THURSDAY
>> Streetlight Cadence releases a new album
Streetlight Cadence, the indie/alternative band that got its start playing on the streets of Waikiki, returns to Hawaii to release its new album “Momentary.”
“This album dives deeper into our hopes, fears, joys, and miseries than ever before and we hope it takes you to places both foreign and familiar,” the band said, announcing the new album’s June 18 release. “Momentary” features wistfully romantic tunes like “Learn to Love,” which the band is promoting as a single, and “I Miss You,” along with hard-driving rock ballads like “Streetlights and Sirens” and “Francis Ferdinand.”
Band members Jonathon Franklin (violin vocals), Jesse Shiroma (accordion, foot percussion), Chaz Umamoto (guitar) and Brian Webb (cello) have also been busy with its television show, “Will Play for Food,” a travelogue-reality show in which they travels to farflung locales hoping to make enough money to eat. It’s taken them to places like the Bahamas and Japan as well as all over the mainland. The show, which Franklin and Webb produce, was nominated for a regional Emmy Award last year.
The band first formed here when the members were college students, and after several years busking in Waikiki and Chinatown and winning several local music awards, moved to Southern California four years ago.
STREETLIGHT CADENCE
The Momentary Tour
>> Where: The Republik
>> When: 8 p.m. Thursday
>> Cost: $30
>> Info: 941-7469, jointherepublik.com
FRIDAY
>> Murder, mystery and flappers at a ‘Clue’-inspired museum romp
The popular ARTafterDARK event returns to the Honolulu Museum of Art with a murder-mystery theme inspired by the speakeasy era, when Art Deco was the fashion of the day.
Visitors will walk throughout the museum galleries gathering clues about the murder of a curator. Maybe the culprit is a security guard, or a docent, or even the museum director? You’ll need to find six clues to solve the mystery.
The museum is encouraging visitors to don their best Jazz Era attire, as event organizers are wearing in this photo, and can get their photos taken at a photo booth and selfie stations.
Soul band The Elevations and DJ Freeze will provide live music, and the 1985 film “Clue, the Movie” will be screened.
ARTafterDARK
Murder Mystery
>> Where: Honolulu Museum of Art
>> When: 6 p.m. Friday
>> Cost: $30 (free for museum members)
>> Info: 532-6097, honolulumuseum.org
FRIDAY
>> Festival raises awareness for Philippines’ ecology
One Peace, an international music, art and film festival, comes to Honolulu on Friday on a mission to protect and restore the environment in the Philippines.
The evening, at the beautiful Laniakea YWCA in downtown, will feature a screening of the film “Poisoning Paradise” from executive producer (and part-time Hawaii resident) Pierce Brosnan and director Kelly Brosnan, music by John Valentine and Tavana, and standup by comedian Augie T.
Hawaii artists including Eli Mac, Landon McNamara and Makua Rothman will provide the musical entertainment.
Art aficionadoes can take part in a a silent auction featuring new art and photography from Jodi Endicott, Kim Taylor Reece, Ha’a Keaulana, Licia McDonald, Samuel Mangakahia, Marley Van Peebles and more.
The festival is sponsored by Mama Earth, an arts program founded by artist and businesswoman Jaime Kailani Bayot, the former booking agent for her brother, Bruno Mars. With the support of actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Mama Earth has helped raise funds and awareness for art programs at schools, hospitals and shelters in the Los Angeles and elsewhere.
The festival is in support of #Pride4Philippines, an initiative founded by TV personality Lanai Tabura that focuses on environmental protection in the Philippines. Tabura is also hosting a pop-up dinner at 5:30 p.m. today by Chef Rene Caba at the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel. Tickets are $100, available at onepeacefestival.org.
ONE PEACE ART FESTIVAL
>> Where: 1040 Richards St. (Laniakea YWCA)
>> When: 6 p.m. Friday
>> Cost: $20-$45 ($100 VIP; $800 tables for eight)
>> Info: onepeacefestival.org
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
>> Comedian Jon Lovitz returns to Hawaii
Jon Lovitz started his comedic career as a “pathological liar,” but he’s not kidding when he says he loves Hawaii. He even put on a show in Vegas called “The Jon Lovitz Hawaiian Beach Party Show,” advertising it with a picture of him in an aloha shirt and a lei.
“It’s my favorite place to go,” he said in a phone interview. “I come two days early and stay a week after.”
Lovitz’ bona fides include five acclaimed years on “Saturday Night Live” and a slew of memorable TV and film roles. He parlayed that into a standup career, where he mixes his musical talent with his observational comedy – he plays piano and sings, with a song about his friend, actor/comedian Bob Saget, being a signature bit.
“Stuff in my mind that’s hypocritical or ridiculous” is included, he said. “It’s me, not understanding all the things that are happening.”
He’ll have a few things to say about politics, a continuation from the last election when his comments about taxes made him a darling of conservatives, even though he admires President Obama. (“I’ve actually met him twice,” he said. “I was a little nervous, but he was very nice and very friendly.”)
Lovitz doesn’t consider himself a political comedian, but his experience mimicking Michael Dukakis on SNL and other political figures got him thinking more and more about politics and social trends, which he builds into his act. With the internet and “my ADD,” now, he’s constantly on the web picking up nuggets and zingers for his act, but it’s made him somewhat philosophical as well.
“I’m not a Republican, but I’m not even a Democrat any more,” he said. “I’m more liberal than liberals. I believe the point of the country is to be yourself.”
As for that “lying” character, Tommy Flanagan, who punctuated his ever-bigger whoppers with “Yeah, that’s the ticket!” — the characterization actually comes from Lovitz’ hatred of lying. “I started thinking, ‘What if there was an organization called Pathological Liars Anonymous,’ and then a guy got up and started telling a story, and then he started lying,” Lovitz said. “I started doing everything you’re not supposed to do when you lie. I did everything you could do to get caught. … You can see it on Youtube now, and when I look at it now I think, ‘Well, there’s my son.’”
JON LOVITZ
>> Where: Blue Note Hawaii
>> When: 8 p.m. Friday (one show only), 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday
>> Cost: $35-$55
>> Info: 777-4890, bluenotehawaii.com
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