The Hawaii Handweavers’ Hui will present workshops by Jennifer Moore in Honolulu and Kailua, Kona on the Big Island in January. Moore is a renowned expert on doubleweave. She has been widely exhibited for 25 years throughout the U.S. and abroad. She currently has her studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Learn more about her
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Fashion and jewelry designer Sierra Dew of Kaneohe invites all creative types to  “Come work on your costume during the Goodwill Costume Contest and Kaimuki Kanikapila.” Urban 808 and Sierra herself will be helping people with their costume ideas inside the Goodwill Store. She will have stencils, paint, cardboard and plenty of ideas to share. Sierra  invites you
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Jewelry designer and artist Cora Yee is getting ready for the holidays. Following her long trip to Shanghai (sounds like the title for a romantic novel, doesn’t it?) she is back into designer mode and working feverishly to provide her devoted customers with just the right accessory for their holiday ensembles. Her first holiday trunk show
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The North Shore Chamber of Commerce Historic Preservation Committee has begun a lecture series that promises to be both fun and fascinating. Jerry and I attended the first in the series, featuring an illustrated talk by Lowell Angell on the history of theatres in Hawaii. It was fabulous and we had a great time munching
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This is beauty week at Nordstrom, culminating in their outrageously popular Cosmetics Trend Event Saturday. Here’s the line-up: Anastasia Master Class Friday, October 28 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eyebrows are bold and beautifuul this fall and the brow experts at Anastasia will offer an interactive lesson on brow application and maintenance with a
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Once every two years, Arcadia Retirement Residence puts on a jewelry sale. If you know anything about the residents of Arcadia, you know that this is quite a sale. Beyond vintage, these pieces are often heirloom jewelry, treasured and passed down through generations of kamaaina families. Prices range from $4 to $2,000. Trust me, the
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By Tonia Moreno   SOFA stands for Small Objects and Functional Art. Major American art centers such as New York City, Chicago and Santa Fe hold annual SOFA Art Fairs which draw people from all over the country and the world. Now The Fine Art Associates is taking inspiration from the SOFA shows and bringing
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Suzi Stuart-Wilson, an artist friend from Makiki, is the the mother of Kanoe Williams, the beautiful young woman pictured above with her husband, Ben Williams. Their photographer friend, Christie Pham, was recently in NYC and shot a wonderful series of the newlyweds enjoying the streets – and rooftops – of NYC. The photo above is pure nostalgia for me. When
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  Maui Divers has created a custom silver bracelet to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Title IX. It’s a 7mm sterling silver cuff featuring three recessed Roman numeral IXs. Proceeds from the sale of the bracelet will help support the Women’s Sports Foundation. It’s not just a tiny percentage. Maui Divers will donate $40 of
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  Lonnie Hicks of Waikiki, age 50, could easily have lived out his life as a couch potato. He had plenty of reasons to do so. Disabled due to decades of knee problems, followed by seven surgeries to try to correct them, he became disabled, reliant on a wheelchair. Then a mysterious, chronic disease, Trigeminal Neuropathy, often referred to as “the
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