BSA featuring Amelotte
The Blue Sea Artisans Gallery featured artist for the month of January is vintage jewelry artist Cathie Ann Amelotte.
Gerstner is KVA featured artist
The Kailua Village Artists featured member artist for the month of January is watercolor, silk and porcelain artist Betty Gerstner.
First Friday Art After Dark this evening
Holualoa Village holds its First Friday Art After Dark event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. this evening.
Bad Papa releases new single
Music duo Bad Papa recently released its newest single, “Everybody’s Going Nuts.”
Virtual Winter Reading Challenge underway
The Hawaii State Public Library System invites all of Hawaii to join the Virtual Winter Reading Challenge through Jan. 31.
Kahilu Theatre postpones in-person performances amid omicron surge
It may be a new year, but it seems like we’re singing the same old song when it comes to the uncertainty of local in-person performances.
The Nutcracker holiday tradition continues
Virginia Holte, founder and artistic director of the West Hawaii Dance Theatre (WHDT) has offered performances of the Nutcracker Ballet and has across the state for the past 29 years, many of which took place at the Kahilu Theatre.
Big Island artist to show small paintings inspired by the ocean
Waimea artist J. Jay West has released a series of highly textured abstract oil paintings as part of a challenge undertaken this fall with 70 other artists worldwide. West’s online show, “Standing Still, mini-series,” will be exhibited in a virtual show that opened Dec. 15.
Kapa art pieces added to the state’s Art in Public Places Collection
Kapa art by three renowned artists, including Hawaii Island’s Roen Hufford, have been designated by the Art Acquisition Selection Committee of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) for purchase and will be added to the state’s Art in Public Places Collection.
Annual After Christmas Holiday Paint Nights returns
Kona Oceanfront Gallery is celebrating this holiday season by bringing back the Best of Hawaii’s Artists with its annual After Christmas Holiday Paint Nights booking three of well-known and talented artists in Hawaii Dec. 28 through Dec. 30.
Kimie Miner to make Kahilu debut
Kahilu Theatre presents Grammy Award-nominated and multi-Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning artist Kimie Miner, live in her Kahilu debut at 7 p.m. Jan. 8.
Kohala Plein Air Painters on display
The Firehouse Gallery and Kohala Plein Air Painters invite the public to a Plein Air Paint Out from 9 a.m. to noon today at the gallery in Waimea.
Music series continues
Ohrlando’s Live From Home will present its 30th livestream performance at 5 p.m. Sunday.
Local neo-psych-rockers make Kahilu debut
Keyboardist Kaimalu Harmon’s eerie otherworldly tones opened Mister Peanut’s 90-minute Kahilu Theatre show last Friday. “Set The Controls” is a very spacey jam, much like you’d hear on an early Pink Floyd or Jimi Hendrix album. Lead vocalist Mike Bennet provided random starship trooper commands until the mothership landed on planet Peanut Butter and the song ended.
Woodshow winners announced
The 29th annual Hawaii’s Woodshow in Honolulu ended last week with Big Island wood artists bringing home several top awards.
‘Home for the HiloDays’ at the Palace this weekend
“Home for the HiloDays” is back this year with in-person and virtual options available for the three days of holiday performances this weekend.
West Hawaii County Band plans holiday concert
The West Hawaii County Band presents a free holiday concert at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at Hale Halawai in Kailua-Kona.
WHDTA presents ‘The Nutcracker’
West Hawaii Dance Theatre and Academy lights up the holidays by presenting “The Nutcracker” ballet.
Ka‘u artist to display work in Waimea
Ka‘u artist Edwin Kayton will include his marble sculpture, “Call of the Pu,” as well as several original oils and framed giclees on canvas in an exhibit in the former AT&T store in Waimea Center.
Beat-Lele gets back to the Big Island
December is always a special time for Beatles fans, and this year didn’t disappoint. Disney+ is currently streaming a nearly eight-hour docuseries called “Get Back,” which covers the making of the Beatles’ 1970 album “Let It Be.” If that wasn’t enough, there are super deluxe versions of the original album and an accompanying 240-page hardcover book. But Big Island Beatlemaniacs got a little something extra.
