THE LEFT LANE
Academy arts bazaar opens on Saturday
Advertiser Staff and News Services
The year 2001 marked the move of the Honolulu Academy of Arts' annual World Art Bazaar to the Art Center at Linekona. It was a good idea: sales increased 30 percent. So this year, buyer Kathee Hoover went on a shopping spree for items from all over the world.
Our sneak preview revealed an eclectic and exciting collection: Elaborately beaded baby backpacks from Indonesia; Christmas creches from India, Africa and Peru; Tibetan prayer flags with a book explaining what they mean; stylish wool felt handbags embellished with flowers; puppets from Burma; Indonesia and China; celadon from Vietnam; bracelet looms from the Amazon; and hand-dyed, hand-woven fabrics and tapestries from all over Asia. The bazaar opens Saturday and runs through Dec. 15. Open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Free admission. Park at Linekona for $1.
Mayflower Society wants you, Pilgrim
While you're getting ready to dig into your bird, consider this: You may be a descendant of people who came over on the Mayflower. And if you are, Pilgrim, there's a group that wants you as a member.
According to the Mayflower Society, 10 million people alive today are descendants of the original 28 families from England who arrived on Plymouth Rock, Mass., on the Mayflower in the winter of 1620. The following fall, the Pilgrims and Indians feasted in a celebration that came to be known as Thanksgiving. What brings the history even closer to home is the fact that Hawai'i's chapter of the Mayflower Society lists 130 members. Those Pilgrims of today have landed on the Web at www.geocities.com/hawaii1620/general.html, which has a link to contact the group with questions, and from which schools can request a "Coming to America" kit.
You can say it just like Austin Powers
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What do they mean? "That diaper needs changed." "Put the suitcase in the trunk." "Open the car hood." "Go to the back of the line." And "Look out for the truck!"
