If your weekend is filled with but “butterfly idleness,” why not make a themed day of it at the MACC’s Sunday night showing of Mark Twain Tonight! with Emmy-winning actor Hal Holbrook? First, “rough it” up to the tip top of mount Haleakala for “the sublimest spectacle” of sunrise (Mark Twain did it), then pay a visit to the Bailey House Museum (Mark Twain stayed there), and all … [Read more...] about Mark Twain Tonight
Maui Entertainment
Los Lobos
If I was Los Lobos, you know what I’d do? I’d kick the Los Lonely Boys’ asses. Why? Because their name is just too close for comfort when Los Lobos is a legendary American Chicano rock band, and the self-branded “Texican” Los Lonely Boys are responsible for that atrocious so-called song “Heaven.” OK. Take a deep breath, wipe your mouth of the involuntary heaves from having to … [Read more...] about Los Lobos
The Four Sisters Okinawan Music
The Four Sisters—one of the world’s most respected traditional Okinawan groups—is comprised of siblings Sadako, Kumiko, Midori and Chieko Iha. More than a decade after their last Hawaii performance, they’ve returned to the islands to lend their talents for a special benefit concert titled “Tinsagu nu Hana: Our Indelible Heritage,” to support the perpetuation of Okinawan culture … [Read more...] about The Four Sisters Okinawan Music
Wailuku First Friday
For the final 2010 installment of Wailuku First Friday, event coordinators promise a block party glittering with all the magic of the holiday season. Maui OnStage’s A Christmas Carol embarks on its second of three weekends at the historic Iao Theater (7:30pm; see page 17 for more). Further in the way of entertainment, the prodigious rockers of the one and only Vince Esquire … [Read more...] about Wailuku First Friday
Willie K and Maui Orchestra
Of Willie Kahaialii’s rendition of “O Holy Night” off his 1999 album Willie Kalikimaka, YouTube user liquidtension808 effuses, “I’ve always said that when God created this song, he had Willie K in mind. God just let other people sing it before him.” Kahaialii’s newest Christmastime endeavor, Willie Wonderland, stands to elicit similar heartfelt response—especially at the … [Read more...] about Willie K and Maui Orchestra