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Symphony board takes new chairman
Jeffrey Minter, president and CEO of UniDev Hawaii, has been named chairman of the Honolulu Symphony board of directors.
Minter previously served as treasurer on the board, a position that will be taken by Rix Maurer III, vice president of financial services, chief financial officer and treasurer for the Queen's Medical Center.
Laie community collecting recyclables
Recyclable items will be collected at Brigham Young University-Hawaii tomorrow to benefit the Laie Community Association.
Scrap metal, appliances, pipes, beams, car parts, bicycles, newspapers and cardboard, cans and bottles, tires, green waste, car batteries, cellular phones, printer cartridges and computers may be dropped off in the school's parking lot. No fluids of any kind.
The cash value of the recycled items will be donated back to the community.
Donations of clothing and household items will also be collected by Goodwill Industries of Hawaii.
Call 478-5137 or 306-1876 for information, pick-up service or if you can volunteer time use of a van or truck.
History's role explored in panel discussion
The value of remembering the past will be the focus of a panel discussion, "The Importance of Story-Making," at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i's Manoa Ballroom.
The discussion will be held in conjunction with the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery's current exhibition, "Reconstructing Memories," incorporating the work of 12 artists on the relationship between memory and history.
Panelists will be Aaron Kerner, curator of "Reconstructing Memories"; Kaili Chun and Katsushige Nakahashi, artists with work in the show; Warren Nishimoto, director for the UH Center for Oral History; and Mariko Miho, director of development for Community Colleges, UH Foundation. Moderator will be Riki May Amano, president and executive director of the cultural center; translator will be John Szostak, assistant professor of Japanese art history at UH.
The discussion will focus on the value of remembering and telling stories of the past, especially stories that are not familiar to current generations.
Admission is free. Parking is $3 with validation. Call 945-7633.
Wine tasting with the experts
The holidays offer so many wine-centric opportunities. Let's see, you can give wine as a gift, serve it during your holiday parties, carry it along to other parties and -- of course -- you must toast with it on New Year's Eve. But do you need guidance?
Check out these events hosted by Fujioka's Wine Times, at Formaggio in the Market City Shopping Center:
"Bathing in Bubbles Part 1" from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Featuring Taittinger, Charles Heidsieck, Piper Heidsieck, Nicolas Feuillatte and Perrier Jouet. Cost is $30, which includes an Eisch champagne flute.
"Flavors of Italy" from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 16. A tasting with chef Donato Loperfido, of his wine collection. Cost is $20, including appetizers.
"Bathing in Bubbles Part 2" from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 17. Featuring Laurent Perrier, Veuve Clicquot, Pommery, Moet & Chandon, Roederer and more. Cost is $30, including a Riedel champagne flute. Reservations required for all events. Call 739-9463.
CRAFT PROJECTS
Books We Like
"Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt," by Megan Nicolay (Workman Publishing, $14.95)
Handmade gifts are always appreciated -- so why not give clothing you've altered yourself? "Generation T" promises to take the basic T and transform it into something beautiful through a few bold projects -- with results that are pretty in their simplicity.
If you're in the mood to make something for yourself, you'll have yet another reason to hang on to that old soft T-shirt that you just can't part with.
Nicolay assumes her reader is a novice. That's not a bad thing, as she offers a few different ways to go about a project, and we like inventiveness. Some projects work better as concepts, however, as a few of the tees -- with a little bit of careless cutting -- could easily produce the "why-yes-I-did-make-this-shirt" look.
Try these: The corset tee is adorable. Also fun: the T-shirt reborn as a scarf and the iPod cover made from -- what else? Just think, you could make plenty of iPod covers from that old concert T-shirt you "borrowed" eons ago from the ex-boyfriend. 'Tis the season to give.