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tects of the 1990-1995 High Tech CapitolPunishment strategy plan, supported by the pas­ What startedas a relativelysimple sage of Act 288 of the 1991 Jonah asbestos removal project forthe state Legislature. Capitol environs is now a (theoreti­ And what about high tech in cal) $64 million, five-year under­ Hawaii? A quick look at the Fall taking that, among other things, Sheri 1991 "High Tech Business however "accidental," effectively Directory" provides a clue. Kaylor blocksmuch face-to-face,sensibility­ According to the booklet, there are HAIR ARTWORKSa sam to-sensibility confrontationbetween A MediumRarely now 300 companiesengaged in pro­ power-brokers and their constituents. viding services and/or producing or Paul True, the state is providing an accel­ WellDone supporting high tech activity in the 1126 12th Avenue, Suite 207, Kaimuki 737-0843 Ventura erated electronic link to lawmakers, Television, that most manipula­ state, reporting a combined annual but the computer-age is not yet tive and controlled medium in the revenue of $988,111,975 and a total sophisticated enough to be genuinely United States, is undergoing some of 12,204 employees. These services user-friendly; process still largely changes that approach the profound. range widely, from the unanimously­ controlscontent. No matter what the "Free" television, as the networks endorsed (biotech medical products) public relationshacks and media reps and their affiliates like to call it, is to the most highly controversial of the Boys Downtown say, public becoming more tabloidy and com­ (underwater cables to transport access to real confrontation, emo­ mercial-ridden than ever. Prime-time geothermal energy). It'll be fun to tional and human, has been com- network shows increase their adver­ see just how the conference's tisingtime almost every season; now movers-and-shakers address the less­ some evening shows have almost 13 popular high-tech adventures under­ minutes of advertisingper hour. And written by our state. one of our localstations, after largely guttingits news operations, now car­ Centered? ries hours of those 30-minute-long The Economist magazine's annual commercial programs on skin care, round-up, "The Good Think-Tank get-rich-quickschemes, magic cook­ Guide," included, in this issue's sur­ ing machines, etc., every day. vey, some comments on Hawaii's Now, despite what the ads say, beleaguered East-West Center. On prime upcoming Olympic viewing the plus side;the center is givenhigh - forthe "choice" sports (the ones marks forbeing "clever, connected, the U.S. citizenrygenerally likes)­ canny and cushy." Rather more is going to cost through the nose - ambiguously, it's said to have a up to $125 on pay-per-view. hybrid state-of-mind, epitomized by Otherwise, you'll have to settle for its "insistence that visitors wear delays, scads of back-to-back com­ Hawaiian shirts to official recep­ promised and is likely to stay that mercials and random coverage. The tions." (When it's Reyn's, it pours.) way forat least five years. shiftto pay-per-viewis beingtouted The magazine does not mention Not everyone is thrilled by the by the network and cable services the utterances of the center's new prospectof a complete overhaul. One involved as more "democratic." president, Michel Oksenberg, who group - People Opposed to On the syndication front, former recently declared that maintaining Refurbishing the Capitol, or PORC Reagan-Bush media guru Roger the status quo would be "a prescrip­ -led by Rep. Cynthia Thielen, says Ailes (who devised the Willie Horton tion for irrelevance." Thus far, that the price tag forthe job is sim­ campaign, among others) has left the Oksenberg has been rather sketchy ply too much. A coalition of inter­ Bush camp fora higher-paying job: on just what changes will be visited est groups announced last week its master minding the new syndicated on the 31-year-old think-tank. opposition to the length and com­ talk show headed by rightwinger Hopefully, they'll involve more than COFFEE MANOA plexity of the project. Meanwhile, Rush Limbaugh, whose politicalaspi­ dress code. • lawmakers and their staffs, along MANOA MARKETPLACE • HONOLULU, HAWAII rations seem to be fueled by blue­ with the governorand the lieutenant collar anger and alienation. Ailes' governor, have already moved a job will be to make Limbaugh more HONOL ULU A place to unwind ... relax ...Collect scattered thouqhts. block away for the projected five­ palatable to a general audience - Visit with friends ...A place with qood coffee and tea. year completion of the refurbish­ both to tone him down and tone him ment. They'll be back just in time up, so to speak. 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lion for their films,though some can regulars who hang out at the inn. Pat Karyn Koeur be made for less; $300,000 to Morita plays a homeless man who $500,000 is considered very low Moore's taken care of for years. - all used Hawaii as a backdrop. budget. If there are "name" actors The producers initially formed a The Islands' unusual ecosystemscan attached, the cost will probablyrange limited partnership in 1990 to make substitute forlocations as diverse as from $2 to $3 million (still consid­ the film,but it was dissolved when Vietnamese jungles or the Amazon. ered "small" compared to the $1O the economy took a dive at the start Sometimes Hawaii plays the myth­ million and up that is routinely spent of the Persian Gulf War. Then, in the icalgetaway place -in Honeymoon on Hollywood products). spring of 1991, the producers saw in Vegas, gambler James Caan brings Finding someone gutsy enough "a window of opportunity" to shoot Sarah Jessica Parker to Kauai to invest in an independent movie their film. becausehe's voted it "the most beau­ isn't easy. Independent producers Since the cancellation of Island tiful place in the world." On the have no legal and business apparatus Son, the only promising video project cliche scale, according to the direc­ set up to deal with the tremendous on the local horizon was a pilot for tor of the Kauai Film Commission risks involved. They can opt to raise Raven, which was abruptly put on Ken Levine, there's been a shift money from presales to video com­ hold when there was a ''mysterious" "Filmmakers used to come to Hawaii panies in exchange for distribution fire at Diamond Head Studios that (for) a jungle backdrop for war rights; submit proposals to arts orga­ did $250,000 worth of damage to a footage. Now the trend seems to be nizations for grants; found a limited Raven production truck.The fire was to use Hawaii for its unspoiled,unob­ partnership of investors; ask friends attributed to warring teamsters fac­ structed natural vistas." and relatives forsupport; or befriend tions, who have a long-standing rep­ Big-budget commercial fi lms wealthy individuals who are gam­ utation in Hollywood for being touch on Hawaii as superficially as blers at heart. difficultto deal with. Teamster lead­ a tourist visiting Waikiki . Even films here are lots of ers issued conciliatory statements, that tell "local" stories, like the surf­ people in Hawaii but the producers of the show were ing tale North Shore or the coming­ who want to scared off(they have since renego­ of-age yam Aloha Summer, tend to make movies, tiated and recently completed shoot­ belaughable to those of us who actu­ just like there are ing). Christianson and Savage ally live in the Islands. Every so often lots of people decided it was a good time to a decent attempt is made, like the who want to approach the union. "We figured that made-for-TV movie Blood and open a restau­ they were getting bad press, and may Orchids, which told the story of the rant, but it's a have wanted to show that they were Massie murder of the 1930s. This very technical not the ogres they were made out to summer, a team of independentfilm­ craft," says be," Christianson says. They worked makers from the Mainland and Dennis Christianson, producer of out a deal to make their low-budget Europe will begin shooting, in the Goodbye Paradise, the first inde­ filmwithout union interference. The Islands, a feature length film onthe pendent Hawaii production with a production slowdown on the island life of Father Damien. But the cre­ local story to be shot in Hawaii, also made it easier to round up actors enough "word of mouth" publicity chosen from a photograph. She ation of these filmshas remained in using entirely local talent. "If you and technicians. to earnit a decent distribution deal. expects a young man but discovers, the hands of people who live outside have enough money, you can buy The other major factorthat aided Goodbye Paradise now takes a place when she gets to the Islands, that he of Hawaii. the expertise. Since I've been mak­ the film, Christianson says, was the in history as the first all-Hawaii-pro­ has sent an old picture. She is forced "Unfortunately, when a studio ing documentaries and industrial opportunity to premier the film at duced film. into marryinghim and joins the ranks puts up money in L.A., they usually films for 10 years, I know what the annual Hawaii International Film hough there are of immigrants in the cane fields. insist on key people from the things cost and could write the script Festival. "They gave us a deadline, currently no "It's a coming-of-age romance," Mainland," says Diane Brown, chair­ to fit a low budget." Christianson which was important _in driving the Hawaii-based says producer Lisa Onodera. "The woman of the Governor's Advisory and co-producer Tim Savage (who whole creative process. We could feature films in conflict comes when she feels Committee on Film and Video, has a background producing com­ say that we would finishthe filmin production, a betrayed and rejects her husband. which makes recommendations to mercials and music videos) financed time forthe festival. Production peo­ local crew The filmshows the first year of her the Legislature on the needs of the Goodbye Paradise through personal ple saw that we were serious, and recently comple­ life, growing up amidst great hard­ filmindust ry. "As soon as we see bank loans; production costs forthe they started signing on." tred shooting an ship." The film's writer-director, more independent fi lms from film equalled roughly $300,000. Goodbye Paradise was shown at independent doc­ Kayo Hatta, was inspired by a Hawaii, the more freedom there will Christianson wanted to make a fea­ nine different theaters during the umentary, Simple recording of hole hole bushi, the be to use local talent." ture film for years, and was espe­ Festival. Reviews were mixed. Courage, on Japanese "blues" from the period: As the Hawaii International Film cially drawn to Chinatown, with its Though according to Christianson, Molokai. The film examines the "Hawaii, Hawaii the best/I even Festival proves every year, movies colorful melange of cultureand class. the festival audiences responded response in Hawaii to last century's dreamed of Hawaii/But in my dis­ get made all over the world that don't He and co-writer Susan Killeen well, the response on the record was leprosy epidemic and compares it appointment/I wept in the sugar cane fitthe Hollywood mold. Since the zeroed in on one location a decidedly lukewarm, if not negative. with responses to the AIDSepidemic fields." Between 1907 and 1924 1950s, American filmmakers have Chinatown bar, that could sho� a Some in the film community ques­ today. The project was written and over 20,000 women emigrated fro� managed to make feature-length vivid "slice of life."It was a smart tioned whether the film's mediocre directed by Stephanie Castillo and Japan as picture brides, among them films "independent" of the production decision, since it meant quality and localtheme would hinder produced by Castillo and Hawaii both of Onodera's great-grand­ Hollywood studios. Sometimes they could do virtually all of the the efforts of other independent film­ Public Television; Castillo received mothers. these filmsbecome commercial hits shootingon one set. The set was built makers. Brown disagrees. "There are a grant of $200,00 from the Onodera is a Los Angeles-based (for example, Spike Lee's She's at Diamond Head Theatre, which too many people in this town who Legislature forthe project, $92,500 producer who is co-producing the Gotta Have It or Stephen provided a low-cost sound stage; want others to go out and get a film fromthe Hawaii Committee for the filmin partnership with Diane Mark, Soderbergh's Sex, Lies and other locations included a rooftop started and then be a part of it. They Humanities and contributions from a local writer and historian. So far Videotape). set and exteriors shot in Chinatown. all tend to play it safe. Dennis and organizations and individuals. they've raised half-a-million dollars Independent filmmakers are usu­ The story takes place on the last Tim actually put their necks and Another feature project currently in productionfunds through the non­ ally inspired by local or historical night of the Paradise Inn, a once­ pocketbooks on the line. Because of has partial financingand stronglocal profit organizations Asian/Pacific stories that are somehow unique for swank supper club that has declined Goodbye Paradise, more filmmakers support - Picture Bride, a romantic Foundation of Hawaii and the subject or pointof view. Beyond that, since its heyday in the 1930s and are going to try it themselves," she drama set in the sugar plantations of National Asian-American the only thing that independentfilms become a pit stop forneighborhood says. The film will next be screened Hawaii at the turnof the century. The Telecommunications Association. f have in common is the monumental characters. Most of the story involves at the Asian American Film Festival plot of the film is grounded in Grant sources include the State challenge they face in raising the the bar's longtime manager, played in San Francisco and at an upcoming Hawaii's history: A young Japanese Foundation forCultu re and the Arts r money to make the movie. Most by Joe Moore; there are subplots festival in Santa Barbara. woman arrives in Hawaii to marry the National Endowment for the � 1 independents aim for at least a mil- a Japanese cane field worker she has and the American Film Institute. t involving the waitresses, cook and Christianson hopes the filmwill get i 4 • .l_anuary22, 1992 • Honolulu Weekly FRANCO SALMOIRAGHI T / !1

(left to right): Sample still from The Picture Bride. On the set of Simple Courage. Pat Morita in Goodbye Paradise.

The fi lm's total budget is just fromone of the panelists, entertain­ show Hawaii has promise as a under a million dollars. "The figure ment attorney Tom Garvin. Garvin regional filmmakingcenter." is considered low fora dramatic fea­ offered tough-minded suggestionson The state film office has also ture film," Mark says, "but we're casting, financingand marketing the been supportive of the creation anticipating numerous in-kind con­ filmfrom a Hollywood pointof view. of a fi lm school at the tributions, and some of the key pro­ Garvin addressed the difficulty University of Hawaii, duction people have agreed to work of finding young Asian-American and the Board of on a deferred feebasis." Their next actors who have name recognition, Regents will soon step is to interest corporations and and recommended casting an up­ consider a pro- individuals here in Hawaii, on the and-coming or unknown young posal to Mainland and in Japan."W e're hop­ actress ("Better that she's a begin a ing to raiseat least 80 percent of our good actress than stunningly f i l m budget by midsummer, when we attractive") and then "salting" school, want to begin on-location produc­ the production with recognizable which would tion in Hawaii," she says. actors. He also emphasized the give students Onoderaand Markattended a con­ importance of achieving a high experiencein writing ference on Maui that was sponsored quality look by hiring the most tal­ and directing. by HIFF, where they sought advice ented production personnel avail- able. Hawaii's isolation from "At the the Mainland is a factorthat low-bud- all filmmakers must contend get level, you with if their goal is distribution to can't tell the dif­ nationaland international audiences. ference between a Ken Levine, chairman of the Pitch filmthat costs half-a­ Sa�es Kauai Film Commission, is a liai­ As a persevering, original film­ crew to make low-budget films million and two-and-a­ son for Mainland producers who maker who writes and directs in this state. But Sayles also half million if you have the Deemer, the state is want to shootin Kauai locations. He each of his movies, John Sayles observed that in Hawaii "people right cameraperson and art and his wife,Ivory, are documen­ is the auteur ofsome of the seem pretty supportive ofeach director," he said. also consider­ ing sponsoring a tary filmmakers who have made most acclaimed films of the other," and suggested that film­ The producers are excited about Kauai their home. Levine says, 'The 1980s: Brother fromAnother makers mightbe able to trans­ casting Asian-Americans in leading seminar forlending institutions in town on films that shoothere, sometimeswith Planet, Eight Men out, late that support into partial roles. "Hollywood has presented authenticity, are like 'cultural bird­ Matewan, City of Hope. He is financingthrough ilHdnd ser­ Hawaii as an exotic locale; and financing the entertain­ ment industry. seed.' They scatter opportunitieshere widely regarded as the king of vices for catering, gasoline, Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and and there that can spark interest in Americanindependent filmmak· hotelaccommodations, etc. Asians have been relegated to two­ At the producer's conference in Maui, attorney Garvin addressed the underlying culture." Levine ers, yet he is always struggling Sayles also emphasized the dimensional stereotypes,"Mark says. thinks it's difficultfor filmmakers to to get his films importance of com­ "This is an exciting period in the promoting local film productions PHoTo BY THE GARDEN ISLE and pointed out that most states get started in Hawaii because "pro­ financedand dis­ mitting to the story. media history of Hawaii, because ducers are usually not willing to tributed. On Kauai "Not that many peo­ more localfilm makers are beginning build some studio facilities, which are often underutilized. "But no finance a film unless a filmmaker recently to speak ple write moving sto­ to understand the tools of media­ has a track record, and Hawaii is a at a Hawaii ries," he said. "(You making. Within the next 18 to 20 state is spending money on culti­ vating and packaging fi lms," he hard place to build a track record." International Film must) know that this years we should have a wonderful Levine conducts "familiarization Festival panel on is the storythat in growth in stories about real Pacific said. He suggested the state put together a package: a screenplay, trips" for Mainland producers; Independent your heart you have people." The producers believe that through these he has discovered that Filmmmaking, he to tell." Goodbye Paradise can only help actors and a detailed budget and then shop the project around to stu­ Mainland producers are opento local and his longtime In conclusion, them. "A filmthat sets a precedent stories. "So many producers want to producer Maggie Sayles said that at forproduction gives support to local dios and production companies for financing. "Spending $30,000 to shoot here," Levine says, "and Renzi encouraged some point Hawaii filmmakers and helps our region they're always fishingfor ideas. We filmmakersto filmmakers must have a media identity," Mark says. develop original, local projects could be the most effective way to get lots of calls from people who are maintain their John Sayles encounterthe or Hawaii to looking forstor ies." independence from Mainland become more spend state money," he said. Deemer responds to Garvin's sug­ So where will this "new wave" of the studiosystem when possi­ marketplaces of Los Angeles than a location Hawaii filmmakers come from? ble, but to be realistic about the and New York. "The smart thing backdrop, we gestion by pointing out that national governments (such as Australia and They may be screenwriters with an uphill battle that they face. is to go and live in LA. for a have to develop a original story who team up with Sayles remarked onthe "hun­ while. Get a job in the mall localindustry and Canada) have invested in filmmak­ ing with successful results, but to directors or decideto directtheir own dreds ofstories" that exist in room. Do it cheap. Uva with a not depend on scripts; commercial or industrial the Islands, given thearea's friend. Butyou have to be there films coming date individual states have not. "But we would be supportive," Deemer directors (like Christianson) who unique historyand culture. He where everybody is talking fromelsewhere," want to break into features; film­ mentioned intensetopical about it. It'sa mistake to think says Georgette says, "as long as we knew what we were doing with the money. It's not makers with film training on the issues- real estate struggles, you canput the whole thing Deemer, head of Mainland, who come to Hawaii to tourist culture, environmental together here, without the Film Industry Branch of the something we would go into with­ out really researching what the ben­ make a movie about what they know concerns- noting that all could Hollywood connections atsome state's Department of Business, and love here (like the producers and easily become source material point." Economic Development and efitswould be. It would have to be some kind of revolving fund, so director of Picture Bride); or docu­ for films. Local writers of short The lack ofcompetition in Tourism. "The industry itself goes mentary video and filmmakers who stories and novels could also be Hawaii mayalso be a pitfall as through peaks and valleys, affected we're not puttingin money yearafter year without the money being want to make narrative features. a source oforiginal material for filmmakers develop their by economic trends of the business, "There's no formula," Deemer a screenplay, he said. talents. "The trickiest thing Is, and it's very hardfor people here to returned on particular projects. A certain percentage would needto go says. "In independent filmrnaking, "The real problemis, it's here In paradise you have to be sustain employment." there are very individual paths for expensive to make films (in so rigorous in your standards of The state is working with the pro­ back in to help filmmakers, so it's self-generating."But she emphasizes each film. It's a lot of hard work and Hawaii)," Sayles said,citing comparison. In Los Angeles or ducers of Goodbye Paradise on mar­ having faith in your own project." hotel andtransportation New York , it's notjust your keting and distribution,and the office that the immediate need is "to demonstrate that we as a filmmak­ It's also about money and resources. expenses and thecosts of f� friends encouraging you, but has taken a booth at the National Hopefully, Hawaii will soon have ing and maintaining a crew. people in the industry beingcrit­ Associationof Television Production ing community are ready to make the production fund a reality. We more of those for localfilmmakers Renzi pointed out that it would ical ofyour work to make It bet· Executives in June to see how pro­ to draw on. • be nearly impossiblefor their tar." -K.K. grams are marketed. According to need a track record of films that January22, 1992 • Honolulu We ekly• 5 -- � --- . . ..- .- -.------. . -

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respectability and gives retribution its due. to pull a happy little nuclear family apart. Narita. 111e story parallels tl1e recent breakup today would be regarded as sexist, racist Robert De Niro and Juliette Lewis give ter­ With Rebecca DeMornay and Annabella of the Communist (here it's Klingon) empire. and elitist. West is perfectly balanced Film rific performances. Sciorra. - M.B. 111is is tl1e last of tl1e series, tl1ey say. If that's between aggressive femme fatale and self­ Criticismby Bob Green unless otherwise Curly Sue Vicious sentimentality about a HookSteven Spielberg's hit about a grown­ true, the crew of the Ente,prisehave exited parodying female impersonator. She primps, noted. terminally cute waif and her hobo scam­ up Peter Pan, who rediscovers his inner honorably. she preens, she philosophizes -taking ainl, artist companion. Yet another John Hughes child and returns to Never-Never Land to as always, at sexual hypocrisy. Some of First Run confection. Not recommended. save both himself and the requisite kid­ Short Run and We st's best lines, like tl1e timeless "A hard Brief reviews of selected fi rst-nmfi lms in Fatherof theBride Steve Martin is a fatl1er­ napped children. With Dustin Hoffman as a man is good to find," are almost buried by town. Confirm tbeaters, dates and times. in-la w suffering through the engagement foppish Captain Hook and Julia Roberts as Revival music (Hollywood's Hays censorship office TheAddams Family A huge hit, this (inter­ and marriage of his first-born daughter. a most suburban, cheerleader-like Tinker­ Belle of the Nineties 0935) A lesser Mae was just being formed because of an ear­ lier West movie), but the lyrics to her honky­ mittently) funny American Gothic saga is Diane Keaton, a welcome sight, is the bride's bell. West effon distinguished only by her deliv­ MmyBren nan tonk songs (That Dallas etc.) survive long on production design, short on script. mother. - JFKOliver Stone's best film by far. By now, ery of some honky-tonk blues (Mempbis Ma n, Freejack Advance word is that this sci-fi intact. Highly recommended. Movie Beauty and the Beast Disney animators we all know Stone at his worst: windy and Blues, et. al), and the on-screen appearances action story is one of the sleepers of the overblown (Born on the Fourth of July) ; Museum, 3566 Harding Ave. Thur. 1/23 & imitate the classic '30s Disney animation of Duke Ellington and orchestra. 111e story current movie season. Starring Mick Jagger, empty and fatuous (The Doors). But here Sat. 1/25, 8 p.m. $5. 735-8771 style and raid successfulelements fromother (about a prize-fighter and an "entertainer") Anthony Hopkins and Emilio Estevez, it's a Stone has seized the day. He must have was written by We st. Movie Museum, 3566 Ju Dou (1990) A first-rate Chinese erotic anin1ated "classics." Among the performers time-travel story of a man rescued from a known this could be his big film, and he's Harding Ave. Fri. 1/24 & Sun. 1/26, 8 p.m. drama that premiered at the Hawaii Inter- who sing the ersatz Broadway-showtune death sentence only to be sent 20 years into hunkered down and delivered the goods. score is Angela Lansbury, who is worlds the future. The good news is that the film It's manipulative propaganda, of course, but better than anyone else. Recommended, was directed by Australian Geoff Murphy it's intelligently and beautifully done. Kevin cautiously. (Utu), whose forte is combining top-notch Costner givesa strong performance as obses­ BlackRobe One of the bestmovies of 1991, action with intriguing ideas. sive New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison, who with tenific direction by Bruce Beresford, a GrandCanyon "Welcome to the '90s," says conducts his own inquiry into Kennedy's wonderfully intelligent script by Brian Moore the voice-over to the TV ad for this com­ murder. Costner is at the center of a beau­ and' superb cinematography by Peter Jatnes. edy-drama by writer-director Lawrence Kas­ tifullyedited, fast-moving film, whose three­ In 1634, a French priest makes a heart-of­ dan (Tbe Big ChilD. The '90s here are played hour length is almost never self-indulgent. darkness journey into North American Indian out in Los Angeles, a city right on the edge With Jack Lemmon, DonaldSutherland, Sissy territory to "save" the savages (as he thinks of anarchy and ruin. Its once self-obsessed Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Joe Pesci, Kevin of them). The emerging story traces, with denizens are realizing that they had better Bacon, Laurie Metcalf and John Candy - absorbing vividness, the clash of two cul­ develop compassion, self-understanding and all doing their best work in years. Recom­ tures that do not - cannot - look at the psychological savvy. But is it too late? The mended. world in the same way. Highly recom­ story begins when one man saves the life of JuiceThis film, an urban drama in the spirit mended. another, and somehow the notion of human of Boyz N the Hood, marks the directorial BugsyWa rren Beatty givesan excellent per­ inter-relatedness makes it through all the debut of Spike Lee's cinematographer, Ernest formance in this overpraised but still far L.A. alienation. Kasdan is the master of the · Dickerson. - M.B. above average love/gangster story about ensemble story,and here he has assembled Kuffs Christian Slater is a laid-back Valley­ Bugsy Siegel, a charming sociopath who a dream cast: Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Boy type whose Nicholsonian presence, as helped invent Las Vegas. Director Barry Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard and Mary a rookie investigator who becomesthe boss, Levinson will probably win an Oscar forhis McDonnell (Dances with Wolves). Recom­ throws a security force badly out of whack. work here. With Annette Bening, Elliott mended, cautiously. -M.B. Gould and JoeMantegna. Wittilywritten by The Hand that Rocks the Cradle This The Last Boy ScoutThis by-the-numbers James Toback. thriller from the director of Bad Influence action flick has got its formula down: highly Cape Fear MartinScorsese's re-working of (the silly noire in which Rob Lowe poses �isual violence every three minutes (begin­ a 1962 revenge movie, in which the direc­ as a calculating psychopath) is about a ning with a zonked-out footballer gunning tor shows us the soft white underbelly of nanny whose calculated scheming begins down the defense during a Big Game); buddy-bonding (Bruce Willis smirking at Damon Wa yans, who looks a little uncom­ fortable delivering his semi-homoerotic rejoinders); and shockingly ancient one-lin­ Art Pick ers (even Willis' 13-year-old daughter deliv­ ers "f-word" put-downs). Scripter Shane Black (who received $1.45 million for the screenplay) provides plenty of cartoon-like rough stuff. It's a hit. Man in the Moon The sleeper of 1991: a beautiful rites-of-adolescent-passage story texture$. S cunningly photographed by Freddie Francis ·ix. poemsby women (Glory) and directed by Robert Mulligan (To a musical quotation Kill a Mockingbird). With Sam Waterston. musicttlti1}:\e wall). My Girl Macauley Culkin gets his first kiss 1 Compose!'$ Stucky · will join · r rodiscuss tl1eirmusic . � AfanBwnm and tl1en dies of bee stings. It's a box-office 1 Discoveries II: Acadetny lfleatre, 900S. Beretania St.: Thur. V� 8 p'.m. sensation. $12.50. 517-6191 NecessaryRoughness A college-football "comedy" with Scott Bakula and TV's Sin­ bad. You'll be seeing it on cable very soon. $5. 735-8771 national Film Festival a couple of years ago. The People Under the Stairs Over the TheFisher King(1991) A pretentious buddy If you're wondering why the film has the top in gore. This film, about people trapped movie in mythic drag. With Jeff Bridges (as most sumptuous color you've ever seen, it's in an old house by an evil couple, has clever a disc jockey with a psycho listener who because China is the only country with orig­ moments, "but it manages to suggest that goes on a killing spree) and Robin Willianis inal, pure Technicolor film stock. Hemen­ alienated audiences need massive doses of (as a bum who befriends Bridges). Directed way Theatre, UH Manoa Campus: Tue. 1/28 mayhem in order to feel anything at all. by Terry (BraziD Gilliam. Hemenway The­ - Sun. 2/2, 6 & 8 p.m. $3.50. 956-6468 Prince of Tides Barbra Streisand directs atre, UH Manoa Campus: Wed. 1/22 - Sun. Story of Boys and Girls (1990) In this Nick Nolte (probably to an Oscar) in this 1/26, 6 & 8:45 p.m. $3.50. 956-6468 fiercely Italian film, a 20-course betrothal Pat Conroy tale of a South Carolina teacher Goin' To Town 0935) As a cultural oddity, banquet is tile scene for ensemble revela­ discovering the secrets of his dysfunctional there was no one like Mae West. Although tions, scandals and indiscretions.The group family. her first starringrole saved Paramount from bickers ipseparably as the wine and secrets Rush Based on a true story, Rush is a cop financial ruin,We st was nonetheless a prob­ flow. Directed by Pupi Avati. action-drama about a pair of undercover lem for the studio: Her salacious material Academy Theatre, 900 S. Beretania St.: Fri. narcotics detectives who are seduced by the (always written by West herself) prompted 1/24, Sat. 1/25, Mon. 1/27 & Tue. 1/28, 7:30 lure of the drug dealers they are supposed a "legion of decency" (soon to be the offi­ p.m. $4. 538-1006 Termini Station to be pursuing. With Jason Patric and Jen­ cial censorship board) in Hollywood. As a (1988). Canadian Allen nifer Jason Leigh. - M.B. result, things are toned down in this movie, Ring's story of a 20-year-old waitress and Star Trek VI One of the best of the series. and Mae, playing an heiress out We st, is hustler (Megan Follows) and her embittered, Paramount had the good sense to returnto held in check. The result is less than alcoholic mother (Colleen Dewhurst). writer-director Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek I!) sparkling. Together, they try to free themselves from forthis episode, which, despite a drastically I'm No Angel 0933) Mae West and Cary their bitter past and tl1eir bleak lives in a Academy The­ reduced budget (cut by $9 million), is a Grant star as a lion-tamer and a member of small Canadian mining town. IWlicJjief ·�· Sketches; lJ,to -..-,.... let}', $01·· Wai.,_ $t.t! ••S atre, 900 S. Beretania St.: We d. 1/22, 4 & p.n,.through Fri.1/#4. $3M89t sturdy, simplistic morality play, very effec­ high society, respectively. This very funny tively photographed by Honolulu's Hiro film is practically a dictionary of terms tl1at 7:30 p.m. $4. 538-1006 6 • January22, 1992 • Honolulu Weekly ADVERTISEMENT HAWAII'S LOCAL STORES STRUGGLE TO REMAIN IN ALA MOAN CENTER MANY BEING EVICTED HAVE BEEN WITH ALA MOANA CENTER FOR 25 YEARS OR MORE

Volume 1 Number 1 January 1992

"I remember how nice and considerate In a letter to its Japan owners, one management was then," reminisced young Japanese woman wrote to the AN OPEN PLEA TO THE Audrey Fu, owner of VILLA ROMA. Chairman of the Board of DAIEI: PEOPLE OF HAWAII "They offered help and suggestions as to how we could increase our business, even "DAIEI is certainly allowing high going so far as to build our store fronts, priced stores to come in and effectively The inadvertent conflict between are turning away and turning out stores such small businesses as VILLA ROMA, too." TAHITI IMPORTS and HALE KUKUI which attracted the local customers. CANDLE SHOP and a Qiant like "In this kind of mutually cooperative DAIEI/EQUITABLE is not new 1n Hawaii. atmosphere we both prospered. "It is already clear many [iocals] are Obviously, management understood that forsaking Ala It has been going on for some time. success, to be assured, has to be a JOINT Apparently, however, this recent II Moana Shopping action has touched a nerve among PARTNERSHIP. Center to shop at locals and tourists alike, who have felt the other malls compelled enough to respond. The "mutually-profitable relationship" between Dillingham and the local which are more ( ...Con tinued on page 4) local-friendly and merchants of Ala Moana was to continue have shops we can until 1984 when DAIEI/EQUITABLE actually spend our bought the Center from Dillingham. money at. Most local people do not There is an ironic twist to the Changes were in the wind, even then, have the financial current Ala Moana Center although the merchants recall there resources to shop at slogan: "My how things have APPEARED no overt cause for alarm. Not the trendy stores of that is, until, one-by-one, some major, Palm Boulevard. 11 changed ..." local, one-time traditional names began to I quietly disappear. The "exodus" began with ROSS SUTHERLAND followed by "If you are For at least one long-time CAROL & MARY and, finally, Photo by StuartYo ung looking toward ANDRADE. Why did those local icons Mason, age 3, gives her support excluding a high store owner and operator, fo r Hawaii's small local store percentage of the Audrey Fu of VILLA ROMA, leave? Not because they wanted to, ow11ers at a press c,mfere11ce apparently. ·held by VILLA ROAM in local people and things have changed alright, but December. local merchants, you are doing an not necessarily Ior the better. When their leases expired, the Center excellent job. simply did not choose to re-new. When Ala Moana first opened 31 years "Locally owned stores and the . local ago, Dillingham Corporation took a The recent decision by DAIEI/ people are the backbone which put Ala calculatedbusiness risk m openingthe first EQUITABLE to evict 7 local businesses to Moana Center on the retailmap. major shopping center in fhe islands. It make room for the high-priced became one of the most successful of its NEIMAN-MARCUS store has caused great "It may be business sense to your kind. This was largely due to the close consternation not only among the local company, but I believe in Hawaii, you relationship management maintained with shop owners, but among their employees need to demonstrate some 'heart'. It is each store owner. In its early days, ancffamilies, as well. true that the tomist economy helps buy mana&ement then, still imbued with the many things in the higher priced stores local, 'island-style" of doing business and Since this action on the part of but it wilf also remain true that when aloha-oriented, wooed what they DAIEI/EQUITABLE, thousands have times are tough, it is the local people to considered to be the "cream of the crop" of voiced their disapproval re: what will whom the stores will tum." retailers and merchants, to ensure their eventually be the eviction of about 24 local success. Along with such giants as JC merchants fromthe Center. As if-to further reinforce the point, the Penney, Sears, Liberty House and letter-writer closes with a solemn warning

Mcinerny, Villa Roma, a smart, Perhaps because of VILLA ROMA'S that must have affected the DAIEI I high-fashioned women's wear shop, joined long involvement with the community and chairman's sleep somewhat: I those early pioneers. In-the years to come, the numerous contributions both the store , I I Villa Roma would blaze a stunning, and its owner have �enerously made, they "To forget how the local stores and local I highly-successful fashion tx:ail at Afa are now receiving an astounding consumers impact on your shopping I Moana Center. outpouring of support. center is ... to probably bring 'BACHI' on a shopA'ing center we used to know and love.

LOCALS RALLY BEHIND VILLA ROMA

A reading of the numerous letters impresses anyone who cares to analyze VILLA ROMA'S support. This support, which has run into the thousands in petitions signed has also brought forth letters which have often moved Ms. Fu to tears. There is an underlying frustration and Melveen Leed speaks in support ofVILLA ROMA at Ala Moana Center. resentment that permeates each letter. Each diselays a single-minded concern for what is happening to our local people. to entice shoppers off the beaten track of NEIMAN- MARCUS customer was noted the well-travefed mall level. to have an income above $75,000. The kind of response VILLA ROMA'S evictionnotice b y DAIEI/EQUITABLE has Says one third-floor merchant, "People Whether it is $75,000 or $100,000, it is provoked is reminiscent of Rosa Parks, the would walk the mall corridor from hard to believe very many of Hawaii's black woman who refused to"move to the Liberty House to Sears, but the side middle-class - the staple of the shopping back of the bus", thereby, with this single traffic was less than desireable. You centers -- earn that kind of money. action, tri$gering what was to become the need to have features for people to make Generally, most families have resorted to historic Civil Rignts Movement. them want to explore." (Sam) Shenkus becoming two-income families to meet the [Marketing Director of Ala Moana high cost of living in Hawaii, and even When VILLA ROMA first received its Center] concedes that even today, this with that kind of double-income, it may eviction notice, all Audrey Fu could think pattern remains a concern. "You don't be difficult for some to patronize the of when she learned of 1t was: "This is have the foot traffic going mauka-makai current 'designer' stores now occupied by unacceptable. After 25 years of faithful that you do through the mall. So if high-income clientele-oriented stores like service to the Center, this is unacceptable." you're a store located on the far ocean Chanel, Armani, Celine, and Escada. side of the third floor, you're not in the As Audrey Fu recounts it: "All I could line of traffic." Wrote businessman Leslie Usui angrily think of was: what am I going to tell my to Dwight Yoshimura, the new director of employees? Especially the ones who long The Center is hoping that the addition the Center: ago turned down other jobs to loyally of NEIMAN"-MARCUS will provide the remain with me? What about their additionaltraffic to those areas. families? It was simply, unacceptable." "In my opmzon, the IN VILLA ROMA'S 25 YEARS Administration That is precisely what she told the THEY NEVER management of Ala Moana Center. "ROCKED THE BOAT" responsible for making changes at the Center After consulting with her employees, clearly shows a mentality who unanimously urged her to take a Audrey Fu's trackrecord for the past 25 other than one who really stand, she decided to call a press years has been one of a hard worker, a understands and cares conference, taking the advice of hundreds good mother and a caring community-giver. In her long years witn about Hawaii and its of her friends to "$0 public." Employees people. 11 were quick to p1tcfi in making signs Ala Moana, she has helped many an telling of their dissatisfaction with "how aspiring model, photographer and young things have changed" at the Center. designer get a start up tne 1aaaef or He continues with: success. Many of these young people, In the ensuing days, developments and now successful entrepreneurs, have "Their decisions have been incredibly other evidence indicated a tendency on written testimonials of gratitude and insensitive and so short-sighted that 1t the part of management to being less than support for her current plight. reeks of another wave of missionaries, honest in their public stance. To the only this time economically based. The media they assumed a somewhat hurt · · Audrey Fu and VILLA ROMA are economic guru from the outside will and befuddled pose in their declaration fighting to remain where she has dictate to the ignorant local how, when that "we are trying to relocate these shops successiully done business for the past 25 and where to spend their money by to other locations." What they did not years and where she has "done very well creatingsituations with no choice. acknowledse was that VILLA ROMA'S for the Center." The bottom line, as every "new location" turned out to be on the small business owner at the Mall knows is ''These uniquely Hawaiian flavoured third level of Palm Boulevard, a veritable that all-important percentage paid to the stores are being replaced by uptown waste-land of the Center, where it would owners, which, if VILLA ROMA had not clones which can be found in every not be able to survive economically due to successfully met, would have ousted them major city and caters only to the very the poor trafficflow . long ago. well-heeled.

So why should VILLA ROMA leave? "Wh�t is transpiring at the shoppini 1 can't afford the stores center 1s truly 1mportant because 1t 'we But perhaps, it's time to address the represents what is happening in this of Palm Boulevard now, NEIMAN-MARCUS side of the story. State as a whole. why would we shop in such an expensive store as Does Honolulu and the State of Hawaii "Major decisions that affect all are NEIMAN-MARCUS ? 11 really need another high-priced store like being made by people who really NEIMAN-MARCUS? understand very little about the specialness of the Hawaiian Islands and Let us examine the facts. its culture." In the January issue of HAWAII BUSINESS, this poor flow of traffic is In initial news releases, NEIMAN­ explained: "One of the culprits was the MARCUS announced that their store was structure of the Center itself. Unable to scaled for the consumer with a "median expand horizontally, the only way to go salary of $100,000 annually." In a was U{' -- except there were no physical subsequent announcement published in incentives such as signage or blockades HAWAII INVESTOR, tfie average 2 The following are excerpts from letters sent to >' Ala Moana Center and DAIEI (USA), Inc.:

"Villa Roma's style and sophistication has set the trends fo r many of Hawaii's women. They're "First, I have to say... my, always firstwith the how things have changed latest fa shions, we at AlaMoana Center. In my opinion in the last two "There is no question in my mind that large nationally could say (2) years, Ala Moana known stores such as Neiman Marcus would be a great trendsetters. As a Center has lost itsflavor asset to the communityas well as Ala Moana Center. model, Villa Roma and uniqueness with our On the other hand, I would be greatly distressed to see has paved many local residents aswell as merchants such as Audrey Fu displacedfrom th e roads leading to my our visitors from successes: Posters, abroad.You have scared center. Ms. Fu has such a reputation in this town we the local people away from fe lt compelled to put her on the cover of RSVP Catalog, even Japan the Center and they are the Magazine along with three other fa shion ladies. The tours fo r modeling. bread and butter of our responses we got to the storyon Audrey Fu fa r . So to methere is no Island... Wh o doyou think surpassed the comments on any other of the question Villa Roma hears and sees your ads? participants. " R.D. must stay in Ala The local people of Moana Center. " Hawaii." S.W

"Hi! My name is Jennifer Uyeno. I am "I have been in the localwom en's ready to wear business in Hawaii fo r 16 years as a manufacturer. I nine years old. My have watched the transformation of the center over the past fe w years with great dismay and disgust and mom works at Vi lla fe el strongly the need to speak out. Villa Roma and its head, Audrey Fu, is the last store left in the center Roma. I don'twant you that truly represents the local taste and flavor. In my op inion, the center has been transformed into to close the store down something that is totally out of character and alien to Hawaii's lifestylein relation to contempora,y because they are nice wearing apparel suitedfo r the local resident. This is no longer the case as mainland chains, and generous people merchandisers and fo reign companies do not buy locally. In my opinion, the current management of Ala who work there, and I Moana Center has shown an incredible insensitivity to the people born and raised here." L.U. have wondeiful memories of that place ...So please don't close Villa Roma down." Jennifer Uyeno ,,Not only has Villa Roma been a loyal customer fo r the past 13 years, but I "I am verycon cerned thatth e shopping fe el their style, class and center management, in an effo rt to add sense offashion can not 'gloss and glitz' to their image are in reality, be duplicated anywhere in cutting their own throats. You are certainly the world. They have an adding stores in the high price range and outstanding name and effectively turning away and turning out the reputation as a world stores which made the center local...It is renowned woman's already clear as a customer and from boutique, that has always speaking with friends that the local people been noted as being are foresaking your center to shop at the fa shion fo rward at an other malls which are more affordable price... Becaus e 'local-friendly ' .. .Locally owned stores and Vi lla Roma is such a the local people are the backbone which put valued retailer, we, at Ala Moana Center on the retail map. " K.S. Barbara Barbara, and many other manufa cturers would accommodate them in any way possible." M.F-G. Audrey Fu of VillaRoma has been an extremely important person in the fa shion direction in Hawaii and a positive influenceon the direction of our "Climax"lin e 'When I firstop ened my photography and graphic design studio almostfive years ago, of dresses. For twentyyears we Audrey Fu showed confidencein my abilities by granting me their advertising business. Villa have dealt with Villa Roma and we Roma and Chocolates For Breakfast quickly became my biggest client and it is quite probable know (hat Audrey 's management that without their generous assistance, I would not have been able to survive long enough to and fashion sense are qualities that gain a significant number of additional clients. Now into the nineties, Villa Roma and any shopping center would Chocolates For Breakfast are still large clients of my company. " Stuart Yo ung treasure. Audrey and Villa Roma are virtually synonymouswith the Ala Moana Center, please keep it that way. " D.S. J ------�----�--,--.---·----.....----,---,-----�-- - -

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"I was shocked to hear of the possibilitythat Villa Roma, one of POLITICIANS EXPRESS ...con tinued frompage I the finestand best boutiques THEIR CONCERN catering to Hawaii women might not have their lease renewed. I have AN OPEN PLEA traveled all over the world and must Recently, Congressman Neil Our local businesses need your continued Abercrombie wrote to the owners of support. We urge you to call or write to your admit that besides the very chic VILLA ROMA in response to Fu's elected officials, because: Chocolates For Breakfast, Villa statement that ... "manyof us are unable to Roma has supplied my every need ir own our own homes and now our The entry of NEIMAN-MARCUS wardrobe whether it be fo r day or businesses are in jeopardy. When people to the Center will have a negative impact on the futures night.. .It would be a total outrage tt feel they do not have any control over of approximately two dozen see yet another 'local' boutique of their lives, how can they be proud of locally-owned businesses. what is no longer theirs to share and Behind these businesses, real such class leave our world give?" people are affected: The renowned Ala Moana Shopping owners with their families who Center. Villa Roma is known span 2 or 3 generations in Ala Responded Abercrombie: "Too often Moana Center, all their loyal throughout the countries I have the quest for profit and its affectations is employees and their families, visited, even as fa r as Ta hiti ... To sought without a concomittant essential and the many other businesses replace Villa Roma is unthinkable! exercise of responsibility in nurturing throughout the community and sustaining the local community's which depend upon these small Yo u cannot replace a 'local' based, businesses. fa mily run business with a chain stake and identity... Practices which feed the upward inflationary spiral -- which Under mainland management operation with the same results. " already have driven too many local we have been losing the local Melveen Leed businesses into extinctionand have made flavor of the Center. As a result affordable residential housing a we have lost much of the local marketand the mainland tourist nightmare for so many sons and market to other competing daughters of Hawaii - are ultimately shopping centers and Ala financiallY. imprudent and ethically Moana Center Is no longer irresponsible. considered Hawaii'sown. "It is my hope that current decisions by By allowing Ala Moana Center "A nnually many localretailers to chip away at the small store the management of Ala Moana Center owner, you are allowing them and designers pull together to will not fit and feed this overall pattern." to chip away at the Middle provide Miss Hawaii with a Class --- this is what America complete wardrobe for was built on. competition in Atlantic City. In Even Mayor Frank Fasi was concerned 1988 I was honored by winning enough to meet with the soon-to-be The preseNation of local evicted owners. businesses means that local the Miss Hawaii profits remain in our State to aid crown ...Chocolates For and enhance the economy Breakfast/Villa Roma provided But perhaps Pua Kanahele in her and benefit us all directly. an unparalleled $5,000.00 opening invocation in Heritage Interpretation International's Third wardrobe allowance .. ] IF YOU AGREE WITH OUR CONCERNS, THEN competed in Atlantic Citywith a Global Congress said it best: WE ASK THA T YOU SPEAK UP AND BE beautiful, elegant, exciting and COUNTED ...IF NOT FOR YOURSELVES TH EN dramatic wardrobe ... Chocolates "Allow us the space in our own land. FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND THE FUTURE OF Give Hawaiians their space, and we will HAWAII. For Breakfast/Villa Roma are take care of the tourist industry --- we 'local' businesses that can will show you who we are if you let us Mahalo and Aloha, compete alongside the 'big' live as Hawaiians." names . They are an inspiration Audrey Fu and Family to the other local retailers, an Owners, VILLA ROMA inspiration to the youth and people of Hawaii that a fa mily run business is still verymuch what America is allabout. " Desiree Moana Cruz I Alisa Randolph & Musica IE Jazz; Black Orchid. Music Almost Famous Variety; Coconut Willie 's. Augie Rey & City Lights Salsa, Dance; Concerts Nicholas Nickolas. 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Ta marindPark, Andrew's. bers that, while Kill Haole Day fell The music that resulted has driven no man can tear apart"), their col­ Bishop and King: Fri. 1/24, noon - 1 p.m. Max Flight Contemporary; Nick's Fish­ only once a year, Kill Popolo Day L.A. audiences out of their beansfor lective outlook on last year's Reality Free. 527-5666 market. was everyday. a decade; with the success of 1988 's of My Surroundings was decidedly Savatage This orchestrated metal crew Pam Gamboa Top 40; Paradise Lounge. must have symphonic aspirations: The Raga & Star Willi•s Jazz; New Orleans "My brother and I were the only Truth and Soul and the 1991 Reality grim ("I see the pestilence outside Bistro. black kids at the school, and we had of My Surroundings, the sound is my window," rails that album's band's last album was called Gutter Ballet and its current one is Streets - a Rock Triple1hreat Country; Coconut Willie's. 4 - to fight everyday," says the 26-year­ startingto infect the restof thenation MTV hit, Sunless Saturday, "I see 8:30 p.m. old Jones over the phone from his as well. Fishbone's bodacious music the dungheaps piled at least a mile Opera. In press-release-speak, Savatage "tempersits savage attackwith synthesized Warren Johnson & Gator Creek Band Los Angeles home as he readies for is structured mayhem, a hyperactive high/ I see the shards of shattered horns and strings." Two local headbanger Country; Pecos RiverCafe . the band's spring tour, which will jig of truth, angerand fun, likea fa st­ dreams in the street/I facethe morn­ outfits, Optimum FuryB.Y and .K., willopen. Wes Hamrick Classical, Jazz; Banyan take them through Honolulu this forward revolution on Mardi Gras ing with my customary sigh"). Pink'sGarage, 955 Waimanu St.: Fri. 1/24, 8 Ve randa. weekend. "It became so routine that day. It fuses disparate styles into "It's true,absolutely," Jones says p.m. $15 advance, $17.50 at thedoor. Two Willie K. ContemporaryHawaiian; Ma lia's we got used to it." something wholly original: The of the morefrustrated tone of Reality. drink minimum. 537-1555 Cantina. School-yardracial tension stayed idioms of hip-hop, funk,ska, hard­ "There is still hope, but it's becom­ 23/Tbursday with Jones after his family moved core and progressive rockalternately ing fewer and farther between. If Club Acts Augie Rey & City Lights Salsa, Dance; back to L.A.; he was among the kids mingle and assert themselves, giv­ somebodytells me there's no oppres­ Band schedulesare subject to change. Please Nicholas Nickolas. who, through the Supreme Court's ing each song a distinct personality sion here, then they obviously didn't call venuesfo r latest information. Consult Backstreet Blues; Jaron's Ka ilua. plan forracially assimilated schools, within the pervasive Fishiness of it see the Rodney King video. Yo u the LiveMusic Ve nues listfo r locations and BettyLoo Taylor & RachelGonzalez Jazz; were bused fromthe predominantly all. No doubt about it, this jam is can't just be peaceful,only trying to phone numbers. Ne w Orleans Bistro. black and poor neighborhood of live, set to a zany stage show of do right in your own life. Just Blue Kangaroo Variety;Jolly Roger Wa ikiki. South Central L.A. to schools in the wardrobe antics and acrobatic histri­ because you pray formovement in 22/Wednesday largely white and affluent San onics that just might inspire your the light doesn't mean you won't Fernando Valley. On the bus with granny to do the pogo. have to fight theidiots. In our music, Jones was future drummer Phillip But don't be fooledby the party­ we're saying to people, 'If you think Fisher (now simply Fish) and most of rich environment - at the center this is hard to deal with, wait forthe the other members of what would be of the shenanigans is a band with next decade."' January� & 29 Fish bone. social conscience. "A lot of people Reality covers the ravages of the There were incidents at school: tum a blind eye to what's happening crack epidemic with particular inten­ rock throwing, spitting, threats. in this country," Jones says, "like sity. "My pusher who art in the krack Transplanted into this alien and hos­ the total hypocrisy of the govern­ house," a voice intones in the chill­ tile environment, the busees stuck ment and its systemic racism. In my ing spoken-word piece Junkies Come see us perfo rm together, and they stayed that way old neighborhood, you'd see cops Prayer. "Hallowed be thy bitches magic with app les. even when the atmosphere around selling drugs and weapons to gang and hoes/As for I am sprung, my them warmed. As trombonist and members, but rock will be done/ In Belknap keyboard player Christopher Dowd nobody ever my crib as well as in puts it, "It got to this point where talks atmut it. Fishbone public." Publisliing time went by and we began to under­ Then they have a But perhapsnot all stand each other's culture and were a 'war on Pink's Gar ge drugs are created &Design able to relate to each other. They drugs.' There's Sat. 1/25 & equal. Earlier played us Rush and we played them no investment in sun 6, 9 p.m. Fishbone songs, like Funkadelic and it was cool." people in this . 1/2 the 1986 Turn the In September 1978, when guitarist country, in edu­ $17, plus Other Way, seem to Jones and his friends were in the cation and build­ approach certain eighth grade, Fishbone was born. ing communities. ·two-drink min. drugs - particu­ "Basically, we didn't knowhow to "European 537-1555 larly hallucinogens play," Jones remembers. "We were a . expansionism has such as LSD - in bandbefore we wereproficient musi­ brought this whole a more favorable,even experiential cians. Westarted practicing in Fish's world to ruin, culturally and envi­ light. Does Jones feel differently bedroom and Chris' house because ronmentally. Thelegacy is greed - about them? it had a piano, and we sort of rotated people only think of their immediate "I'm definitely a proponent of NOISELESS VERTICALS Exclusive Patterns 8c Colors rehearsals wherever we could play." needs;meanwhile, the planetis doing legalizing marijuana," he says, "but No weights • No chains • No noise The Bonies brought to the band a some wholesale dying. We're about there are some things that just Denects heat from the sun • Fire retardant jumble of musical tastes culled from people getting some awareness. We shouldn't bearound. How manypeo­ Keep your existing headrail ... We wlll be happy to replace the vanes... their lives in South Centraland the wouldn't preach, but we express the ple have you seen that are homeless Or buythe entire unit. CUSTOM DRAPERY.•. Valley, a tonal maelstrom that ini­ hypocrisy of the system and try to and are selling their children for a See the most gorgeous Fa brics in the tially pulled the band in conflicting wake people up, because if there's joint like they do behind crack? Plus, latest colors and designs. directions. "One of the guys wanted gonna beany serious politicalchange, if you do crack or blow, you just � 923-1630 We come to you. to do progressive rock," Jones says, it has to be at the grass-roots level." know it was a setup. It used to be the Call now fo r an appointment "another wanted to do reggae and Fishboneis songs reflect these val- Continued on Page 12 January22, 1992 • Honolulu Weekly • 7 ------�------�------

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Saloon. can leave your thinking cap at home on the friends sell out their dreams. We see her Wes Hamrick Classical, Jazz; Maile Room. windowsill. Diamond Head Th eatre, 520 growing up through flashbacks: as a liberal Makapuu Ave.: Wednesdays - Saturdays, 8 idealist in the '60s, an independent career 27/Monday p.m.; Sundays 4 p.m. through2/16. $7 - $35. woman in d1e '70s and a successful insebut ­ Almost Famous Variety; Coconut Willie's. 734-0274 cure academicin the '80s. MVf presents an Bruddah Walta Contemporary Hawaiian; Christmascake A play-in-progress by Main­ outstandingproduction of a brilliantwork of Malia 's Ca ntina. land playwrightVe lina Hasu Houston. Kumu d1eater, directed with intensity and preci­ Ernie Shea Jazz; Mahina Lounge. has produced several of Houston's pieces sion by Mark Pinkosh. Linda Johnson plays Exit 8 Contemporary Hawaiian; Monterey dealing with Asian themes (Tea, Asa Ga Heidi wid1 great depd1 in a fresh, original Bay CannersPear/ridge. Kimashita); this one is about a 40-year-old portrayalthat never resorts to New Yorkish GoodOle Boyz Country; Pecos River Cafe. Japanese-American bachelor who is pres­ cliches, and the rest of the castshows great J.P. Smoketrain Light Rock, R & B; No sured by hisparents to attenda charm school comedicflair. In spite of all the humor, how­ Na me Bar. designed to make Asian- American men more ever, some women in the audience were Jim Blakemore Contemporary Hawaiian; attractive (the school is modeled after real-life crying, perhaps because the play gets right Monterey Bay Ca nners Wa rd. "bridegroom schools" in Japan). Ten ney The­ to the heart of the quiet heroism of women Joel KurasakiJazz; Orson 's. atre, St. Andrew's Cathedral, Queen Emma today- K.K.Manoa Va lley Theatre, 2833 E. Kama'aina Ciub H.awaiian; Beachcombe,'. Sq.: 1/24, 25, 30, 31 & 2/1, 8 p.m.; Sundays Manoa Rd.: Wed. 1/22 - Sat. 1/25, 8 p.m.; 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. 1/26 & 2/2, 6:30 p.m. $7. 737-4161 Sun. 1/26, 4 p.m. $16 - $18. 988-6131 Keoa Contemporary Hawaiian; Jolly Roger TheCouncil Many cultures have myths about I Read AboutMy Deathin Vogue Maga. East. a time when Man was just a being, equal to zine A satiric perspective on· social move­ Kevin Mau Variety; Coconut Willie's. 12:30 but not aboveail d1e other beingsin nature's ments, Lydia Sargent's play is a - 3:30 p.m. big "Council." In this Honoiulu Theatre for tongue-in-cheek accountof "how d1e media, Leroy Kahaku Contemporary; Black Youth production, written and directed by through its �reation of the Vog ue image, Orchid. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Native-Americanplaywright William S. Yellow changed the women's movement from a Milestone Jazz; Nick's Fishmarket. RobeJr., Man plays along with the Council's struggle aboutequal opportunitit>.s to a rally Mondo Incognito Rock; Moose McGilly­ law to hunt only what is needed. But, not forthose 'daringto befeminin e."'Shown as cuddy'sWa ikiki. satisfied with a diet of grubs (the only things part of MVf's Studio Series in conjunction Open Jam Session Rock; Fast Eddie 's. he can catch and chew), he decides to be withits mainstage run of TheHeidi Ch ronicles. Pam Gamboa Top 40; Paradise Lounge. more like Tiger and fashions a spear with Manoa Valley Theatre, 2833 E. Manoa Rd.: PictureWindow Contemporary; Sp indrifter big teeth. He hooks up with Woman; they Sun. 1/26 : Tue. 1/28, 8 p.m. $12. 988-6131 Kahala. discover t1reand start lording it over the ani­ Raga & DerrylMcKay Jazz; New Orleans mals. The animals try to bring Man back to hy do women shave underarm hair drifted down to the Bistro. the natural laws, but we all know how it Art their legs and under­ proles fairly slowly, roughly match­ Russ Donnelly Folk, Country; Jolly Roger ends: Man takes over and becomes a law Wa ikiki. unto himself. Wearing masks, furry ears and About Chinatown Inks with watercolors arms ? When did this ing the widening popularity of sheer Ramsay SydetteJazz; Lewers Lounge. feathered capes, the HIY ensemble imbues by Trish Wellings. Through 1/31 and sleevelessdr esses. Anti-arm-hair Galleries Cafe, custom begin? !fit's/or Untouchables Dance; Nicholas Nickolas. the animals with a lot of humor - Mako the & 1128 Smith St. 537-ARTS hygienic reasons, why ads began appearing in middlebrow Vinny Ringrose Keltic, Folk; Irish Rose Shark talks like a zany Dracula, and Walrns AIDS ... Birth, Resurrection and Death don 't men do it too? ls McCall's in 1917. Women's razors Saloon. gets a laugh every time he lets out a groan. San Francisco artist Peter Edward Maxwell's it all a big conspiracy and depilatories didn't show up in Wes Hamrick Classical, Jazz; Banyan It's great forkids, and adults can appreciate mixed-media installation illustratesd1e lone­ by the razar companies? I've heard the Sears Roebuck catalog until 1922, Ve ra nda. the deep ecologymessage. - Karyn Koeur. liness of being a person with AIDS sur­ some European women don 't shave. the same year the company began Castle High School Theatre, 45-386 Kaneohe rounded by a mostly HIV-negative support group. Through 2/20. Fanatik, Coffeeline, offering dresses with sheer sleeves. 28/Tuesday Bay Dr., Kaneohe: Sat. 1/25, 4:30 & 7:30 p.m. Please clarify this mystery. 1820 UniversityAve. 947-1615 Almost Famous Variety; Coconut Willie's. $7.50, $5 kids. 839-9885 -A., Chicago By then the underarm battle was ApolloOils of marine life, Hawaiian plants. I knew if I procrastinated long largely won. Advertisers no longer Betty Loo Taylor & Derryl McKay Jazz; The Heidi Chronicles This Pulitzer Prize­ winning off-Broadway play is the story of an Ongoing. Restaurant Row, 500 Ala Moana enough somebody would eventually felt compelled to explain the need New OrleansBistro. JollyRoger Wa ikiki. Urban Everywornan and feminist (Heidi, Blvd. 532-1200 do the legwork on this often-asked for their products but could concen­ Blue Kangaroo Variety; City Lights Dance; Nicholas Nickolas. naturally),who "keeps the faith"_while her trate simply on distinguishing them­ Continued on Page 12 question for me. Sure enough, Pete CrossoverPop, Funk, Blues;Jaron'sKailua. Cook of Chicago has sent me an arti­ selves from their competitors. Ernie Shea Jazz; Mahina Lounge. cle from the Journal of American The anti-leg hair campaign was Exit 8 Contemporary Hawaiian; Monterey ------Culture by Christine Hope bearing more fitful, never reaching the pro­ Bay Ca nners Pear/ridge. the grand title "Caucasian Female portions of the underarm campaign. Horizon Contemporary; Sp indrifterKa bala. , Body Hair and American Culture." Women were apparently more In Step Variety; Monterey Bay Canners The gist of it is that women in the ambivalent about calling attention Wa rd. United States were browbeaten into to their lower chassis, perhaps out J.P. Smoketrain Light Rock, R & B; No shaving underarm hair by a sustained of the well-founded fearthat doing Name Bar. marketing assault that began in 1915. so would give men ideas in a way Jim Blakemore Contemporary Hawaiian; MontereyBay Ca nnersOutr igger. (Leg hair came later.) that naked underarms did not. After Joel Kurasaki Jazz; Orson 's. The aim of what Hope calls the rising in the 1920s, hemlines dropped Jonny& theDreamers Variety;Jo lly Roger Great Underarm Campaign was to in the '30s and many women were East. inform American womanhood of a content to leave their leg fuzz alone. I Kama'aina Club Hawaiian; Beachcomber. problem that until then it didn't Still, some advertisers as well as 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. know it had: unsightly underarm an increasing number of fashion and Karl Herreshoff Classical; Coffee Ma noa. hair. To be sure, women had been beauty writers harped on the idea Kevin Mau Variety; Coconut Willie's. 12:30 I concerned about the appearance of that female leg hair was a curse. - 3:30 p.m. their hair since time immemorial, Though Cook doesn't say so, what Kontrast Rock; Moose McGillycuddy 's Wa ikiki. but (sensibly) only the stuff you may have put the issue over the top I Leroy Kahaku Contemporary; Black could see. Prior to World War I this was the famous WWII pinup of Orchid. 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. meant scalp and, for the unlucky Betty Grable displaying her awe­ Loretta Ables Trio Jazz; Lewers Lounge. few, facial hair. Around 1915, how­ some gams. Showing offone's legs I Love Godz & 2 Local Bands Three pro­ ever, sleeveless dresses became pop­ became a patrioticact and soon even gressive rock acts: Wa veWa ikiki. ular,_ opening up a whole new field "good" girls were doing it. That plus Max FlightContemporary; Nick 'sFishmari?et. for marketers to exploit. the advent of sho1ter skirtsand sheer Nalu Variety; Monterey Bay Ca nners I According to Cook, the campaign stockings made the anti-leg-hair Pear/ridge. began in May 1915 in Harper 's pitch an easy sell. Pam Gamboa Top 40; Paradise Lounge. Bazaar, a magazine aimed at the Body hair removal is now pretty Simplisity Jawaiian; Malia 's Cantina. I Coconut Willie's. upper crust. 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ap Reiplinger used to do a kalua with salmon, a large bowl of decades. Helen has run Helena's great take on Feelings, an poi and haupia) costs $6.25; most Hawaiian Kitchen since its incep­ impassioned solitarycroon, items (stews, fish, luau dishes) are tion, and, though she'll turn75 this with almost every line aug­ $1.75 or less. A bowl of poi is 95 year, she continues to put in 16- to KEAT ON mented by a belch, a burp 17-hour days doing all the cookingat or the clink of cutlery Julia Steele the restaurant, four days a week SPA DER against a plate: (Tuesdays through Fridays). cents; haupia is 25 cents a piece. Saturdays she does catering. These "Eating, I get offon eating, Still, the prices have gone up. days Helen also gets help fromher There's nothing quite like fe ed­ When Helena's openedin September grandson, Craig, a University of ing that hole in your faaaace. of 1946, poi was 15 cents a bowl, Southern Californiagra duate who With poke, I like poke aku, pipikaula 25 cents. The restaurant has been working af the restaurant Poke aku 's oooono, with the was begun by Helen Chock, who for the last two years and hopes to limuuu on top. grew up right next door. Her father's take over the family business ... that And squid luau. Where's my general store, Kwock Hin's, on the is, if the business survives. Helen squid luau? corner of North King and recentlyreceived notice from Bishop Squid luau's the winner, I eat Waikarnilo, sold "everything," Helen Estate, which owns the land under­ three pounds fordinner, says, "dry goods, medicine, castor neath her restaurant, that the area is Gives me chicken skiiiiin. oil." (Helen's father arrived_ in scheduled for demolition. Helena's Hawaii from Canton at the turnof Hawaiian Kitchen is now on a Eeeeating, I forever the centuryand , after a brief spellin month-to-month lease; Helen says eeeeeating Waipio, moved to Kalihi,set up shop as soon as the Estate can find a I really blow my mind, when and sired nine children.) developer, it aims to replace the grind. KEEP YOUR there's nothing to How did Helen learn to cook restaurant with a mini-mall. Like pigs ' feet, I likepickled Hawaiian food?"Just maybe I love Apparently the growth of conve­ RESOLUTION FIRM. pigs' feet, to eat Hawaiian food," she says. nience marts cannot be halted even If this is If they was any smaaaaller, I'd "Just maybe you learn tocook the by a state Senate proclamation your year to swallow them whoooole." food you love to eat." Did she eat it declaring Helena's an historic land­ get inshape, at home? "Oh, no, we ate Chinese mark and an article in the U.S. then make one The skitcomes rushingback when food at home. I was on Ford Island Congressional Record (framed more , resolution: you're sitting in Helena's Hawaiian just before the war. I worked in the copies of both hang on the wall Kitchen at 1364 N. King St. in Jazzercise. We laundry with lots of Hawaiian ladies, beneath a 3-foot fish caught by combine the best Kalihi, digging into a meal of sour and they would always bringpoi and Helen's son in Alaska and besidethe of low-impact poi, chicken long rice, imu-cooked fish for lunch. I would bring sand­ drawings artistJean Charlot - a fre­ aerobics with the kalua pig, lornisalmon, raw onion, wiches and we'd trade."Helen also quent patron- donated). fun of dance! rock salt and haupia. This is some remembers that when she was grow­ "We're looking fora new place, Call today for ono food.There's laulau, luau squid, a 1992 class ing up, "across the street, this man but the rents areso high," Helen says schedule. pipikaula, opihi, fried aku,fried ahi, would sell poifrom thebarrel . Yo u'd with a shrug. In the meantime, she butterfish and more. The prices and bring your bowl, and he'd serve you. and her dedicated staff, like Beauty the decor are circa 1950 - green Q_en1W A I n I\ 11I I\ ceI . They didn't have fancy kine luau, Castillo, who has worked at Helena's forrnicatables , wooden booths, rice Hawaii"s Finest Antique & Classic but they always had some kind of for 35 years, continue to cook and Clothier for Men & Women cookers in the corner by the soda dried fish." serve one of the best meals - and 2139-A Kuhio Avenue cases, gum machine by the door. The Thus began a love affair that deals - in town. Better get it while (I BlocR from Kuhio Theater) 921-9056 most expensive item on the menu would keep her in the kitchen for you can. • (Menu D, which includes laulau, January22, 1992 • Honolulu We ekly • 11 Find the Honolulu \Veekl every Continued from Page 9 PotsCeramics by Gail Bakutis. Through FishboneContinued from Page 7 \Vedne aY- in your ColorRecent Romanticism oils by Mike 1/31. Ramsay Galleries & Cafe, 1128 most expensive drug around; some­ Smith St. 537-ARTS Breen. Through 2/8. Roy's, Hawaii Kai body made it cheap. I don't know neighborh ! James Rack Oils of rustic Hawaii. Corporate Plaza, 6600 Kalanianaole who's getting rich or what they're Hwy. 396-7697 Through 3/12. Cafe Che Pasta, 1001 financingwith this money, but there's Aiea Bravo Expres.5 Kopohulu Center Cafeteria CulturalPortraits of Indonesiapic­ A Bishop St. 524-0004 Jelly's Comics & Frame Shack ?-Eleven (JO? Records Hawaii torial of Indonesia by Lindsay Hebberd Seize the Day Artists' interpretations something going on, and it's not in Books Subway Kapahulu Ave.) Tower Records that spans landscapes and cultures from of leap year, which include rituals, role a spy novel - this is for real." Tower Records Koiluo Go Bananas Moiliili reversals, order and chaos, and time. And psychedelics? Downtown Ciao! Ciao! Gelato! lrifune Anna Bannanas Sumatra to Bali to Irian Jaya. A Festival A Utt1e Bit of Saigon Gecko Books& Island Triathalon & Bubbies of Indonesia event. Nikki Ty-Tomkins Through 2/29. The Gallery on the Pali, "I believe in everything that is Arcade Building Comics Bike Campus Music says the exhibit "is capable of delighting 2500Pali Hwy. 526-1191 produced of the earth," Jones says. AsiaMall HungryEar KapahuluWine Diem Coffeeshop the eyes and mind of even the most fa s­ Selections 1991 Recent acquisitions "Why do LSD if you can do mush­ BaikDesign Jaron's Waikiki-Kapahulu Greek Corner Ba-le (Fortstreet) Kailua Library Library Hawaiian Graphics tidious National Geographic aficionado." by the Honolulu Advertiser Collection. rooms? These are toys forthe mind, Through 2/26. The Honolulu Advertiser Ba-le (King street) Michael's Liquor Monoa Kaplan Education Through 2/7. John A. BurnsHall, East­ and if they are natural and not tam­ Beef Bowl Ron's Place Coffee Manoa Center Gal/e1y, 605 Kapiolani Blvd. 526-1322 West Center, 1777 East-West Rd. 956- pered with by man, and you exer­ Bishop street Cafe The Source Coffeeline Kokua Co-op 8251. TCM Collection & Promised Gifts Bravo Expres.50 Tusitala Books Manoa Health Mart Mama Mia Pizza cise a certaindegree of responsibility Encounterswith Paradise: Views of Mixed-media works. Through 2/9. The Che Pasta Koimuki Manoa Library Marco Polo Apt. Bldg. Hawaii and ItsPeople, 1778 -1941 ContemporaryMus eum, 2411 Makiki and accountability, things will work Circuit Courthouse ?-Eleven (3105 Manoa Heights Dr. 526-1322 out. If not, you'll get in trouble." City ArtWorks Waialae Ave.) Marketplace Mccully Bicycle & A major exhibition of 159 paintings, Dillingham ?-Eleven (3546 UH Busines.5 SportingGoods watercolors and drawings done over a Fishbone band members are,Jones Transportation Waialae Ave.) Administration McCully Shopping period of 163 years that depict Hawaii. says, "very spiritual people." Jones Building Chaminade Bldg. Center The range of this collection includes takes care to thank Jesus in the Ditto's UniversityLibrary UH Campus Center McCully-Moiliili Gateway Gallery ChePasta UH Hamilton Library Library work by John Webber, who accompa­ Learning Beginning Bonsai A course for first­ acknowledgements of each album. Grosvenor Center Columbia Inn UH Manoa Gardens Rainbow Books nied Captain Cook on his first voyage, timers onpruning, reporting,wiring and "I consider myself a goodChristian," Heidi's Delicates.5en Danceworks UH Sinclair Library Restaurant Row through art created at the start of World Krung Thai Gecko Books & Mopunopuno Ciao! Ciao! Gelato! shaping an original bonsai. Mokihana he says. "I know I do lots of things War II. Works are on loan from England, Restaurant Comics Alu Like Mailroom 102, KCC, 4303 Diamond Head Rd.: wrong, but at least I'm not beinghyp­ Denmark, Sweden, France, the Soviet Maunakea Harry's Music Olelo ParadiseBakery Tuesdays 1/28 - 3/3, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. ocritical, telling people that the God Marketplace Kaimuki Library Mid-Town Rose City Dinner Union, Australia and New Zealand. The $65 plus $20 lab free. 734-9458 Municipal Movie Museum ?-Eleven (1695 Sunset Grill exhibition is accompanied by film, fes­ of Love wants them to kill for oil." 55AlivejMature Drivingseven-hour A Reference & Panache Kapiolani Blvd.) Waikiki tival and symposium programs. Opens Religion, politics, social decay - Records Pillbox Pharmacy BottegaAntoine 80%Straight refresher course designed to help Thur. 1/23 and runs through 3/22. Hon­ with all that seriousness on the Nadines Music YMCA Kaimuki- Cafe Combio CaffeGuccinni Hawaii's mature citizens develop driv­ olulu Academy of Arts, 900 S. Beretania agenda, one almost forgets that (GentryPacific) Waialae Cafe Sistina Coffee Connection ing strategiesfor changes in vision, hear­ Nuuanu YMCA Kokoako Central YMCA Hot Java St. 538-3693 Fishbone is so damn fun. Do band ing and reaction time; learn about the Patisserie Chinese Diva Salon Hula'sBar & Lei Figurative Expressions Oil paintings effects of medication on driving; and members ever findthat peopledon 't RamsayGallery Chuckwagon GalleryEAS stand and small mixed-media works that have Ron·s Place Colorprints Honolulu Academy Margie's (Eaton possibly reduce insurance premiums. take their ideas seriously because been sprayed, dripped, brushed and Russell's(Amfac Columbia Inn of ArtsTheatre Square) Younger drivers will thank you forit. their music is so high-spirited? Center) Fisher Hawaii Honolulu Club Reminisce more by Bill Fien. Through 1/31. Bakkus Chapel, KCC, 4303 Diamond Head Rd.: "Not much any more," he says. Russell's (Grosvenor Hawaii Mail Box Building Tropical Trading Post Gallery, 928 Nuuanu Ave. 528-4677 Tues. & Wed. 1/28 & 1/29, 6 - 9:30 p.m. "People have caught on that even in Center) SeNlce Honolulu Medical Wave Waikiki Frida/Trotsky Photographs by Debra Russell's (Tamarind HawaiianBagels Group Word Center $8. 734-9211 Bloomfield from the historical Mexican the quirky, funny songsere's th some­ Park) Pink's Garage Interlude Books Big Ed's PrepaingtheActor A 10-week course residences of Leon Trotsky and his thing being said. Sin's Fax Foods Kolihi Jelly's Comics & MaryCatherine's that teaches thespianskills throughphys­ Waterfall Gallery Hawaiian Graphics Books Bakery sometime lover, painter Frida Kahlo. "But don't get me wrong; we have ical, vocal and sensory work. Ewa Stu­ W/CARichards Honolulu KHPR-Hawaii Public Mocha Java One strikingphoto shows the bodycast fun. There is fun in life. I play; I dio, Diamond Head Theatre, 4310 street Community Radio Word Warehouse the physically tortured Kahlo wore on party; I havesex, dammit! Enjoying Koaowo College McKinley Car Wash Chowder House Diamond Head Rd.: Thursdays 1/23 - and off, which she painted intricately Kaaawa Country Koneohe Mid-Town Center Frame Shack 3/26, 7 - 8:30 p.m. $70. 734-0274 myself like that gives me something using a mirror. Through 2/9. The Con­ Kitchen Dittos Paul Brown's Liquor Collection Zen & theArt of Drawing Put down . to fightfor. " Kahola Kaneohe Library Queen's Medical Walden Books temporaryMu seum, 2411 Makiki Heights that Harley wrench and learn to draw No wonder the kids love 'em. Dr. 526-1322 on translucent Oriental paperusing bam­ From Big Bang to Consciousness 28 boo pens and brushes. TemariCe nter works of erotic, suggestive sculpture and • forAsian and PacificAr ts, 1329A 10th for info on contests and the painting by Richard M. Fand demon­ Ave.: Thur. 1/23, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. $011-1. national conference. Wo uld strate how abstract formsoffer impres­ 735-1860 her unrelenting fantasyto be sions of living biological systems. published be fu lfilled? Aina Through 2. l-1. Koa Gallery, KCC. 4303 Ha i11a Libra,)', 52.i6 Kalani­ I Diamond Head Rd. 73+9375 anaole H\\y.: Sat. 1/25. IO Luigi Fumagalli Abstract impressionis­ Kids a.m. - noon. Free. 3-3-3888 r 1c oils. Ongoing. Restaurant Rou• Let'sPaint! Kids are invited to go crazy Wai Wale No: The Joys of Bickerton Galle1y, 500 Ala Moana Blvd. 532-1200 witl1 paint some place besides their liv­ the Temperant Ufe A living Hard Paint Dance Recent paintings ing room. Finger painting, straw paint­ history program has hbtorical with lyrical dance-like elements by ing, sponge painting and more. role-players recreating the Ramos-Saunders Arthur Ellsworth Nelander. His press Reservationsrequired. The Ha waiiCh il­ 'Just say no·· campaign of the release boasts that, "In 1978, his dren '.sMuseu m, Dole Cannery Square, 19th century - actors attempt Dang & Bouslog 'Hanauma Bay Project,' a conceptual art 650 Iwilei Rd.: Sat. 1/25, 2 - 3:30 p.m. $8. to recruit bystanders to sign work, was national runner-up for Sen. 522-0040 the temperance pledge and William Proxmire's Golden Fleece Story Time Tales of animais, dragons, tell horrifictales of "the devil �rrorneys ar Law Award." A somewhat dubious honor, fairies and faraway places in the Con­ in a bottle" (including one given that the award is dispensed to temporary Museum's courtyard. The about spontaneous combus­ those who, in the senator's view, have Contemporary Museum, 2411 Makiki tion). Printing demonstrations, Three Waterfront Plaza, Suite 500 flagrantly squandered taxpayers' money. Heights Dr.: Sat. 1/25, 10:30 a.m. Free. hearth cooking, storytelling Through 2,11. The Gallery, Hawaii Loa 526-1322 and candle-lit evenings. Mis­ 500 AlaMoana Blvd., Honolulu, 96813 College, 45-045 Kam Hwy. 235-3641, sion Houses Museum, 553 S. ext. Pl King St.: Sat. 1,'25, 9 a.m. - 4 Phone: (808) 599-3811, FA X: 533-2467 Hawaiian Design: Decorative Objects p.m. $3.50. Children (6 - 15) ofthe 1930sand 1940sSmall pieces Whate va h s $1. 531-0481 from private and Academy collections. Homefront: Hawaii Duringthe War Wa lk for Ufe II A Life Foun­ Through 4/5. Honolulu Acaden�1· ofArts, Years Featuring photos, propaganda dation-sponsored two-mile 900 S. Beretania St. 538-3693 posters, documents and artifacts from walk around Kapiolani Park Trial lawye rs Hawaii Imported Arts and Crafts martial-law days. Bishop Museum, 1525 to raise funds for people with Pieces from China, Thailand, Burma, Bernice St.: Through 2/16. Free. 847- HlV/AIDS. Prizes and enter­ Bali and more. Ongoing. Wa te1fal/ 3511 tainn1ent by Wa lly Amos, The eoneentrating on Gallery. 1160A Nuuanu Ave. 521-6863 Honolulu Zoo Fun Run A chance to Royal Hawaiian Band, Palani Hawaiian Prints An exhibit from the dress as your favorite (preferably wild) Vaughn, Nina Keali'iwa­ eases in volving Personal Injury, Academy's collection. Through 3,'22. animal fora walk/run (one-, two- and hamana and others. Band­ Ho no/11/u Academyof Arts, 900 S. Bere- three-mile courses) to benefit the zoo. stand, Kapiolani Park: Sat. tania St. 538-3693 The fee indudes a Wyland T-shirt,a shot 1/25, 8 - 11 a.m. $15. 971-AIDS Commereial and Real Estate Disp utes, Honolulu Eclectic Show Photos by at door prizes and admission to the zoo. Denise-Marie Luko, contemporary oil Honolulu Zoo. Sun. 1/26, 7:30 a.m. $18. First Amendment Issues and paintings by Jack Lee, floral oil paint- 926-3191 Be Yourown Network You say youhave a message ings by Mildred Shoob Ayling, plus the Monumentsto theStars Pyramids of to convey via video, butyou gallery's collection. Througl1 2/1. Robyn Egypt, ruins of Mexican cities, Stone- don't knowwhere toget the Environmental Law. Buntin Galleries, 900A Maunakea St. henge, early Polynesian voyages and the observatories on Mauna Kea are all money? You canget a grantof 523-5913 up to S5,000from Olelo, the Landscapes explored in this program. Reservations Oil paintings by Noreen organization that runs com· Naughton fromMontecastello di Vibio in suggested for evening shows. Bishop Museum, 1524 Bernice St.: Through munlty broadcasting onOahu·s Umbria, Italy; farmlands around Water- cable channels.Olelo will also March. Daily, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Fri- ford, Ireland; and Ho'omaluhia Botani- provide tmining prodU(.1ion days and Saturdays, 7 p.m. $2.50. 847- Free case evaluation and flexible fee cal Gardens, Hawaii. Through 3/6. Che facilities and equipment for 4102 Pasta. 3571 Wa ialae Ave. �35-1"'77 yourproject. Deac.llinefo r grant Diana Lehr RomanceWriters Her heart pounded arrangements tailored to your case. Paintings and drawings. applicationsis Mar. 2. Call 83'1- Through 2, 2. Th e Contempor ry with anticipation: perspiration beaded a 0007. ext. 1720 • J/11se11111 Cafe, 2411 .\1akiki Heights Dr. on the nape of her neck as she drove to 52C-1322 the Aloha Chapter's mo_n_thly meeting 12 • January 22, 1992 • Honolulu Weekly