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Leftover Crack and DJ Steve Aoki @ Next Door
5.07.08// Photos by Tracy Chan
See the most recent pics about town, as our Associate Editor braves the depths of the Honolulu music scene.
+More>>Poetry Event:: Doing it on the Lanai!
4.13.08// Photos by Tracy Chan
Pictures from the “Doing it on the Lanai” poetry reading, featuring RYAN OISHI, TIARE PICARD, SAGE U‘ILANI TAKEHIRO, and JILL YAMASAWA.
+More>>A Videoconference with Director David Lynch
4.30.08 // Article and photography by Tracy Chan
America's creepiest film director talks to UH students at the Center for Korean Studies-- Kalamakua gets the scoop.
+MORE>>Poet Trees Event
4.18.08 //
Ka Lamakua launched its second event, Poet Trees, on the unsuspecting audience at Manoa Gardens on April 18th. Breakdancing seizures and sonic reverberations ensued.
>>More>>Cuisine:: Veg Pledge Week
4.16.08 // Article and photography by Loraine Ho
The Vegetarian Club at UH helps people try vegetarian diets with pledges, free gourmet meals, and guest speakers!
Poetry:: Jared Ideta Lee
4..15.08
"Road Voyagers collect their songs most meticulously
Freedom fleeting in a vehicle of vanishing sight
Recognizing a familiar song…"
Read Jared's new poem here:
+Forever Dawn Podium>>Literature:: Diversity Matters Contest Winners
4.09.08 //
Ka Lamakua recognizes the winners from the Diversity Matters creative writing contest!
+ Identity Idealization - by Maricela Yee+ “Because time and unforeseen occurrence befall them all.” Ecclesiastes 9:11 - by John Pang
+ Michelle is twenty-two years old... - by Akiko Ishii
+ Why does diversity matter? - by Merrily Cretton
Prose:: The New Definition of Loser
4.08.08 // Written by D. Kobuta
Come on...being a nerd isn't really for losers.
...Is it?
Read a new short story piece by D. Kobuta here.
>>More>>Album Review:: Charlotte Hatherely-Deep Blue
4.07.08 // Written by Matthew Ishitani.
Former Ash guitarist Charlotte Hatherley released her second solo album “Deep Blue” in March 2007. Read Matthew Ishitani's review of it here.
>>More>>News Flash: Supreme Court bans bad poetry
4.01.08 // Written by Tracy Chan.
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court this morning approved a bill which will ban bad poetry in all forms....
Creative Nonfiction :: Summer
3.28.08 // Written by Bao Nguyen.
Read and be touched by Bao Nguyen's creative nonfiction story about life, death, loneliness and friendship.
>>More>>Poetry Event:: The Stairwell Readings
3.25.08 // Story and photos by Tracy Chan.
In the afterglow of Thursday’s Stairwell Reading, the synchronous thought that popped up was “let’s do it again!” Mahalo to all the writers who showed up and made it a great first event!
Check out pics and audio:
>>More>>Art Gallery :: Traci Chan : Fractals
3.25.08 //
Step into a world where art is created, not with a pen, a paintbrush, or a camera, but by patterns generated entirely on a computer. These are fractals, created with a program called Apophysis
+VIEW GALLERY>>Prose+Comics+Audio=Mayhem
3.22.08 // IIlustrated by Casey Ishitani.
Audio rendition and story by the gonzo avenger.
Ka Lamakua uncovered a mysterious audio file by "the gonzo avenger", narrating a sordid tale of excessive drunkeness. Now you can revisit Casey Ishitani's comic rendition of the story and listen along.
Note: If you are offended by coarse language, sexuality, drug use, and raucous nights in Waikiki, please do not proceed.
Prose :: Pink Magic Woman
3.14.08 // By Christian Miller
Got a pink magic woman
Got a pink magic woman
I've got a pink magic woman
Got me so blind I cant see...
Writer Christian Miller graces us with some Gibson-esque prose.
>>More>>Performance: An Interview with Margaret Cho
3.04.08 // Interview and feature by Loraine Ho
Photo credit: Austin Young
Listen to comedian Margaret Cho talk politics and discuss her upcoming "Beautiful" tour with Ka Lamakua.
Film:: Persepolis Review
3.02.08 // By Matthew Ishitani
Matthew Ishitani reviews Persepolis, the animated movie about an Iranian girl's struggles with culture, politics, and growing up.
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