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You go, Freda!
February 9, 2012 She’s hardly a household name. Were it not for Jon Woodhouse’s enthusiastic write-up last week and a little YouTubing of her greatest hit, I wouldn’t even know who Freda Payne is. more »»
Meanwhile, back at the luau
February 2, 2012 Someone emailed a couple of weeks ago asking the name of that luau I had recommended in this column about this time a year ago. more »»
Authentic dragon
January 26, 2012 One of the great things about living in a multi-ethnic society is getting all the extra holidays. OK, maybe Prince Kuhio Day is a bit of a stretch. more »»
Perfect day
January 19, 2012 After Friday the 13th made good on its reputation — and Thursday the 12th hadn’t been all that great, either — it fell to last Saturday to make amends. It was a perfect day. more »»
Animal kingdom
January 12, 2012 Apparently, 2011 wasn’t so great for movie attendance —but it was a great movie year for animals. more »»
2012 gets into action
January 5, 2012 As Sherlock Holmes and Tom Cruise go mano- a-mano to see who rules the week’s box office, it falls to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” to make them both look like wimps. more »» 
Echoes of ’11
December 29, 2011 With 2012 on our doorstep, it’s time for our annual last look back at some of the breaking news, the best memories and the strange notions that flowed through this space in the year now coming to an... more »» 
10 for ’11
December 22, 2011 OK, the year isn’t over yet, I haven’t seen quite all the films, and I wrote the script for a movie that got produced in 2011, “When the Mountain Calls,” which I’m inclined to include on the year’s... more »»
Yes, Virginia, there is a Garry Marshall
December 15, 2011 Considering how shamelessly schmaltzy, shallow, utterly unbelievable and yet entirely predictable it is, it’s a little embarrassing to admit I kind of enjoyed “New Year’s Eve. more »»
Early Chris-mas present
December 8, 2011 In his red sequined Grand Ole Opry duds and a suit made of mirrors, flanked by rockabilly band mates he’s played with for decades, Chris Isaak put on a quite a show in Castle Theater a week ago. more »»
Holiday movie cheer
December 1, 2011 You can tell holiday season has arrived when more of the movies in our mini-reviews are recommended than no. more »»
Real to reel
November 24, 2011 Watching PBS’ marvelous two-part documentary about Woody Allen earlier this week provided as much inspiration as hilarit. more »»
Men behaving strangely
November 17, 2011 It’s happening again. Men being men. In what’s becoming an all-too-familiar pattern, my gender hasn’t been distinguishing itself on the nightly news lately. more »»
The 1 percent solution
November 10, 2011 Knowing I had other plans for last Saturday night, I squeezed in two movies back-to-back on Friday. They were comedies, which I hoped would make the afternoon light-heartedly blur into evening. more »» 
When the movie calls
November 3, 2011 It’s easy to spot my enthusiasm for movies in this column. Especially movies with a made-on-Maui componen. more »»
Mauimovie: The Sequel
October 27, 2011 So there’s this message in my voice mail I can’t bring myself to delete. It’s from Maui filmmaker writer-director Brian Kohne last week in Spain. more »»
Gotta dance
October 20, 2011 So how does the new version of “Footloose” compare to the original? I can’t say for sur. more »»
The man, the myth, the product
October 13, 2011 As the tributes pour in for Steve Jobs, the scope of his legacy grows, from distant reaches of the globe to places much closer to home. These words are being written on something with an Apple on i. more »»
Tick, tick, tick
October 6, 2011 Bidding farewell to his 33 years on “60 Minutes” last Sunday, Andy Rooney departed from his trademark curmudgeonly complaints for some pearls of wisdom. more »»
Dolphin love
September 29, 2011 It’s probably time to accept that whatever I write here is never going to go viral. This despite being available online in both column and blog form at mauinews. more »»
Come tomorrow
September 22, 2011 When I was young people spoke of immortality, All the things they said were wrong Are what I want to be. more »» Maui Canoe Club February 13, 2012 recreational outrigger-canoe paddling 5:45 a.m., 7:15 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. weekdays at Sugar Beach, Kihei $10 up. Call 879-1558 or email maui.skip@yahoo.com; see www.mauicanoeclub.org. more » Community Events
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