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APRIL 2008



FIRST ANNUAL EARTH MONTH FILM FESTIVAL

April 25th, Friday 7-10 pm
$5 donation

  1. "The Da Versity Code" TRT 6:30 A secret held for millennia is about to be exposed.
  2. "Sam Suds and the case of PVC" TRT 3:30 Sam Suds, PI -- Poisons Investigator -- Protects the Johnson household from dangerous toxins. Word around the bathroom was he was washed up. Until she floated in...
  3. "Grocery Store Wars" TRT 5:50 Not long ago in a supermarket not so far away. Help fight the dark side of the farm.
  4. "Meatrix TRT" 3:45 The Meatrix spoofs The Matrix films and highlights the problems with factory farming. Instead of Keanu Reeves, The Meatrix stars a young pig, Leo, who lives on a pleasant family farm... he thinks. Leo is approached by a trenchcoat-clad cow, Moopheus, and joins him on a journey to learn more about what goes on behind closed barn doors at factory farms.
  5. "Story of Stuff" TRT ~ 22m The Story of Stuff will take you on a provocative tour of our consumer driven culture - from resource extraction to iPod incineration - exposing the real costs of our use-it and lose-it approach to stuff.
  6. "Climate: A Crisis Averted" TRT 4:04 looks back from 2056 and recounts how ordinary citizens in 2006 -- realizing that global warming was a scientific fact and not a climatic theory -- take action to demand clean energy and other planet-friendly options. The movie describes how a movement called RenewUS effected real change with an action plan, or 'call-to-arms' on global warming.
  7. "Kilowatt Hours" A plan to re-energize America. TRT 55m
Studio Be 63 N. Beretania St., Chinatown 351-4960 www.studiobehawaii.com

Holographic Repatterning Workshop
With Lynn Morgan

Lynn Morgan April 26, Saturday. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Space limited to 10
$50

Bring a sack lunch.

Facilitator Lynn Morgan has a private practice in Honolulu helping people to create positive change in their lives.  She is a certified practitioner of the Resonance Repatterning system, also known as Holographic Repatterning.  This system allows clients to easily access and release negative beliefs and unconscious patterns that are holding them in any kind of limitationŠand helps them to create positive beliefs and intentions that manifest as their heartąs desires. Over the last thirty years, Lynn has trained in Reiki and Healing Touch and has studied and practiced yoga, meditation, and a wide variety of complementary healing techniques.  Services are available to individuals, couples, and groups.  Telephone sessions and Focus Groups are also available.  Lynn can be reached for more information and to schedule appointments at 808 722-3581.

Studio Be 63 N. Beretania St., Chinatown 351-4960 www.studiobehawaii.com


MAY 2008



First Friday, May 2, celebrating Maoli Arts Month
For me Being "Hawaiian at Heart" is the state of an individual living in accordance with the essence of Aloha or Love.

A, ala, watchful alertness
L, lokahi, working with unity
O, oia'i'o, truthful honesty
H, ha'aha'a, humility
A, ahonui, patience and perseverance



GINA FINKELSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY

Gina Finkelstein Photography Creative documentary photographer Gina Finkelstein is not your ordinary photojournalist. Gina started her professional career in front of the camera and has worked in all aspects of media production and marketing. Now with more than 10 years of shooting experience behind the camera. Gina relates to her subjects and directs shots in a way that makes people feel comfortable. She is a people person and loves connecting with the beautiful spirit that we all have within.

Gina inherited her creativity and artistic talent from her mother, a painter, and sculptress. Surrounded by her mothers art as a child, it was natural for Gina to see beauty and want to capture life on film. Gina's love of photography can be seen in numerous magazines and wedding journals around the world. Every assignment is considered a blessing and she is always grateful to have the opportunity of capturing someone's special moments in a photograph.

"I learn so much from the people that I photograph. To me Being Hawaiian is about giving of one's self and receiving the aloha that is there for all of us. It's important to always remember to feel love and believe that everything's gonna be alright....even, when the electric bill is a little past due!"



MUSIC BY KA'IMI BREDE

Ka'imi Brede Name: Ka'imihanano'eau Brede
Age: 23

I was born in Honolulu and was raised in Maui, graduating from H.P. Baldwin High School in 2002 and Brigham Young University of Hawai'i in 2006, where I majored in Music and Hawaiian Studies.

Playing Hawaiian/Polynesian music professionally since I was a high school freshman, I gained knowledge and experience playing the ukulele, bass guitar and polynesian drumming. By my high school senior year I broadened my influences to include reggae, rock, and alternative. That was not enough. Jazz band then became my new love, and I have learned much from jazz. They say, "if you can play jazz, you can play anything."

After my college career, I played for numerous productions such as Paradise Cove Lu'au, the band Mighty J and 'Akahi Productions. I am currently recording many of my own compositions independently.



ART SHOWCASE BY MEALA

Piko Aina by Meala

Hawaiian Artist Meala

I grew up close to Halona Point, 'Sandy' Beach became my rite of passage. I have been creating art longer than I can recall. I graduated form Kailua High School in 1972 with honors in art and I still run into my high school art teacher Barbara Betts.

Raising four boys with my kane Danny took up much of the eighties, but I had never forgotten the Kalama Valley and Kahoolawe days where I cut my teeth on advocating for the wrongs done to my friends and people. The Waiahole Water contested case (see Hana Hou, vo.10, no. 4, Aug./Sept. 2007) really was close to home for me as water had once been diverted wholly from my great grandmother in Kilauea, Kauai at one time leaving not even enough water for cooking or bathing let alone for the lo'i of kalo and rice.

My friends and I began a community kalo patch at a time when showing water usage for lo'i kalo was omni-important. The Waiahole Mauka Lo'i as she was affectionally called hosted hundreds of Hawaiians and many from out of state too. From that experience 'Onipa'a Na Hui Kalo was formed to help others across the state restore lo'i, learn about best water practices and honoring our state water code.

I went on to help start the Native Hawaiian Charter School movement, and spent 8 years helping the Hakipu`u Learning Center in its' infancy. I had to leave behind some of my dearest friends to start our own family lo'i in Waiahole.

Today we are up against some of the worlds most powerful entities. It is a monumental task my friends are undertaking to find balance in our island home. Be sure when you hear the cry for rally to pick up your pen, your o'o, your soap box and megaphone, kahea to the hills or just say a pule so our energy grows stronger.

Listen to your Makua. Teach your keiki sense of place, mo'okuauhau and mastery of skill. Share with them how to watch for signs and feel for pono through the na'au. This is knowledge that was shared with me and now I pass it on to you.

Malama Pono ....meala






StudioBe

At StudioBe, we believe in cultivating the artistic, intellectual and cultural community in Hawaii. In doing so, we can provide the space and positive energy to host your next event, whether it be a private party, creative workshop or business retreat.

Past events have included exclusive spa treatments, birthday celebrations, poetry slams, buddhist retreats, art exhibitions and an International Women's Day Celebration featuring Scottish Highland, Korean, Armenian and Ghawazee performances. The Island Oasis Event treated guests to an exotic evening of palm reading, foot massages, henna hand painting and mesmerizing bellydancing.

Let us host your next intimate event. Contact us for information on available space and services: 808-351-4960, daspacehawaii@yahoo.com

Tables, chairs, Bose surround system, kitchenette...everything you need for the perfect event.
For a full list of amenities and services, Take a Tour of StudioBe

COMING SOON!
Paint Pant Parties
Bring a pair of pants and something to change into...we'll get dirty and creative, and you'll walk away with your own art-to-wear. Fun big-kid therapy for all! Tank tops also available for painting for an additional $10.
Space limited to 6. $40 per person for a free-for-all 3 hour paint session.

Some of our Past Events...

Be Well SpaKhentrul Lodro Thaye RinpocheMoana Meyer Gallery Opening

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