Jamie Giambrone
Art in the Dark
Click here to view online magazine Cinema is an experience. It gives viewers the chance to absorb and react to a film in the relative privacy of a darkened theater. Silence, tears, laughter- no matter their response, viewers are free to feel what comes. “As Roger Ebert said, ‘It’s democracy in the dark.’” Says Chuck Boller, executive director of HIFF, the Hawaii International Film Festival. “The lights go down, and everybody’s equal. It’s like reading- it draws you in and you can have your own reaction to it. There’s nothing like being in a theater.”
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Electric cars, watch phones, X-box…oh my! Take a look at the latest gadgets that will definitely rock your lifestyle!Christine Hall & Malia Sanchez
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As Native Hawaiian women and owners of Makana Esthetics Wellness Academy, Christine Akaka Hall and Malia Sanchez offer much more than esthetics education; they teach their students to bring a client’s inner beauty to the surface with aloha. “Anyone can do a service and put products on someone’s skin, but we clear your mind to be in the moment with [the] client and do it with the best intentions. We incorporate the love, the aloha energy,” Malia says. To read more click here. Lani Sonan and Lori Tamashiro
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Leonard da Vinci had the Mona Lisa. Michelangelo had the Sistine Chapel. Lori Tmashiro and Lani Sonan have a hand-painted, bamboo-adorned, three-tieredlongevity wedding cake. When they first met at a bridal expo in 2003, Tamashiro and Sonan were hardly friends. They were competitors-Sonan created cakes out of her home, Tamashiro was the head of the cake-decorating department at a local bakery-so in the hyper-competitive atmosphere at the expo, the two were wary of one another.
Eventually, they became good friends and, recognizing each other’s talents, they started plotting a joint venture that would take advantage of Sonan’s expertise at cake-making and Tamashiro’s artistic decorating skills. Fast forward to 2009, and their thriving business, Cake Creations Dessert Haven, in Manoa has brought an artistic flair to the local world of high-end cakes. To read more click here. Chad Dusenberry
Every day after school, Chad Dusenberry would tend to his father’s lo’i kalo (taro patch) deep in Waimea Valley on Kaua’i, never dreaming that work could possibly be fun. Born of hardworking parents who raised six children, Chad learned the meaning of “You reap what you sow.” His father was a carpenter for Olokele Sugar while his mother worked as a cook at Kaua’i Veterans Memorial Hospital. In their “spare time” they grew taro, which helped feed the family, kept the kids busy, and brought the family together to work toward a common goal. “If you ever buy poi from the Makaweli Poi Mill, that’s my family’s taro,” Chad says, with a tinge of pride. To read more click here. Naomi Lee
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On a Saturday afternoon in a quiet, empty ballroom, thirty-eight bare tables await their makeovers for an evening fundraiser. The first event vendor arrives to set up, rolling in a rack full of fabrics on hangers- all ironed and neatly folded for transport. She unfolds champagne satins and luminescent gold silks and tosses them over the tabletops. She smoothes the surfaces and evens the lengths. Next come the chair sashes, precisely tied in a “vintage gold” fabric; last she folds gold dinner napkins into delicate swirls she calls “honey buns.” Using color, texture, and design, linen specialist Naomie Lee transofrms a dull, bare space into something radiant. To read more click here. Sign Up For Events and Special Promotions
