Miyazaki Ghibli Film Festival at Hawai‘i Theatre

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Nick Yee (dj mr.nick)

Published June 13, 2016 at 11:13 AM HST

Early next month the public will get a chance to see the works of Hayao Miyazaki on the big screen.

The Hawai‘i Theater is hosting the Miyazaki Ghibli film festival from July 8^th to the 10^th. The films Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Delivery Service will be featured.

The festival will also include a pop-up shop, arts and crafts workshops with Art + Flea, a costume contest for children and food from Chinatown’s Pig and the Lady. Ruth Boland is the Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Theater.

Tickets for the Miyazaki Ghibli film festival are $15 for adults and $10 for children with an additional $3 theater restoration fee.

More information can be found at hawaiitheatre.com.

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Nick Yee (dj mr.nick)

Nick Yee’s passion for music developed at an early age, as he collected jazz and rock records pulled from dusty locations while growing up in both Southern California and Honolulu. In college he started DJing around Honolulu, playing Jazz and Bossa Nova sets at various lounges and clubs under the name dj mr.nick. He started to incorporate Downtempo, House and Breaks into his sets as his popularity grew, eventually getting DJ residences at different Chinatown locations. To this day, he is a fixture in the Honolulu underground club scene, where his live sets are famous for being able to link musical and cultural boundaries, starting mellow and building the audience into a frenzy while steering free of mainstream clichés.

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