June 25, 2019 at 2:00 pm
· Filed under Author, business, community, conversation
Lorenzo DeStefano is a Honolulu born photographer, filmmaker, film editor and writer who explores the hidden lives of those who are often overlooked in society. He wrote and directed Shipment Day, a stage play that ran at O‘ahu’s Mānoa Valley Theatre. It tells the true story of his feisty cousin Olivia who contracted leprosy at age 18 and was exiled to Kalaupapa, Moloka‘i.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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June 11, 2019 at 3:00 pm
· Filed under community
In this special Father’s Day compilation, we celebrate dads and the life lessons they’ve passed along to their children. You’ll hear stories of how fathers and father figures influenced business adviser Pono Shim, comedian Augie T, entertainer Melveen Leed, champion spear-fisher Kimi Werner and community advocate Kamuela Enos.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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May 21, 2019 at 11:54 am
· Filed under Culture, Hawaii, In-Depth Interview, community
After leaving his isolated hometown of Hāna, Maui, Francis “Palani” Sinenci spent decades away in the military before becoming inspired to reconnect with his Hawaiian roots. Serendipitously, he fell into the art of building traditional Native Hawaiian houses. Over the past twenty years, he has become a master, having built more than 300 traditional Hawaiian hales thatched with grass or leaves.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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May 14, 2019 at 3:00 pm
· Filed under Culture, Hawaii, community
Puna Dawson has often found herself in the right place at the right time. Guided by her Hawaiian values and a desire to serve others, she has met extraordinary individuals and lived through significant events. Meet this Kaua‘i-based Hawaiian cultural practitioner and learn about the remarkable people and events that have touched and shaped her life.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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March 19, 2019 at 4:00 pm
· Filed under Government, Hawaii, business, community, conversation, public affairs
Growing up in the crowded, rundown tenements of downtown Honolulu, Mahealani Wendt witnessed the poverty of the Native Hawaiian people around her. That ignited a passion to help, and she spent more than three decades fighting for Hawaiian rights, with a long run as the Executive Director of the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation in Honolulu. Today she lives in Hāna, Maui, and is a poet and author.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
Visit the Long Story Short website at: http://pbshawaii.org/lss/
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January 22, 2019 at 3:00 pm
· Filed under Culture, Dance, community, entertainer
Musician, singer and dancer Nani Lim Yap tells how her Lim family’s music grew from an entertaining pastime to a career that takes them around the world to perform. She also reminisces about her upbringing in Kohala, Hawai‘i Island, and the way she keeps the traditions and stories of her ancestors alive as a kumu hula.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
Visit the Long Story Short website at: http://pbshawaii.org/lss/
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December 11, 2018 at 5:29 pm
· Filed under Artist, community, entertainer
Before their music reached audiences around the world, Marlene Sai, Danny Kaleikini and Emma Veary were known as staples of the local entertainment scene. Hear these three entertainers discuss the beginnings of their music careers in Waikīkī and other Honolulu venues.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
Visit the Long Story Short website at: http://pbshawaii.org/lss/
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November 27, 2018 at 4:43 pm
· Filed under Hawaii, community, public affairs
In this special edition of Long Story Short, we recall our 2009 stay in the Kalaupapa community on Moloka‘i. Members of the dwindling population of former Hawai‘i Hansen’s Disease patients shared what it was like, many years ago, to leave their homes and families. Norbert Kaiama Palea, Elroy Makia Malo, Meli Watanuki and Clarence “Boogie” Kalihihiwa speak of isolation, loss, community, hope and renewal.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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November 13, 2018 at 4:00 pm
· Filed under Culture, community, conversation
As one of more than two million draftees called upon to fight in the Vietnam War, 19-year-old Allen Hoe thought he would serve his time and then his life would resume as normal. In his conversation with Leslie Wilcox, Hoe reflects on the experiences that turned this local boy into a soldier’s soldier.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
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October 30, 2018 at 4:00 pm
· Filed under Hawaii, In-Depth Interview, community, interview, public affairs
Named for the island where he was born, Lanai Tabura is well-known for his talents as a DJ, comedian, television host, actor and entrepreneur. Now he dedicates himself to one of his earliest passions – cooking – to share aloha across the globe through food.
Long Story Short with Leslie Wilcox is a production of PBS Hawai‘i.
Visit the Long Story Short website at: http://pbshawaii.org/lss/
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