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Executive Director of Ballet Hawaii, Richard Vida talks with Classical Pacific host Sharene Taba about the upcoming Ballet Hawaii performance at the Honolulu Museum of Art. A Night at the Paris Opera Ballet has 18 ballet dancers bringing to life, the paintings of Mary Cassatt. www.ballethawaii.orgwww.honolulumuseum.org/events
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Sisters Emma Belatti and Elyana Belatti join "Classical Pacific" host Sharene Taba in a conversation about growing up in ballet. The dancers with Ballet Hawaii will be in this weekendʻs performance of A Night at the Paris Opera Ballet, bringing the paintings of Mary Cassatt to life at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Emma is at the University of Hawai`i-Manoa, minoring in dance, and Ely is in the 10th grade at Roosevelt High School. The sisters have their own paths in life, but they always include dance, and each other.
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Mary Cassatt is an American impressionist known for her radical take on art with feminine subjects. The exhibit called "Mary Cassatt at Work" will be on display at the Honolulu Museum of Art until Oct. 12.
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Halona Norton-Westbrook will assume a new role as the director of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas. She starts July 1.
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Allyn Bromley, 96, continues to put out work with her next exhibit at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Bromley, a longtime printmaker, was inspired by repurposing her old prints by giving them new life in a complex 3D form.
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A new exhibit at the Honolulu Museum of Art showcases renowned McKinley High School alumni who shaped modern art in Hawaiʻi over the last century. The Conversation talked with 1966 alum ʻĪmaikalani Kalahele, whose work is part of the exhibit.
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Men's aloha shirts and women's dresses are pillars of local fashion — and the focus of a new exhibit at the Honolulu Museum of Art. "Fashioning Aloha" captures the history and evolution of aloha attire and textile motifs over the last 90 years. As HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports, the curators hope visitors find the exhibit fun and nostalgic.
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It's been 131 years since the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom and over 30 years since the U.S. government issued a formal apology. The anniversary brings a poignant reminder of Hawaiʻi's past. HPR's Cassie Ordonio takes a look at an art exhibit honoring modern Hawaiian activism.
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Reaching for the stars. It's a metaphor to consider when it comes to Black history in this country. To mark Black History Month, the Honolulu African American Film Festival will have showtimes at the Honolulu Museum of Art throughout February.
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Cleanup efforts in Kula; New standards for password protection; Honolulu African-American Film Festival kicks off