Peggy Krock, a Punahou School costume designer, fits Jasmine Pang for a wig while Katy Ackman looks on.
Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser
Children help re-create queen's ball, 1892-style
This Saturday, those in attendance at The Queen’s Ball, a benefit fund-raiser for the new ‘Iolani Palace galleries, will get a taste of what a gala evening for children back in 1892 might have been like.
Two royal portraits found in Ireland are returned to Isles
This is the amazing story of how a pair of portraits of King Kamehameha II and his wife, Queen Kamamalu, found their way from an obscure farm in Ireland to ‘Iolani Palace after 150 years of wandering the globe. It involves an uncanny series of events.
'Last Dance' has little sway on Isle teens
Everyone’s talking about the teen movie “Save the Last Dance.” Because of the compelling script? Not likely. But the music, dancing, clothes and an interracial love affair have created enough buzz to make it the No. 1 movie in the country - and also in Hawai‘i.
Shopper shares some insight on a shopaholic
Author Sophie Kinsella, whose real name is Madeline Wickham, insists she is not the credit card-wielding, overdraft-protected Rebecca Bloomwood who shops until she almost drops in the new book published by Delta Trade Paperback.
Stage Review 'Pidg Latin' underscores double moral
There’s a good message in the show that should play equally well in the Kumu Kahua venue and to high school audiences as “Pidg Latin” tours across the state.
Tip-Off 2001 theme of Aloha Festivals honors voyagers
Inspired by the accomplishments of Hokule‘a navigator Nainoa Thompson and Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka, Aloha Festivals in 2001 has selected “Ho‘ohanohano I Na Hokokai (Honor the Voyagers)” as its theme.
Wayne Harada
• Show Biz Kapalua spa has a celebrity-studded week
The place to be for celebrity sightings last week was the Fitness Center and Spa at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua. Sweating it out: Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Joe Torre of the New York Yankees, actor Clint Eastwood, and golfers Tiger Woods, David Duval, Jesper Parnevik and several more.
• Island Sounds Kahumoku CD has romantic mood
George Kahumoku Jr. has become a mover and shaker in Hawaiian music, from traditional to contemporary, from religious to romantic, from instrumental to vocals.
Audio sample of "Moloka'i Slide" by George Kahumoku Jr. in mp3 or RealAudio format. RealAudio requires a plug-in.
The place to be for celebrity sightings last week was the Fitness Center and Spa at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua. Sweating it out: Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Joe Torre of the New York Yankees, actor Clint Eastwood, and golfers Tiger Woods, David Duval, Jesper Parnevik and several more.
Joan Namkoong
• Market Basket Consult your local scout: It's cookie time
The Girl Scouts' annual cookie sale will continue through Feb. 4. New this year is an Aloha Chips with Macadamia Nuts cookie that features white fudge chips and Hawai'i-grown macadamia nuts.
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