The Arts in Hawaii with Donna Blanchard “Hawaii Book and Music Festival” with Roger Jellinek, founder, Hawaii Book and Music Festival The Hawaii Book and Music Festival celebrates storytelling, music and, of course books! Although this year’s festival has come and gone, Founder Roger Jellinek shares his hopes for next year’s festival and the organization […]
A Rich Stew: The Hawaii Book and Music Festival – Roger Jellinek
The Hawaii Book and Music Festival take place this weekend. It is an annual, nonprofit, free-admission festival that takes place in a series of stages and pavilions. There’s the Mission Memorial Auditorium where the superstars speak, a Hawaiian Culture Pavilion, a Main Stage for music, a Storytelling Stage, an Arts and Crafts Pavilion, and a […]
The Life Changing Power of Theatre
Eden Lee and Roger are a power couple in the Honolulu world of expression. We’ll discuss their experiences with artists and the art that has changed their lives ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us […]
Oahu Fringe Festival II – Puppetry, Improv, Folk Music and Choreography
Bonnie Kim, a freelance artist and puppeteer based on Hawaii Island, received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre from University of Hawaii at Manoa, focusing on arts education with puppetry, masks and movement. Her passion for puppetry has led her to study, create, and perform various types of puppetry such as giant puppets, […]
Fringe Festival 2017 – electroViolet and Mama Ensemble
electroViolet is a duo between Peiling Kao and Gretchen Jude. They have been practicing improvisation as a form to explore collaboration between movement and sound on equal footing and find the synchronicity without dictating and directing. Body electric 1.1 is electroViolet’s debut in Hawaii. In December 2016, a devastating fire killed many artists in the […]
The Future Direction of Art – Hawaii’s Theatre Landscape
Brianne Johnson is a senior in high school at Mid-Pacific Institute. She is a former member of Hawaii Pacific Young Actors’ Ensemble and is assistant director of Eden Lee Murray’s junior and intermediate acting ensembles. Brianne is studying the motivation behind arts and artistic organizations in Hawaii for her Hawaiian Studies class at Mid-Pacific Institute. […]
Come Blow Your Horn with Mike Lewis
A native New Yorker who has spent substantial time performing in Polynesia and the tri-state New York area, Mike Lewis has recently moved back to Hawaii from the Pacific Northwest. Fluent in jazz trumpet, lead trumpet, and recording projects, his resume includes touring and recording with Buddy Rich, Sarah Vaughn, Sammy Davis, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny […]
Trusting Madness – The Magic of Street Theatre
Tali Ariav is a Playwright, Translator, Teacher and a Performance Artist. She recently relocated to Honolulu after living for nearly six years on the Pacific island of Guam. Tali is currently an Adjunct Professor at Hawaii Pacific University. She earned two Masters of Fine Arts degrees in Literary Translation and in Playwriting from the Playwriting […]
The Art of Creative Expression with SaviChix
SaviChix inspire you to exercise creative expressions every day. Shantelle Saiville reminds us how to harness our creativity and inject joy into our everyday lives! ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time […]
iHula – The Right Playwright – Ryan Okinaka
Ryan is a new playwright, debuting his first play at Kumu Kahua Theatre this month. Ryan and Donna discuss the creation and evolution of his script and his motivation behind his work. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through […]