|
October 18, 2007 Get Your Odissi On
Saturday (Oct. 20), 7 p.m. at Makawao Union Church
[DANCE] Warning: I am about to toot my own horn. I am a master on the dance floor. Sure, I'm a white girl from a small town in middle class America, but somehow I was blessed at birth with great rhythm and the ability to shake my booty and move my feet like a fly-girl. I can salsa, I've done ballet and I even know a belly dance move or two. That being said, the kind of exotic, sensual, Indian dance moves that professional Odissi dancers Sarala Dandekar and Vishnu Tattva Das display leave me looking like a left-footed freak of nature. Odissi is an ancient, sacred dance form from the temples of northern India, first performed by dark-eyed beauties as far back as the second century B.C. as a devotion to God and brought into the 21st century by devoted gurus and passionate dance masters. Expect to see sculpture-like postures, intricate torso movements, rhythmic footwork and elaborate hand gestures and facial expressions. This performance will surely make my, ahem, "exotic" moves look like sliced white bread. Proceeds will benefit Sane Guruji Arogya Mandir, a school and health clinic for the under privileged citizens of Mumbai, India. Tickets $15. For more info call 269-3499 or visit www.saraladance.com. [JESSICA ARMSTRONG]
Some Funny, Brah
Thursday and Friday (Oct. 18 "" 19), at the McCoy Studio, MACC
[PIDGIN COMEDY] Ho, bruddah. You bettah check out da kine play-stuffs on da kine stage at dat big cultural centah place by da habah. Dis Tursday and Friday get one funny play about da Ala wai. You know dat stink watah place on Oahu? Translation: The Kumu Kahua Theater will be performing Bryan Hiroshi Wake's Ala wai- a pidgin comedy about two guys who find themselves jobless and homeless on the Ala wai canal. One of the guys has a drug habit, and the other is really scared of tilapia--both situations being bad news in their predicament. They have zany adventures, and one of them even develops super powers! Tickets: $20. For more information www.mauiarts.org or 242-7469.
Messages From Beyond
Friday (Oct. 19), 7 - 9 p.m. at The Studio Maui, Haiku
[PSYCHIC CHANNELING] While browsing around on Liah Howard's website I found a link to her 10-minute guided meditation. Intrigued, I cleared a space on my floor, busted out the old yoga mat and folded my legs like a pretzel. As her calm voice soothed me into a relaxed state I started to think about psychics, like Howard. Then I remembered I wasn't supposed to be thinking about anything and focused on channeling my spirit guide. I wasn't able to, but I think I may have found my third eye, which was very cool. Howard doesn't have trouble hearing her spirit guides. She's been channeling them for nearly 20 years and sharing their wise and loving messages on Maui for over two, and she also has an inspirational talk radio show every Thursday at noon on KAOI 1110 A.M. Tickets:$15. 575-9390. Test-run the guided meditation at www.liahhoward.com. [JA]
Ready for Action?
Saturday (Oct. 20), 6 p.m. at War Memorial Gymnasium
[MIXED MARTIAL ARTS] Sorry, but I like violence. And guess what, Maui? So do you. Wanna know how I'm so sure about this? It's because every mixed martial arts event that I've been to on the island has been jam-packed regardless of how much it may cost to attend. This time, it's Full Force 3, The Inferno. The card has nine fights lined up including Maui Time Weekly's very own Mark Stockwell. Whoo-hoo, Go Mark! Anyway, there's other good fighters, but I'm not gonna sit here and name them all, because well... Whoo-hoo, Go Mark! Mixed martial arts is awesome because it combines skill, dedication, heart and big balls all in one sport. What more can you ask for? Ring girls? Oh, yeah I'm sure there will be some of those, too. Tickets: $30 at Ainokea, $35 at the door. For more information check out www.dajam983.com.
Fast (Whole) Food
Tuesday (Oct. 23), 7 p.m. at the Cameron Center in Wailuku
[COOKING DEMO] For those of us who still equate baking a plate of frozen tater tots with "dinner," preparing whole foods seems, well, a lot like placing a freshly picked eggplant on a plate and calling it "dinner." This doesn't have to be the case, according to Chef Leslie Ashburn of the University of Hawai`i. Ashburn has spent many hours teaching people how to cook whole foods quickly and deliciously, and this week she'll do the same for us, as part of the ongoing lecture series sponsored by the Vegetarian Society of Hawai`i. As usual, the demonstration is free, and includes vegan refreshments, which are also free. The Cameron Center is located at 95 Mahalani Street in Wailuku. For more information, call 298-8544. [ANTHONY PIGNATARO]
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| Entertainment and lifestyle news for Maui, Hawaii and the surrounding Islands. Maui Time Weekly is Mauis only independent and locally owned newspaper.
Mail this link to a friend |
|
|
