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Speaking of art

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The first speaker, Ron Kent, presents "Practical Finances for Impracticable People." His talk, for artists, craftspeople and others who are interested, addresses: pricing work; relations with galleries, craft fairs and customers; and marketing, public relations, and retirement planning.

Kent is a full-time woodturner and multimedia artist, and three-time past president of Association of Honolulu Artists. He also has been a stockbroker and financial consultant.

Information: 263-6658.

Local face in Tribeca

Guy Camilleri, a Hawai'i actor-surfer now based in New York, will be part of Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Film Festival, which starts today.

Camilleri, born in Miami and raised in Cocoa Beach, Fla., and Honolulu, has a role in "Late Watch," an experimental feature film, making its world premiere in New York. He lived on O'ahu for 15 years before moving to New York in 1997 in search of a career in acting. Lacking a shred of acting credits and armed with a head-shot by Island photog Sergio Goes, founder of Honolulu's Cinema Paradise Film Festival, Camilleri landed a stage role and since has appeared in 40 films and 14 off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions.

In "Late Watch," a film by indie moviemaker Henry Miller, Camilleri appears as Marcozzi, a sociopath with a soft spot for bath powders and a dire need for a cuppa joe. The story revolves around a writer who works as a security guard to finance his goal of writing the Great American Novel.

Wanted: Obon events

The Advertiser will publish its annual bon-dance calendar May 30, in advance of the dance season, which begins in June and continues through August. Each week's bon dances will be listed in the TGIF and Faith calendars as well.

If your religious or community organization is planning an Obon observance, we'd like to hear from you. Include time, date, place, events planned and phone number. Write: Bon Dance Calendar, Island Life, Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com; or fax 525-8055.