the show for an event taking place later in the evening which will feature a live performance by Me and My Manz. For more information call 634-4156.
Citizen Cope Saturday
at Blossoming Lotus
Citizen Cope will perform a solo acoustic show Saturday at the Blossoming Lotus restaurant in Kapa‘a. The show will start at 10 p.m. and tickets cost $25 at the door. Citizen Cope is performing Sunday night at the Church of the Pacific in Prince-ville, but that show is sold out.
KPAC High School Student Performances Saturday and Sunday
KPAC will be presenting two one-act plays by Kapa‘a and Kaua‘i high school students. “Caution: Politricks,” written by Alan Haehnel and directed by Poppy Shell will be combined with “The Lottery,” adapted by Brainerd Duffield from the short story by Shirley Jackson and directed by Dennis McGraw. The plays start at 7 p.m. on Dec. 15, and at 4 p.m. on Dec. 16 at the Kapa‘a All Saints Gym. Student ticket prices are $4, adults $8, and are available from the students, or at the door. For more information on KPAC plays, call McGraw at 651-2417.
Leilani Bond Kauai Christmas Concert Dec. 21
Kumu hula, musician and recording artist Leilani River Bond of Wailua will perform and conduct “A Kaua‘i Christmas Hula Concert” on Dec. 21, at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort in Po‘ipu. Doors to the ballroom open at 6:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7 p.m. Leilani is celebrating Christmas Hawaiian-style with the keiki and adult dancers of Halau Hula o Leilani.
In addition to island-style Christmas songs sung in Hawaiian, Leilani and musicians Wes Kaui, Dayne Pabo and Charlie Iona add original Hawaiian and Tahitian holiday songs. Composed and put to music by Leilani, Darryl Low, Michael Ruff, and Tepairu Manea, these original songs, as well as other familiar Christmas songs, are featured on Leilani’s CD “A Kauai Christmas” released in 2006. This Christmas CD and Leilani were finalists in the 2007 Na Hoku Hanohano awards presented by the Hawaii Academy of Recording Artists.
The keiki in Leilani’s halau have been practicing their dances, including “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Menehune Santa” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas” done in pidgin English. The wahine of Halau Hula o Leilani will interpret “Christmas in Hawaii,” a unique version of “Winter Wonderland,” “Noera (Noel in Tahitian),” and “A Kauai Christmas.” Other hula kahiko and hula auana plus Tahitian dances and songs by Leilani will fill the evening’s program.
Guest performer Michael Ruff of Princeville, a musician, composer and arranger, will accompany Leilani, and share his own songs of joy and reverence.
Uncle Larry Rivera, one of Kaua‘i’s most famous entertainers and composers for decades, and Leilani’s father, will add his own well-known compositions and humorous stories to the evening, including the story of Menehune Santa.
Drawings for two ukuleles will be held.
This will be a festive, family-oriented celebration of the season. Bring kupuna and keiki to enjoy the music and hula that Leilani Rivera Bond and the halau are bringing to all.
Ticket information: Adult tickets are $20 advance/$25 at door. Tickets for ages 5 through 14 are $10 in advance/$15 at door; 4 years and under, free. Tickets available at the Hawaiian Music kiosks at Coconut Marketplace and Princeville Foodland, Scotty’s Music in Kalaheo, Orchid Alley, Larry’s Music & Boutique, and Bounty Music in Kapa‘a, Hilo Hattie in Lihu‘e, Pohaku T’s in Old Koloa Town, and the Grand Hyatt Kauai front desk.
Lihu‘e-born dancer brings NYC to Kaua‘i in winter workshop
Darcy Naganuma, the artistic director and founder of Naganuma Dance, a contemporary dance company at home in New York City, will return to Kaua‘i for a one-week dance workshop for adults and teens at the Kaua‘i Athletic Club. Beginning on Monday, Dec. 17 and continuing through Dec. 23, Naganuma brings the Big Apple to Hawai‘i with classes in hip hop, jazz funk, contemporary ballet, contact improvisation, breakin’ 101, modern and jazz. Naganuma holds a bachelor’s and dance education certification from the University of Utah, where she was a Presidential Scholar and recipient of the Interdisciplinary Arts Scholarship.
Naganuma’s choreography, ranging in themes from human diversity to gender dynamics in Japanese culture, has been presented in Hawai‘i, Salt Lake City, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and New York.
She has appeared in commercials and dance specials on both the MTV and VH1 networks, and was invited to perform at the U.N. Headquarters in May 2007. For class descriptions, times, rates and further info, visit www.nycdancejam.com or call 718-536-8320 or 245-9344.
Westside Story Players
present second annual
Vaudeville Comedy
The fun filled holiday show includes a cast of 30+ local keiki, with over a dozen holiday songs, comedy and dance. There will be a potluck dinner immediately afterward.
The event is free and is open to the public. For more info, call Director Kathie Waldman 337-2014.
