A longtime member of the Musicians’ Association of Hawai’i, George Kuo is an exquisite, but underrated, slack key guitarist whose reach extends far outside the islands. For those who’ve experienced him live, Kuo truly embodies the voice, or Ka Leo, of Hawaii. His exquisite voice and slack key touch, often on double-neck guitar, overflow with […]
Stephen’s ashes will be spread on Haleakalā on the Island of Maui and the top of Tantalus on Oahu. A Celebration of Life will be held on July 9, 2016 at Sea Life Park from 2 – 5 pm. We expect a large number of people will want to join the Celebration of Life. In […]
The Blood Bank of Hawaii has their mobile bus behind our building on Waimanu Street today from 9am until 2pm. Please stop by if you can to donate! Mahalo!
The Hawaii State AFL-CIO has established scholarships that will be awarded to students who are currently attending high school in the state of Hawaii and plan to pursue post-high school study on a full-time basis at a university, college, community college, vocational or trade school. The following criteria will be used in determining the awarding […]
The ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO (April 28-30 in Los Angeles) is the leading conference for music creators – songwriters, composers, artists and producers. ASCAP EXPO is open to anyone, not just ASCAP members! EXPO puts you in the heart of ASCAP’s community of today’s most successful music creators for three days of education, networking […]
Just a reminder that Hawaii residents can register to vote online in addition to updating their existing voter registration. Simply visit https://olvr.hawaii.gov/ to begin. A valid Hawaii Driver’s License or State ID including Social Security Number is required.
Tax season is officially here! I know, please contain your excitement. Yes, it’s never a fun thing to do with your time, but we have a tip that could make your tax return just a bit brighter this year. Did you know that union members who itemize their deductions are permitted to deduct their union dues […]
The Musicians’ Association of Hawai’i has begun discussions with the City of Honolulu to establish Musicians loading zones in some of the high traffic areas outside of many of the most popular venues that feature live musicians. While this is in the initial stages, we are requesting that musicians help us identify these areas. One area that […]
This morning, Hawaiian Dredging began repairs on the leak we have had in 909 over the last several years. After attempting to run a camera into a light fixture, they eventually had to cut a hole in the far corner panel that exhibited the signs of the most rust and from where much of the […]
As many of you know, we have had some leaks in 909 that have caused some damage. We have finally met with the contractors who have been very helpful in finally getting these issues resolved. From June 10-17, 2015, we will be bringing in heavy equipment to get at the ceiling plates where the leaks […]