THURSDAY, MAR. 1
MEET MAUI HANDS’ ARTISTS – Each week, each of Maui Hands’ four locations (Paia, Makawao, Lahaina and Kaanapali) host an afternoon with one of the galleries’ featured local artists. At these events, the artists spend a few hours in the gallery demonstrating technique and sharing processes with patrons. This month, meet multi-media artist Willow B. Norris (pictured: “Butterfly Dream IV – Magical Moonset”) in Makawao every Thu. from 11am-4pm; ceramicist Curt Stevens in Lahiana every Fri. from 4-7pm; oil-and watercolor artist Mort Luby in Pa’ia every Mon. from 1-4pm as well as in Kaanapali every Wed. from 4-7pm; and water color artist Amanda Scott in Makawao every Tue. from 2-6pm. Learn insights like that shared by Norris, who explains, “I was inspired to paint [“Butterfly Dream”] after I went to The Hyatt Regency, Kaanapali, initially to take photos of lotus flowers. There were no lotus flowers blooming that day; however, there were these gorgeous swans… Swans are symbolic on many levels… In my painting they represent the rising glory of a new day [and] the butterflies beautifully complete this symbology of transformation.” mauihands.com
FRIDAY, MAR. 2
MAUI TOWN PARTIES: WAILUKU FIRST FRIDAY – Boogie woogie for your health at this month’s Wailuku First Friday (WFF), which partners with HMSA to bring you nonstop Zumba at the Banyan Tree Park. Plus, enjoy performances by Brian & Friends at the MauiThing mainstage, as well as mainstays Gene and Shea Argel outside Cafe O’Lei, Joel Katz outside 33 N. Market St., and The Usual Suspects at Main Street Bistro. Also, WFF is a great opportunity to check out the second of three weekends of Maui OnStage’s production of Grease, which begins at 7:30 (see our Da Kine Calendar for more details). Free. 6-9pm. Wailuku Town; mauifridays.com
RANDALL ROSPOND AND HIS (PRESUMABLY) ARMY OF CLONES – Boy howdy, I swear Randall Rospond’s secretly a mad scientist who’s invented a cloning machine. How else could he manage to gig nearly nightly (whether solo, with the Randall Rospond Trio or as the frontman of the Haiku Hillbillys), write and produce loads of albums, host his own radio show, and create a gallery’s worth of kick-ass artwork? OK, the truth’s that he’s one of the hardest working, most dedicated and detail-oriented men on Maui–and his stellar work shows it. (Not to mention he’s as swell a guy as they come.) Rospond’s long-running weekly gigs include every Fri. at the South Shore Tiki Lounge (4-6pm), every Sat. at Makawao Steak House (6:30-8:30pm), every Tue. at Beach Bums (5-8pm), and every Wed. at Stella Blues Cafe (4-6pm). Plus, he’s at Flatbread Company every first Thu. (5:30-8pm), and hosts a show on Mana‘o Radio every first and third Sat. (10am-2pm). But this Fri. at the Tiki Lounge isn’t any ordinary happy hour set, as it’s also the opening reception for his own solo fine art exhibition, which features his spectacularly imaginative multi-medium works (pictured). He’ll first rock his six string (4-6pm), then DJ his favorite grooves (6-9pm)–and all before hopping over to Three’s Bar & Grill to join the Haiku Hillbillys who headline with Oregon’s Conjugal Visitors (11m-1am). We’re not sure how he manages to do it all, but we’re sure glad he does! Art show: No cover. 4-9pm. South Shore Tiki Lounge (1913 S. Kihei Rd); 874-6444 / Haiku Hillbillys with Conjugal Visitors: No cover. 9pm. Three’s Bar & Grill (1945 S. Kihei Rd.); 879-3133; randallrospond.com
SATURDAY, MAR. 3
OUR NEW FAVORITE SATIRIST, ALAN CLEMENTS, LAUNCHES HIS NEW BOOK – All you need to know about Alan Clements (former monk turned author for the spiritually affined) is contained in the first 40 seconds of his most-watched video on YouTube, titled “The Myth of Enlightenment – An interview with Alan Clements.” To save you the trouble of tiresome navigation, I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing Clements’s opening remarks: “I really feel I wrote a book to end all books on spirituality [Instinct for Freedom; 2002]. It’s a book about totally you are your Bible–live it. And if you need a reminding, I wrote a book about how I am my own Bible and that’s the only thing you need to follow–it’s the own beautiful, strange landscape of your own heart. There’s nothing wrong with being yourself. Full stop.” Think that’s awesome? It gets better. The video then clips to bits from his “Spiritually Inclined” lecture tour–wherein which he swears like a sailor and knocks his knees (what appears to be his hallmark groove), part of some sort of waggish new-age swagger. “I’m essentially an addict for dogma,” Clements says. “I have the dubious distinction of being the first American Buddhist monk in the country of Burma. Second most dubious distinction of sitting perhaps more meditative hours on my ass than anyone I’ve ever met… In breath, out breath. In breath, out breath… In breath, out breath. In breath, out breath. And what do you think, like, the fucking insight was? Fuck, dude–you’re breathing!” Clements is on Maui hosting a dharma retreat (Feb. 29 through Mar. 4) and promoting his new book, A Future to Believe In–which, in the book’s video trailer, he describes as “a distillation of the [108] most important life lessons, encounters, conversations, quotations, thoughts and dreams and hopes and fears that I’ve encountered in my life of awakening over the last however many years.” $22 advance (online only) / $25 door (cash only). 7:30pm. Studio Maui (810 Haiku Rd.); alanclements.com
“TURN IT UP N’ PUMP UP DA BASS LINE”: LiA LiVE WITH THE KRYPTONES – This Sat., LiA LiVE and The Kryptones celebrate the debut of their new single, “Day by Day”–a follow-up to their track “On A One Way,” released last July. Lia’s musical passions were first nurtured at an early age in Panama City, Panama, where she was born, and where her father was the conductor of the Panama National Symphonic Orchestra and the Choir Musica Viva. At the age of 14 she moved to Maui and attended King Kekaulike High School, whereupon graduation she became part of the group Shuga which toured the islands from the on-isle hub f.k.a. Hapa’s to Oahu’s famed Pipeline Cafe. As a solo artist, her work’s taken her to Los Angeles where she studied at Musicians Institute in Hollywood and gigged on notable stages like Universal City Walk’s Rumba Room, Sunset Strip’s House of Blues, and Long Beach’s Vault 350. Don’t miss this sexy n’ spunky act that the Valley Islanders can be proud to call our own. $8. 10pm. Casanova (1188 Makawao Ave.); 572-5220; seelialive.com
SUNDAY, MAR. 4
SUNDAY DRIVE: ULUPALAKUA REMEMBERS – To help share and honor the myriad qualities of the Ulupalakua area and its people, the Ulupalakua Ranch hosts quarterly “Sunday Drive” events. Every Spring, the “Ulupalakua Remembers” event celebrates the rich heritage of Upcountry’s historic ranch land. “With so much history in this special area,” says Sumner Erdman, president of Ulupalakua Ranch, “one of our goals is always to continue sharing that legacy with you!” Falsetto master Uncle Richard Ho‘opi‘i headlines the live entertainment from 3-4pm, while another beloved Maui son, ‘ukulele virtuoso Derick Sebastian, takes the stage from 12:30-1:30pm. Plus, students from the Seabury Hall Hawaiian Ensemble will perform at 11am, followed by slack key guitarist Benny Uyetake, from 11:30-3pm, and college music professor and steel guitarist Joel Katz, from 1:45-2:45pm. More than music, there’s free wine tasting to enjoy at the winery’s King’s Cottage Tasting Room and juicy grinds like Kiawe-smoked Maui Cattle Co. brisket and Ulupalakua elk burgers, made available at the Ulupalakua Ranch Store. Free. 11am-4pm. Toll free: 1-877-878-6058; mauiwine.com / ulupalakuaranch.com
MANA’O RADIO’S UPCOUNTRY SUNDAYS ACOUSTIC STYLE CELEBRATES THE ALL-WEATHER FRIENDS CD RELEASE – We love Mana‘o radio (who doesn’t?)–a noncommercial, entirely community-supported, low-power FM station that’s mission is “to inform, educate, and entertain the Maui community with radio broadcasts of multicultural and community-related programming.” And, we love the station’s ongoing benefit showcase, Upcountry Sundays Acoustic Style, and often feature it in This Week’s Picks. But this month’s installment’s extra special as it celebrates the release of Dorothy Betz’s and Les Adam’s delightful and diverse new album, All-Weather Friends. Betz and Adam are the producers of Upcountry Sundays and Mana’o DJs, and their long-awaited follow up to their debit Drive On draws upon not only their superb talents, but the talents of the Mana‘o ‘ohana (some of Maui’s–and the world’s–finest). The album was produced by none other than the prodigious Vince Esquire, and features guest performances by Esquire, David Choy, John Cruz and Hutch Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt’s bass player, among other illustrious credits). The CD release party guests include Esquire, co-producer Don Lopez and Eddie Tanaka. $7 donation. 2-5pm. Casanova (1188 Makawao Ave.); 572-5220; manaoradio.com
MONDAY, MAR. 5
MULTICULTURAL DRUM & DANCE CONFERENCE – Fri., Mar. 2 through Mon., Mar. 12. Miami Sound Machine famously foresaw that the rhythm is going to get you. If this prediction’s proved true for you and you’ve been bitten by the beat bug, sign up for the Multicultural Drum & Dance Conference which starts this Fri. and continues through next Mon. Held at the Y Camp Keanae, two drum classes and two-to-three dance classes (in the rhythmic traditions of Senegal, Guinea, Congo, Haiti, Brazil, Cuba and Hawaii) will be offered daily in the camp’s spacious hardwood-floored gym. The camp also provides organized and creative childcare, fireside fun during evenings and healthy meals prepared by renowned Maui chefs. $100 adult day rate (24 hours; 8am-8am) / $250 keiki rate (full camp, if with accompanying parent; ages 4-11) / $250 adult weekend rate (3pm Fri., Mar. 2 through 9am Sun., Mar. 4 or 3pm, Fri., Mar. 9 through 9am Sun., Mar. 11) / $400 teen rate (full camp, if with accompanying parent; ages 12-17) / $600 “vacationer” rate (includes everything but class participation) / $900 adult full camp rate. Kama‘aina rates available. To register, call Andy at 248-8355 or e-mail andy@ymcacampkeanae.org.
TUESDAY, MAR. 6
MIDLIFE EXPLORATIONS THROUGH MOVEMENT AND CONVERSATION – Tuesdays, Mar. 6, 13, 20 & 27. All this boo-hoo business of “mid-life” and “quarter-life” crises has never sat right with me. Mostly, it fails to recognize the “nickel-and dime-life” crises and all manner of perennial “penny-life” crises. Nonetheless, here at MauiTime, we’ve lately felt the crushing weight of our compounding years. So, our editor Anthony Pignataro’s taken up skateboarding, our art director Scrappers got an impromptu tattoo and yours truly crashed my friend’s motorcycle. Point is: whatever stage of life crisis you’re in, we feel your pain. If you’re looking for an outlet, check out the Midlife Explorations free-form, four-week dance series which starts this Tue. and invites participants to “be moved and inspired by being middle-aged.” $99 (for all four classes). 6:30-8:30pm. Limited class size. For information and to register, visit move-and-be-moved.com
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 7
“FLUNK ‘EM IF THEY CAN’T TAKE A JOKE”: AMBROSIA SCREENS PCU (1994) – Seeing as March Madness is officially upon us, Ambrosia’s registered for a collegiate theme for their March run of Red Carpet Movie nights (held every Wed.). PCU’s sort of the old school Old School, done in the tradition of Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds, and its plot is replete with the parody and outright slaughter of excessive political correctness (e.g. “The Order of Balls and Shaft” is meant to mock Yale’s Skull and Bones society). Plus, PCU stars Jon Favreau and David Spade, the soundtrack boasts everything from Jimi Hendrix to Henry Rollins to Prince to the Mudhoneys covering Elvis Costello, meanwhile George Clinton and The Parliament Funkadelic have a concert cameo. Need we say more? No, but we will add two words: free popcorn. No cover. 7:30pm. Ambrosia Martini Lounge (1913 S. Kihei Rd.); 891-1011; ambrosiamaui.com
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