Kalae Kaina: A Dance Journey into Self-Awareness & Empowerment
Kalae Kaina has been enchanting audiences and empowering women through the sensual and evocative art form of tribal fusion bellydance for over two decades. In dance, she found solace, healing, and artistic expression that transformed her life as she built a life immersed in the performing arts performing, teaching, and leading the Shakti Dance Movement […]
Janet Jin: Sharing the Essence of Tai Chi for Personal Transformation
HonoluluVibes.com Photo Ronen Zilberman Like many of us who call Hawai’i home Janet’s life journey began in a different place yet upon visiting the islands something touched her inside calling her back to make Oahu her home. A move that eventually led her full circle back to her childhood passion for martial arts when she […]
Hawaii’s First Lady of Taiko – Chizuko Endo
Chizuko Endo – a pioneer as a woman in the world of Taiko arts who has traveled the globe performing & teaching in addition to raising two sons and co-founding and running the Taiko Center of the Pacific here in Hawaii. In our latest edition of Common Threads, Chizuko shares some of the experiences that […]
The Spiritual Midwifery of Medrakanoeonapua
Medrakanoeonapua or Medra, as she’s fondly known, has been a figure of lore and legend within the birthing community of Oahu for over 40 years. Yet, you may not have heard of her unless, of course, you were planning a home birth. More and more women are choosing to give birth at home, desiring a […]
Common Threads: Part II with Kahnma Karnga – Biggest Thing Out of Kaimuki!
Kahnma performs at her ‘Bridges’ video release party in Waikiki. (photo courtesy of Kahnma) Kahnma Karnga escaped civil war in Liberia as a child, immigrating to the United States. In her new life, she learned to navigate an unfamiliar culture, finally following her passions to Hawaii where she re-connected to her African roots through the […]
Common Threads: Part I with Kahnma Karnga on Coming to America
Singer/songwriter Kahnma Karnga shares insights on racism and her life in Africa, America, and Hawaii in this 2 part interview series w/ Common Threads
Common Threads: Kirstin Pauka – Living & Teaching Asian Theatre
by Erica McMillan We kick off this series of monthly interviews with all-around, interesting woman about town, Kirstin Pauka Ph.D., a Professor of Theatre at UH Manoa and the Director of the UHM Asian Theatre Program. I first got to know her through, the local West African Dance Band, Jamarek of which we’re both members. […]
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