Posted on: Thursday, January 6, 2005
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Def Poetry Jam whiz to put the slam on Ala Moana competition
Advertiser Staff and News Services
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| HBO Def Poetry Jam veteran Bridget Gray will be tonight's guest at First Thursdays. |
Guesting tonight is HBO Def Poetry Jam veteran Bridget Gray, a winner of HBO's Soul Poetry Slam, The Battle of L.A. and the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe Slam. As usual, a new collection of competitors will lay down flow for First Thursday $100 monthly prize and a spot on the 2005 HawaiiSlam Team finals.
Entry is $3 before 8:30 and $5 thereafter. Information: 387-9664.
A do-it-yourself book for those dyeing to be an artist
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Foss wrote a book on oil painting and owned an art school. Rogers-Aregger, her former student, is a painter, ceramicist and former gallery owner who conducts workshops. In this book, the two outline nine do-it-yourself projects and explain basic art principles. Available at www.oilcollage.com or www.sraoahu.com.
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Ten-time Grammy nominee Kanye West (left), in Entertainment Weekly:
"The amount of nominations doesn't matter, because Usher's gonna win in whatever category he's in."
