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'Auntie Maiki' honored
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| An evening of events will pay homage to Maiki Aiu Lake.
Advertiser library photo • 1981 |
Lake not only studied hula as a girl, she sought out the wisdom of her teachers and previous masters, becoming a living repository of information about Hawaiian traditions during a time when they were slipping away.
She is considered a principal player in the reawakening of cultural awareness during the 1970s known as the Hawaiian Renaissance. This is the final event in the biographical "Hawai'i, Five Live" series co-sponsored by the Center for Biographical Research and the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, with support from the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities.
Tiffany event to shine
To celebrate the opening of the Tiffany store in Waikiki, the company is presenting a free exhibition of historic Tiffany jewelry and silver masterworks from Nov. 22 through Jan. 7.
Titled "American Themes: Highlights from the Tiffany & Co. Archives," the exhibit comprises 13 objects dating from 1873 to the present. Among them are museum-quality pieces such as a 19th-century diamond-and-sapphire dragonfly and an American flag brooch designed for the nation's centennial in 1876.
Keys to seduction
"Seduce Her in 60 Seconds!" the magazine headline blares. Ah, boys, wishful thinking. Men's Health (Nov., $2.99) asked women what men could do to get them in the mood right quick.
One said her boyfriend could clean her apartment and make dinner.
Another said her man should leave a sexy message on her pager.
A cynical Detroit Free Press worker had a colder yet quicker way to a woman's heart: "Give her the keys to a new Mercedes SL 500 roadster." If anyone has success with this method, please alert Men's Health.
It's all in the bat
Never made it to the majors? Blame it on the bat. The journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (October, see www.acsm-msse.org) validates what baseball experts and Little Leaguers have suspected for years.
A study at Brown University Medical School pitted wood and metal baseball bats against each other for thousands of swings and found that metal allows faster swing speeds and has greater flex to drive the ball farther.
