I made a rare daytime appearance in Waikiki last weekend for the second annual “Reuse-A-Shoe” drive at Niketown on Sunday.

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Siala “Mighty Mo” Siliga won three matches in five hours on Saturday to take home the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii championship.

Hawaii’s own Mike Malone, however, wasn’t as successful.

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Reggae superstar Pato Banton comes back to Honolulu for the third time in as many years, with a concert at Pipeline Cafe on May 10.

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Los Angeles-based hip-hop collective Living Legends sends two of its members to Honolulu and Maui this week.

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Going out tonight? Try something new at Fashion 45.

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Charlie Murphy is heading back to paradise, nearly two years to the day after his Hawaii stand-up debut at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.

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Jack Johnson isn’t the only musician who cares deeply about the environment. But while the North Shore resident spent the weekend headlining a two-day benefit concert, fellow singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow was getting herself involved in some drama with friend/filmmaker Laurie David.

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Local boy Jack Johnson returned to the stage after a yearlong hiatus last weekend, headlining the sold-out 2007 Kokua Festival at the Waikiki Shell.

For a full review of the Saturday show, click here. Star-Bulletin staff photographer Richard Walker was there from start to finish, and he was nice enough to hook me up with additional pictures that didn’t make it into print.

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Here’s a short clip of Eddie Vedder peforming at the 2007 Kokua Festival on Saturday.

Did you go to Kokua Fest? What did you think of Saturday’s and/or Sunday’s show?

One of Honolulu’s top reggae weeklies gets bigger and badder as it marks its first year at the Living Room on Thursday.

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