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ARTafterDARK features
Artists of Hawaii exhibition

The Academy of Arts' ARTafterDARK event will be held Friday, 6 to 9 p.m. This month's event features the Artists of Hawaii 2005 exhibition, reggae music by Sahra and Hot Rain, Hawaii Slam Poets performing a poetry slam, outdoor painting by Mark Brown in the courtyard and a mini-lecture on collecting by Academy Director Stephen Little. Lori Admiral is event coordinator. Entry is free to Academy members and $7 to non-members ... Harry Soria brings back the memorable music of the Hilo Hawaiians on "Territorial Airwaves" Sunday at 5 p.m. on Hawaiian 105 KINE-FM. The group was made up of guitarist Bunny Brown, Kihei Brown on uke, steel guitarist Arthur Kaua, Mona Kalima on uke and Puni "Buddy" Kalima on bass. They were noted for their sweet harmony ...

Singer-actor Joey Caldarone is off to catch Broadway musicals with brother Georgio of Kailua and Georgio's wife, Cassie. They will meet up with other members of their New Jersey-based family to take in the shows. Joey will also see his local pal Elissa Josephsohn, who is heading for New York tomorrow. Elissa's sister, Debbie, who lived here for awhile, will come up from North Carolina to see Elissa. Debbie donated a kidney to her husband, David Koerner, last year. They are both doing fine, Elissa said ...

Gun-happy Smiths are not your average couple

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" comes off as a spoof on James Bond pictures and other spy flicks. There is wild shooting, blasting, fighting and bickering going on most of the time by stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, two of Hollywood's most beautiful people. Don't look for anything serious here. For example, it takes the couple five or six years of marriage to realize they are both paid assassins. The revelation comes after each is assigned to kill the other. Along with the mayhem, there is a shooting ballet by the stars at the climax, a fantastic car chase, incredible technical effects and stunts, and the gorgeous Jolie putting on a fashion show in sleek tight clothing. Once she was dressed as a sexy dominatrix in leather and high-heeled boots, and broke the neck of her target. The story is a joke, pure nonsense, but all the other stuff is worth the price of admission ...

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