Critic's Choice: Art
Mini-reviews of current exhibits by Advertiser art critic Virginia Wageman
Linda Hosek (Art Gallery, Hawai'i Pacific University, through Jan. 25). A reporter with KHNL-TV in Honolulu, Hosek is interested in storytelling — the focus of her journalism on television and earlier as a reporter for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and other newspapers. Her photographs also tell stories or capture a moment in a story. Hosek is concerned with recording people's private moments in public settings. With superb attention to composition, she manages to frame her subjects in ways that bring a feeling of majesty to scenes that might otherwise seem mundane.
Wayne Miyata (Bibelot Gallery, 1130 Koko Head Ave., through Feb. 1). The Kaua'i ceramic artist has played with the concept of Zen figures for a couple of years, progressing from simple stoneware forms with rugged, textured glazes to the graceful figures he is exhibiting this month at Bibelot. Miyata's new work is lovely for the delicacy and purity of its forms as well as for its finishes — whether shiny burnished clay or translucent celadon glaze.
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Critic's Choice: Theater
Mini-reviews of current exhibits by Advertiser theater critic Joseph Rozmiarek
"Over the River and Through the Woods": A Neil Simon look-alike family comedy by Joe DiPietro filled with long laughs and bittersweet sentimentality. Excellently acted and a guaranteed sell-out for Manoa Valley Theatre. Repeats at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 4 p.m. Sundays through Jan. 27. Tickets are $25 general, $20 for seniors and military, $10 for those 25 and younger. 988-6131.
"To the Last Hawaiian Soldier": The improbable premise links a contemporary Hawaiian activist with a historical revolutionary, but powerfully structures action that bridges time and space. Excellently directed and featuring a fine performance by Moses Goods III in the central roles. Repeats at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Feb. 10, at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Tickets are $16 general; $13 for seniors and for those in groups of 10 or more; $10 students (on Thursdays only: $13; $11 for seniors and for groups of 10 or more; $5 students and the unemployed). 536-4441.
