Saturday (September 4), 7:30pm, Castle Theater, MACC, Kahului, $25/$30/$40
Over 100 dedicated hula dancers will take to the stage for a concert titled Na Mele O Ku‘u Pu‘uwai – Songs of my Heart, from kumu hula and recording artist Uluwehi Guerrero’s Halau Hula Kauluokala. Of course, Guerrero himself will put his powerful pipes to masterful use, performing selections from all three of his studio albums, including his latest, Uluwehi Sings Na Melel Hula Aloha – Beloved Hula Songs, which this year won three Na Hoku Hanohano awards for Liner Notes, Hawaiian …

Friday & Saturday (September 9 & 10), 7:30pm, McCoy Studio Theater, MACC, $35 / $65 VIP (plus applicable fees)
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What’s not to love about the MACC’s cozy, little blackbox McCoy Studio Theater? Seating just 300, it makes any show an intimate experience—putting you up close and personal with your favorite performers. For their next “Solo Sessions” installment, don’t miss award-winning kumu hula Keali’i Reichel of Halau Ke’alaokamaile (which he formed in 1980 and which has won numerous awards including the first women’s group for hula kahiko (traditional), hula ‘auana (modern) and …

Saturday (August 21), 6:30am, Pa’ia Bypass to Haleakala Summit
“Cyclist” and “masochist” are interchangeable words in my book. Spandex onesies and crotch-killing (so-called) seats? I’d rather douse myself in gasoline and strike a match, thanks. If careening white-knuckled down Haleakala isn’t cruel and unusual punishment enough, pedaling up one of the world’s steepest length-to-height-ratio roadways is. “The ride climbs 10,000 feet over 36 miles and reaches gradients up to 14percent,” says Donnie Arnoult, Cycle to the Sun race organizer and Category One pro racer. “[It's] one of the most difficult bike …

ON THE DL
From stages to sitcoms to CNN talk shows, comedian DL Hughley has made the rounds. We talk story ahead of his Maui gig…
Saturday (August 14), Castle Theater, MACC, 7:30pm, $39 – $79

You’ve been criticized for playing to stereotypes. Here in Hawaii—from grass skirts to mai tais—we’re about as stuffed with stereotypes as an apple in the mouth of a pig on a spit. What “Hawaiian” stereotype are you anticipating most?
You know what, I want to be called a “haole”! Wouldn’t that be interesting? What can I …

Sunday (August 15), 7pm, Events Lawn, MACC, $35 / $50 / $65 / $85 / $125
If funky doo-wop were a dish, it’d definitely be a dessert. And if that’s so, the two historic Motown acts headlining this Sunday at the MACC are not mere toppings, they’re the main scoop. The Temptations (a 1960 “super group” merger between The Primes and The Distants) and The Four Tops (originally The Four Aims, formed of friends from Michigan’s Pershing and Northern high schools), both got their start in Detroit during the birth of …

KAHULUI, MAUI – Legendary Motown sensations, The Temptations and The Four Tops, are coming to Maui Arts & Cultural Center for a very special double-bill performance on Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 7:00 pm under the stars on the Events Lawn. For more than 40 years, The Temptations have been performing to sold-out crowds and recording highly successful records. They have withstood the test of time, making them one of the most successful groups in music history. In 1960, two Detroit doo-wop groups, The Primes and The Distants, merged into one super-group known as The Temptations. In 1964, they teamed up with singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson to…

Saturday (July 3), 7:30pm, Castle Theater, MACC, $25 Advance
Word came-in during late May that Wellingon’s Fat Freddy’s Drop will hit Honolulu on July 1 (Pipeline Cafe, 9 – 11:30m / $22. VIP-$45 /808-593-9603). But despite being a big-time sucker for NZ accents and the sort of freaky album art as exampled above (hey, bar napkin stylie!), both my outer-islander pride and commitment to all-things Maui delayed any dissemination of that information. That is, until word arrived this morning they’ll have a MACC show too…
Good Vibez & Q103 FM present FFD, …

John Cruz is slated to open for Tower of Power, this Friday (June 4) at the MACC. Na Hoku Hanohano award winner for Contemporary Album of the Year in both 2007 and 2008, Cruz performed the song “What is Life?” alongside Amy Hanaiali’i–off her album Friends & Family of Hawai’i (2009)–at this year’s ceremonies.

This is pop music. No- there are no glitter-splattered MTV videos or bisexual backup dancers…this is pop music before it became synonymous with 13 year old girls and pink streaked hair. Rickie Lee Jones is a unique pop singer who sports an indie spirit that makes her…

Technically, “Tower of Power” is a boy band, with a testosterone-injected name backing their brand of urban soul music. Peppered with delicious blues rhythms, their albums showcase the richness of a well–developed, diversely talented group of musicians. Since their 1968 start in Oakland, California, Tower of Power has been…