SATURDAY SCOOPS
Blow a kiss
• Heart whistle pattern (Adobe Acrobat required)
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| Place over lips and blow. Keep lips close together. It may take a bit of practice.
Photographs by Bruce Asato and Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
You can make it lovey-dovey by sending sweet nothings across the room to your sweetheart.
Or, if Cupid hasn't found you this year, let out your aggression with some puffs of hot air. It will make you feel better.
Follow the instructions and let 'er rip. Testers found that the harder you blow, the better it works. Just be careful that you don't break any hearts.
College-bound can get free advice on applying for financial aid
Heading for college and need financial assistance? Tomorrow is College Goal Sunday 2004, which means free help navigating the free application for federal student aid — required by most U.S. colleges, universities and vocational schools — at these locations:
- Kapolei Middle School cafeteria.
- McKinley High School cafeteria.
- Castle High School cafeteria.
Bring your 2003 IRS tax return (and your parents' return if you are younger than 24), your W-2 form and other income and benefits information for 2003.
The sessions begin promptly at 1 p.m.
Call Lorraine Teniya at 593-2262 or Frank Green at 591-2708 for more information.
Waikiki again becomes a stage for food and music
It's time again for Brunch on the Beach, when City Hall breaks out the fake grass, tables, chairs and big blue umbrellas along Kalakaua Avenue and gets into the festival mood.
Tomorrow's Brunch hours are 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Island musical icon Henry Kapono, left, is the headliner. Other performers include Makana, the Royal Hawaiian Band Glee Club,and the ladies of Halau 'O Na Lei 'O Kamakani. Restaurants will offer samples of signature dishes for purchase with scrip.
Admission is free.
Amy and Willie perform tonight on Valley Isle
That musical duo Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and Willie K are on the Valley Island this Valentine's day, offering their trademark Island harmonies in the last of two shows tonight at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theatre.
The show begins at 7:30. Pre-show festivities, including Hawaiian arts and crafts, sales of fresh lei, food and entertainment, begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Yokouchi Founders' Court.
Tickets are $10, $28 and $35 general, half price for kids 12 and younger; discounts available for center donors. (808) 242-7469.
Beyond dining with your sweetie
It's Valentine's Day, folks! That means if you don't already have a restaurant reservation for you and your honey, you are in big t-r-o-u-b-l-e!
But lucky you: There are nonrestaurant alternatives, such as:
- Rock funk legend Tower of Power in concert at the Blaisdell Arena. 8 p.m. $45, $55. (877) 750-4400.
- Latin Dance Night at the Atherton YMCA in Manoa, with roses and chocolates for all. 6:30-10 p.m. $5. 393-2168.
- For clubbers, there's a Valentine's Day celebration at Ocean Club at Restaurant Row. 7 p.m. Free before 9 p.m., $5 cover afterward; for those 23 and older. 531-8444.
And don't forget to stop and smell the roses at the Honolulu Rose Society's Valentine's Day Rose Show and Sale, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today at Windward Mall. They'll sell rose arrangements and long-stemmed roses, and answer your rose-related questions. Admission is free.
Phone 235-1143 or 545-5653.
Families in focus at two Honolulu museums today
Two Honolulu museums are hosting family-friendly festivals tomorrow:
Animal Safari is the theme at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, which is kicking off a series of Bank of Hawaii Sundays. On the third Sunday of each month, museum entry is free for both residents and visitors. Among the attractions: entertainment, arts activities for keiki and gallery tours.
The focus tomorrow is Africa and African animals, in honor of Black History Month. Storyteller Nyla Ching-Fujii and musician/storyteller James McCarthy will offer animal tales; there's music by Sango and the African Drums; and videos of animal tales will be screened at the Doris Duke Theatre. Kids can hunt for animals in gallery art and win prizes; Aloha Clowns will make balloon animals; and there's a giant whale and dolphin display by Iolani School art students.
Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. The Pavilion Cafe offers lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (reservations recommended at 532-8734). 532-8700. The Advertiser is a sponsor.
At the Bishop Museum, it's Family Sunday, featuring entertainment, arts and crafts, food and the new exhibit "Savage Ancient Seas."
The entertainment lineup includes Frank DeLima, Na Palapalai, Kuhai Halau O Kahalepuna Pa 'Olapa Kahiko and 'Ohi'a Productions' "Fun with Fables2."
Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Admission is $3 for kama'aina and military, free for museum members and kids younger than 4. Phone 847-3511.
Dresses look good enough to drink
Fashion mavens, gather 'round at the C.S. Wo Gallery, which hosts couturier Colleen Quen's collection of dresses inspired by and named for cocktail drinks.
The exhibit — "Vive Le Cocktail" — will be launched today and will end Feb. 29. The store is at 702 Beretania St. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays. 543-5388.
Good-time band plays old school
If you're in the mood to boogie-oogie-oogie, the San Francisco cover band Double Funk Crunch might just fill the need tonight at Anna Bannanas. Besides '70s diva anthems, old school and '80s power pop, the band fills the show with dance moves and costume changes. Doors open at 9 p.m.; for 18 and older. Cover charge: $7. 946-5190.
