ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Native film showcase
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Actress Tamara Podemski, right, who took the special jury prize for acting at this year's Sundance Film Festival, will attend the third annual Hawai'inuiakea: Native Film Showcase, which holds free film screenings today and tomorrow at the Hawai'i Convention Center, starting at 6 p.m.. Podemski will introduce her latest film, "Four Sheets to the Wind" (which earned her the prize), when it screens tomorrow. Tonight: a live performance by Ka Halau Hanakeaka of an excerpt from "Kamapua'a" the theatrical telling of the bawdy, epic Hawaiian tale. For a full schedule: www.hawaiinuiakea.com, 554-5358.
— Lesa Griffith
MACY'S ALA MOANA
KIDS' PHOTOS ON DISPLAY
A free photographic exhibit of and by children in the Kids Hurt Too and ProjectFocus programs will be on display at Macy's Ala Moana, today through Sept. 3.
The "Lost and Found" exhibit, which includes shots taken by the youth and their portraits, can be seen during store hours.
ProjectFocus is a community service endeavor co-founded by local photographers Laurie Breeden Callies, of Baby Face Productions, and Lisa Uesugi, of Utopia Photography, to provide emotional healing for children in need.
— Advertiser Staff
FINAL WORD
“The show I would kill to be on right now is ‘Lost.’ But the classic TV character I think I would have played best is Gidget.”
Emma Roberts | star of “Nancy Drew” and Nickelodeon’s “Unfabulous,” in TV Guide