Hawaii
Between Iraq and
hard place for
art of warTHE WAR WITH Iraq - should we or shouldn't we - has entered the field of the arts. Maureen Dowd of The New York Times, in a column carried by the Star-Bulletin, stated that the United States has taken to censoring art to avoid any suggestion that war is bad. The U.S., reports Dowd, threw a shroud over a reproduction of Pablo Picasso's classically anti-war mural of "Guernica" at the U.N., further adding a couple of U.N. flags in front of it. Apparently, Dubya prefers war to anti-war art ... The opposite is true at the Arts at Mark's Garage which on March 3 will present a reading of Aristophanes' classic anti-war comedy, "Lysistrata." It's part of an international "Lysistrata Project" in which artists around the world are protesting war with Iraq by holding readings of the Greek classic on the same day. Proceeds from the $15 fee to attend the reading, starring Eden-Lee Murray in the title role, will go to Not in Our Name Hawaii, a non-profit group hoping to stop a pre-emptive war against Iraq ...
YOU probably haven't heard much, if anything, about her, but Sarah Wayne-Callies, Punahou Class of '95, is getting noticed in showbiz. The daughter of University of Hawaii law professor David Callies and Valerie Wayne, UH literature professor, Sarah has an MFA in drama from the National Theater Conservatory in Denver. Normally, that should be good for a waitress job at IHOP, but in Sarah's case, it was a foot in the door. In her first year of seeking acting jobs in New York, Sarah landed a role in "Queens Supreme," starring Oliver Platt as a Queens, N.Y., Supreme Court judge. OK, CBS canceled the show after just a handful of episodes, but in the meantime, she was noticed and has roles in episodes of "Law & Order" and "Dragnet." Sarah is doing a pilot for the WB Network, "Tarzan in New York," in which she plays Jane, no less. You've not heard the last of her ...
Donut disturbance
FORMER Pittsburgh Steelers star Franco Harris, who came over for the Pro Bowl, is staying on and pushing a new product of his own: "Super Donuts." He latched onto former Columbia Inn honcho Gene Kaneshiro, who now runs the State's school lunch program, and found Kaneshiro is already featuring the healthy donut item in the schools' breakfast program ... And wait until Tiki's Grill & Bar partner Kelly McGill returns from a trip to Vietnam and finds that Harris, Jeff Garcia of the S.F. 49'ers and Orlando Pace of the Tampa Bay Bucs, all dropped in and he wasn't there. McGill is something of a football nut, and was an offensive lineman for the UH Rainbows' 1992 Holiday Bowl championship team ...
Arresting stop
PICTURE the look on the face of Clarerita O'Keefe when a policewoman strolled into her O'Keefe & Sons Bakery in Hilo, demanding to see her husband, Jim O'Keefe, because she needed to arrest him. Then she learned it was for a good cause -O'Keefe was being incarcerated until money was raised for MDA. The cop let him go, but told Clarerita she'd better come up with the cash. She called Hilo photog Tim Wright for help, and he urged her to hurry up and raise the money, adding, "Jim is too pretty to go to jail." ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings
in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968.
The Week That Was recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns.Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com