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Santa all dolled up in time for holidays
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For relaxation, she began making Santa dolls from fine fabrics and notions acquired in Asia and Europe. Her collection now includes 90 Santas, each 24 inches high, including her trademark necktie Santa, Hawaiian Santa, Renaissance Santa and Uncle Sam Patriotic Santa.
The collection will be shown from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow in the Plumeria Room of the Ala Moana Hotel. Free admission.
Revolution Books making its move
Just in time for the possible military action against Iraq, Hawai'i's venerable Revolution Books, a stalwart supporter of the antiwar movement, is moving into a bigger space and celebrating a quarter century of alternative bookselling.
The political bookstore will celebrate its 25th anniversary and the grand opening of its 2626 South King St. location on Sunday. An open house will be held from 2 to 8 p.m., with a program from 5 to 6 p.m.
The bookstore, which has operated in several different spots, is moving from Puck's Alley.
Who needs a canvas? Paint your cat instead
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The coffee table-size book of photographs and essays is not a joke: A number of cultures, from Africa to Asia, decorate cats as part of their religious traditions. The book illustrating the startling varieties of this arcane practice and wrestle with the issues it raises. Still, we just kept coming back to the photos, some howlingly funny to startlingly beautiful.
