Maui Arts & Entertainment

Still have gifts to buy and want to support local businesses? You’re in luck! Here are a variety of unique items made here on Maui that (probably) won’t get re-gifted.

There are eleven films playing as part of the First Light Film Festival this week. Three of them are likely Oscar contenders worth checking out.

In news that is almost too weird to type, a pidgin-talking pigeon that reviews movies here on Maui debuts today.

Don’t run the risk of getting a bunch of ink all over your hands. We’ve wasted hours weighing all the options and here are the best picks for the weekend.

Gabriel Iglesias – the “fluffy” comedian known for defining the “Five Levels of Fatness” (and later adding a sixth) – plays the MACC on Thursday night.

Rudner has appeared in several television shows, recorded multiple award-winning comedy specials, and authored five books. This Saturday she plays the MACC.

Plenty to choose from as First Friday (and Santa) hit Wailuku, the Wailea Food and WIne Festival is in full swing, and ProArts Playhouse presents Smokey Joe’s Cafe.

Maui resident Keola Beamer was nominated last night for a Grammy Award for his album Malama Ko Aloha.

The Katinas, a contemporary Christian music group originally from American Samoa, will be playing the MACC Thursday night. We talked to bandmate James Katina.

Last March, two ancient Cyprus trees that had once graced the entrance of Maui’s Winery/Tedeschi Vineyards in Ulupalakua fell. Check out their rebirth here.

This weekend Ozomatli takes you all over LA – and the world – with their multicultural sound. Also, groove on hard-thumping bass or check out a reinvented hula circle.

Been waiting to show off your triple lutz? The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas opens their environmentally friendly hybrid-ice skating rink tomorrow.

This Friday, see an up close and personal side of Keali‘i Reichel, Hawaii’s award-winning kumu hula, chanter and world-renowned recording artist.

The First Light Film Festival is in full swing this weekend with nine movies available for your viewing pleasure. Also check out Kathy Collins spoken word performance.

As George Burns once said, “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” Here are some tips for surviving the holidays with yours.

Art with Heart, a student-run philanthropy club at Seabury Hall, will hold its third art fundraiser showcase, entitled “Transitions,” on Friday, Nov. 30. to aid third-world countries.

Maui author Jill Engledow will celebrate her new book “Haleakala: A History of the Maui Mountain” with a short presentation on the history of Haleakala National Park.

The first five presenters include: visionary artist Alex Grey; renewable energy pioneer Quayle Hodek; Hawaii Watermen’s Hall of Famer Archie Kalepa; Maui Preparatory Academy teacher Jenelle Peterson; and poet and author Kim Rosen.

It’s the weekend again! It’s also National Hunger and Homelessness awareness week, and there are related events daily, as well as music, hula and film.

This Friday night, the Point Panic Festival 2012 featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Groundation, and Paula Fuga and Mike Love kicks off here on Maui.