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Keali'i Reichel is the main stage headliner at this year's Ocean Festival. Acoustic Hawaiian language music will also be featured throughout the day on three different stages.Family activities including entertainment, crafts, hands-on activities, keiki games and exhibits will be held on the Bishop Museum lawn. The exhibits promote ocean conservation and awareness of the traditional Hawaiian ecological values.
Admission also allows attendees to visit the exhibits, including the "T.rex to Sabretooth" display. Proceeds benefit the Hawaiian immersion pre-school, Punana Leo O Kawaihao.
>> Place: Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St.
>> Time: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
>> Admission: $10 for a family of four in advance; or $7.50 per person at the door.
>> Call: 521-9699
Lei contest
With May the month of lei and flowers, TEMARI Center for Asian and Pacific Arts hosts a Lei Aloha Contest at the Ward Warehouse Amphitheatre stage. Watch as lei makers create original entries of real and artificial flowers, fabric, glass, ceramics and art objects before your eyes from 9 to 11 a.m., then stick around for an awards ceremony from noon to 1 p.m. Entries will be judged on craftsmanship, wearability, creativity, design, and for floral lei: freshness and fragrance.There will also be lei and arts demonstrations at Native Books & Beautiful Things from noon to 4 p.m.
>> Place: Ware Warehouse
>> Time: 9 to 1 p.m. Saturday
>> Admission: Free
>> Call: TEMARI, at 735-1860
>> Also: Arts demonstrations at Ward Centre from 1 to 5 p.m.; learn to make beaded bracelets at Sedona at Ward Centre from noon to 2 p.m.; and learn to make man's best friend a piece of doggie jewelry from noon to 2 p.m. at Hawaii Doggie Bakery & Gift Shop at Ward Warehouse.
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Greyboy to hit Hesham's
Andreas Stevens, better known as San Diego DJ-producer-record label honcho Greyboy, makes a return voyage to our fair shores this weekend to perform at Hesham's Studio on King Street.Inspired more than a decade ago by Britain's burgeoning acid-jazz scene, the 32-year-old DJ became the prime architect of the stateside rare-groove movement, which revived soul, jazz and funk breaks of decades past by melding them with rugged hip-hop rhythms.
With his latest endeavor, "Mastered the Art," Greyboy graduates from jazzy breakbeats to a sophisticated sound culled from bits and pieces of obscure easy-listening platters and a personal treasury of head-bobbing beats.
True to his funky retro roots, Greyboy is said to travel in a gold 1970 Ford Torino GT with an original 8-track player for classic old-school effect.
>> Place: Hesham's Studio, 186 N. King St.
>> Time: 9 p.m. today
>> Admission: $10 to $12 at the door
Free Comic Book Day
So you never get anything free? Well, tomorrow's your lucky day. To celebrate today's release of the "Spider-Man" movie, national mainstream and independent comic book publishers are offering comic books free, gratis, por nada through specialty stores and public libraries nationwide tomorrow.The four main titles being offered are reprints of the first issues of "Ultimate Spider-Man" (Marvel) and "Justice League Adventures" (DC), a special "Star Wars Tales" from Dark Horse with a story that ties in to the upcoming movie and an Image origin issue of video game heroine "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider."
(Local libraries in McCully-Moiliili and Waikiki-Kapahulu will offer a TokyoPop sampler instead of the "Tomb Raider" title.)
The two libraries and three of the four officially-sanctioned comic book stores will give away the main titles on a first-come, first-served basis, with other publisher titles also available.
Gecko Books in Kaimuki and Kailua will put together "goodie bags" tailored to both occasional and frequent customers that will include promotional postcards and flyers, plus select back issues of other popular titles.
The Kaimuki store (3613 Waialae Ave.) will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and the Kailua store (1247-G Kailua Road), from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call either 732-1292 or 263-2004 for more information.
Here are the other stores and their operating hours tomorrow:
>> Blue Moos in Pearl City, 803 Kamehameha Highway, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Call 454-1329.
>> Collector Maniacs in Kaimuki, 3571 Waialae Ave., 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Call 739-3912.
>> Jelly's in Aiea, 98-023 Hekaha St., 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Call 484-4413.
Student film fest winners announced
Here is the list of winners from the Hawaii Student Film Festival that took place last weekend:>> Best Elementary Short: "Infu Net" by Aaron Nunes of Kalaheo High After-School Program
>> Best Elementary Documentary: "Voices From the Past" by Jordie Oceanar of Pearlridge Elementary
>> Best Intermediate Short: "Cooking With Chef Stanson" by Stanson Chung of Chiefess Kamakahele
>> Best Intermediate Documentary: "Molokai Makahiki" by Nainoa Seitz of Molokai Intermediate
>> Best High School Short: "Flash" by Jay Hanamura of Punahou Schools
>> Best High School Documentary: Tie between "Race to Space" by Kamerya Kaka of Kahuku High and "Interview with Elizabeth Lindsey" by Celine Williams of Kamehameha Schools
>> Best High School Feature: "Stolen Youth" by Gary Manuel of Maui High
>> Best College Short: "Silent Love" by Ken Sato of Leeward Community College
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