Posted on: Tuesday, March 1, 2005
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Hawai'i surfing icons get their day in the sun
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| Rell Sun |
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| Eddie Aikau |
Kumu Kahua Theatre and Honolulu Theatre for Youth spotlight two of Hawai'i's most beloved surfing icons, Eddie Aikau and Rell Sunn, with two free events.
Tonight, author Stuart Holmes Coleman, scholar and waterman Tom Pohaku Stone and Kumu Kahua artistic director Harry Wong discuss "Eddie Would Go." On March 8, Honolulu Theatre for Youth artistic director Mark Lutwak joins Stone and Wong to discuss "Queen of Makaha: Rell Sunn," and how a play arises out of the life stories of the women's surfing pioneer. Talks will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Kumu Kahua Theatre (where a double bill on the local legends runs Thursdays-Sundays, through March 27). 536-4441. "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" earned $22.7 million to take first place in the weekend box office, according to studio estimates. The film, based on a script by Tyler Perry from his play of the same name, features him as a cross-dressed gun-toting grandmother. It pushed Will Smith's "Hitch" to second with $21 million. Academy Award winners "Million Dollar Baby," "The Aviator" and "Sideways" ranked among the top 11 films.
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