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Arts Academy gets
$20,000 from YSL, HonuThe Academy of Arts received cash gifts totaling $20,000 this week, $10,000 each from Yves Saint Laurant and Honu Group. That made Academy director Stephen Little's day. Sylvia Akaka made the presentation for YSL and Mona Abadir for Honu at a preview showing of art that is on sale. The Wednesday affair, with champagne and martinis, DJ Keith Kandell and a tasty spread by Chef Mike Nevin, was one of the Acad-emy's Showcase 2003 fund-raising events. YSL's Garine Zerounian flew in from New York with the firm's latest fashions that were modeled by Yingying Lee and Onaona Miller. Yingying and Onaona -- interesting names. Showcase chairs are Erin Choy and Susan Wo. Today's art sale is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 400 works by more than 100 Hawaii artists will be available. There is no admission fee for the art sale or to enter and place a silent auction bid on the Martin Blank original glass sculpture, valued at more than $30,000 ...
Dishing up Nick's golfers
Serving excellent food is the main focus of Nick's Fishmarket but golf is the name of the game for several members of the staff, starting with Greg Norman look-alike Ben Dowling, G.M. of the Waikiki establishment. Ben has an impressive 2 handicap. But two golfers on the staff are professionals, Gerry Mulleins and Ivan Cunningham. Ben says they won't even give him his two strokes when they play. Another single handicapper on the Nick's team is Bill Murphy, who caddies for top PGA golfers when they compete here. Hearing that Bill is claiming a 10 handicap nowadays, Ben almost choked and gasped for air. All of the Nick's golfers were happy that senior PGA pros Bill Rogers and Bruce Lietzke chose to dine at Nick's recently ...STILL SWINGING: Sam Choy's Big Man Golf Tourney, an Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter benefit, is not totally serious about that "Big Man" biz. Women are welcome. And although a three-person team is supposed to weigh a total of 700 pounds to get mulligans, golfers can weigh in wearing golf shoes, and with clubs, bags, canned goods and even bags of rice. Sam's tourney is Aug. 28 at Pearl Country Club. Call 591-2771 for more info ...
St. John CEO and top model Kelly Gray and company officials were on Waikiki Beach last week for an international ad shoot. Isle models from More and Kathy Muller took part. The St. John group stayed at the Halekulani. Chris Gahl of FX communications was the isle contact ... Molokai fashion designer Serai Strickland's creations are carried by Mamo in Ward Warehouse. Store owner Mamo Howell has come out with her Alii Line featuring apparel with Hawaiian cultural prints of quilt looks and isle flowers, among other things. Charmeuse and chiffon silks are used ...
Hawaiian stars to shine
An outstanding Hawaiian show starring Genoa Keawe, Peter Moon, Martin Pahinui, George Kuo, Aaron Mahi, Palani Vaughan, Kainani Kahaunaele and Kilinahe will be presented at Bishop Museum's lawn Thursday, 6:30 p.m. Call 847-8290 for $15 tickets, $10 for museum members and $5 for kids...
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Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets
of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of
people, places and things every Saturday.
E-mail him at bwood@starbulletin.com
