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Quilts on display
The Hawaii Quilt Guild is hosting its annual exhibition, "Comforts of Home," opening today at the Academy of Arts School at Linekona and continuing through May 9.On view will be more than 100 quilts featuring contemporary, traditional and Hawaiian designs.
The school is at 1111 Victoria St. For more information about the exhibition, e-mail quilt chairwoman Barb Vasold at barbhawaii@aol.com, or call 677-1908.
The Opportunity quilt will be among the 100 displayed during the "Comforts of Home" exhibition at Linekona School.
Ooh-la-la!
All things Gallic will be celebrated when the Honolulu Academy of Arts plays host to its monthly Art After Dark event tonight.The theme is "French Café," coinciding with the blockbuster exhibition "Japan & Paris: Impressionism, Postimpressionism and the Modern Era."
Sample French hors d'oeuvres, wine and enjoy live music from 5 to 9 p.m. Admission is free for academy members and $7 for nonmembers. The $7 is refunded if you become an academy member that night or purchase a "Japan & Paris" ticket ($15 separate admission).
For more information, call 532-8715.
Evening and cocktail wear by Tadashi will be shown during the Japanese Women's Society 29th annual fashion show at the Sheraton Sunday.
"Golden Splendor"
Designs by Mamo Howell and international fashion expert Tadashi will be shown Sunday at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel during the Japanese Women's Society 29th Annual Fashion Show.The event, themed "Golden Splendor" in honor of the society's 50th anniversary, will open with boutique sales of crafts and jewelry from 9 a.m., with a noon luncheon followed by the show.
Tadashi will show about 40 of the elegant cocktail dresses and evening gowns for which he is known.
Howell, whose resort fashion and accessory collections are characterized by a Hawaiian motif, will present a new look for the runway.
Tickets are $50 per person and $500 for a table of 10. Call Suzette Lau Hee at 524-0450 or Gail Yamashita at 626-1359.
Tadashi will also appear at Neiman Marcus from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday.
[ ENTERTAINMENT ]
They're back!
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for "Sesame Street Live's" "Out of this World!" production. The gang helps two homesick aliens get home. Performances begin June 17 at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Tickets are $11-$19 and available at all Ticketmaster locations, including Times Supermarkets. Or call 877-750-4400. For information, call 591-2211 or connect to sesamestreetlive.com
[ ODDS AND ENDS ]
'Trading Spaces'' Vern Yip trades TLC job
Vern Yip, one of the designers on TLC's "Trading Spaces," will be trading spaces no more.
Yip, 34, said that he's leaving the program to star in his own home improvement show on NBC. Production on "Design Intervention" begins in June; it is scheduled to air in September.
"'Trading Spaces' was an amazing opportunity for me," Yip said. "It opened a lot of doors for me and allowed me to travel across the country and to meet a lot of great people. Now NBC has offered me my own show."
On "Trading Spaces," neighbors decorate a room in each other's homes in two days with the help of a designer and a budget of $1,000. On the NBC show, "We're going to transform an entire house, inside and out, in two weeks," Yip said. The homeowners will get all new furniture and landscaping.
"We're looking for those homes where they've started a project, like a new addition, and thought they could do it on their own, but they never really finished it."
Check his Web site at www.vernyip.com.
Associated Press
[ HOME & GARDEN ]
Spring Plant Sale
Be sure to take in Foster Garden's Spring Plant Sale 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday featuring two unique attractions:» Old Hawaiian Garden: Seven Hawaiian artists will display and sell contemporary but traditional pieces made from plants: kapa, puwehe, lau hala, eieiie, makaloa and lei. Demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the day. Close by will be top growers of Hawaiian native species, who will share their expertise on what to grow in your garden.
» Old Japanese Garden: A fine exhibit of top bonsai grown by the Pearl City and Classic bonsai clubs. Members will provide all-day demonstrations on the cultivation of bonsai. Offered for sale are small plants suitable for bonsai as well as ceramic bonsai containers. Members will be on hand to "talk story" about growing your plant.
Colorful hybrid ti and hibiscuses, bromeliads and anthuriums will be offered as well as new day lilies, orchids, heliconias and gingers. Cactus and succulents also will be on hand, enough to satisfy the most avid gardener.
Members of the Friends of Honolulu Botanical Gardens may enter the Plant Sale between 8 and 9 a.m.
Call 537-1708 or 522-7065 for more information.
Remodeling month
Hawaii Remodelers Council kicks off National Home Remodeling Month in May with a remodeling seminar and miniexpo of remodeling products and services.The free seminars will be held monthly in May, June, August and September in various communities around Oahu.
The first, featuring tabletop displays from 6 to 8:30 p.m., will be held on May 20 and will focus on multigenerational homes. Be sure to arrive early at St. John Vianney School, 940 Keolu Drive in Kailua, for guest speaker Marshall Hickox, of Homeworks Construction Inc. The 6:30-7:45 p.m. workshop will teach homeowners how to turn their existing home into one that can accommodate the various lifestyles and ages of family members.
A panel discussion will also be held featuring industry professionals including architect Gary Lee of ADI Design Group and Daria Goto, of the State Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs.
Attendees receive a free remodeling packet.
To register, call Tracy Jefferson at BIA-Hawaii, 847-4666, ext. 201; or register online at www.bia-hawaii.com.
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