June 21, 2019

WHO/WHAT: World-renowned pianists Jon Nakamatsu, 1997 Gold Medalist in the Tenth Van Cliburn Piano Competition and the only American to have achieved the distinction since 1981; Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff, and Alfredo Minetti will...

8•0•8 By Dennis Fujitake

Darrell H.Y. Lum’s Play at Kumu Kahua Theatre is Both Funny and Sensitive Karleen Chinen Commentary In our lives, somewhere . . . sometime . . . we’ve all known someone like “Bobo.” Someone mentally handicapped, but sweet and pure-hearted. And maybe even a little tricky-smart in his or her own way. It was that....

"Seven Detectives 2," premiers Thursday, July 18 at 8 p.m.; and repeats Friday, July 19 at 1 p.m. Division 12 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is ridiculed as the "banishment room" where hardened detectives who cannot be fired are sent. No matter how glorious your past may have been, once you are sent there,....

Members of the Kuakini Auxiliary and Kuakini Health System’s administration team honored former Issei residents of Kuakini Home at a memorial ceremony on May 28. The service was held at the Kuakini Columbarium at the Honolulu Memorial Park in Nu‘uanu in conjunction with the obon season. Most of the 141 Issei interred in the columbarium....

9:30 p.m. – Jail Breakers 11:10 p.m. – Goblin in Stirrups TUESDAY, JULY 16 12:40 a.m. – A Scarred Life 2:20 a.m. – Road of Chivalry 4 a.m. – Code Between Brothers 5:30 a.m. – A Young Warrior in Mt. Fuji 7:10...

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“Kizudarake no Jinsei (A Scarred Life),” 1971 drama, 1 hour and 37 minutes. Director Shigehiro Ozawa. Starring Koji Tsuruta and Tomisaburo Wakayama. A story about yakuza Tetsuo and Seiji who are torn between duty and sentiment.

Ethan R. Okura Hawai‘i Herald Columnist Sometimes you can do everything right, but still have everything go horribly wrong. Sometimes you do nothing at all and still have everything go very wrong. In the United States, you are innocent until proven guilty, except when it comes to fraudulent student loans that are taken out in....

Saigusa-Sensei presented sumie student Stephanie Pauling with her Beginner Certificate of Achievement. Pauling, a student at Makua Alii, has been learning sumie drawing for five years. “For the first two months I painted bamboo leaves, hundreds of them,” Pauling said. She said she learned over the years that, “It is the kimochi (feeling) we must....