THE LEFT LANE
Kick back with films
Advertiser Staff and News Services
The alternative film festival Cinema Paradise has launched a monthly series, "Cinema Under the Influence," combining two favorite pastimes: watching movies and lounging. Patrons can enjoy independent film and engage in conversation with occasional guest filmmakers in the Opium Den of Indigo Eurasian Cuisine on the last Wednesday of each month.
The first showing at 8 tonight is free and will feature favorite shorts from the 2003 Cinema Paradise: "Shui Hen," "Roof Sex," "Tomato Love," "Tom Hits His Head" (above), "Red Wagon" and "Downsizing." Cinema Paradise will also unveil its new membership program that evening; the nonprofit organization's third annual Film Festival will be Sept. 17 to 23.
Future programs will cost $5, or $3 for Cinema Paradise members. For more information, call 550-0496, or visit www.cinemaparadise.org.
Fossil takes to surf
Add to the tidal wave of surf-related accessories the latest from Fossil: surf watches. Fossil's break-out styles for summer 2004 include animated surf-inspired designs and hot-pink hibiscus prints. Even the watchbands take on a '60s surf vibe in pink and blue.
The men's "go vertical" watch features an animated big-wave surfer carving through a curl. It's water-resistant up to 50 meters ($65).
Women's watches feature funky flowers and leather or rubber straps and are water-resistant up to 30 meters ($55 to $65).
Fossil watches are available at the Fossil store, third level, Ala Moana Center, at Macy's and other select department stores and jewelry shops.
Tracing ancestors
Worried about the one limb of your family tree that turned out Uncle Fez?
There's a free program on genealogy being held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the State Library's Hawai'i & Pacific Section for adults who want to learn more about their lineage.
Luci Meyer, registry coordinator of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, will discuss genealogy and share sources that are used in searching for family information. Information: Hawaii State Library, 586-3535.
Outdoor payoff
Kids who play outside can reduce the symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the American Journal of Public Health.
Parents of children ages 7 to 12 who had been diagnosed with attention deficit disorder told the researchers that activities in "green settings" (as opposed to things like playing video games) made for milder symptoms.
