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It's So hot
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Mimi So's sleek, fashion-forward diamond jewelry, seen in all the fashion magazines, is being introduced in Honolulu at trunk shows from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, tomorrow and Sunday at Neiman Marcus.
In 1993, at the age of 25, So designed wedding rings for David Bowie and his supermodel wife, Iman. That was just the beginning of a long list of celebrity clients including Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Berry, Sarah Jessica Parker and Christina Aguilera.
Shakespeare on NPR
The "To Be or Not To Be" speech from "Hamlet," playing in repertory at the Paliku Theatre at Windward Community College, will be heard on National Public Radio's "This American Life," from 11 a.m. to noon tomorrow on KHPR 88.1 FM.
Robb Bonnell, portraying Hamlet, will deliver the Bard's famous speech, accompanied by an interview with Honolulu Shakespearean scholar Terence Knapp at the request of WBEZ, the public radio station in Chicago, which has been seeking out and broadcasting the famous Hamlet speech. Hawai'i Public Radio recorded the speech and interview last weekend for the national broadcast.
Songs of resistance
As part of the "Kaho'olawe" exhibit that went on display last month at the Smithsonian Institution's Arts & Industries Building, the songs and hula of Native Hawaiian resistance to colonization will be performed on Washington's mall this weekend. A two-hour presentation takes place tomorrow in the National Museum of American History's Carmichael Auditorium.
Kumu hula Manu Ikaika's Virginia-based Halau Ho'omau I ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i will perform. Amy Stillman, born and raised in Honolulu and now an associate professor of music and American culture at the University of Michigan, will discuss the message of resistance that underlies certain songs, including some written by Queen Lili'uokalani; some about the struggle to reclaim Kaho'olawe; and contemporary pro-sovereignty songs.
A fork with your film?
Film-themed food is back tonight at The Art House at Restaurant Row, where you can forgo the popcorn and add a little culture to your menu. For $3, you can order a plate of Indian snacks to get into the spirit of "Lagaan," set in a poor Indian village in 1893, in a good-vs.-evil theme that involves a simple peasant going up against the British in a battle over taxes.
The cultural cuisine will be served from 5 to 7:30 tonight at The Art House cinema on Restaurant Row, 500 Ala Moana Blvd. Call 526-4171 for program information.
The new feature is the cinema's version of dinner and a movie. When the film house showed "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," it served Greek food. Sushi went along with last month's opening of the Japanese film "Warm Water Under a Red Bridge."
