Pitstop: 6/1/12
Friday June 1
Application For 2012 Hot Import Model Contest
Event June 15 at Big Boys Toys & MMA Hawaii Expo at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall. Female applications 18 and over who have an interest, knowledge or passion for cars are welcome to enter. Completed entry form must be signed and submitted by June 1. Email for more information. If you are interested in entering, please send a recent full-length photograph, a headshot and one favorite photograph with the signed waiver to email listed. (Valen@hpelive.com)
One Night Stand
Medonca Building Courtyard, 1126 Smith St., Honolulu, 5:30-9:30 p.m., free. The One Night Stand in June features artists from the Art Department of the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. The Secret Beer Garden will be open again at the Gate as a benefit for The ARTS at Marks. (auntyhonu@aol.com)
First Friday Fundraiser
Milk and Honey Botique, across Little Village, 6:30-9:30 p.m., free. Wear your favorite purple attire or your TeamGail gear. Hundreds will make their way down to Chinatown’s June First Friday for art, entertainment and a night out to help fundraise money for local girl, Gail Gabriel as she battles stage four of lung cancer. (jquillopo@me.com)
Apply For The Sexiest Lingerie Contest
Event June 15 at the Big Boys Toys & MMA Hawaii Expo at the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall, 8:45 p.m. Female applications, over 18 years old, must submit completed entry form by June 1. Email for more information. (Valen@hpelive.com)
Saloon Pilots Perform
Big City Diner Kailua, 8:30-11 p.m., free. Oahu’s premier Bluegrass and Americana music band; Saloon Pilots, perform every first and third Friday of the month at Big City Diner Kailua. (263-8880)
Submissions For The Go-go Dance-off
At the Big Boys Toys & MMA Hawaii Expo June 15, 7:30-8:15 p.m., submissions must be received by June 1. All female dancers between the ages of 18 and 30 are welcome to enter the contest. Email for more information. (Valen@hpelive.com)
Nesian Nine Live
Shack Mililani,10:30 p.m. to close, cover at door. Nesian Nine playing live. (showprohawaii.com)
Bruce Shimabukuro Live
Pacific Beach Hotel’s Aloha Center Café, visit website for times and cost. Bruce Shimabukuro, the younger brother of world renowned ukulele player Jake Shimabukuro, entertains with some of Hawaii’s ukulele favorites. (pacificbeachhotel.com)
Go Bang! First Friday
thirtyninehotel, 9 p.m., $10/cover. Talent – DJs Timo and Mark. (thirtyninehotel.com)
Waikiki Live
Rivals Waikiki, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., cover. If you only visit one live music venue on Friday night, make it Waikiki Live at Rivals. Stef Muzic performs. (rivalslounge.com)
Realizing Your Vision: Digital Printing Techniques
UHM Sakamaki C104, 1-5 p.m., $80, register for L12132. With instructor Michael Gilbert and David Ulrich. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Josh Sharp Performs
3rd Cup Cafe & Venue, 8 p.m., free. “Josh Sharp” plays acoustic guitar. (888-6087)
Saturday June 2
11th Hour Live
Waikiki Sandbox, 10:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., free. 21 and older. 11th Hour delivers solid modern alternative and classic rock music. (347-1323)
The Grouch
Nextdoor, 43 N. Hotel St., Honolulu, 9 p.m., $20/door, $15/advance. Event is 21 and older. Featuring DJ Fresh. (grouchnextdoor.eventbrite.com)
Race To The Grinds
Podium Raceway, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., visit website for cost. Inside, there will be ongoing races for adults and children on Podium Raceway’s track, complete with their state-of-the-art go-karts, with opportunities to win more prizes, including membership cards to Podium Raceway so you can race as a VIP. (podiumraceway.com)
China Uemura’s Annual Wahine Surfing Classic
Kuhio Beach, June 2-3, 7 a.m. start, $60/registration fee. Benefits the Sex Abuse Treatment Center (SATC), a program of Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children. (chinauemura.com)
Cutting-edge User Experience Workshop
The Box Jelly, Kakaako, June 2-3, visit website for times and cost. Register online. The workshop will dive deeply into “Lean UX” concepts and techniques, and will be facilitated by LUXr, a San Francisco-based company that helps create high-performance product teams in high-growth startups. (luxrinhawaii.eventbrite.com, hi.s.co)
Rajah Dat Live
Shack Mililani, 9:30 p.m. to close, cover at door. Rajah Dat playing island reggae at the Shack Mililani (showprohawaii.com)
Social Media Master Class
Peace Harmony Center, 885 Queen St., Honolulu, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., $65/person. Limited seating – only 15 people per class. This is not a beginners class, at the very least you must have your Facebook business page started. (smohawaii.com)
Tributes: An Art Event
ING DIRECT Cafe, 1958 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu, opening night June 2 from 6-8 p.m., exhibit runs until June 30. Showcasing new works by painter and illustrator Pancho Abalos as he pays homage to and flips the script on the popular art of the Edo period. (pachosart.com)
Digital Business Marketing Demystified
UHM Kuykendall 304, 9 a.m. to noon, $55, register for L12135. With instructor Aaron Haynes. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Introduction To Adobe Illustrator
UHM Sakamaki C104, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., $140, register for L12055. With instuctor Ryan Brant. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Observations And Obsessions
UHM Krauss 12, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., $120, register for L12131. With instructor Michael Gilbert. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Ebb & Flow Ensemble
The ARTS at Marks Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu, 7:30 p.m., free. Works by Schoenberg, Koston, Kurtag, Sydeman, and Pollock – Rachel Schutz, soprano, Iggy Jang and Helen Liu, violins, Ethan Pernela, viola, Joanna Morrison-Pernela, ‘cello. (ebbandflowarts.org)
QUEENSUPREME
Fresh Cafe, doors open at 5 p.m. event runs until 1:30 a.m., $30/presale, 18 and over. The first installment of QUEENSUPREME will be featuring Dice Cunningham (SEA), Hopie, and Rocky Rivera with Irie Eyez and DJ Roza (SF), who are all female artists that are huge influences in their cities. (queensupremehi.com)
Sunday June 3
Pool Party
Hawaiian Brian’s, 4-9 p.m., $35. Live musical performances by Klass Act, Project Monday, Rolando Sanchez & the Latin Combo. With Special performance by: Saxophonist Rick Roman. (954-1559)
Social Dancing
SOS Main Showroom, Outrigger Waikiki, 2335 Kalakaua Ave., Honolulu, first Sundays, 7 p.m., $10/door. Social dancing music provided by international dj50. Spinning the hits from the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s. (fvpehawaii@aol.com)
A Beginner’s Guide To Masking In Adobe Photoshop
UHM Sakamaki C104, 9 a.m. to noon, $70, register for L12137. With instructor Bill Morrison. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Monday June 4
Enter For Hawaii’s Best Dance Crews Face Off
Event June 16-17 at Blaisdell Exhibition Hall at the Big Boys Toys & MMA Hawaii Expo, June 16 at noon, June 17 at 1 p.m., visit website for cost. Dance crews of six (all members must be over the age of 16) interested in competing must fill out application and turn it in by June 4. Application online. (bigboystoysmmaexpo.com, Valen@hpelive.com)
Photography And Experience V.2
UHM Krauss 12, Mondays, June 4 to July 30, 6-9 p.m., $270, register for L12093. With instructor Franco Salmoiraghi. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Tuesday June 5
VIVO: Shiroma + Padilla
The Dragon Upstairs, 8 p.m., cover at door. The Vivo Duo is the melding of sounds from two musicians who are accomplished in their own right – Pianist, vocalist, ukulele player and award-winning songwriter Ruth Shiroma Foster and Hoku award-winning violinist Duane Padilla. (thedragonupstairs.com)
Wednesday June 6
Creative Photoshop Solutions
UHM Sakamaki C104, 6-8 p.m., Wednesdays June 6-27, $175, $50/individual sessions, register for L12126. With instructor David Ulrich. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
Thursday June 7
RAW: Natural Born Artists
Showbox, 985 Dillingham Blvd., Honolulu, 8 p.m. to midnight, visit website for cost. The very first RAW event in Honolulu. Hosting two fashion shows, a visual artist gallery (10 artists), a band, a film screening and a featured hair stylist, and makeup artist, as well as an accessories designers. (RAWartists.org/honolulu/solstice)
Nextworking Professionals Mixer – Summer Mixer
Pearl Ultralounge, 1450 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu, 5:30-9:30 p.m., free. Ten different organizations reach out to their networks for this quarterly networking mixer event. (facebook.com/Nextworking)
Responsive Web Design
UHM Sakamaki C104, 6-9 p.m., $70, register for L12078. With instructor Charles Ka‘a Kihe. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
The Art Of Creating A Portfolio
UHM Kuykendall 304, 6-9 p.m., $300, register for L12120. With instructor David Ulrich. Visit website to register. (outreach.hawaii.edu/pnm)
