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THIS JUST IN: BAMP PROJECT PRESENTS MORRISSEY LIVE ON MAUI AND OAHU
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>>> Tickets go on sale this Fri., Mar. 9 at 9am. If you quit eating and smiling between now and then, you’ll be sufficiently emaciated and depressed enough to attend the show (Morrissey’s first …

THREE CHEERS FOR PINK MARTINI
FRI., FEB. 17 – Portland’s Pink Martini is one of the few ensembles on Earth that can sculpt music into something that’s visceral yet palatial, rooted yet transmuted. And MauiTime’s own Ynez Tongson is one of the few writers on-isle who …

RASTA THOMAS’ BAD BOYS OF DANCE
THU., FEB. 16 – The Bad Boys of Dance is “a fresh, new dance company comprised of the most talented and versatile young male dancers in the world today… each hand selected [for] his extraordinary physical abilities and artistry.” The …

TONIGHT: The Airborne Toxic Event at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center
FRI., JAN. 20 – Sorry hippies, this isn’t an event about Chemtrails–it’s a concert by the Los Angeles-based hipster band acronymically known as TATE (named after section two of Don DeLillo’s book White Noise). …

SHERYL COOPER’S 3RD ANNUAL HOLIDAY MASTER DANCE CLASS (FOR CHARITY!)
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THU., DEC. 29 – Learn sweet steps from Sheryl Cooper at these charitable dance classes. And, yes. We mean Sheryl Cooper as in Alice Cooper’s wifey of 35 years. She’s danced in videos for her hubby, …

Grammy winners Tia Carrere and Daniel Ho headline George Kahumoku Jr.’s Slack Key Masters series
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SLACK KEY TIME! EXCELLENT! – Thu., Dec. 15. Cooler-than-cool Uncle George Kahumoku Jr. hosts his signature show, opening with his stellar musical and storytelling talents. This month showcases Grammy Award-winning artists …

BIG SHOW UPDATE:
LET THEM EAT CAKE  (just not this month)
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We know. You love Cake like a fat kid loves, well, cake. Us, too. So if you’re crumb-bummed that the Cake concert’s been postponed (originally scheduled for Sun. Oct. 23), just think of it like magic …

THIS WEEK’S PICKS:
HULA COUP
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SAT., OCT. 15 – Kulanihako’i: Living Waters, a new hula drama which draws on millennia-old Hawaiian myths–namely the elemental lake, Kulanihako’i, from which all life flows. Experience dance, chant and storytelling–as interpreted through a contemporary Native Hawaiian lens–by Na Kinimakalehua, an artistic …

THIS WEEK’S PICKS:
A HALT JAM
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FRI., OCT. 14 – Legendary blues man Taj Mahal gigs at the Castle Theater, alongside longtime comrades The Hula Blues Band (which formed in 1981 when Taj Mahal moved to Kaua’i). Sourcing from reggae, calypso, jazz, zydeco, gospel and West African …

This Week’s Picks: Blow By Blow
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FRIDAY OCT. 7 – Acclaimed trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard–who’s heralded as being “central to the resurgence of jazz composition in film”–performs live at the MACC. Blanchard’s scored nearly 50 films, including every Spike Lee movie since 1991′s Jungle Fever, …