Ka Lamakua

Photography by Tracy Chan and Loraine Ho. On April 18, Ka Lamakua launched its second poetry event, Poet Trees, at Manoa Gardens. The venue came with access to new equipment on the cheap– microphones, a 8-foot screen projector, sound mixer, and speakers. Since the event was an open-mic, we just needed the performers to appear. [...]

Photos and captions by Tracy Chan. “Doing it on the Lanai” was a benefit poetry reading, featuring RYAN OISHI, TIARE PICARD, SAGE U‘ILANI TAKEHIRO, and JILL YAMASAWA. It all went down on April 14, from 8 to 10 pm at Jazz Minds Café, 1661 Kapiolani Blvd.

Written by Tracy Chan A circle shot of the poets gathered for Thursday’s event. Photo by Tracy Chan. …While some habits are nasty, the Stairwell Readings are something that Kalamakua hopes to make a…slightly less nasty habit. It all began when the editorial staff got an abstract poetry submission by Christian Miller and began reading it [...]

By Christian Miller Hangs off the end of his seat in the Chatsubo, neon blue smoke from a Korean version of a Cuban cigar engulfing his head like the myst of some archaic, enchanted forest. The once icy, glinting chrome of his Hosaka-Activision seven-finger star-power-feedback prosthetic arm is sprinkled with stardust glitter, the texture recalling [...]