Hawaii
BY and large, local television stations did a good job in setting aside regular programming to cut to the State Capitol to show Gov. Ben Cayetano and leaders on both sides of the teachers strike announce a settlement, pending ratification. All, that is, except for KGMB-TV. Channels 2, 4 and 8 went to the announcement at 10 a.m., knowing it was coming. The CBS station, however, ignored it and showed, you should pardon the expression, "The Price is Right." Edward R. Murrow, who hosted "You are There" on CBS, must be spinning in his grave, as Walter Cronkite and Bob Sevey surely would be were they not still alive. As the questions from reporters started coming following the announcement, Channels 4 and 8 cut away to regular programming, but KHON kept on with responses and even live reports from Farrington High... KGMB strikes out
on settlement reportIT'S a good thing the teachers strike ended before things started getting really ugly. A reader e-mails that she stopped in Ruth's Chris Steak House late the other night and there were Gov. Ben and Vicky Cayetano, Rep. Neil Abercrombie, Charles Toguchi and the mediator. The reader asks, "I wonder how the teachers spent last Friday night."...
Misconstewed
DAVID Letterman, doing one of his "George W. Bush is an idiot" routines, gave the president's position on statehood for Puerto Rico. Said Letterman, as Bush, "To Hell with Puerto Rico. How about Hawaii?" ... Maui Moll: That incredibly tall, bald and seemingly dim-witted "Bull Shannon" from "Night Court," stopped by and took in "Ulalena" at the Maui Myth & Magic Theatre the other night...ORIGINAL Scruples Calendar girl, Holly Juscin, stopped by the Kuhio Avenue club recently. to visit old friends. Visiting Hawaii not only gave her an opportunity to re-establish old tie, it also enabled her to get off the frozen tundra of Green Bay, Wisc., where she's sports anchor on the ABC outlet. Odd, because another island resident, Heather Hays, was news anchor on the NBC outlet in Green Bay before moving on to anchor the Fox station in Dallas. Heather was Miss Hawaii USA in 1992...
Urban art downtown
THE downtown theater space that was inaugurated with Tim Bostock's import of "The Exhibitionists" from Ireland, the Arts at Mark's Garage, seems to be catching on. Two works are being presented there independent of one another. Playing there Monday was Ray Bumatai in "Tales of Urban Hawaii," and Thursday through Saturday a work called "Ola's Son" is being staged. Bumatai's work is like a nightclub act with a message about change in Hawaii and unveils a great new find in bassist Matt Souza, who wrote half of the original songs within the act, and whose infectious smile as he plays off Bumatai is irresistible ... "Ola's Son," the other show at the little theater,has three more days left in its run. The play by Misa Tupou was based on a poem by Lisa Kana'e, and deals with the police shooting of a knife-wielding man in Palolo in 1998. The Garage is turning into a popular, viable space for putting on works that can't find a home elsewhere...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
His columns run Monday through Friday.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com