First Friday REVIVAL!! Celebrating 15 years of First Fridays in Chinatown!!
For November we are celebrating local creators FOR ARTS SAKE! Elevating and activating our wealth of local talent through artistic expressions throughout the ENTIRE neighborhood for ALL with over 40 venues to experience! From keiki to kupuna and everything in between, there is something for everyone!!
HIGHLIGHTED EVENTS INCLUDE:
Hawaii Theatre Center
BENEFIT PREMIERE OF Last Taxi Dance by local Indie filmmaker Brayden Yoder!!
Pantheon Contemporary (The old Indigo Restaurant):
Pop up visual & sound experiential exhibition by Chinatown creative, Ara Laylo.
The ARTS at Marks Garage
Opening of “For Art Sake”, a group artist exhibition featuring local artists Albert “Hardkoa” Weight, Brook Parker, Barry Napolean, Sonya Hoffermeister, Nadia Fairlamb.
Hotel Street Storefront Visual Installation @31 N Hotel St.:
AXIS in partnership with the national artistic advocacy organization, For Freedoms revives vacant spaces in historial places with a visual installation by Maoli artists Cory Taum & Imaikalani Kalahele. A symbol of artistic civic engagement in identifying our relationship to place.
Hotel Street Block pARTy:
LIVE music by Mike Izon
LIVE mural painting by Marina Staubus Art
LIVE performances including Rikita Turner & The Worlds Smallest Burlesque Show
(Location times vary – check location website for specific event details)
5p-10p: Boutiques & restaurant specials, art shows & performances
8p-12a: Hotel St. block party (live music, street art, beer/wine bar)
8p-2a: Clubs, bars, late-night dance venues (DJ, live music, performances)
**Way finding stations & printed MAP available throughout neighborhood***
Something for EVERYONE…Art spaces, event venues, cuisine places, libation locations, street spots, boutique stops, barber shops, studios, rooftops, lofts, lanais and coworking plots. Cultivated, curated & cared for by local place-makers, entrepreneurs & artists mapped within 6 square blocks of Honolulu’s ONLY Historical Culture & Arts District, the oldest Chinatown in the U.S.
Every month we will be honoring a significant theme, topic or collective issue we can gather around as an island community…from keiki to kupuna, there is something for everyone!
#firstfridayhonolulu #chinARTtown #axispoints
***MAPPED LOCATIONS INCLUDE***
ARTS:
HiSAM Museum Gallery Shop x Mori
The Old Blaisdell Hotel
Louis Pohl Gallery
Hawaii Theatre Center
Kumu Kahua Theatre
The Pegge Hopper Gallery
In4mation – I Shall Proceed and Continue
The ARTS at Marks Garage
The Art Treasures Gallery
Nu’uanu St. Storefronts
Pantheon Contemporary
Front Lobe – Solomon Enos Studio
ROC – Real Office Centers
Ravizza Brownfield Gallery
Chinatown Artists Lofts
Zwick Academy of Fine Art
The Naughty Vegan Studio
ENTERTAINMENT:
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Scarlet Honolulu
Bar Elixrs
The Dragon Upstairs in Honolulu Hawaii
O’Tools Irish Pub
Polearity Studio
HI Design Barber & Lounge
Good Vibe Center
Sakura Loft
SHOPPING:
Valia Honolulu
Ginger13
Barrio Vintage
Hound and Quail
Owens & Co.
Madre Chocolate
Roberta Oaks, Hawaii
HI Design Barber & Lounge
Indigo Alliance Hawaii
HOTEL STREET BLOCK pARTy including live music, outdoor bar & live mural painting!!!
**TIMES VARY – CHECK SPECIFIC LOCATIONS FOR DETAILS ON ARTFUL EVENTS & OFFERINGS**
Local art exhibitions, galleries, artist lofts, open studios & new installations. Live demonstrations, trunk shows & exhibitions at area retailers including exclusive sales! Restaurants & bars offer specials, launch seasonal menus & host live entertainment throughout the evening. Late night venues to keep you moving with DJ’s, live music & dance floors.
Starting at 8pm, Hotel street will close. Live music will be available on the street till 10pm and outdoor bar till 11pm!!! Live mural painting until midnight!!!!
TRANSPORTATION: Biki In – Lyft Home!!
Biki Hawaii (Richard & Pauahi Street locations)
Lyft (Discount Codes – FIRSTFRIDAYCT or FIRSTFRIDAYCT18)
PARKING:
FREE – street parking starting 6pm
$5 flat rate – Chinatown Municipal Garages (Bethel, Beretania & Mauna Kea St.) 5pm – midnight
$12 flat rate – Marks Garage 5pm – midnight