Craig DeSilva
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 4
- Latest publication
- Sep 16, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Hawai'i Public Radio
- Top 1M sites
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- Jul 15, 2026
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Wild About Saving Animals (opens the original)
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Camille Saint-Saëns’ famous “Carnival of the Animals” — a beloved classic — is getting a modern reimagining for Hawaiʻi audiences. “Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals” blends chamber music, dance, storytelling, and larger-than-life puppets to spotlight Hawaiʻi's most endangered species. The production premieres this weekend at the Hawaiʻi Theatre. Harpist Megan Conley, who's the visionary behind the project, joined Evening Concert to talk about her passion project that uses the power of musi
Where Science Meets Art (opens the original)
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Michael Nassir loves teaching students about the stars and planets. But the physics and astronomy instructor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa also enjoys being a student himself, refining his musical skills as a lifelong pianist. Classical music is a rewarding way to balance his science career with this artistic passion. Nassir recently returned from a weeklong piano coaching experience in the inaugural Salastina Chamber Music Workshop program at the California Institute of Technology (Calt
Tuesday Student Takeover: KidShakes — A Bite-Sized Comedy of Errors (opens the original)
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KidShakes is a ten-week summer program with the Hilo Community Players that culminates in a youth-friendly adaptation of one of William Shakespeare’s beloved works. Last weekend, KidShakes performed a bite-sized version of “The Comedy of Errors” as part of the Hilo Community Players’ 4th Annual Shakespeare in the Park Festival. Actors from the program joined Sharene Taba for this student takeover, sharing their experiences with KidShakes. Ranging in age from 10 to 15, Ezra, John, Ari, Caroleena,
Happy Talk with South Pacific’s Loretta Ables Sayre (opens the original)
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"South Pacific" is filled with catchy, upbeat tunes that are ingrained in the American theater repertoire. But the Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II also includes dark, serious themes of racism and prejudice that many shows in the post-World War II era didn’t want to confront. Loretta Ables Sayre's careful research and preparation for her portrayal of the show’s iconic character Bloody Mary in the 2008 Lincoln Center revival of "South Pacific" helped earn her a Tony no
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