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Exhibit features ikebana
More than 40 ikebana devotees will be putting their best work forward March 12 at Honolulu City Hall for the 40th-anniversary exhibition of Ikebana International, an organization of various schools of Japanese flower arrangement.Professor Tomoaki Yamamoto, a master from the Ikenobo School of ikebana in Kyoto, will be a special guest featured at the exhibit. He will create a giant tropical arrangement using 200 coconuts and other materials.
The exhibit is free and runs through March 15. Opening ceremonies are scheduled for 9 a.m. March 12. The exhibition's hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday.
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Feeling some Canadian heat
They come from the Great North, Victoria, British Columbia, in Canada, filled with the sound of tense and angular synth-rock, combining '60s mod rock, '70s progressive and '80s new wave/punk. They are ... Hot Hot Heat!The quartet features Steve Bays' eccentric vocalizing (like the slightly strangled sound of The Cure's Robert Smith) and ominous tunes like "Le Le Low" and "5 Times Out of 10" from its Sub Pop CD-Ep debut "Knock Knock Knock" (a full-length album is forthcoming). Dante DeCaro (guitar), Paul Hawley (drums) and Dustin Hawthorne (bass) round out the band.
The punk-rock showcase at Pink Cadillac also features local bands Hutchinson, The Nothing, Teradactyl, the final appearance of Three Is Company and Corkscrew Pee Pee (tonight), and Kite Festival, Bronson and Linus (tomorrow).
>> Place: Pink Cadillac, 478 Ena Road
>> Time: 7 p.m. today and tomorrow
>> Admission: $7, all ages
>> Info: www.808shows.com
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Dress up your interior
Every other year, the American Society of Interior Designers holds a giant garage sale to sell their furnishing samples to raise money for the organization. And this year, the sale will be bigger than ever with samples from retail, wholesale and manufacturers' representatives."We will have furniture, lighting, flooring, even linen, you name it. There will a lot of one-of-kind things," promised Jean Perry of Robert A. Krause & Associates Inc., which is hosting the event, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 9 at Gentry Pacific Design Center, 560 N. Nimitz Hwy.
Parking is free, but admission to the sale is $2. Call 524-4282 for more information.
Win maid via art
A picture is worth a thousand words, but in this case, it also may be worth a year of maid service for mom and new toys for the young Picasso of the family.The Maids International, a professional maid service, and KB Toys are sponsoring the SuperMom Picture Contest. Children 7 to 12 are invited to submit drawings showing why their mom is a supermom.
The grand prize is a year's worth of maid service, a $2,400 value, and a $50 gift certificate for toys. Two second-place winners each will receive $600 worth of maid service and a $50 gift certificate for toys. There will be 15 third-place awards, each a $25 gift certificate from KB Toys.
Judging will be based on originality, design, creativity and neatness. Winners will be selected by judges from the American Institute of Graphic Artists and the Arts Department of the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
Mail artwork to SuperMom Picture Contest, The Maids International, 4820 Dodge St., Omaha, NE 68132. All art must be received by April 1. Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want your entry returned. For more information, call the Hawaii branch of the Maids, 942-0808. For a list of rules, visit www.maids.com.
'Wondrous Tales' extends
Pay no attention to the listing for Honolulu Theatre for Youth's "Wondrous Tales of Old Japan" in today's Weekend section. Those shows are sold out, but another show has been added, at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Andrew's Tenney Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for students and $5 for youth and seniors.Tickets also remain for today's 8 p.m. HTY benefit, which offers a chance to meet the cast, writer-director David Furumoto and Kenny Endo, who did the score for the production. The $40 admission includes Japanese pupu and sake.
The "Wondrous Tales" include "The Story of Urashimataro," a Rip Van Winkle tale of a young fisherman who befriends a turtle and falls in love with the Dragon King's daughter; "Yuki Onna, the Snow Woman," a scary story of a snow and ice demon; and "Momotaro, the Peach Boy," about a brave boy and his animal friends who defeat a band of ogres.
The stories are recommended for ages 7 and up. For more information, call 839-9885.
Sing for Barney
Hawaii Public Television is conducting a Barney Song Contest to select two families (defined as at least one adult and one child) to sing Barney's "I Love You" song at the City & County of Honolulu's "Sunset on the Beach" event, with one family on April 27 and one on April 28. The purple dinosaur will also appear at the events to introduce his new video, "Barney on the Beach."Winners will also sing the song on television during HPTV's 2002 Membership Challenge March 14, and will receive additional Barney prizes.
To enter, submit a VHS or cassette tape of your family singing the song, along with an entry form, by March 8 to Hawaii Public Television, 2350 Dole St., Honolulu, HI 96822. Rules and forms are available at www.khet.org or by calling 973-1990.
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