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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, April 29, 2004

Donate for Mom's Day

Advertiser Staff and News Services

It's not too late to make Mother's Day special for your own mom or someone who might otherwise be forgotten on May 9.

The Pacific Health Ministry is sending flowers, candy and jewelry for a cause, specifically for its elderly clients who rarely have visitors.

Get involved by ordering flowers, candy or jewelry (ranging from $50 to $100) through the ministry, which will donate it or send your gift to mom.

A portion of your purchase is tax-deductible. For information, call 591-6556. But hurry: the ordering deadline is tomorrow.


Nightclub cinema

Does an indie documentary about a working-class Havana club go better with rum punch or a mojito? Ah, the decisions one must make at Cinema Under the Influence, an after-hours monthly at Indigo's Opium Den, featuring indie-film screenings, drinks and pupu.

Headlining the flick list at 8 tonight: Pulitzer-Prize-winning photographer David Turnley's "La Tropical," a music-filled documentary on the changing life and times of Havana's generations-old night spot Salon Rosado at La Tropical. The Sundance Film Festival award-winning short film "Delusions In Modern Primitivism" opens the evening.

Entry is $5; $3 for Cinema Paradise members. Information: 550-0496 or www.cinemaparadise.org.


Honorary motherhood

Have a hanai family member you want to honor this Mother's Day?

We mean hanai in the sense of someone who is like a mother to you, even if she doesn't share your bloodline.

Tell us why the person deserves the honor, and we'll print a sampling of responses. Please include your neighborhood and daytime phone number.

Photos are welcome. Send entries to relationships writer Tanya Bricking Leach at tbricking@honoluluadvertiser.com or at The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802.

Deadline is Friday.


Bling-bling of Bogie

Hey! Wanna buy a statue for $8 million?

No? Well, at least you can look.

The Winston family, whose jewelry is often associated with the red-carpet world of celebrity and royalty, is bringing one of its treasures, the Winston Falcon, to Honolulu for a two-day viewing. Ronald Winston purchased the original piece from the set of the 1941 movie "The Maltese Falcon," starring Humphrey Bogart. He then had it cast to create a solid-gold replica weighing 10 pounds and standing nearly a foot tall.

The falcon has two cabochon-cut Burmese ruby eyes, interchangeable coral and gold claws, and a 42.98-carat pear-shaped diamond hanging from a platinum chain in its beak.

See the falcon at Neiman Marcus, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Saturday.