ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
From the HIP
Advertiser Staff and News Services
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This Friday, the Chinatown nightclub NextDoor will open its dance floors for a special event, to shoot a music video for local band City.
The cinematic orchestra formerly known as At Sea revamped its branding and is composing more music, after taking a short break. “I really want them to blow up. They are so talented, and it’s rare to see talent like this in Hawaiçi,” says video director and club owner Chris Kahunahana.
The music video will be shot by 10 or more filmmakers and photographers, including popular scenester bloggers SuperCW and Honozooloo.
All attendees will be featured in the video, and everyone is encouraged to come to experience the sounds of City. 9 p.m. Friday, NextDoor, 43 N. Hotel St.; $10 cover, 21 and over, www.myneighborsnextdoor.com.
— Lacy Matsumoto
SALES & BARGAINS
• You might not need yellow marshmallow bunnies or chocolate eggs with a caramel center to celebrate the approach of spring. But we do love our Easter hats! Find a perfectly wide-brimmed hat that’s at once beach-worthy and ready to wear to a country-club brunch at J. Crew on the Island. Their “paper” hat now comes in black, as well as a peachy-beige and straw with gold flecks. Wrap a scarf around the crown, and it’s perfectly dressed up for today. At $32, it’s got us brimming with smiles. While you’re there, check out new spring items on sale. J. Crew, Ala Moana Center; 949-5252, www.jcrew.com.
• Spruce up your wardrobe with comfy designs in silks, cottons and linen from brands Citron, Kleen and Flax. Tapestries by Hauoli is having a Clean Sweep Sidewalk Sale at its Pearlridge Center location Friday through Sunday, and the following weekend (April 24-26) at its Ala Moana Center location. Take an additional 50 percent off already marked-down clearance fashions and 50 percent off other selected fashions; 973-0566.
• With shops closing all over because of the dampened economy, it’s good to see new businesses popping up. Open Space Yoga just opened a new studio location next to Diamond Head. A super hot deal worth checking out: two weeks of unlimited yoga for just $30 for new students. Even if you’ve been to the Downtown location, this deal is open to you too. You won’t be fretting to find parking or quarters, as this location has ample free street parking and a shared lot below. Hurry, this offer is only good through May 1. Open Space Yoga, 3106 Monsarrat Ave., second floor; 232-8851, 216-6972, www.yogaopenspace.com.
• Love to cook, but hate your pans? Williams-Sonoma has marked down its popular 12-inch nonstick covered frying pan to just $99 (was $207). Making that home-cooked meal just got more attractive. Williams-Sonoma, Ala Moana Center; 951-0088.
— Pualana Lemelle
HAVE AN ECO-FRIENDLY EASTER
Sure you’ll dye eggs today, but many eggs won’t be eaten, and those plastic egg-shaped candy containers are a green no-no. If you have children, a niece or nephew, or a neighbor kid with whom you want to spend some quality time, an alternative arts and crafts project that’s a little more environmentally friendly is available at Mary’s Toys in Kailua, where owner Mary Zanakis has created Plate Lunch Crafts, a take-home do-it-yourself kit.
“It’s all locally produced by me right here in Kailua,” says Zanakis. “I really just wanted to make something fun and unique for children.”
Each plate lunch comes with a box made out of recycled paper, glue, various shells and decorations. For $13.95, you can reduce your carbon footprint and create a craft that your special kid will have forever. Mary’s Toys, 600 Kailua Road; 262-1332.
— L.M.
HEALTHY, HEARTY COOKING
We’ve all driven or walked by the quaint-looking Mission Houses Museum on South King Street on the outskirts of Downtown Honolulu. Walk in, and you’ll find the Mission Houses Cafe, a healthy lunch stop tucked away in the back of the museum.
“I used to be located at the old Gold’s Gym, but since it closed down, we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to open up here, says owner/chef Kathy Sills. “I knew it was meant to be.”
The kalua chicken plate ($6.50), served with salad and brown rice, is a healthy local option. “My favorite thing right now is the Amazon cherry acai bowls, with granola, bananas and honey,” Sills says. Mission Houses Cafe, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 553 S. King St.; 286-4699, www.missionhouses.org.
— L.M.
ARTISTIC MARRIAGE
Musicians Polly Jean Harvey and John Parish don’t believe in compromise, but they do believe in marriage — a creative union in which ideas must be 100 percent agreed upon by both parties. It might sound laughably utopian for traditional matrimony, but that philosophy has yielded the near-perfect artifact of an album in “A Woman A Man Walked By” (Island).
Prickly, wicked and tender, the 10-song collection sounds wrenched from mythical landscapes and the fiery imbroglio of the id. It surely will stand as one of the year’s best rock efforts.
The two British toughs split the work in an orderly way: Parish writes all of the music, and Harvey pens the lyrics and vocals. The setup allows her to focus on her favorite task, she explained.
“Over the years, I’ve become more interested in writing words than anything, really,” said Harvey, spider-black hair falling in tendrils around her shoulders. “So to be in a situation where that’s all I have to take care of, to really explore what I can do with my voice, is a joy for me.”
— Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times
