The Arts at Marks Garage
1159 Nuuanu Avenue Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
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Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday
10am-5pm
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The ARTS at Marks Garage is a collaborative gallery, performance and office space for businesses and non-profit organizations is working to transform downtown Honolulu with the power of the arts.
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The ARTS at Marks Garage NEEDS 1001 of YOU:
Marks needs to move away from foundation and government grants and become independent.
We are looking for 1001 Friends just like you.
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Our Partners:
The Arts District Merchants Association
Cherry Blossom Cabaret
Double Rainbow Burlesque Productions
Hanai Tours
Hawai'i Craftsmen
Hawai'i Shakespeare Festival
Hawai'i Watercolor Society
Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking
On The Spot Improv
PA'I Foundation
Pretty Peacock Productions
Smashbox Productions
TedX Honolulu
Tim Bostock Productions
T-RX/Hallowbaloo Music + Arts Festival
Youth Speaks Hawai'i/Pacific Tongues
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NEW GALLERY HOURS Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm
Aloha! We will be closed on Friday, April 18th & Saturday, April 19th for vacation and will reopen for normal business hours on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014.
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The Hawai'i Watercolor Society
Members' Exhibition
April 1 through April 26, 2014
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This juried exhibition will showcase the best in watercolor paintings of its' members, with diverse techniques from traditional to experimental. HWS strives to present watermedia as a vital, enduring, and expressive medium, through education and exhibitions.
Artist reception and awards:
Thursday April 3, 5-7pm, FREE
First Friday Event: Friday, April 4, 6-9pm, FREE
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Hawaii Women In Filmmaking present
Medora | Community Cinema
Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 630-830pm, FREE
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A community beset by a crippled economy and dwindling population is the setting for this documentary following a down-but-not-out varsity basketball team over a season. The team's struggle to compete parallels the town's own fight for survival. Presented in collaboration with Hawai'i People's Fund.
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Youth Speaks Hawaii
Wednesdays, 4:30-6pm, FREE
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Teen slam poetry writing & performance workshops.
info@youthspeakshawaii.org or (808) 230-1405
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On The Spot presents
WalkAbout Wednesdays Comedy Throwdown
Every Wednesday, Doors 7pm, Show 730pm, FREE
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As a Part of Chinatown's Walkabout Wednesdays, On The Spot's Comedy Throwdown features OTS Iron Improvisors competing for audience laughs and points as play outrageous improv games against a brand new challenger every week. It's a fast and Funny Show sure to make everyone laugh.
www.otsimprov.com
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First Friday Honolulu
Downtown-Chinatown Gallery Walk
Friday, April 4, 5pm-late. FREE
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Micro-Galleries Light-Up Hotel Street!
First Friday, April 4, 2014, 530pm, FREE
Chinatown Courtyard, Mendonca Building
(between Smith & Maunakea)
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Join us for the lighting of the
Storytelling Portraits of Chinatown's Seniors window boxes in storefronts of the Mendonca Building and to celebrate the Chinatown Art Corps program of The ARTS at Marks Garage! We will begin with a ceremony in the courtyard of the Chinatown Artist Lofts at 5:30pm, followed by a tour of the installation and lighting of the microgalleries. Light refreshments and treats will be provided for toasting the participants and supporters. This ceremony coincides with the First Friday Red Lantern (Kukui 'Ula) event.
 For more information about Chinatown Art Corps, please contact Program Manager Mayling Chung at mayling@artsatmarks.com or call (808) 521-2903. |
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Honolulu Improvisers Network Mash-Up
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Doors 730pm, Show 8pm, FREE
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 This Improv Show features performers from the Honolulu Improvisers Network who will be thrown into random improv teams. Each team will have 15 minutes to come up with a never before seen show and another 15 minutes to perform that show. This show is FREE and Family Friendly.
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On The Spot presents
Intro To Improv
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Find out more about all of On The Spot's improv classes online!
www.otsimprov.com
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Hawaii Craftsmen present
The Apopsiclypse. Opening Reception
Sunday, April 6, 2014, 7-9pm, FREE
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Mini-art installation by Maggie McCain. Maggie is a local Honolulu artist working in mixed media including glass, printmaking, painting and ceramic. Her work is inspired by her master's research in the field of climate change. All are welcome. There will be a bar & free pupus.
www.hawaiicraftsmen.org
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Hawaii Women in Filmmaking present
GRRRL Film | Club Deaf Jam
Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 4-6pm, FREE
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Aneta Brodski is an Israeli-born teenager living in Queens, New York. While she is proud of her deafness, she does not want to be defined by it. Aneta's world opens up as she is tantalized by the possibility of competing in a poetry slam with mostly hearing competitors.
www.hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org
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V-Day Honolulu 2014 presents
The Vagina Monologues
Friday, April 11, 2014,Doors 730pm, Show 8pm
Saturday, April 12, 2014, Doors 730pm, Show 8pm
Sunday, April 13, 2014, Doors 330pm, Show 4pm
$10 advance, $15 door
www.tvmhnl2014.eventbrite.com
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V-Day Honolulu 2014 is a local effort within the worldwide V-Day Campaign to end domestic violence. The Vagina Monologues production dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage, and excitement buried in women's experiences. Performances are part of the Honolulu V-Day Campaign to raise awareness and funds to end violence against women and girls on Oahu. Proceeds benefit the Sex Abuse Treatment Center. Local directors of the production are Tony Pisculli, Eleanor Svaton, and Jonathan Reyn.
http://on.fb.me/1jBdStR
www.vday.org
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Hawaii Women in Filmmaking present HWF Monthly Gathering | Anna Page
Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 630-830pm, FREE
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Join our conversation with Anna Page, Associate Director of Programming at Hawaii International Film Festival.
www.hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org
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The ARTS at Marks Garage presents 21stCentury Lōku House
Every 3rd Sunday, 4-6pm, FREE
PLEASE NOTE that Lōku House is taking a break this month and will be back in May!
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He mai . . . He mai! The ARTS at Marks Garage is on a mission to bring native Hawaiian expression back to Chinatown . . . 21stCentury Lōku House is a new monthly event inspired by the "Lōku Sites" of Kou, but with modern-day edge. Featuring special performances, 'ono food, ice cold beverage, deep conversation and especially, good company, all with a uniquely Hawaiian aesthetic. We need kōkua to lay a strong foundation for Lōku House; to make this a place for important discourse; a venue for performances that have no other outlet; and, if nothing else, a destination for good times with friends. Come share your mana'o!
lō.ku, n. A game, perhaps like kilu (FS 163);
a place for indoor games;
evening entertainment (Ii 63-4). [Pukui & Elbert]
Mahalo to our sponsors Kona Brewing Company, Hawaii Tourism Authority and the Mayor's Office of Culture & The Arts.
www.artsatmarks.com
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Hawaii Women in Filmmaking present
GRRRL Film | Club Troop 1500
Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 4-6pm, FREE
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TROOP 1500 follows five young Girl Scouts whose mothers are serving time. The filmmakers trained the girls in videography, so they could conduct their own interviews and tell their own stories-asking some difficult questions and getting some tough answers.
www.hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org
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Pretty Peacock Productions presents
Neon Dreams
1-Weekend Only! 18+ Suggested
Thursday, April 24, 2014-Saturday, April 26, 2014
Doors 7pm, Pre-Show 715pm, Show 730pm
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Doors 6pm, Pre-Show 615pm, Show 630pm
VIP $60 for two, General $25, Door $30
http://NeonDreams.EventBrite.Com
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Pretty Peacock Productions invites you on a journey to the mystical world of Neon Dreams, starring La Femme Rikita who enters the taboo world of Neon Dreams where she undergoes a provocative transformation in lessons of love, power and sex.
First-time playwright, Lola Love has teamed up with choreographer La Femme Rikita, Maui's black light burlesque beauties - The UltraViolets, Aisis Chen of Hawai'i Women in Filmmaking and HI Capacity to create a black light theatrical production - combining burlesque, dance, aerial and new media art. The cast includes Lola Love, Madame X, Tita Titsling, Mabsy, Hunter Down & Opal Rouge and many more of Honolulu's handpicked performers who will help guide you through the ABC's of sex.
The show features custom costuming by Rose Wolfe and Carlyn Wolfe (Manoa Valley Theater), props and accessories using 3D printing (HI Capacity) and visual images created by Aisis Chen. A blend of visual art, movement and theatrics, Neon Dreams is guaranteed to take you out of this world.
www.facebook.com/events/397346760402033
www.prettypeacockproductions.com
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CALL TO ARTISTS!
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2014 SUMMER REEL CAMPS FOR GIRLS
Age 13-19, Deadline to apply: May 15, 2014
Registration fee for each camp: $500
We offer a voluntary sliding scale fee so that you pay what you can. We also offer scholarships. No girl will be turned away for lack of funds.
ANIMATION: JUNE 24 - 28 | 8:30 -4:00 pm
Learn the principles and techniques of animation using industry-standard camera, editing software, and more.
BASIC REEL: JULY 22 - 26 | 8:30 -4:00 pm
Learn storytelling, storyboarding, scriptwriting, use of professional camera, lighting, audio, and editing. You will be working in small production teams with a mentor and produce a short video.
For more information, call (808) 799-4438, or email summer@hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org
www.hawaiiwomeninfilmmaking.org
36 Views of Leahi (Diamond Head).
Juried by Masami Teraoka.
Image and Payment Deadline: Friday, August 1, 2014.
Entry fee: $15 per piece. 3 entries per artist, max, Complete Submission Form Online
Submit images via jpegs only at info@artsatmarks.com.
Only paid entries will be juried.
Presented in the spirit of Hokusai's and Hiroshige's world famous print series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" from the early 1800's. This open call to all artists, will accept the best 36 pieces submitted in any and all media, size, and styles that include, from whatever angle or point of view, Honolulu's most iconic landscape. Exhibit August 12, to September 27, 2014
www.artsatmarks.com/36viewsofleahi
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COMING SOON!
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UPCOMING EXHIBIT
April 29 - May 31, 2014
MAMo: Maoli Arts Month
PA'I Foundation presents
Contemporary Hawaiian Visual Arts
Curated by Drew Broderick of ii Gallery.
www.maoliartsmonth.org
2014 Improvaganza 9
Hawaii Festival of Improv
September 25-28, 2014
Improvaganza: Hawaii Festival of Improv is now accepting submission applications for its 2014 improv festival which will happen Thursday September 25 through Sunday September 28. This year's festival will take place in the Heart of the Honolulu's Historical Chinatown Arts District at The ARTS at Marks Garage and at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Now in it's 9th year, Improvaganza has earned a reputition for its innovation, hospitality, and aloha. Once again Improvaganza invites improvisers from all over the world to be a part of this year's festival.This year's Festival theme is Kaiju "Giant Monster." So this year we are looking for improv acts that are Godzilla sized and ready to demolish the Honoulu Skyline.
www.improvaganza.com
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