The Christmas movie season is always better when there’s a real counter-programming wild card showing next door to all the feel-good holiday drivel. Last year’s jolting, gorgeous “Nosferatu” made the mainstream swill easier to take. This year, we have “The Housemaid,” which lacks ...
The first song Lukas Nelson ever composed, “You Were It,” closes his new Grammy-nominated solo album, “American Romance.” He was 11 years old and living on Maui at the time. “I wrote it here on a school bus,” Nelson recalled. A poignant relationship song, it’s hard to imagine ...
Writer and director Craig Brewer’s eccentric musical drama, “Song Sung Blue,” is tougher and more downbeat than advertised. The story is so odd and surprising, the reveal that it’s based on real people is a relief. If this were a work of fiction, I’d never have believed it. When we ...
What began as a desire to provide arts and music enrichment for his daughter Olivia and other youths in afterschool programs has grown into a more than quarter-century effort by Bryant Neal, who has produced jazz concerts, workshops and clinics for Maui students and adults. The Arts Education ...
Some of Maui’s talented singers have teamed to present “A Soulful Maui Holiday,” a blend of seasonal songs with a soulful twist, at the ProArts Playhouse Friday through Sunday. Aida Rose, Amber Seelig, Charles Cook, and Nara Boone will entertain with backing by bassist Ashton Yarbrough, ...
The nonprofit Wave of Harmony Foundation is offering a unique Christmas treat in the shape of a free Kama‘āina Holiday Spectacular show at the Historic Iao Theater on Monday evening. Hosted by the Foundation’s founder, Barry Kawakami, this special celebration brings together local artists ...
