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Hawaii Dave Donnelly |
Impressionists headed
for Academy of ArtsINCREDIBLY, the Academy of Arts is holding its first impressionist show in 76 years. Called "Japan & Paris: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and the Modern Era," the exhibition will feature two Monets, two Picassos and other works by Renoir, Degas, Pisarro and Toulouse Lautrec. More than 50 paintings of the era will be on view from April 8 through June 6. There's also a gala pre-opening party on April 6 and it's expected these tickets will be hard to come by ...
FORMER S.F. 49ers star lineman Jesse Sapolu will be teaming up with TV magazine host Emme Tomimbang to host events on Maui for the Hula Bowl game Saturday. That will include a concert by America, a golf tourney and the game itself. Dick Schaller, who's run several TV stations in the past, is now the new president of Hula Bowl Maui ... Former isle newscaster Emerald Yeh has been a highly visible reporter in S.F. for years, and is looking forward to spending time with her family -- twin boys and her husband. She's expected back in the islands at the end of the month for a visit with family and friends ... And Rick Quan, former island sportscaster, has signed on for another three years as the head sports desk anchor at KPIX ...
Names in the news
TWO isle actors have found themselves in the same movie, filmed on location in Kazakhstan. Both Jason Scott Lee and Mark Dacascos met for the first time while on location. They'll be returning there for more filming in May. The movie is a historical film about Genghis Khan and both actors play leads ... Songwriter and Broadway producer Dean Pitchford, pride of St. Louis High, spent some time over the holidays on Maui where he got together with Beverly Gannon. They have a mutual friend, Barbara Fairchild, editor of Bon Appetit ...FORMER isle sportscaster Mel Proctor has been floating about town. He still does L.A. Clippergames on radio plus a little baseball for the Fox Network. He e-mails, "I'm just catching up on your recent columns and was sorry to hear about your injury. I always knew you were 'hip,' but sorry about the hip." For those who don't know, I broke it in San Francisco ...
Incommunicado
Then there's Jerry McGrath, now living in Kauai, but is a San Franciscan and at one time played for the historic softball team fielded by the Washington Square Bar and Grill. His son, Mark McGrath called them during a visit to S.F. at the same time I was incarcerated at Kaiser Hospital and they tried to reach me with no success. Jerry met up with friends of mine at Stinson Beach Grill and filled them in on the gruesome details ...Several Honolulu schools are sending students to the All-Hawaii Alumni Association at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va., on Saturday. There will be a couple hundred graduates from the likes of Maryknoll, Kamehameha, Iolani, Punahou, St. Louis, the Hawaii Baptist Academy and Sacred Hearts, who will be there to share school-time memories with their mainland counterparts, while enjoying entertainment by a Washington, D.C., hula halau ...
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Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968. The Week That Was runs Sundays and recalls items from Dave's 30 years of columns. Contact Dave by e-mail: ddonnelly@starbulletin.com