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Urban Pacific is back to prove that Honolulu is no longer just a shorts-and-tank-top town. The fall installment of the local-designer showcase will feature Manovich, Leah Evans, Allison Izu, La Pistil at NextDoor. In addition, New York designer Lornnie Louie will be in the lineup. Post-fashion shows, Jake Miyasato's Next Movement takes over, with Nomoneybacks taking the stage.
Urban Pacific: 5-10 p.m. Oct. 11, NextDoor, 43 N. Hotel St.; $10 (to stand), $25 (general seating, $50 (VIP), on sale at www.groovetickets.com.
— Lesa Griffith
THREE'S A CHARM
DJ Nicky Siano — the Studio 54 legend — is back for thirtyninehotel's third anniversary (already?!). "I'm thrilled to be 3," says partner and managing director Gelareh Khoie. "All I have to say is thank you to everyone who supported us all this time. We could not have done it without you." Last year saw a line of people hopelessly waiting to get into the sold-out event. Don't miss the pre-party — we hear there will be oysters shipped in from Washington state. 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; $10 advance, $15 at door; 599-2552. (VIP pre-party: 9-10:30 p.m., $20.)
— Lesa Griffith
OPENINGS
OK RADIOHEAD
May be hard to believe, but Radiohead doesn't have a record contract. On Wednesday, the band releases its new album, "In Rainbows," online. The price? Your choice — type in anything from 1 pound ($2.04) to 99 ($202.08) pounds in the empty box (if you type the adjacent question mark, the screen tells you "it's up to you." You can pre-order the download or a "discbox" (of two CDs and two vinyl records, for £40, or $81.65) now at www.radiohead.com. Don't know your pounds from your pence? There's a handy link to a currency converter. The groundbreaking e-launch is the least you'd expect from the band that made the seminal 1997 album "OK Computer."
— Lesa Griffith
HEARTFELT
French filmmaker Alain Resnais is back to his plotless ways in "Coeurs" (hearts), playing tonight and Tuesday at the Doris Duke Theatre. Just like life, there's no real story, and it's messy and complicated. No, it's not a head-scratcher like Resnais' 1961 "Last Year at Marienbad." The quiet, intimate scenes are like a series of paintings, and Resnais is the artist.
— Lesa Griffith
SALES & BARGAINS
— Pualana Lemelle
AN ART STAR IS BORN
O'ahu-born and -raised Micah Ganske graduated from Punahou in 1998, and less than a decade later, the emerging artist has a solo show in New York. "Pictures Last Longer" opened at the star-making Deitch Projects gallery yesterday. "It's the first solo show of my career so it's pretty unbelievable that it's at Deitch Projects, which is one of the best places for an artist to be, emerging or otherwise," writes Ganske by e-mail. Ganske wants "the beauty in my painting to be somehow horrible; a beauty so saturated that it has begun to burn itself out." If you're in New York between now and Nov. 3, see his work at 76 Grand St. www.deitch.com.
— Lesa Griffith
DO SOMETHING EVERY NIGHT
"There is a lot of parties going on now, and we at Do Something Tonight want to let people know where they are at," says Corey Rothwell, co-creator of the new one-stop online shop www.DoSomethingTonight.com. So where do Rothwell and partner Alex Healy like to go? "Our favorite party right now is Acid Wash 80's at NextDoor," says Rothwell. "We're there every Wednesday." The unbiased Web site covers events seven days a week, and will accept photos, information and fliers from all party events in Honolulu. The duo try not to miss a single one. Hey, partying is a hard job, but someone has to do it.
— Lacy Matsumoto
