700 seek jobs at
Brew MoonBREW MOON, the Boston-based restaurant and award-winning microbrewery chain is what's causing all the construction that's been going on at Ward Centre. What's really surprising is that General Manager Danny Vasquez has received more than 700 job applications for the 150 positions that will be filled. Brew Moon will open on Nov. 8, a benefit for the Hawaii Theatre. The Ward Centre Brew Moon is the sixth in the chain. It was brought here by Punahou grad and company V.P. Laurie Foster ...
Kamaes' premiere is free
"HAWAIIAN Voices," a documentary by Eddie and Myrna Kamae in which Ruth Kaholoa'a, 93; Lila Hale, 85, and the Rev. David Ka'alakea, 78, share their stories, wisdom and culture, has its world premiere Nov. 8 at McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana Park, 7 p.m. There is no admission charge and the public is invited ... Panini has brought out one of its top-selling albums on CD, "Sons of Hawaii," first recorded in 1971. Eddie Kamae, Gabby Pahinui, Moe Keale, Joe Marshall and David "Feet" Rogers are on this classic ...ACTRESS-producer-singer Tane McClure, daughter of Faye Brash Parker and the late actor Doug McClure, gave birth to a girl Oct. 8 in Malibu Hills, Calif. Kayla weighed in at 9 pounds. Kayla's father, Gary Arntz, along with Faye and Tane's sister, Taber, were on hand for the birth. Taber and Tane are Punahou graduates. Taber is doing graduate work at Pepperdine University and is on Nancy Sinatra's business staff. She marries computer whiz Spencer Riner March 6 at Gordon and Sue Damon's Kahala beach estate ...
FORMER isle hotelier Georg Rafael recently received Germany's Savarin Plakette '98 for highest achievement in hospitality and world tourism for his Rafael Group of hotels. Carole Kai and Eddie Onouye and Hans and Claire Strasser attended the Munich black-tie ceremony, along with Rafael's wife, Rose-Marie, and their son, Mark. Georg's 90-year-old mom also attended. The Rafael chain includes the Mark Hotel in New York, managed by Hawaii's Ray Bickson. The Rafaels have a home in Honolulu and spend three months out of the year here ...
THE Kahala Mandarin opens its Honu Bar and Terrace for lunch and pupus near the turtle pool on Nov. 9. Live music is planned. The Nov. 12 Fashionable Affair at the Mandarin's Plumeria Cafe will offer holiday fashions, including ball gowns from Escada ... UR2FNY read the license plates on a little green Honda, obviously owned by someone with a sense of humor ...
Vive la France
I THOUGHT $300 a person was a high price to pay for a Bishop Museum benefit dinner that was held at the Halekulani but now here comes the French Festival gala at the Hilton Hawaiian Village with a price of $350 per for runway seats. Other seats are $250. The Nov. 14 affair in the Coral Ballroom offers a fashion show with fashions from Chanel, Dior, Hermes, Saint Laurent and Sonia Rykiel. Anna Umemiya, a top Japan model, and Hawaii's Sherry Williams will model. Williams has modeled for the leading French designers and appears on the "Bold & Beautiful." The gala benefits the Academy of Arts ...THE French Festival runs Nov. 7-22 and is packed with France-related activities, food and fashion. Hermes will hold hands-on classes in leather stitching Nov. 9-19 three times a day, conducted by Jocelyne Zerbib of France. Participants may keep what they stitch. Call 1-877-843-3378 for festival info ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets
of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of
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