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Lukas Nelson benefit raises $256K for health care housing

A benefit concert organized by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lukas Nelson raised $256,000 for Maui Health Foundation’s Housing for Healthcare initiative, the foundation announced. “Lōkahi: A Celebration of Maui” was held Jan. 10 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and featured Nelson, Mick Fleetwood, Patrick Simmons, Stephen Wilson Jr., Lily Meola, the Maui Country Band and others, with Paul Simon appearing as the closing act. Nelson approached Maui Health Foundation about hosting the benefit in November after learning about Housing for Healthcare, a $20 million effort to ...

Festivals of Aloha seeks falsetto contestants

Festivals of Aloha is accepting applications for two Hawaiian falsetto singing contests planned for later this year. The 24th annual Richard Ho‘opi‘i Leo Ki‘eki‘e Hawaiian Falsetto Contest for kane will be held Sept. 19 at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the competition begins at 6 p.m. Contestants can apply at festivalsofaloha.com/hoopii. The fifth annual Carmen Hulu Lindsey Leo Ha‘iha‘i Hawaiian Falsetto Contest for wahine will be held Oct. 23 at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the competition begins at 6 ...

Barry Wurst: Jason Momoa can’t save ‘Supergirl’

Early into “Supergirl,” the second feature-length adaptation of the DC Comics character, someone asks why it’s ‘Supergirl’ and not ‘Superwoman.’ The answer is never given, proving the question, like the film itself, to be entirely pointless. In this version of the character, ...

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