Learn About Oahu Art & Nightlife

Hawaii. The Islands of Aloha.

Gelareih Khoio:: When I think of the color of the blue, I think of the sky just after sunset especially on a full moon. It is impossible to replicate if you try paint it. I am Gelareih Khoio, I am the primary owner of Thirty-nine Hotel. Nightlife in Chinatown has really evolved for than the last ten years. It has really grown and become a lot more diverse.

Rich Richardson:: Ritually is a monthly celebration of the Arts in the downtown Chinatown area. It has turned into a kind of urban celebration of the arts with thousands of people involved with that real kind of festive atmosphere.

Gelareih Khoio: Little by a little it grew to the point where it was a really great place for your families and people want to sort of see each other, see in be seen.

Rich Richardson: It has become a real celebration for people that live here and visitors appreciate that authentic experience.

Gelareih Khoio: What makes nightlife in Hawaii unique is that you can go to a variety of venues and clubs that are completely different from each other.

Rich Richardson: We are on the verge of treating us seen here that is going to be recognizable internationally as a kind of fusion of Eastern and Western influences and enhanced by Hawaiian concepts.

Gelareih Khoio: We have been sort of managed to create this buzz and it is really exciting.

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