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Take advantage of the Academy Awards Dinner at Diamond Head Grill, though, and you'll get an advance telecast of the show, plus a fancy meal. It's the ultimate dinner-and-a-movie.
Only 36 Oscar parties have been officially sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and this fund-raiser for the Hawaii International Film Festival is one.
The party starts at 4:30 p.m. at the restaurant, located in the new W Honolulu hotel. Cocktails and a preview show start at 6 p.m., with dinner and the awards telecast at 6:30 p.m. The menu includes Kiawe Smoked Prime Rib, Spicy Szechwan Beef Satay and Lobster Fried Rice.
The cost is $100. Call 528-FILM, Ext. 12.
Irene Frolic will conduct a five-day sculpture workshop beginning Saturday. Above is one of her works, "Gaze Series: II."
Featured this year will be a free slide talk and several workshops at the University of Hawaii featuring fiber artist Renie Breskin Adams, glass artist Irene Frolic and clay artist Patti Warashima.
Here is the schedule. For workshop hours and prices, call 596-8128.
Free slide talk with above artists, in the University of Hawaii Art Department Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
"Painting in Stichery" workshop with Renie Breskin Adams, professor emeritus of art at Northern Illinois University. Students will sample traditional embroidery stitches, looping and needle weaving. Techniques will be used to study forms, colors and textures to create "painterly" modes of composition in fiber. Beginning and advanced artists welcome.
"Ceramic Sculpture" workshop with Patti Warashima. Seattle-based artist offers an exploration of the figure, using traditional handbuilding techniques such as pinching, coiling, slab construction and underglazing.
Kajo Suzuki, executive director of the Society of the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords will speak about the role of warfare, technological advances and foreign influences in the evolution of the Japanese sword.
The talk will run 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the JCCH Manoa Grand Ballroom, 5th floor. Suzuki will speak in Japanese, with interpretation by Mark Robinson, a director of the Sword Society of Hawaii.
The event is sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Hawaii. Admission is free, but reservations by March 28 are required. Call 524-4451.
The large-scale work will feature the church's Bach Festival Choir, the Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, and the Bach Chamber Choir, with tenor Joseph Z. Pettit as the Evangelist and baritone Philip Cutlip as Jesus. Carl Crosier and Henry Miyamura will conduct.
Tickets are $35 reserved and $25 general, available by calling the church at 941-2566.
"St. Matthew Passion" is part of the Lutheran Church's Abendmusiken 1999-20000 series, which will conclude June 1 and 2 with Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos."
The church is at 1730 Punahou St.
New chef at the Ritz: Stephen Marshall has taken over as executive chef at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua. A graduate of the California Culinary Academy, Marshall worked at several three-star Michelin restaurants in France, Italy and Switzerland, developing a cuisine he calls "free-style Mediterranean." He came to Maui from the Ritz-Carton in Laguna Niguel, Calif.
"Baking the Best Home-Made Cakes By Farr": Charlie Farr will demonstrate his cakes, including carrot, apple, prune, angel-food and chocolate, from 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. April 22 at the Lyon Arboretum. Reservations required, $22 fee. Call 988-0456 to register or for more information.
"Everything's Better Wrapped in Bacon" Contest: Farmer John is seeking recipes from bacon lovers everywhere. Cooks are asked to enter their original recipes using Farmer John bacon in one of five categories: Snacking, Entertaining, Quick and Easy, Gourmet or Kids Treats. Entries will be judged on appropriateness of the category, originality and creativity.
Entry forms may be obtained at http://www.farmerjohn.com or can be submitted by printing your name, address, telephone number, T-shirt size, name of recipe and category on paper with the recipe.
Mail entries to: Farmer John, Everything's Better Wrapped in Bacon Recipe Contest, P.O. Box 58870, Los Angeles, Calif. 90058 by May 31.
Irene Frolic will conduct a five-day sculpture workshop beginning Saturday. Above is one of her works, "Gaze Series: II."
Featured this year will be a free slide talk and several workshops at the University of Hawaii featuring fiber artist Renie Breskin Adams, glass artist Irene Frolic and clay artist Patti Warashima.
Here is the schedule. For workshop hours and prices, call 596-8128.
Free slide talk with above artists, in the University of Hawaii Art Department Auditorium, 6:30 p.m.
"Painting in Stichery" workshop with Renie Breskin Adams, professor emeritus of art at Northern Illinois University. Students will sample traditional embroidery stitches, looping and needle weaving. Techniques will be used to study forms, colors and textures to create "painterly" modes of composition in fiber. Beginning and advanced artists welcome.
"Ceramic Sculpture" workshop with Patti Warashima. Seattle-based artist offers an exploration of the figure, using traditional handbuilding techniques such as pinching, coiling, slab construction and underglazing.
Kajo Suzuki, executive director of the Society of the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords will speak about the role of warfare, technological advances and foreign influences in the evolution of the Japanese sword.
The talk will run 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the JCCH Manoa Grand Ballroom, 5th floor. Suzuki will speak in Japanese, with interpretation by Mark Robinson, a director of the Sword Society of Hawaii.
The event is sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Hawaii. Admission is free, but reservations by March 28 are required. Call 524-4451.
The large-scale work will feature the church's Bach Festival Choir, the Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, and the Bach Chamber Choir, with tenor Joseph Z. Pettit as the Evangelist and baritone Philip Cutlip as Jesus. Carl Crosier and Henry Miyamura will conduct.
Tickets are $35 reserved and $25 general, available by calling the church at 941-2566.
"St. Matthew Passion" is part of the Lutheran Church's Abendmusiken 1999-20000 series, which will conclude June 1 and 2 with Bach's "Brandenburg Concertos."
The church is at 1730 Punahou St.
