2008-2009 season preview
Legendary rockers Styx will turn up the volume at the Castle Theater Oct. 10
(Listings and descriptions provided by the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.) HO‘ONANEA •The finest in contemporary Hawaiian music Willie K: Willie-kalikimaka — Castle Theater, Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. The incomparable Willie Kahaiali‘i is an amazingly multi-talented, wide-ranged singer and guitarist who has long been held in esteem for his energetic and eclectic live performances. As a special Christmas concert treat for fans old and new, he and the Kahaiali‘i ohana present their own special brand of holiday magic in an exciting evening full of favorite songs and new surprises. Keali‘i Reichel with the Maui Pops Orchestra — Castle Theater, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. In an entirely new format this year, Keali‘i Reichel teams up with “a score — or more” of musicians from the Maui Pops Orchestra to showcase Maui musicianship as never before.
» Full StoryMaui Arts &?Cultural Center celebrates a decade of entertaining
Subscription packages go on sale Monday “For the Joy of it all!,” the 2008-2009 season of performances at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.
“This is our 10th season — can you believe it?” says MACC President and CEO Karen Fischer.
Singapore's Strata
Like the Merlion, a sculpture of a fish body with a lion’s head that is the country’s iconic emblem, the Republic of Singapore is an enigma — a democracy dominated by a single party for 50 years that has established a restrictive government with a so
» Full StoryPreserving the past ... one thread at a time
For textile conservator Ann Svenson Perlman, reviving ancient works of art isn’t a job, it’s a way of life.
“There’s no eight-hour day for me, it’s a lifestyle that I’ve signed on to,” says Perlman from inside her north shore Maui studio.
RISING from the ruins
It is a stark memorial to a disastrous defeat of a 400-year-old kingdom with ruins that still attest to the violence of the marauding horde that pillaged a capital city in April 1767.
» Full StorySea Tail
Holy glutious splashimus! A mermaid is set to send ripples through Wailea, evoking all of the lore and the legends that have enchanted man through the millennia.
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