Hocus pocus at Ilikai
The "Magic Convention in Paradise" occurs March 7 through 9 at the Ilikai Hotel, with a public show at 8 p.m. March 9.
Participants will rub shoulders with magicians from all over the country and attend workshops.
Registration for all three days is $115; $90 for magicians under 18. The final stage show admission is $15. Information: 422-8770.
Luau and auction slated
Willie K. and Kanilau take the stage for the Academy of the Pacific's luau-country store-auction Feb. 22 at the school campus.
The store and auction open at 3 p.m., food and entertainment start at 4 p.m. Tickets are $25. Information: 595-6359.
Hall & Oates to play Nimitz Hall
Hall & Oates, the 1980s group with a dozen major hits to its credit, will perform at Nimitz Hall - formerly The Groove - at 8:15 p.m. March 14
Tickets are $22.50 and go on sale Saturday at Connection outlets, Hungry Ear Records, Tower Records, Pearl Harbor Bloch Arena and ITT Outlet at Kaneohe MCBH.
The river runs through it
The Mekong is a mighty river - running some 2,900 miles from the Himalayas to the South China Sea - but it's not a friendly river. In some places it's too wide and too swift; it's difficult to navigate because of its many waterfalls and rapids; it often serves as a boundary separating countries instead of a passage between them.
Despite this, dozens of cultures florish along the river's banks. "The Basin of the Mekong River: Images of the Past" is an exhibit giving viewers an impression of these cultures, running through Friday at the East-West Center Gallery.
The exhibit was organized in Paris by the National Institute for Eastern Language and Cultures (which recently inked a cooperative agreement with the East-West Center) and curated by brothers Bernard and Patrick Gay. The exhibits uses 260 images, mostly photographic, selected from archives of foreign missions all over Europe. The cultural groups include Chinese, Khmer, Tai, Burmese and Indo-Chinese.
Curiously, the photographic record is thinnest for Thailand, the only southeast Asian country never colonized by outside powers.
Information: 944-7198.
Compiled by Catherine Kekoa Enomoto, Star-Bulletin.
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