Da Kine
Thursday, July 4, 1996
No Doubt, a ska and punk band headlining the Big Mele, features, from left, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stafani, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young.
Get ready to hele for tickets to Mele
As Ed Sullivan would have said: It's a really big "shoe." There are seven - count 'em - big-name bands showcased in the summer-ending Big Mele concert Sept. 14 at Kualoa Ranch.
Mark the calendar for July 13, when tickets go on sale for the event, which features Cypress Hill, Presidents of the United States, No Doubt, and Dance Hall Crashers.
Rounding out the show are Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dishwalla, and CIV.
Tickets at $26 per person will be available at Hungry Ear Records, Tower Records, Tower Video, Pearl Harbor Bloch Arena, ITT Outlet at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and The Connection Outlets.
Or charge the tickets by phone at 545-4000 or 1-(800)-333-3388. For information, call 947-CLUB.
Hot Hawaiian tamale
Compadres Ward Centre marks Aloha Fridays with new Hawaiian-style snow crab/blue corn tamales, wrapped in banana leaves, and musical stylings by the Ka'ala Trio. The group plays 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays and features Keoki Van Blyenburg, Tyson Chun and Jon-David Tai.
For information, call 591-8307.
Don't miss Miss Hawaii
The Miss Hawaii Pageant occurs at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Coral Ballroom of the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
Fifteen young women from all over Hawaii will compete, including Miss Kauai Mimosa Jones, who wants to be a U.S. congresswoman, to Miss Downtown Honolulu Susanna Hunt, who will sing "Nobody Does It Like Me," to Miss Hawaii Pacific University Melissa Short, whose platform is "Enhancing Seniors' Quality of Life."
Admission is $35. Call 949-4321.
Royal Portuguese
Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center - where we commoners can shop too - is hosting weekly "Summer Festivals" in July, with each week focusing on a different culture. At 12:30 to 2 p.m. Saturday the center spotlights The Portuguese, with entertainment by the Camoes Dancers and cooking by John Peru, plus arts and crafts. Free. Call 922-0588.
'Imagination' at the Center
"Imagination" takes CenterStage in the premiere of a 20-week run of the musical extravaganza at Ala Moana Center.
Chris Luke, a 14-year-old Kamehameha Schools student, stars as Kawika and Kaneohe youth counselor Dion Donahue co-stars as the Imagineer in this production with a cast of 18 local performers.
The musical show for family viewers repeats at 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Saturdays, through Nov. 16. Admission is free.
Spooky radio
"Chicken Skin - The Radio Show" occurs at 8 p.m. Sunday evenings on KCCN 1420 AM radio. Hosted by premier spooksmiths Glen Grant Benton and James Glen Grant Benton - oops, Glen Grant and James Grant Benton - it's touted as an old-style radio show with modern call-in questions. Each show concludes with a "lights out" scary kine story.
Free, unless you listen to pay-radio. Information: 943-0371.
Flavors of Forgione
Two celebrated culinarians collaborate in the Grand Chefs on Tour Program - Larry Forgione of New York's An American Place restaurant, and Peter Merriman of Merriman's in Waimea, Big Island, Monday through July 14 at Maui's Kea Lani Hotel.
Call 1-(800)-659-4100.
Compiled by Star-Bulletin staff
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