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Some Classic video of France from FreddyP & Andrew Oliver at Insurfnews.com Check it out kelly slater, mick fanning, fred and kekoa getting loose!
insurfnews.com - Quiksilver Pro Final Day Madness from Andrew Oliver on Vimeo.
Get ready for a great time this Friday, October 2nd at Loft for Billabong’s Premiere of Still Filthy!!! Still Filthy has been getting mad praise around the World with premieres in the US and Australia and is now coming to the 808 State! Still Filthy recently was voted the “Movie of the Year” at the 2009 Surfer Poll and Video Awards. Clear your calendar for this Friday and enjoy modern day surfing at its best! The best thing about it all is that its FREE! Don’t miss it!
Tonight at Manifest on Hotel Street, NewDayKids is throwing a fund raiser for an Orphanage School in the East African country of Malawi. NewDayKids is founded by Eric Rulona and friends and aims to raise funds to give back to the Orphange School they just returned from. Starting at 5pm, the night will feature music, dancing and multi-media art displays. For a $5 donation you get access to the event and to SoulClap across the street at 39Hotel. For $10 you get access to both of those and sunglasses! There will also be teeshirts and other merchandise for fund raising. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to NewDayKids. Contrast is always down to support creative thinkers, so we shot Eric some questions about NewDayKids and the event.
Contrast: How did you end up doing work in a landlocked East African country?
Eric Rulona: The first encounter with anything Malawi related was two years ago when a co-worker at the time started sponsoring a child at an orphanage in Malawi. A week later I started sponsoring a young girl named Jinny. A year after that an opportunity came up for me to visit the orphanage. I scraped together some cash. Told work I’d be back in a month, and just headed out there. I met Jinny, got a chance to learn a little about what she goes through on a daily basis. I got to explore the village where the orphanage is located and the surrounding area.
The experience was rewarding but I felt a little like a guest offering unskilled labor. My background is in design, web, and marketing. I wanted to find a way to use these skills that I already have along with my network of other talented individuals to create something that could have a lasting impact in Malawi and eventually many other countries.
New Day Kids is willing to work with any school that has a proved track record for improving the lives of orphaned and less privileged children. Though there are many things that could be done right here in the states, we choose to begin our operations in Malawi because that is where we could have the greatest impact. Malawi is the second fastest growing nation in the world right now. There are economic improvements happening all over the country, however the class gap is still very apparent. We have an opportunity to assist in bridging that gap, creating a middle class society that will help alleviate poverty in the area.
C: You’re raising money through your non-profit called New Day Kids, what do you hope to do with this money?
ER: NDK helps orphaned and under privileged children by funding projects for their schools. Education is the only path out of poverty for many children.
New Day Kids lets donors decide which projects they are interested in funding on the website. 100% of Donations go to projects. The improvement projects for these schools range from building school blocks, farm inputs for gardens, school supplies, desks and more.
C: When’s the next time you plan on going back to Malawi?
ER: I am planning to be back in Malawi around March. We will also be evaluating leads on new schools in Kenya. All travel arrangements are paid for by independent investors. No donor dollars go toward travel expenses.
C: What did you do during your downtime there?
ER: Malawi is a really family oriented place. When we weren’t working we were sitting around the fire talking story, snacking on sugar cane and just enjoying each other’s company. We ate a lot of sweet potatoes, dried fish, and maize. There is a strong local music scene there. There are lots of African rhythms as well as local hip-hop. Everyone loves dancing and singing. Africans are no doubt the masters of accapella, the vibes are just filled with so much emotion.
www.newdaykids.org for more info
Manifest Cafe
32 N. Hotel Street
Between Smith and Nu’uanu, Mauka side
Happy Birthday to my Mom… and Happy Friday to you all!
Have a great weekend, everyone. Take some time to dip your toes in the shimmery reflections that gracefully dance in water…
Photo taken with my Holga 120CFN
Fujichrome Velvia 100F Film
Due to scheduling conflicts, last weeks BeatRoot had to be rescheduled to this week.
To see the positivity that IS Kavet, peep his blog here about the small hiccup and how he makes the best of it.
Tonight, check out some of Hawaii’s most talented beat makers duel it out in another Beat Root qualifier. The event is FREE. It’s at Easy Music Center from 5-7pm.
Easy Music Center
1314 S King St
Honolulu, HI 96814
Go to Lightsleepers.net for more info.
*Rumor is that Sabzi from Blue Scholars MIGHT be a guest judge…but don’t hold us to it, we’re not exactly Fox News over here.
That’s three things we just blogged that are all taking place today around 5pm. Honolulu getting it in on a THURS!
Former UH Law Professor, Chris Iijima has a storied history of Asian-American activism, folk music, published legal articles and teaching. Highly educated: Columbia University and New York Law School. Highly active: involved in everything from Puerto Rican independence to Anti-Vietnam War movements to Hawaiian Sovereignty to founding Asian Americans for Action (one of the first Asian American civil rights groups in the ’60s). And highly creative: touring the country with his folk group Yellow Pearl and releasing albums.
Today, starting with a panel discussion at 4pm at UH Manoa, followed by a benefit for the Chis Iijima Endowment at NextDoor that will explore and celebrate Iijima’s passions through discussion and music. The way Chris would have wanted it.
Also, there will be a screening of A Song for Ourselves, a Honolulu Premiere. Director Tad Nakamura is on island and will also be part of the discussion. Event details and locations below.
little video message from Geo of the Blue Scholars!!! go check them out at too gruvz today for a free in-store performance at 430pm!! thursday 9-24!
and dont forget to buy your tickets for their show on Friday at theLoft.. available at in4mation…
and check out this hilarious interview from Sabzi of the Blue Scholars at XLR8R…
Ok, so the Kid Cudi Man on the Moon Mixtape (dropped in March) is sounding better than the recently-released Man on the Moon Album. But the album has some bright spots, like this Pursuit of Happiness track. Gotta love a strings-backed Mike Stroud arena-riff guitar solo live on Letterman.
Maybe Cudi getting tasered for wearing J’s at a Reebok function has affected his creative process.
Any truth to the rumor of Ratatat getting signed to Star Trak (The Neptunes) label?
are a rad new band from Hawaii. I think they might have played like 5 shows so far. If you have been to any of these 5 shows you would know they straight up kill it!! Pictured here opening for Modest Mouse on their 5th show. If you live in Hawaii do yourself a favor and catch them live. I would say they sound something like The Smiths, Ima Robot & Wolf Parade mixed together. Don’t take my word for it though, listen to Girlfriends!
This Sunday from 6pm-10pm Fresh Cafe will have it’s Grand Opening and reveal it’s retail space within the Cafe, called Aloha De Nime. Some of you may remember this spot as the former Queens Boutique that carried unique womens lines and edgy mens brands. Tiffany Tanaka, the twenty-something entrepreneur/owner of both spots, as well as the WeSellThings4U ebay store next door, closed down the Queens Boutique to open something she felt was more relaxed, a cafe AND retail space. Contrast shot her a few questions about the revamp, what is Aloha De Nim and the Grand Opening event this Sunday September 20th.
Contrast: Most people know this location as the former Queens Boutique (and Lions Coffee before that). What happened and Why the change to Fresh Cafe?
Tiffany Tanaka: We finally were blessed with a long time lease so we decided to split the Queen’s Boutique space in half and open Fresh Cafe and Aloha De Nime. Queen St. isn’t the first place you think of when you want to shop or grab something to eat so we thought it would be a nice to balance out the boutique with a cafe that brought the “majority”, everyone likes to eat, drink, and socialize with their friends! It’s nice because its a place where there’s progress. So we hope to see people who drop into the cafe drop into Aloha De Nime too and vice-versa. There is only one entrance to Aloha De Nime which is through Fresh.
C: Fresh Cafe has really gained some momentum recently, what’s some of the popular items?
TT: Most popular is our Mango ice tea and our Peaberry Kona Coffee for drinks.
For Bagel Sandwiches its our Turkey Pesto Melt and The Ultimate.
For Salads its our Ginger Wasabi Chicken Salad and the Tofu Sesame chicken Salad.
And most people don’t leave without getting some homemade cookies!!
The night of the Grand Opening we will be opening our Shave Ice stand. I hope people will enjoy this too!
C: The Grand Opening event will also unveil your premium denim retail space within Fresh Cafe, called Aloha De Nim, can you shed some light on ADN? What’s going to be going on Sunday?
TT: Aloha De Nime, Aloha for the aloha prints we will be carrying and De Nime for all the denim we’ll be carrying. The name comes from the place in Europe where selvage denim was created. Nime. We hope to continue the traditions of Denim & Aloha materials through brands and designs. We want to preserve but at the same time carry & develop up-to-date styles.
On Sunday we will have a tent with samples of food and drink from Fresh, Fresh Cafe will be open for business as well as the new back area part which will have shave ice, Aloha De Nime will finally be open for denim & aloha sales, and we will be playing friendly music in the back by Nocturnal Sound Krew, The Hot Muffins, and possibly a live band to let people dance or enjoy their food. Also Free Heineken and Bud Light.
FRESH CAFE & ALOHA DE NIME
861 Queen Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Grand Opening
Sunday September 20th
6pm-10pm
DJ’s, Food, Live Music & Free Booze
(photos courtesy of Fresh Cafe and Christa Wittmier)
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