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Benefit set for long-time Maui musician Salvador Godinez

One of Maui’s eminent, most accomplished keyboard players, Salvador Godinez, who has performed with many entertainers on our island for more than 40 years, has been contending with cancer. “When we found out, we all rallied together to help, to pray, to play music for him, and to help his healing process, so he can perform again,” says his musician sister Estaire Godinez. A special benefit night has been arranged to raise money for him at Nalu’s South Shore Grill in Kihei on Oct. 23. Musicians performing include Amy Hanaiali’i, John, Cruz, Marty Dread, Tarvin Makia, Nara ...

Two Maui made feature films head to the MACC

Directing “Terrestrial,” the first sci-fi monster movie ever made on Maui, Alex Farnham says he “wanted to aim towards nostalgia. You see it a lot these days with ‘Stranger Things’ and that kind of stuff. I’m a big fan of practical special effects, so we got the creature costume ...

Shaka, A Story of Aloha explores Hawaii’s iconic gesture

Along with leading the successful campaign to make the shaka Hawaii’s official state gesture, Steve Sue produced the fascinating documentary “Shaka, A Story of Aloha,” which will screen on Oct. 20 at the MACC as part of the 44th annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented ...

Megan’s Top 10 events … for next week

October 10–16 Has everyone started picking out their Halloween costumes and gathering their candy for the end of the month celebration? If not, no worries! There’s still plenty of time to prepare for the upcoming trick-or-treat holiday and in the meantime you can keep checking the Maui ...

Maui Kumu Hula Uluwehi Guerrero celebrates the art of hula

Recently arriving back to Maui from Japan where his students won a hula competition, Kumu Hula Uluwehi Guerrero and Halau Hula Kauluokala will perform on Oct. 11 as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku. “Japan was absolutely ...