WEST HAWAII TODAY ARTS | BIG ISLAND ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT SCENE FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2017 | 3 & Shows & events Art, Music and Food at Holualoa’s First Friday Holualoa Village celebrates its monthly Art-After-Dark event from 5:30-8:30 this evening with the debut of new art in the galleries, free live music and street eats from a half dozen vendors. Glyph Art Gallery will feature new work by Diane Tunnel, including her newest watercolor, “Love Intertwined.” The painting is just back from Honolulu where it won Best In Show at the Hawaii Watercolor Society’s Annual Member Show, Hawaii’s top honor for watercolor artists. At Holualoa Gallery, Maestro Andrew Sweeney will be playing outside and artist William Wingert will be working on a new painting inside. Dave “The Rippa” Lawrence will be keeping the crowd moving with classic rock ‘n’ roll and blues at the Koa Realty office and across the street in the Kona Hotel Pat Pearlman Designs will feature jewelry creations that include peridot, August’s birthstone. The Holualoa Ukulele Gallery will be presenting the music of the Mauka High Notes on the front lanai along with refreshments and hand made Dr. Donald Nikaitani ukulele by Waimea’s Larry Montero inside the recently expanded gallery. IS NOW ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS AS A PRIMARY Kahilu Exhibits presents CARE PHYSICIAN IN KAILUAŽKONA, HAWAII works by Bernice Akamine A solo exhibition by the nationally Dr. Nikaitani is Board Certifi ed by the American Board of Internal Medicine specializing in the care of the adult patient. He is profi cient in cardiology, neurology, diabetes, heart disease, asthma, kidney and bladder, lung disease, stomach and intestines, endocrine disorders, and all other medical concerns including cold, fl u, and sore throat symptoms. Accepting most insurances including HMSA, BCBS, UHA, HMAA, HMA, UNITED HEALTH CARE, MDX, MEDICARE, CIGNA, AETNA, and KAISER ADDED CHOICE. Please call 808-329-1346 for an appointment. We treat you like family. Your health is our most important concern. Kona Kohala Health Care Svc. 75-137 Hualalai Road, Kailua-Kona, HI recognized artist, Bernice Akamine, opens this evening in Waimea. Kahilu Exhibits hosts an opening reception and artist’s walkthrough from 5-7 p.m. featuring a no-host bar and light pupu. Work on display includes a new series of sculptures entitled Hinaluaikoa and her traveling installation Kalo. Akamine is a sculptor and installation artist based on Hawaii Island, who uses a variety of media to express her ideas. Recurring themes in her work include environmental and cultural issues, as well as sovereignty, and the overthrow of the Hawaiian government. As a Hawaiian and an artist, Akamine feels it is her kuleana to use her voice to open doors for dialogue. Akamine earned a master’s degree of fine arts in the sculpture and glass program at the University of Hawaii and completed graduate work in natural resource management at Central Washington University. She is also a cultural practitioner with deep roots in Kapa and waihooluu, Hawaiian natural dyes. Her grandmother, Kaha Halelaau, was a kahuna laau lapaau, a traditional Hawaiian healer descended from generations of healers, and her mother, Audrey Elliott was a lauhala weaver. Akamine has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. Her work is in the permanent collection of such public institutions as the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts; the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; Wright State University Art Galleries, Dayton, Ohio; the Portland Art Museum, Oregon; and American Museum of Natural History, New York City. Over the years, she’s received a Native Hawaiian Artist Fellowship from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation; a Community Scholar Award from the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 2012; an Award of Excellence, Fiber Hawaii 2003; and was a Visiting Artist at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, 1999. Kahilu Galleries are free and open to the public from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday through Friday, as well as during all performances at Kahilu Theatre. Info: www.kahilutheatre.org or 885-6868. LT Smooth concert benefits veterans groups A concert featuring LT Smooth will benefit various veterans’ groups Saturday in Kailua-Kona. Smooth will take the stage from 1-10 p.m. at Huggo’s on the Rocks. It will be a split performance with LT playing first before being joined by his 10-piece band at 6 p.m. LT will donate profits and any donations from attendees to Vietnam Vets/Legacy Vets Motor Cycle Club to support their veteran’s and community programs. Summer fun continues at Firehouse Gallery In celebration of summertime, the Firehouse Gallery is presenting “Summer Fun” during the month of August, with a special emphasis on the Paniolo lifestyle in Waimea. Ever since Captain George Vancouver presented King Kamehameha with five black longhorn cattle in 1778, there have been cattle in the Waimea and North Kohala areas. In 1816, John Palmer Parker married Kamehameha’s granddaughter Kipikane. He was awarded 2 acres and given permission to wrangle the cattle that had multiplied and thrived. This was the beginning of the Hawaiian paniolo, or cowboy, trained by Mexican vaqueros Continued on page 6 ➠ Diane Tunnell’s newest watercolor, “Love Intertwined,” will be showcased at the Glyph Art Gallery in Holualoa this evening. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY Akamine Smooth “Smelling the Flowers, an oil painting by Terry Bensch. COURTESY PHOTO/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
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