Auditions planned for upcoming WCT production
Auditions planned for upcoming WCT production
Waimea Community Theatre will hold auditions for its upcoming production of “Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play” on Friday and Saturday in Waimea.
“Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play” is a radio mystery hour produced as a live radio broadcast. The cast will portray radio station personnel reading the play dramatically for the listening radio audience. Actors selected as one of the station personnel may also portray other characters.
Auditions will consist of readings from the script (copies will be provided). WCT suggests that those auditioning try their hand at making impromptu sound effects, like the sound of going up the stairs, or of a door opening or closing. The auditions will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Voyage Church Hall located at 65-1111A Mamalahoa Highway on Church Row in Waimea.
“Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play” is slated to run Oct. 16 to 25 at Parker School Theatre off Kawaihae Road in Waimea. A third weekend is planned near the end of the month at Honokaa People’s Theatre, however, the specific date has not been finalized.
For more information, visit www.waimeacommunitytheatre.org.
‘Incognito’ is Saturday at Aloha Theatre
“Incognito,” a variety show featuring such local talent as Michaeloha Elam taking the lead on vocals in addition to trumpet and musical direction, is Saturday at Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu.
In addition to Elam, Gerald Lucena, set designer at Aloha Theatre, will be making his vocal and tap dancing debut. He’s also featured in drag in a hilarious musical comedy with the incomparable Priscilla Basque and talented island-newcomer Gina Jones. Also making an Aloha Theatre, debut is Miss Tiana, who is a theater and dance major that has decided to make herself a star. In addition to vocals and choreography, Tiana will serve as emcee.
“Incognito” is all original and full of twists and turns. Live music will be provided by Sharon “Boom Boom” Cannon, Solomon Choo, Jason Stith, Satomi Ebisawa, Charley O’Kelly and Annu Shionoya.
The show, which gets underway at 7:30 p.m., is directed and produced by Hollywood couple Marylei and Kelly Drake, who will also headline the show in their own unique way.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.apachawaii.org.
For more information, contact Marylei Drake at 345-5803.
Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival ‘Kona Style’ is Sunday
The Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival “Kona Style” will be held Sunday in Keauhou.
Celebrating 23 years on Hawaii Island, the noon to 5 p.m. festival will feature some of Hawaii’s finest artists in the genre including LT Smooth, John Keawe, Donald Kaulia, Paul Togioka, Stephen Inglis, Bolo Rodriques, Yuki Alani Yamauchi (from Japan), Keale, Danny Carvalho, Patrick Landeza, Bobby Moderow, Sean Robbins and Brother Noland.
Tickets to this festival presented by West Hawaii Today are $10 at the door. Proceeds partially benefit the Kihoalu Foundation. Refreshements and food will be available for purchase during the event.
Craft fair to accompany kupuna hula festival
The 33rd annual Hawaii Kupuna Hula Festival will hold its craft fair in conjunction with an evening competition Wednesday and Thursday at the Sheraton Kona Resort &Spa.
The craft fair is free and will take place in the foyer of the Sheraton ballroom and the adjacent conference rooms from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Vendors will sell fresh lei, jewelry, Hawaiian wood carvings, Hawaiian clothing and bags, baked goods and lauhala jewelry.
The competition, which highlights some of Hawaii Island’s most talented and experienced dancers over the age of 55 years, as well as senior dancers from all over the world, gets underway following the craft fair both days.
For more information contact Kelly at 323-4340.
West Hawaii County Band to perform Latin music
West Hawaii County Band will play a free Latin music concert from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at Hale Halawai on the corner of Hualalai Road and Alii Drive.
Families are welcome and seating will be provided.
Lisa Archuletta, who received her music degree from the University of Hawaii and her master’s degree from Yale University School of Music, will conduct the concert.
For more information, call Marshall Tohara at 327-3565 or visit hawaiicounty.gov/pr-county-band.
Waimea Ballroom Dance Club offers tango lessons
The Waimea Ballroom Dance Club will offer Argentine tango lessons starting Sept. 14.
No partner is necessary to take part in the 6-week program, which is held Mondays from 7 to 8 p.m. at Kahilu Town Hall. Thirty minutes of practice time will be offered after each class. Registration will take place during the first two weeks only from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Cost is $20. New member dues will also be required.
For more information, contact Peter In at 885-4776.
Cline offers creative nonfiction writing workshop
Instructor/author Nancee Pace Cline will offer her “Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop” on Sept. 12 at Volcano Art Center.
If you have wanted to write about your life but have not known where to start or how to start, this workshop is a gentle, focused way to begin. Instead of writing your life story from one milestone to the next, Cline teaches you to tell your story as a history of your heart and hearth.
Cline has a master’s in Interdisciplinary Humanities from CSU Dominguez Hills, and certificates from St. Nicholas Montessori Teacher Training Center, University of the South, and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. She spent four years digging through old boxes, exploring archives, and interviewing the locals for her book, “Queen Emma’s Church in Kealakekua, Crossroads of Culture.” In 2011, she received a publishing grant for this project from the Hawaii chapter of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Cline currently teaches at Hawaii Community College where her favorite subjects to teach are Humanities through the Arts, and Modes of Thinking. When she is not teaching or writing, she gardens, studies hula, and watches her husband surf.
The workshop is slated from noon to 4 p.m. Sept. 12. Cost is $50 for VAC members and $55 for nonmembers. To register, call the center at 967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.
The Volcano Art Center is a nonprofit educational organization created in 1974 to promote, develop, and perpetuate the artistic and cultural heritage of Hawaii’s people and environment through activities in the visual, literary, and performing arts.
For more information about VAC, visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.
Cool Fusion: Festival of 1,000 Bowls is Sept. 26
The Donkey Mill Art Center presents its 9th annual Cool Fusion: Festival of 1,000 Bowls, a celebration of the ceramic, musical, and culinary arts.
This year’s festival, featuring live music, noodles, sake tasting and locally handcrafted ceramic wares, will be held at the Keauhou Shopping Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 26.
Tickets are $20 presale and $25 at the door. Admission includes a handmade bowl of your choice heaping with Japanese somen noodles. Swirls of fine noodles, homemade broth, and special toppings of fresh chopped vegetables will be delicately and artfully presented in petite bowls called a soba choko. Both traditional wheat noodles and gluten-free noodles are available. Sake cups (masu) are $15 and can be used for a complimentary sake tasting. Call 322-3362 to reserve your tickets.
For nearly a decade, Cool Fusion has supported ceramic arts and education for people of all ages and abilities at the Donkey Mill Art Center in Holualoa. The Donkey Mill’s ceramic department offers year-round ongoing classes in pottery and sculpture, as well as specialty workshops taught by visiting artists from around the world in a lively exchange of cultures and perspectives. Each year 1,000 somen noodle bowls are created for this event by renowned ceramic artists from across the island, volunteering in support of the arts. Each bowl is an original work of art, wheel-thrown and individually glazed. Additional handmade bowls are available starting at $10 each.
For more information, call 322-3362 or visit www.donkeymillartcenter.org.
Augie T. celebrates 25 years with comedy tour
Hawaii comedian Augie T. is celebrating 25 years of making audiences laugh with the “More Haole Than You Think” stand up comedy tour.
The show will include brand new material alongside longtime fan favorites, all featuring Augie’s signature lighthearted look at local life, family, and current events. Two Hawaii Island performances have been slated with the first performance on Oct.16 at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea and the second on Nov. 7 at Palace Theatre in Hilo. Augie T. will also perform on Oct. 23 on Maui and Nov. 13 on Oahu.
Tickets are $20, with VIP seats available for $40. VIP seats include an Augie T. DVD and CD, as well as an opportunity to meet Augie.
Augie T has been at the core of the local comedy revival since he began performing for audiences in Hawaii and across the United States. He was named one of Pacific Business News’ 40 Under 40, funniest comic in Hawaii by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Midweek, and one of Hawaii’s Top 100 Influential Filipinos.
Additional “More Haole Than You Think” engagements may be announced soon. Tickets are expected to go on sale in September.
The Rough Riders to play two shows
The Rough Riders — comprising Hawaiian music legends Henry Kapono, John Cruz and Brother Noland — will play two shows on the Big Island during the group’s 2015 “We Ride” tour.
The first show will be held Sept. 12 at the Palace Theatre in Hilo. The second show is slated Sept. 19 at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea. A Sept. 17 show at Royal Kona Resort has been postponed.
For more information, visit https://roughridershawaii.com.