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Then there were 7
Who says "American Idol" is just plain mindless fun? The TV singing competition is turning out to be educational as well, a real-time example of democracy in action.Last week, we revealed a plot within one faction of the idolonfox.com community to oust Jon Peter Lewis or John Stevens, with many agreeing to throw votes Jasmine Trias' way to get their wish.
Now JPL is gone. Shows you what freedom of speech and a few instigators can do.
But wait! JPL fans haven't given up, and started a petition to get him back on the air. It's at www.webpetitions.com/cgibin/print_petition.cgi?99498472.
Art docent update
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is expanding its daily docent-guided tours, which cover a variety of themes and topics:
» "Art of Hawaii and the Pacific" or "Special Exhibitions" is offered 10:15 a.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays.Japanese language tours are offered at 1 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. A Japanese language "Museum Highlights" runs 1 p.m. Sundays.» "Art of Western Cultures" runs 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, and 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
» "Art of Asian Cultures" runs 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays.
» "Museum Highlights" is offered at 1:15 p.m. Sundays.
The academy is located at 900 S. Beretania St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Admission is $7 general, $4 seniors, students and military, and children 12 and under are free. Call 532-8700 for more information.
Dharma teacher back
Catherine Ingram, internationally renowned dharma teacher and author of "Passionate Presence: Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness," returns to Honolulu Tuesday through April 25 at the East-West Center Koi Room on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus.Ingram will host four evening Dharma Dialogues from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday through April 23, at $10 each night. In addition, she will conduct a non-residential weekend retreat including the Friday evening session, then running well as 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 24 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 25. Tuition for the three-day retreat is only $160.
For outer island and mainland guests, housing at $49 per night, single or double occupancy, can be reserved by calling East-West housing at 944-7805, and referencing "Catherine Ingram."
To pre-register online by credit card for the Weekend Retreat, visit www.dharmadialogues.org, scroll down the link titled "Schedule of Dharma Dialogues & Retreats" and select the Paypal button. To register by check or money order or for further information, call 955-6932 or send e-mail to presence@hawaii.rr.com.
Ingram's book, "Passionate Presence" has been endorsed by Eckhart Tolle (author of "The Power of Now"), Jack Kornfield, Coleman Barks and Daniel and Tara Goleman, among others.
Ingram was a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, that popularized Vipassana Meditation in the West, in Barre, Mass., in the mid-1970s. She pursued her Buddhist practices for 17 years while working as a contributing editor for East-West Journal and Yoga Journal.
After meeting spiritual teacher H.W.L. Poonja in 1991, Ingram began offering her Dharma Dialogues internationally. She is returning after a well-received Hawaii visit in February.
Concert honors Schiller
The Ellen Masaki School of Music will present a recital in HPR's Atherton Performing Arts Studio at 4 p.m. April 25 in honor of Hawaii Public Radio's music director Gene Schiller.Eighteen students ranging in age from 8 to 17 will perform a repertoire of music chosen from among Schiller's favorite works. Composers to be represented include Bach, Chopin, Ravel, Schumann, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Balakirev, and Prokofiev.
Schiller hosts two daily programs of classical music heard on KHPR 88.1 Honolulu, KKUA 90.7 Wailuku and KANO 91.1 Hilo. Schiller's daily local programs are "Morning Café/Morning Concert," heard from 8:30 a.m. to noon weekdays, and "Masterworks Hour," broadcast from 3 to 4 p.m. weekdays. He also hosts a request show, "Sunday Brunch," from 9 a.m. to noon Sundays, and programs "Evening Concert," heard 6 to 8 p.m. weekdays, with host Rodger Layng. Schiller also selects all the national and international classical programming heard on HPR.
Tickets are $17.50 general, $15 for HPR members, and $10 for students. Call 955-8821 for reservations.
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Hottest dog search
Hurry and enter your pooch in the third annual Doggie Model Search. The top dog will be announced May 1 and be named the 2004 "face" of Island Paws and Hawaii Doggie Bakery & Gift Shop, with a chance for the pet to appear in fashion shows and dog events.The winner will also receive a doggie bed and a pound of freshly baked Hawaiian biscuits from Hawaii Doggie Bakery.
Send a photo of your pet frolicking on the beach, at home, in the park or anywhere that demonstrates why Hawaii is a pooch's paradise. Dogs must also be dressed in an Island Paws doggie shirt or doggie muumuu, and only one photograph per entry will be accepted.
For more information, call 521-7297 and ask for Lisa Tam or Jen Kunishima.
All keyed up
Do you have so many keys to keep track of that it takes a few tries to find the right one? Put it this way: Are you paranoid about strangers waiting in the dark to ambush you as you fumble for your house key before you get in the door?
There is help for the paranoid and the key collector.
The key shop in Daiei Kaheka stocks more than two dozen designs to make fishing for keys easier. The colorful painted keys sport several designs to suit individual tastes, including dolphins, animal prints, happy faces and flames. There is even a logo pattern for the true University of Hawaii fan, whether their passion is academia or athletics.
If having your key completely covered in a design is too gaudy for you, the shop also carries traditional metallic-color keys with an image on the top half only. Those come with sayings like "Heaven doesn't want me and hell is afraid I'll take over," "Patience" or "Hugs and kisses make life bearable."
Rodney Kim, manager of the Daiei key shop, said only house keys and master lock keys can be duplicated. Car keys are available, but the demand isn't high enough to stock them because most people stick with the dealer keys.
At the Daiei Kaheka key shop, the keys cost $3.50 to $5. City Mill also carries a few designs, including some NFL logos, for $2.49. For information, call 955-3220 (Daiei) or 533-3871 (City Mill).
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