Our Picks for the Weekend
Star-Bulletin staff
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FOOD
Fresh Catch
3109 Waialae Ave. / 735-POKE (7653)
Growing up in Kahaluu, brothers Reno and Dominic Henriques had memories of fishing Heeia, and enjoying their fresh catch with as little wasted time or tampering as possible. Their joint restaurant and recycling operation, Fresh Catch, marks their attempt to bring back some of Hawaii's old-fashioned backyard staples, complete with their own fresh catch, including opihi from the Big Island when they're able to travel.
Ahi casserole ($9.25 Thursday special) is surprisingly fresh. For many restaurants, the only reason to make such a casserole is to get rid of old fish. And, there are plenty of extras in the casserole, like lup cheong, Dungeness crab from Oregon, and toothy slices of pink-and-white kamaboko, with only skosh mayo.
Pork in the homemade laulau ($7.50, with potato salad, two scoops rice and a small helping of ahi poke) was similarly fresh and fork tender, served on a bed of mesclun.
The takeout establishment, housed in a former Pizza Hut on Waialae, is home to about 30 kinds of poke and grill-ready marinated meats in addition to a handful of daily plate-lunch specials. Picnic tables await if you're too hungry to make the drive home. It's best to head to Fresh Catch early for the best selection. Bentos, for instance, tend to dry up by day's end.
There is a daily plate lunch special, and the most popular thus far are Monday's furikake salmon and Sunday's clam chowder. Note that Fresh Catch is closed on Wednesdays.
Entrees taste clean, with less of the fat, oil, salt and none of the fillers that we see at other fast establishments, so you'll feel no ill after ingesting the whole deal.
Finish with old-fashioned favorites like red velvet cupcakes ($2.50) and banana bread ($4), both with liberal sprinklings of chocolate chips. Cream cheese brownies are also keepers, and cakes are on the way.
Open 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Market prices for poke; about $7 to $9.50 for plate lunches. -- Nadine Kam
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
Raw fish lovers will find a haven at Fresh Catch, where they offer 30 kinds of poke.
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ART
ARTafter DARK event features tattoo style
Hawaii's contribution to the outsider art of tattooing will be recognized at this month's ARTafter DARK at the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
"Hawaii Ink" is the theme of the event, running from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, and you'll be able to get your own faux tattoos by Hart & Huntington Hawaii. And stop by the academy's Banyan Court to enjoy music by DJs Slant, Xhift, and Kentaro aka Duck.
Meanwhile, live Hawaiian music featuring slack-key modernist Makana will commence in the Central Court. At the Kinau Court, wander through exhibits by Keoki Surfboard Designs and portraitist Silas Stoddard. Docent Sandra Simms will offer up a "zip tour" of the academy's Hawaiiana exhibit starting at 7.
Food will be provided by E+O Trading Co.
Admission is $10 and free to Academy members. Call 532-8724 or visit www.honoluluacademy.org.
MUSIC
Palama Settlement Gym hosts hip-hop festival
All that is hip-hop will be expressed Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. at the Palama Settlement Gym at 810 N. Vineyard Blvd.
808 Urban, a fledgling nonprofit group, teams with Palama Settlement to co-host the first in a six-month series of battles, all of them conveying the elements of the hip-hop culture: B-boy (dancing), DJ-ing, MC-ing and graffiti. Monthly winners will qualify for their own battles in the concluding month.
Director John Hina, who grew up as an infamous graffiti and gang tagger before he cleaned up his life, employs the competition as a means of mentoring at-risk youth and drawing kids off the street.
Adults pay $5 ($3 with a flyer available for download at www.808urban.com) and youth 17 and under can get in free with a school ID. Call 561-8489.
PETS
Blaisdell Center brings back best of dogs
The largest of Hawaii's dog shows returns to the Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall Saturday and Sunday when the venerable Hawaiian Kennel Club presents its all-breed dog shows featuring more than 360 of the state's best canines.
See Hawaii's top show dogs all in one place, with 65 breeds to be judged on both days, including sporting dogs, hounds, working and herding dogs, terriers, toys and the nonsporting breeds. Judging begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday, with group judging beginning at 2:15 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., respectively. The vaunted Best in Show follows the group judging.
Special attractions include Saturday's Best Bred by Exhibitor and Sunday's Best Veteran Dogs, which all breeds will compete for throughout the competitions.
Admission to either day is $5 general and free for children under 12 with an accompanying adult.
Call 262-5236.
MUSIC
Musicians Association celebrates new home
The old Musicians Association of Hawaii performance studio at 949 Kapiolani Blvd. certainly had its funky "charm," so to speak, with its mildewed aroma and water-stained roof and walls.
The venue depended heavily on the audience and musicians to make the place work, and it did, especially as a longtime home for jazz pianist Rich Crandall's weeknight gigs.
But a new dawn arises: The union has a new building at the same location, along with the new Studio 909, the perfect place for Chamber Music Hawaii to now call home.
To kick off its new performance season, Hawaii Public Radio's Joan Canfield will trace the history of chamber music and provide an overview of the upcoming season during "Chamber Music 101," along with the help of the Galliard String Quartet, all on Sunday at 4 p.m.
Admission is $10, but those who purchase the new Chamber Music Hawaii Intro package, which includes tickets to the first two concerts of the season, will get in free.
Call 372-8236 or visit www.chambermusichawaii.com.
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