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Photos: Double Grooves & Dirty Menudo, Honolulu.

By c-monster on February 27, 2008 in Art, Events, Galleries, Hawaii and San Suzie. Closed

Double Grooves and Dirty Menudo
Double Grooves and Dirty Menudo with Julio César Morales and Eamon Ore-Girón. (Photos by San Suzie.)

Photos from a wrap party for the annual Starlight Ball at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, held at the Thirtynine Hotel in Honolulu’s Chinatown. Featuring a show by Los Jaichackers, a collaborative installation between Julio César Morales, from S.F., and Eamon Ore-Girón, of L.A. Also included: images of some truly resplendent cocktails.

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Photos: Sacred Art of Bhutan at the Honolulu Academy.

By c-monster on February 26, 2008 in Art, Events, Hawaii and San Suzie. 2 Comments

Sacred Arts of Bhutan
Thangka paintings from Bhutan.

Photos from the opening of The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, which opens today. The show was so moving that it discouraged us from taking our usual clandestine photos. We did, however, manage to blow $80 on incense, in what will no doubt be a vain attempt to take a little bit of Bhutanese compassion back to the mainland.

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