Cover Story
MEAT: LESS IS MORE
by Tiffany Hervey
As the holidays approach, traditional visions of turkeys, hams and Cornish hens dance in our heads. Unfortunately, in the Islands, we are heavily dependent on a supermarket meat selection produced by an industrial system lacking integrity and accountability. But we don’t have to be. And we’re not saying go cold-turkey. …
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Diary
OMIDYAR ESTATES
by Joan Conrow
Stiff opposition is building to a project bankrolled by billionaire Pierre Omidyar that would add mansions to the ridge above Hanalei River and a luxury …
PLDC IN DENIAL
by Joan Conrow
As the Public Land Development Corp. considers a set of revised rules for its activities, citizens are keeping up a drumbeat to repeal Act 55, …
DIRTY AIR HEARINGS
by Mindy Pennybacker
The state Department of Health has proposed new rules requiring that Hawaii’s top 24 carbon polluters cut their global warming emissions by 25 percent by …
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Features
Tackling Homelessness
by Karleanne Matthews
Community / Homelessness is rising on Oahu. The City and County of Honolulu recorded 4,353 homeless residents in January 2012, up from 4,234 last year. Now federal …
Letters
Vanished votes
Many people in Hawaii were happy that Obama won but did not realize how crooked our local election for Mayor was. Big money PRP spent …
Good boy book
I hope Mutual has already sent this novel [Chris McKinney’s Boi No Good , featured in “Buke Too Damn Good,” Nov. 7] to the …
Order ahead
Thanks so much for the review of my novel Aloha, Lady Blue . [“Hardbitten Hawaii,” Nov. 7] The release date is Jan. 22, 2013 …
GMO no contest
I am completely against all GMOs in Hawai’i [“Biotech Bid,” Nov. 7]. I am not anti-science at all. In fact, science and research (except research …
Fab Fringe
Went to the Fringe last night [“A Binge of Fringe,” Nov. 7] and it was awesome. Planet Egg was a great group from …
Corrections
In our Nov. 14 issue, Peter Shepard Cole’s byline was mistakenly omitted from “Natural Subjects,” as was the mention of newly elected State Senator Russell …
Hot Picks
Daido Speaks
by James Cave
Museums & Galleries / To call photographer Daido Moriyama a living legend isn’t hyperbolic. His somewhat impressionistic photography represents not only a breakdown of a rigid post-war …
Shunga Stripped
by Matthew DeKneef
Museums & Galleries / In its literal translation, shunga means “spring pictures.” However, its more relaxed, unclothed definition refers to the Japanese erotica produced during the Edo period (1615–1868)–works …
Moon Over My Hammy
by James Cave
Food & Drink / It was always one of those special nights when your parents would let you eat breakfast for dinner–usually because they were about to tell you …
Jam Sesh with Jake
by Matthew DeKneef
Concerts & Clubs / The inaugural Jake Shimabukuro & Friends Concert is this weekend. Its headlining international virtuoso showcases Shimabukuro on the state’s most common four-string instrument, …
The Shorter the Better
by Katrina Valcourt
Films / When I first heard about Stars in Shorts at the Doris Duke Theatre, I pictured a montage of my favorite actors lounging around …
Daido, Didactically
by James Cave
In, Hawaii , his 56th book of photographs, Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama reproduces our Technicolor paradise in grainy, highly contrasted black and white images, …
DJs
Perpetual Groove-ment
by Kalani Wilhelm
Before you get your gobble-gobble on, world-class trance maestro Gareth Emery will craft a groove utopia to kick off the extended party weekend. No electronic …
Restaurant Reviews
Gourmet Dining Halls
by Jamie Noguchi
Honolulu’s next generation of chefs–the culinary students at Leeward (LCC) and Kapiolani (KCC) Community Colleges–are at your service. The Pearl, LCC’s fine dining restaurant, is …
Food Box
Now for Naru
by Jeremy Banta
In a fast-paced world of cookie-cutter chain restaurants with production-line food, it is comforting to …
Food News
Food News
Local delights A new desserts and treats store, Big Island Delights, has opened in Ward Center across from Rainbowtique. Founded in Hilo, Big …
Social Lite
Meet me in the Trap
by Christa Wittmier
It’s true what they say. Love changes everything. Priorities are shifted the minute it happens and nothing means as much as spending time with the …
Film Reviews
Hot Rod Lincoln
by Don Wallace
I don’t cotton much to biopics. Tuned into part of Gandhi once and thought I was watching a Speedo competition. And historical dramas …
Sex and the (Chinese) City
by Don Wallace
A collision of West and East, the Chinese-made Dangerous Liaisons doesn’t run away from the -isms that typically imprison works of art in …
A & E
Artist in Residence
by Marika Emi
Art / It’s a rare moment in gallery culture when the viewer is allowed as equal access to the work on display as to the artist herself, …
Island Wise
The Gift of Breath
by Katrina Valcourt
Art / There’s something so incredibly mesmerizing about the glassblowing process. The slow turning of the glass over heat as air steadily fills the molten lump and …
AmEx, the Great and Patronizing
by James Cave
Black Weekend / It was a good week for credit card companies. A Trans-Union report was published last week saying Americans’ credit card debt and delinquency has risen …
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