StoryCorps to record military-related accounts in Hawaii

• By Steven Mark
• June 5, 2022
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StoryCorps, the organization that has been documenting the lives of people for nearly 20 years, is coming to Hawaii to record ­military-related stories to share with the nation. Read more

Ke‘alohi International Piano Competition brings top-level artists to Hawaii

• By Steven Mark
• June 5, 2022
• 2

For 15 years, pianist Lisa Nakamichi has hosted the Aloha International Piano Festival, a modest competition that offered young pianists, most of them high-school age or younger, the opportunity to be judged by acclaimed musicians. Read more

Will there be a rebirth for ‘Magnum P.I.’ reboot?

• By Steven Mark
• May 29, 2022

Two weeks after “Magnum P.I.” was abruptly canceled, there is the barest hint that it might survive after all. The website TVLine.com reported Monday that Universal Television “is trying to shop it around.” Read more

Hawaii violist and composer Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti is finalist for Pulitzer in music

• By Steven Mark
• May 23, 2022
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Violist and composer Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti had no idea of the accolades she would receive. So it was a “total surprise” two weeks ago to learn that her composition “with eyes the color of time” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in music. Read more

These Hawaii organizers help people get their homes in order

• By Steven Mark
• May 22, 2022
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Your house is a mess. Full of so much stuff that you can’t find anything you need when you need it. Read more

Maui chef Tylun Pang mentored culinary students

• By Steven Mark
• May 22, 2022

Chef Tylun Pang, a key figure in Maui’s food and hospitality industry who inspired a legion of chefs and cooks in Hawaii, died May 6. He was 65. Read more

Winning auction bidders will take the podium with Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra

• By Steven Mark
• May 15, 2022

Fans of the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra are familiar with unfamiliar faces at the conductor’s podium. With no appointed conductor here since Andreas Delfs during the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra days, it’s been a parade of guest conductors. Read more

Duke Kahanamoku biopic to get television time on PBS

• By Steven Mark
• May 8, 2022

Tune in to PBS on Tuesday to watch a recent award-winning documentary on the life of Duke Kahanamoku, pictured below. Read more

New exhibits refresh Honolulu’s art scene

• By Steven Mark
• May 1, 2022
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Just because Hawai‘i Triennial 2022 is winding down, it doesn’t mean that Hawaii’s art community is taking a rest, too. There are a number of other interesting art exhibits out there, some of them already in progress and some opening soon. Read more

Fireknife dancing competition opens this week at Polynesian Cultural Center

• By Steven Mark
• May 1, 2022

The action will be hot and heavy at the Polynesian Cultural Center, which beginning this week hosts the 2022 World Fireknife Championships. Read more

Summer Fun Guide 2022

• By Steven Mark and Ashley Adriano aadriano@staradvertiser.com
• April 24, 2022
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From camps to summer school, there’s plenty of places to let the kids develop and grow new skills and make new friends. Below are a select few. Read more

3rd Hawaii show added for New Kids on the Block and TLC

• By Steven Mark
• April 18, 2022
• 1

Tickets for the Aug. 7 show go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. Read more

Aiea sisters showcase their talent at Carnegie Hall

• By Steven Mark
• April 17, 2022
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Two Aiea sisters have been selected to tickle the ivories at New York City’s storied Carnegie Hall. Read more

On the wings of ‘Madame Butterfly,’ opera comes back to Honolulu

• By Steven Mark
• April 10, 2022

More than two years after the curtain came down on “The Marriage of Figaro,” opera has finally returned in full throat to Blaisdell Concert Hall with Hawaii Opera Theatre’s production of “Madame Butterfly.” Read more

Co-creator of NBC’s ‘Young Rock,’ Nahnatchka Khan’s comedy-writing career started at Kaiser High School

• By Steven Mark
• April 10, 2022
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Nahnatchka Khan, co-creator, co-executive producer and writer of “Young Rock,” starring island favorite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, got her start to a successful career in television comedy writing humorous commentaries on adolescent and student life about 30 years ago when she was a student at Kaiser. Read more

Jason Momoa to star in new ‘Chief of War’ series about Hawaii’s colonization

• By Steven Mark
• April 5, 2022
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The release date for “Chief of War” has yet to be announced. Meanwhile, “The Walking Dead” star Steven Yeun will be an executive producer on the 1960s crime saga set in Hawaii called “The Islands.” Read more

New Kids on the Block set to return to Hawaii, with guests TLC

• By Steven Mark
• April 4, 2022
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The popular boy band, which released a new single in March, last performed in Hawaii 30 years ago. Read more

Jeremy Denk’s flying fingers, worthy words enlighten

• By Steven Mark
• April 3, 2022

The Honolulu Chamber Music Series brings acclaimed pianist and writer Jeremy Denk to the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Orvis Auditorium for a wide-ranging recital next Sunday. Read more

CBS renews ‘NCIS: Hawai‘i’ for 2nd season

• By Steven Mark
• March 31, 2022
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The Hawaii-based show was one of three “NCIS” shows to be renewed by the network. Read more

Hawaii’s interpreters for the deaf shine amid many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic

• By Steven Mark
• March 27, 2022
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With the pandemic seemingly winding down, some people who have emerged as the most visible faces in the state can take a silent breath of relief and enjoy the satisfaction of a job well done. Read more

Hawaii’s Kimee Balmilero joins cast of Jo Koy’s sitcom

• By Steven Mark
• March 22, 2022
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The actress will play the sister of the popular comedian’s titular character in the show “Josep.” Read more