Rita Rudner plans 3 relaxing shows in islands this weekend
Comedian Rita Rudner keeps her audiences laughing with gracious wit. Read more
Comedian Rita Rudner keeps her audiences laughing with gracious wit. Read more
A Hawaii Island woman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the starving death of her 9-year-old granddaughter. Read more
The state Employees’ Retirement System and the Hawaii Health Systems Corp., which operates the state’s public hospitals, formally agreed to drop a lawsuit this week over benefits for about 1,500 employees at three Maui County hospitals. Read more
Rock band Living Colour left a major imprint on rock music with its 1988 debut album “Vivid,” a collection of songs that spoke to listeners about their political views and day-to-day experiences with style, artistry and creativity. Read more
Adam Sandler’s humor has always been on the juvenile side, which can either draw people in or turn them off. Read more
How does one successfully lure a big-time singer to perform in Hawaii? Well, it doesn’t hurt to ask the entertainer in the first place. Read more
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Hawaii Employers Council has named Toby Taniguchi chairman of its board of governors for 2017. Read more
Lead guitarist Kryz Reid isn’t one for keeping up much via electronic devices, by his own account. He sometimes doesn’t check his email, though surely he checks for details on concert dates for his band, Third Eye Blind. Read more
For Tim Butler and his brother Richard, the bassist and lead singer, respectively, of the band the Psychedelic Furs, the foundation of the band is the brothers’ relationship —and it’s a healthy one. Read more
Some artists and actors eventually want to run away from the song or role that made them famous. Others embrace it. Read more
Whatever you do, don’t label entertainer Wayne Brady a “nice guy” or, worse, wedge him into “nice guy-only” roles onstage or on-screen. Read more
Police charged a 20-year-old man with multiple counts of attempted murder in connection with a May 17 incident in which the man allegedly drove a vehicle through a group of teenagers in Ewa Beach. Read more
For more than 40 years, comedy team Cheech and Chong have performed together on record albums, in movies and on stage. Like any long partnership, the Grammy-winning duo has shared low and, um, high points. Read more
The band mates in Of Monsters and Men have been together for only six years, but in that time they have emerged as one of the hottest bands on the indie folk-rock scene. Read more
Stand-up comedian Wendy Liebman speaks softly but delivers a one-two punch(line) on stage. It’s more like a four-part punchline, though. Liebman reels off one-liners, waits a beat, then follows up a punchline to a single joke with another one-liner, then another and so forth. Read more
A lot of performers might see signing up for the TV show “Dancing With the Stars” as a way to prove their physical prowess, advance a career or regain their footing in the spotlight. Read more
If you remember Chicago only as a light-rock group that produced a string of hit ballads in the 1970s and 1980s, you might have been a little impatient with the first hour of the band’s concert Sunday night at Blaisdell Arena. Read more
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