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Posted on: Wednesday, June 4, 2003

THE LEFT LANE
Make a short film for October festival

Advertiser Staff and News Services

Hey, even Bryan Singer and Steven Spielberg started out short. So can you. Make a short film, that is. The 'Ohina Short Film Showcase, which will assemble and showcase works by budding directors and cinematographers, has called for entries for the 2003 festival, set for Oct. 17-18 at the Doris Duke theater.

'Ohina — Hawaiian for "the gathering" — provides a launching pad and groundbreaking opportunities for indie filmmakers. Small, of course, could blossom into big, so it's time to get the cameras out. Entries must be shorter than 30 minutes, but film shorts shorter than 10 minutes are strongly encouraged. Short works are clustered into a whole-evening program. Deadline: Aug. 1. Questions: 951-4413.

Hermes revives 'Aloha' scarf

A new Hermes boutique opens at Ala Moana Center today, and the Paris-based fashion house known for its fine scarves, leather goods and accessories has reprinted a limited-edition "Aloha" scarf to celebrate the event. Originally designed by Laurence Bourthoumieux in spring 2000, the scarf "pays homage to emerged lands, the lands of volcanoes: Hawai'i and especially the island of O'ahu," according to the company. The scarves, which feature a banyan, lei and guava design, sell for $270.

The new 4,415-square-foot store is on the mall level, between Gucci and Reyn Spooner on the diamondhead end. It joins the chain's Waikiki boutique as the second in the Islands.

Zoo event series benefits Hawai'i hawk

Befitting its association with royalty, the Hawaiian hawk, or 'io, will be the bird of honor at this summer's AT&T Wildest Show in Town. The Honolulu Zoo's annual entertainment series resumes today and continues through Aug. 27, with a different act featured at 6 p.m. each Wednesday. Proceeds from the modest $1 admission will be used to fund Kipuka Nene, a Hawaiian dry-land forest exhibit that will include a habitat for the endangered Hawaiian hawk.

Eight Hawaiian hawks were removed from a Kona forest reserve in 1997 because they were believed to be preying on the Hawaiian crow, or 'alala, which is also endangered. Without a suitable local facility to house them, the birds were sent to zoos on the Mainland. The Kipuka Nene exhibit provides a temporary place to house a pair offered by the Louisville Zoo.

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