Ong-King Arts Center - Art & Entertainment

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Ong-King Arts Center - Art & Entertainment
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Type: Art & Entertainment
Date: Friday - 8/7/2009
Time: 5pm-2AM
Location:
Ong King Arts Center
184 N. King St. (near River Street)
Honolulu, HI 96817
Contact:
808-306-7823
or 808-428-3233
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Cost: Cost: 10$ (art opening free)

Time and Place: Ong King Arts Center, 184 N. King St., Friday, August 7 09, 5pm-2am
Art gallery opening 5pm-9pm, Performance 9pm-2am

Cost: 10$ (art opening free)

Who Can Attend: All Ages!

More Info:306-7823, see’s #: 428-3233

...BREAKING OUT (collaborative art show, by ERIN McCULLOUGH)...
...BREATHE OF FIRE....DAKINI BELLYDANCE TROUPE....
BRIDGET GRAY...QUADRAPHONIX...TAIMANE GARDNER....
...KIRTAN CEREMONY...DJ AZIA ONE

That the light of artistS may coMMUnicate a better world, we oFFer you First Friday August 7th. The Kirtan Ceremony is led by Ryan, of the long hair and blessed tabla playing fingers. Erin McCullough is the special guest curator, she presents a group of artists entitled 'BreaKING OUT'. Experiments in dance arrive in the form of MIDSuMMer Nights Dream interpreted by DAKINI BeLLydance. Rock n groove by Breathe of Fire. Trance of the tribe is pyscadelic Quadraphonix, with star soloist Taimane Gardner on the uKE. THe eventing is hosted and wiLL include a set by the one and only Bridget GraY. Sending us into epic movement DJ AZIA oNe arrives. ....expect drums and words, visions and dance, creation and iLLusion....

Visual ART

FEAUTURE ARTIST:
Breaking Out! Come Join Our Local Artists—Erin McCullough, Aaron Char, Rich Keith, Derrick Hersey, Jeff Smith, Berkley Fowler, and Luke Thompson –for an evening of art for charity!!

A $10 contribution buys a raffle ticket for art, tee-shirts, gift baskets, and more. THE MORE YOU BUY THE BETTER YOUR CHANCE OF WINNING and ALL Raffle proceeds benefit AccesSurf, a nonprofit organization that provides beach access and therapeutic ocean activities such as surfing, swimming, snorkeling and shoreline flotation to kids and adults with disabilities. MUSIC: Breathe of Fire: These brothers can not stop evolving their music. Once known as the Bucks Boys with a distinct reggae style. Now they come through with a faster beat, smokin' rock and dance groove. Oh yes! Kirtan Ceremony: Ryan brings unique sacred sounds of India. Tabla playing and chanting ensue. QUADrOPHonIX: We got a smokin’ new bass PLayer in KEVin, SHree Saragopan is the maestro of the looping gitar/Sitar, ELI Clemens on the congas and chANT, and JONATHAN HerAUX is the da da da DRUMMAH! they are joined by....

Taimane Gardner! SHe is a uke master, one of the busiest performers on Oahu. You can now pre-order her new album LIFE; The Art and Beauty of Being Human on Amazon. HYPERLINK "http://www.taimane.com" www.taimane.com HYPERLINK "http://www.tribeofnoise.com/TaimaneGardner" www.tribeofnoise.com/TaimaneGardner www.myspace.com/taimanegardner

DANCE: Dakini Dance Company: Rocked ong KIng with a RobotiC BeLLydance number that just was amazing. Dakini is Honolulu's first experimental bellydance troupe. Combining Tribal Fusion and American Tribal Style bellydance with an avant-garde edge, Dakini Dance Company adds a theatrical sensibility to crisp technique and electrifying performances. The troupe currently consists of Beth Biller, Jessica Rose, and Sarah Sonnett. Dakini Dance Company members teach classes on Wednesday evenings at Manoa Dance Studio! SPECIAL GUEST HOST & SLAM POETRY: Bridget Gray is the fearless poet who's resume spans a rich horizon of SLAM, Stage, Film and TV. Her passion for authentic performance, and creative evolution is manifest in her stage presence, her words and moves. Artistic forces fused as soon as Ms. Gray entered onG kiNG. This will be the first time she hosts First Friday, we are thRiLLEd. www.bridgetgray.com DJ AZIA WONDER: Is ready to spin a long sweet set. We missed him last month, so this time he is suPAH charged! Yes he is so amazing...I can’t believe it! www.myspace.com/djaziawonder psst..Love Love Love

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First Friday Hawaii
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