On the Scene

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Valentine's Day was over but Kathy Mawae, center, got great response anyway with her 3rd Annual "Pretty n Punk" lingerie fashion show Thursday at the Wave Waikiki. A loud set by Extra Stout got the party started. A second band, The Enhancements, provided the music for the fashion show. The musicians gave Mawae's models some men to interact with as they worked the stage over and above the the "strut and pout" seen at most nightclub lingerie shows. Lingerie models Lyn Cruz, front left, Elaine Codilla, Kamakoa Page and Nina Roxanne relaxed backstage with Mawae after the show.

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Shari Lynn, right, talked with Li May Tang, president of Shanghai Bistro, after her cabaret show Friday. No one in Hawaii does Broadway standards better than Lynn, and she earned a standing ovation with a superb set that included "I Got Rhythm," "Sara Lee" and "Don't Cry For Me Barbra Streisand." She is also an entertaining storyteller. Lynn plays at Shanghai Bistro at 8 p.m. Friday and Sunday. Call 955-8668.

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Masako Nashimoto Luttrell, left, Satomi Bernstein, Valerie Sylvester and Carol Pregill were on the scene Thursday when Bally celebrated the re-opening of its Ala Moana store with a fashionable champagne party. The new store is in "fashion row" on the main mall level.

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Martin Monahan, left, Jim Andrews and Deneen L. Thompson talked in the kitchen of Monahan's East Honolulu home as the cast of "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" celebrated the show's successful run on Sunday. Monahan played the only Caucasian character in the story.

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Chef Sergio Mitrotti of Cafe Sistina, second from left, served a tasty selection of northern Italian cuisine Monday at Hawaii Opera Theatre's pre-opening reception and dress

rehearsal of "Il Trittico" in the Blaisdell Concert Hall. HOT board member Patsy Bunn, left, Lesya Bravo, personal chef Francesco Valentini, and Guy Merola enjoyed the party and Mitrotti's food.