Celebrate First Friday with music by the Solstice, slam poets, including Sparlha Swa, dancers, jugglers, clowns and of course, art.

June 6 at Ong King Arts CenterArt becomes us, we become art, so thus this night,day, event, celebration, declaration, cyclical brakefrom the norm dawns. International super artist JasperWOng, leads the visuaL art trio including ErinMcCullough and Sabina. GiinKO marachino retuRns, witha branD new piece of BUtoh Dance entitled ‘coexist.'Music is the FUnk Flavor from FiSH ouT of WatER, plusfresh off their IONA run the ever evolvingQUAdraphoNIX (with Taimane Gardener?). JuggLer-stILTwaLKER: MoCo LOcO is here. Hawaii SLam's Newest MemberTUi ScanLan speaks poetry.

Art becomes us, we become art, so thus this night, day, event, celebration, declaration, cyclical brake from the norm dawns. International super artist Jasper WOng, leads the visuaL art trio including Erin McCullough and MOCHee. GiinKO marachino retuRns, with a branD new piece of BUtoh Dance entitled ‘coexist.' Music begins with CuBAN DRUM ensemble led by ELI Clemens, then it is the FUnk Flavor from FiSH ouT of WatER, plus fresh off their IONA run the ever evolving QUAdraphoNIX (with Taimane Gardener?). JuggLer-stILT waLKER: MoCo LOcO is here. Hawaii SLam's Newest Member TUi ScanLan speaks poetry. art becomes uS, we become art, thus....

FeAture ArtIST: JASPER wONG During the 1980's the Chinese government attempted to create their very own slanty-eyed Communist-loving Hulk Hogan. However, the experiment failed, and Jasper Wong was thus born. As a small child, Jasper spent much of his time attempting to grow chest hair through mental telepathy and Kung Fu chopping small babies with his dainty Asian fists. As years passed, he learned to accept his genetic hairless deformities, and instead focused his time drawing portraits of the A-Team.

Dance: A crEW from:Willow Chang and Passport Productions Presents.........
............PUJA: AN OFFERING IN DANCE......wiLL thrOw down a preView/promo...

coLLEENa repesents at PUJA

Experience a journey in movement and music with celebrated artists from Honolulu and abroad. Puja, the Sankrit word meaning 'offering', is a celebration of devotion and the divine, expressed here in dance. PUJA is a unique and ground breaking showcase that celebrates where tradition and innovation meet. The diverse line up includes Argentine Tango - George & K'ai Garcia * Samantha Tavares * Glo Ayson * Michael McElhaney Swasthya Yoga - Guihermes Alves * Balinese Dance - Desiree A. Seguritan* Jennnifer Shannon Okinawan Dance - Dazzman Toguchi* Willow Chang & SANGHA Dance Theater *Sinamar Qi Gong - Michael Hamilton* Badenyaa African Diaspora Dance Theatre* Kamakoa Page Choreography by Betsy Fisher, with Michele M. Painter & Mayuko Ayabe * Samba Axe SPECIAL GUEST FROM INDIA - Indian Odissi & Rajasthani Gypsy Dance by Colleena Shakti
JUNE 7th, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM & JUNE 8th, SUNDAY, 2 PM, 2008 Paliku Theater Windward Community College $30 AT THE DOOR General Admission *$5 Senior & student discount
*Pre-sale tickets available For Info contact WWW.WILLOWCHANG.COM 808-292-0820

MUSIC: Fish OUT of Water, Five years of funk, mixed up with ROCK, REGGAE and Hip-hOp, yes these brothers bring positivety, and great musicianship to the stage. Their names are Kyle and Brandon Moon, they both play, they both sing, they trip into new styles and share music space and sometimes even share toothbrushes. They been playing at Boardriders in Kailua were some told me they funk the shit up....

www.myspace.com/fow

Quadraphonix returns to Ong King after months of working with IONA Dance in Paint by NUmber. This is the free for all dance groove. Quadraphonix includes sitar player Shree Sadagopan, drummer Jonathan Heroux, stand-up bass player Susan Cropp, and percussionist Eli Clemens.

CIRCUS: LOCO MOCO is Hawaii's most wonderful and crazy juggLer-stilt walker. He entertains, teaches and hustles from the streets of Waikiki, to the birthdays of Waimanalo. Recently he performed with IONA Dance Company, and at First Fridays.
Contact: mocojuggle@gmail.com