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2/3/2010	Hawaii Gold Jewelry Launches 3 New Products (Proud sponsor of this website) The Ribbon Plumeria Pendant and Earring is a stunning 14K gold pendant and earring of a ribbon design that forms the shape of a traditional Hawaiian Plumeria flower. The Hawaiian Fish Hook pendant is delicately crafted and features the elegant design of a traditional Hawaiian fish hook.
2/3/2010	Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on February 4th, 2009 Featuring Issil (Ishle Yi Park), a former poet laureate of Queens in New York City. Issil was a regular and touring cast member on HBO's Def Poetry Jam. The top two poets will qualify for the HawaiiSlam Finals in April 2010 that will determine the 7th team to represent Hawaii at the 2010 National Poetry Slam in Saint Paul, MN.
2/3/2010	Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts FEBRUARY 2010 Newsletter/Calendar of Events There are features on the Hawaii Regional Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition; the "Live from the Lawn" event entitled "Rhythm and Roots" on Friday, February 5th; the "Second Saturday" event entitled "Second Saturday -- Hearts in Blooming Color" on Saturday, November 13th; and the "Art Lunch" lecture entitled "Hawaiian Cowboy -- A Cultural Gift to Hawaii" featuring Albert Moniz on Tuesday, February 23rd.
2/3/2010	Call to Artist and Volunteers Get your art feature... learn how to help.
2/3/2010	Chinese New Year Celebration! Year of the Tiger! There are a ton and fabulous events to celebrate the Chinese New Year... Block party, parades, festivals and more. Click on the link to learn more...
2/3/2010	The Mendonca Building Announces Artist Lofts Informal tour of the nearly completed studios. Honolulu's first Artist Lofts complex is opening in Chinatown soon
2/2/2010	Double-O-Spot Announces 2010 Chinatown Get Down - Multiple Clubs - 1 cover - 1- Night - February 26, 2010 This is is going to be hot evernt
2/2/2010	Indigo February 2010 Calendar Find out what is going on at Indigo Restaurant.
2/2/2010	Mayor Hannemann gets national award for promoting the arts
2/2/2010	TAG - The Actors' Group presents "THE PIANO LESSON" - 2/12/2010 - 3/7/2010 The play is the fourth in August Wilson s cycle of plays about the African American experience in the 20th century.
2/2/2010	University Of Hawai'i Art Gallery - 32nd Annual Graduate Student Exhibition Ends 2/5/2010 The University of Hawaii Art Gallery is pleased to start the new year with the 32nd Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, open from January 17 through February 5, 2010.
2/2/2010	Call to Artists for Gallery 563 (Iolani Fair Art Show and Sale), April 14, 16 and 17, 2010
2/2/2010	Patrick Ching's Art Teaching - Intensive Certification Course One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
1/28/2010	First Friday Hawaii Facebook Fan Page Launched. The Facebook Fan Page for FirstFridayHawaii.Com has been launched! Nothing but worthy post coming. Be a Fan and stay up to date on the latest events, happenings and other activities related to First Friday, Downtown/Chinatown and the art community
1/25/2010	New Art Exhibit Announced At University Of Hawai'i Art Gallery - Eternal Blinking: Contemporary Art Of Korea 2/21/10-4/9/2010 Features 18 contemporary Korean artists who were specially selected to highlight the historical dynamism of modern Korea.
12/31/2009	Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts JANUARY 2010 Newsletter/Calendar of Events The Hawai'i State Art Museum will be closed on New Year's Day, so there will be no "Live from the Lawn" event on "First Friday," January 1st. This issue of enews has features on the special "Live from the Lawn" event entitled "Grammy Awards Concert" featuring the Grammy Award nominees for "Best Hawaiian Music Album" on Friday, January 8th; the "Second Saturday" event entitled "Asia Pacific Art Rhythms" on Saturday, January 9th; the "Art Lunch" event entitled "Inspiring Legacy" featuring Puakea Nogelmeier on Tuesday, January 26th; and Showcase Hawai'i, the TV studio/retail shop at HiSAM.
12/31/2009	Indigo January 2010 Calendar Find out what is going on at Indigo Restaurant. No Cover the entire month.
12/30/2009	TAG - The Actors' Group presents "FOR THE TIME BEING" - A Christmas Oratorio 12/23/2009 - 01/03/2009 This is not your traditional Christmas carol. Written in 1942, Auden's For the Time Being uses contemporary language to retell the stories of the birth of Jesus with audacity and wit.
12/30/2009	First Friday Hawaii.com goes INTERNATIONAL Check out the new "Select a language" menu option on top header of any of the website pages. Because of the unique way MBC/Ernest Abrams develops, designs and populates his website solutions, he is able to archive a high level of success with language translation tools. This website gets a lot of internationals visitors. Call Ernest at 808-739-9797 if you would like a website solution with this feature.
12/30/2009	MacBusiness Consulting 2009 Year End Specials Ernest Abrams/MBC (MacBusiness Consulting), provider of this FREE website for the community offers big savings on MBC website solution, database solutions and more.
12/30/2009	Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on January 7th, 2009 A cutting edge installment of First Thursdays at our new location - Fresh Cafe
12/30/2009	Patrick Ching's Realistic Nature Painting Workshop One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
12/30/2009	The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu Wins MetLife Foundation Museum and Community Connections Grant Grant will support the TCM on the Go! program, which extends the reach of the museum beyond its walls through hands-on activities with multicultural and intergenerational audiences.
12/30/2009	Special Event - Corinne Gallardo and Friends at the Cafe Show dates: January 2 Ð February 26, 2010 - This exhibit features talented artists in oil, acrylic, watercolor, digital art, and assemblages.
12/30/2009	Oahu Arts Center at Pauahi Tower Gallery Works by several artists as well as youth artistsare on display - Exhibit runs from December 26 through January 23, 2010
12/30/2009	January 8th, 2010 6-9pm - Hawaii State Art Museum will have Live From the Lawn Grammy Awards Concert
12/2/2009	Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts - December 2009 Newsletter/Calendar of Events There are features on the "Arts in Crisis" free seminars on O'ahu on Wednesday, December 16th and Maui on Thursday, December 17th; the "Live from the Lawn" event entitled "Jazzy Holidays" on Friday, December 4th; the "Second Saturday" event entitled "Weaving and Tooling a Hawaiian Kine Christmas!" on Saturday, December 12th; and the "Art Lunch" event entitled "Voices of Our Kupuna" featuring a showing of a short film of a panel discussion in 2005 with Nona Beamer, George Naope, and Kahili Long Cummings on Tuesday, December 29th.
12/2/2009	Shelby's Sweets Announces Holiday Specials If you have a sweet tooh and want something special.
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12/2/2009	Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on December 3rd, 2009 a cutting edge installment of First Thursdays at Pipeline Cafe!!
12/2/2009	Laura Isola - Namanaloa artwork to be featured
12/2/2009	+/- Selected Works with Paper," by Maya Lea Portner Art Exhibit at The Contemporary Museum Café Gallery. This selection of two-dimensional work includes drawings, paper-cuts, and sewn constructions.
12/2/2009	At 21: Gifts and Promised Gifts in Honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary This fall, this exhibition will end a year-long celebration of the museum's 20th anniversary.
12/2/2009	University Of Hawai'i Art Gallery Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibition This exhibition features 24 artists and art historians educated at the Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawaii at Manoa, who are recognized for their work and for their contributions as artists, educators, designers, researchers, and museum professionals.
12/2/2009	Patrick Ching December 2009 News One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
12/2/2009	Al Hogue Launches Christmas Specials 4 Christmas Specials ALL come with a FREE GIFT and huge savings of 30% DISCOUNTS on my entire web site!!
12/2/2009	Candes Releases Christmas CD & and will be performing at Hawaii State Art Museum Candes be performing at the HiSAM from 6:45-7:15 Pm on Friday December 4 accompanied by Pierre Grill on the Lawn promoting my newly released album, Christmas Will Find Us Wherever We Are.
12/2/2009	Parking Locations Updated We updated the parking directory with 6 new locations!
11/4/2009	Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts - November 2009 Newsletter/Calendar of Events There are features on the bronze sculpture by Satoru Abe at Maui Community College; the "Arts in Crisis" seminars on O'ahu and Maui; the U.S./Japan Creative Artists' Program; the "Live from the Lawn" event entitled "World Beat" on Friday, November 6th; the "Second Saturday" event entitled "Get Your Drama On! & An Illustrator's Photoshop" on Saturday, November 14th; free arts education workshops for teaching artists; and the "Art Lunch" lecture entitled "Nau Ka Wae: The Choice Belongs to You" featuring Ka'ili Chun on Tuesday, November 24th.
11/4/2009	Maurice Hutchinson Launches New Website Maurice Hutchinson's ar Featured @ Plaza Club 11/6/2009.The work is unique not only visually, but also unique in the way the viewer is drawn into and allowed to interact with and interpret it on a personal level.
11/4/2009	At 21: Gifts and Promised Gifts in Honor of The Contemporary Museum's 20th Anniversary Opening November 13, 2009 and remaining on view through January 24, 2010, this exhibition presents highlights of major gifts and promised gifts made to TCM in recent years.
11/4/2009	University Of Hawaii Art Gallery - Degrees of Distinction Events and Tours The University of Hawaii Art Gallery invitesyou to attend special events and tours Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibitionfor
11/4/2009	Hiroki, Setsuko and Miho Morinoue Exhibit - October 9, 2009 - February 19, 2010 @ The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center The Morinoue family of artists from the Big Island, Hiroki, Setsuko, and Miho, will be featured in an exhibition of their new works at The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center October 9, 2009 through February 19, 2010. Entry is free during normal bank hours and on First Fridays.
11/4/2009	Holiday Parties At Arts District Galleries Fabulous Art Galleries and exotic venues inthe Arts District (Downtown/Chinatown) are open for distinctive & elegantprivate Holiday Parties, catered to your taste from the fabulous Restaurants andWine stores in the Arts District at prices you can afford.
11/4/2009	Patrick Ching November 2009 News One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
11/4/2009	Tech In The City Honolulu Will Feature New 4g WiMax Sneak Peek This new super fast wireless internet network from CLEAR will be available 12/1/2009. Check it out at the ART BOARD 11/6/2009
11/3/2009	Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on November 5th, 2009 The special features for this show are Ed Mabrey and the Girl Fest Sneak Peek. Ed Mabrey is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion whose work has been used in art exhibits at The Whitney Museum.
11/2/2009	Venue News - StudioBe is now the...Peace and Justice Center of Hawaii The energy and colors will stay the same...the studio is still available for any type of creative events and it will carry on the continued message of peace and love...
11/2/2009	University Of Hawaii Art Gallery - Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibition The University of Hawaii Art Gallery is pleased to present Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibition from October 25 through December 11, 2009. This exhibition features 24 artists and art historians educated at the Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawaii at Manoa, who are recognized for their work and for their contributions as artists, educators, designers, researchers, and museum professionals to the development of visual arts and the communities they live in.
11/2/2009	Exhibition Schedule 2009-2010 - The Contemporary Museum - 2411 Makiki Heights Drive View the great events and exhibitions @ The Contemporary Museum.
11/1/2009	Shelby's Sweets 1st. Anniversary! We are now open on Sunday's 10am - 3pm, for the after church set. We still offer our "Afternoon Tea". (reservations required)
11/1/2009	Tea at 1024 NOVEMBER 2009 Newsletter Find out what is going on at Tea at 1024.
10/29/2009	Furlough Fridays at The Contemporary Museum Honolulu We invite you to join us at The Contemporary Museum for Furlough Fridays. A special admission rate of $2.00 and two canned items* will be honored for all Furlough Fridays and free admission for all with Government ID.
10/15/2009	Patrick Ching October 15th 2009 News One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
10/2/2009	MBC/Ernest Abrams Launches Artist / Art Gallery Ecommerce Web Site Solution A cost-effective Web site solution for artists and/or art galleries on a limited budget who want to sell their art on the Web.
9/30/2009	Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts - October 2009 Newsletter/Calendar of Events This issue features on the opening of our new art exhibition "Where We Live: Places of Hawai'i" on Friday, October 2nd; the "Live from the Lawn" event entitled "Na Kane Mua" on Friday, October 2nd; the "Second Saturday" event entitled "Fantastic Plastic" on Saturday, October 10th; the "Art Lunch" lecture entitled "Hula: A Way of Doing" featuring kumu hula Hokulani Holt on Tuesday, October 27th; Art in Public Places Program receves ILMS award; HSFCA Commission statement on support for arts; and data on arts advocacy available on websites.
9/30/2009	University Of Hawaii Art Gallery - Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibition The University of Hawaii Art Gallery is pleased to present Degrees of Distinction: Alumni Invitational Exhibition from October 25 through December 11, 2009. This exhibition features 24 artists and art historians educated at the Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawaii at Manoa, who are recognized for their work and for their contributions as artists, educators, designers, researchers, and museum professionals to the development of visual arts and the communities they live in.
9/29/2009	Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on October 1st, 2009 Featuring Two Warriors, a New-York based poetry duo that has been performing together since 2001. Together they aim to involve the crowd, interact with the audience, interpret stories, infuse emotion, and inspire hearts and minds through stories of love, peace, family, tribute and tradition.
9/29/2009	PAINTING WORKSHOP With Patrick Ching on 10/4/2009 - 1-4pm One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
9/29/2009	Patrick Ching October 2009 News One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
9/15/2009	Tea at 1024 SEPTEMBER 2009 Newsletter Find out what is going on at Tea at 1024.
9/3/2009	HawaiiGoldJewelry.Com - New Ernest Abrams/MBC Company/Website Ernest Abrams/MBC (MacBusiness Consulting), provider of this FREE website for the community, is proud to announce its new company/website. See special offer.
9/3/2009	Exhibitions News - New Exhibitions At Hawaii State Museum: Ho'oulu: The Inspiration of Hula September 4, 2009 to July 17, 2010, Hawai'i State Art Museum, Free
9/2/2009	Convergent Vision - Quilts by Charlene Huges - Painting by Mary M. Flynn Opening Reception 9/4/2009
9/2/2009	Official HawaiiSlam - Press Release: Another quality show coming on September 3rd 2009 An evening of performance poetry, music, and live art hosted by Kealoha
9/2/2009	Patrick Ching September 2009 News One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
9/2/2009	Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts - September 2009 Newsletter/Calendar of Events There are features on the HSFCA Commission statement on support for the arts in Hawai'i; data on arts advocacy on local and national websites; the opening of our new art exhibition "Ho'oulu: The Inspiration of Hula" on Friday, September 4th; the "Live from the Lawn" event entitled "Hula Kahiko" on Friday, September 4th; the "Second Saturday" event entitled "Celebrating Fine Craft" on Saturday, September 12th; the "Art Lunch" lecture entitled "Remembering Moments with Legendary Kumu Hula" featuring photographer Shuzo Uemoto on Tuesday, September 29th; and upcoming arts education workshops for teachers and teaching artists.
8/5/2009	University Of Hawaii Art Gallery Exhibition Schedule 2009-2010 See what's happenign at the University of Hawaii Art Gallery.
8/5/2009	Patrick Ching August 2009 Newsletter One of Hawaii's well known nature artist
8/5/2009	Hawaii State Foundation On Culture and The Arts - August 2009 Newsletter/Calendar of Events There are features on the restored "Aquarius" mosaic at the Capitol; a photo page showing the restoration process for the mosaic; the new murals at the Pier 2 Cruise Ship Terminal; the "Live from the Lawn" event entitled "Aerial Romance" on Friday, August 7th; the "Second Saturday" event entitled "Potters' Play" on Saturday, August 8th; the "Art Lunch" lecture entitled "Polyfantastica - Oceanic Science Fiction and Fantasy" featuring artist Solomon Enos on Tuesday, August 25th; upcoming arts education workshops for teachers and teaching artists; the Ka 'Aha Hula 'O Halauaola 2009 Hula Conference; and "Keaomelemele - Honoring the Elements," a N! ative Hawaiian performance event, which was part of the "American Masterpieces - Hawaii" project.
8/4/2009	The Contemporary Museum Honolulu - Allison Wong Named Interim Director Vi Loo says she welcomes Allison's return to TCM. "Allison will bring a fresh outlook and energize the museum with bold innovative ideas," she says.
8/3/2009	Pygoya Gallery Launches Perpetual Virtual Museum Shot
3/15/2009	Artist Jeff Pagay's New Line Of Polynesian Retro Tiki Art
11/5/2008	Web Site News - FirstFridayHawaii.com #1 on a Google Search out of over 50 million+ pages worldwide! Learn how MBC/Ernest Abrams achieved #1 search engine ranking for the FirstFridayHawaii.com Web site.
3/28/2008	MBC/Ernest Abrams Launches Artist / Art Gallery Ecommerce Web Site Solution A cost-effective Web site solution for artists and/or art galleries on a limited budget who want to sell their art on the Web.