The Making of the Nightlife Guide: a Ka Leo behind the scenes

Brian Tseng / Ka Leo O Hawaii

The cover photo we used for Ka Leo's Nightlife Guide, November 18, 2011.

Ever wanted to see how we make the newspaper? Here's your chance. The talented cinematographer Shinichi Toyama follows the Ka Leo crew around as it prepares the Nightlife Guide. From planning and conceptualizing, to interviewing, photo shoots, designing and putting the pages together and all the way until the finished product comes out. Check it out.

Green Party of Hawai‘i secures ballot place through 2020

After 3 successful years of petitioning and signature gathering to appear on Hawai‘i's partisan election ballots, the Green Party of Hawai‘i is now legally mandated to appear on all partisan ballots through 2020 without the need for petitions.

After a Green Party member beat out a democratic incumbent and republican candidate on the island of Hawai‘i (the 'Big Island'), Green Party support has continued to increase on that island and the Party hopes this is a sign that their influence will continue to spread throughout the rest of the state.

For more information, check out kaleo.org starting tonight at midnight, Hawai‘i time to read our news report on this. Link will follow tomorrow.

- Will

Vignettes on the margins

Tomorrow's issue of Ka Leo will feature an article about Gail Tsukiyama, author of "A Hundred Flowers" and "The Street of a Thousand Blossoms," and the Celebrate Reading Festival, which she will be speaking at as well as reading from her works.
The artwork was originally created as an accompaniment for the article so, for the purposes of the blog and the Internets in general, I decided to turn it into a poster for the event, partially because I'm trying my hand more and more at design as well in an attempt to market my skills a little more strategically. Enjoy!


We have all seized the white perimeter as our own
and reached for a pen if only to show
we did not just laze in an armchair turning pages;
we pressed a thought into the wayside,
planted an impression along the verge.


- Billy Collins, Marginalia

Woman's Choice

An illustration appearing in tomorrow's edition of Ka Leo O Hawaii to accompany an article about how old men, and really just men in general, should butt their hoary heads out of women's reproductive rights. 'Nuff said, Washington. Women don't tell you not to masturbate because it kills potential life-forms, or half-life-forms (not to be confused with this), though - if you read the article you'll see - that's already been thought of too. Article goes live in 2 hours. Link to follow.

Crumbling hope

Cover art for Ka Leo issue featuring the last Candidate's Corner on Obama. Other than the New Student Orientation guide from last summer, this is the only cover art I've had for Ka Leo, I think. Pretty sweet!