Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, is The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. She is an associate editor of and contributor to Mystery and Suspense Writers (Scribner) and the winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Criticism, presented by the Mystery Writers of America. In 2019, Corrigan was awarded the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing by the National Book Critics Circle.
This weekend, the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra celebrates Halloween at the Hawaiʻi Theatre with Hapa Halloween: Mysteries of Hawaiʻi In Concert. In this creepy conversation with Composer in Residence of the HSO, Michael-Thomas Foumai, Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba is treated to Foumaiʻs playlist: the spookiest of music by Jerry Goldsmith. From Michael-Thomasʻ bag of tricks:1. Ave Satani, from The Omen2. The Hunt, from Planet of the Apes3. Imhotep, from The Mummy4. Carol Anne's Theme, from Poltergeist5. The Landing, from AlienTabaʻs treats:1. The Candy Man by Bricusse &b Newley2. Erlkönig by Franz Schuberthttps://www.myhso.org
"The Ghost Guy," Lopaka Kapanui will be in concert with the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra this weekend, telling spooky stories in "Hapa Halloween: Mysteries of Hawaiʻi In Concert" at the Hawaiʻi Theatre. Kapanui joins the frightened Classical Pacific host, Sharene Taba.myhso.org