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Cover Story: How Rachel Deboer and the Ultraviolets use Body Paint and Performance to Explore Culture and Sexuality on Maui

When Rachel Deboer pulls out her completely undecipherable calendar, with curly-sued scribbles that cover every square inch of space on the page, I can't help but giggle. "Don't laugh at me," she says meekly. "You can't judge me by this." Then she promptly finds an opening for a Monday noon lunch appointment and pencils me in, using her special brand of hieroglyphics.

News: Alexander and Baldwin Honors Tuition Grant Recipients

The Edventure program at UH Maui College has been offering non-credit course training and skill building to more than 12,000 Maui students annually. For those of us who lack deep pockets, Alexander & Baldwin Foundation is helping keep costs down with tuition grants. On June 7, UH Maui will host a reception at Leis Family Class Act in the Paina Building from 5:30 to 7pm to celebrate those who've benefited. During the reception, A&B plans to reveal a check to the Office of Continuing Education (OCET).

News: Lahainatown Action Committee Sponsors Halloween T Shirt Contest

Lahainatown Action Committee is holding a contest for a new "Halloween in Lahaina" t-shirt design. The winning design will effectively reflect the theme 'Great Energy' at this year's event.

News: Tales From Marshall Langfords Pellet Gun and the EPA Peers into Haleakala Haze

TALES FROM THE PELLET GUN It took a few days to nail down the key details, but it's now looking like a Maui Police Officer shot and killed Marshall "Mosi" Langford, 31, of Wailuku during a May 22 confrontation involving a stolen car. According to news accounts as well as statements put out by the County of Maui and the Maui PD, Langford was at the wheel of a blue 2010 Chevy Impala rental car that was reported stolen a week before when police spotted him in the parking lot of the Mana Kai Maui Resort in Kihei.

News: Kahului Resident Wins Photovoltaic System From Zippys and RevoluSun

Passion for Zip Paks paid off this month when Kahului resident Simeon Tabieros entered the "Join the RevoluSun Home Solar System Giveaway" and won the grand prize: a $15,000 photovoltaic system. Zippy's and Revolusun teamed up for the campaign to increase sustainability awareness.

News: Illegal Siding and Psycho Real Estate Schemes

LAZINESS SAVES! Dr. Oliver Di Pietro of Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., is a leading prescriber of the "K-E diet" that offers desperate people drastic short-term weight loss by threading a feeding tube through the nose to the stomach and dripping in a protein-fat solution, as clients' only "meals," for 10 straight days. "Within a few hours," Dr. Di Pietro told ABC's Good Morning America in April, "your hunger and appetite go away completely."

Maui Restaurants, Food and Drink: Sure Thing Burger New Maui Restaurant Review

With places like Umami Burger in Los Angeles changing the landscape in which we consume hot meaty sandwiches, it's no coincidence that Josiah Citrin of LA's Melisse bounced over to Maui to developed his own burger wonder. His Sure Thing Burger (he's co-owner and head chef) opened quietly on Front Street in January.

Maui Restaurants, Food and Drink: Pau Hana at the Dog and Duck in Kihei

DESCRIPTION: This self proclaimed Jaeger bar hosts a jolly good mix of manly boys and boyish men with a bevy of cheeky ladies serving up tap beers and chilled shots. They took the traditions of the classic Irish pub and dropped it in a hot (literally) and sexy package in the heart of Kihei Kalama Village. Decor is quaint, curtains on the paned windows, football (soccer) on the tele, wood furniture and cozy atmosphere. Live entertainment and a bang up vibe get this pub pumping.

Arts and Entertainment: Kory Kukahiko and Maui Huliau Film Fest and Recalling Hawaii And Ulupalakua Inspires

THURSDAY, MAY 31 KORY KUKAHIKO - Come celebrate Lahaina with a night of live Hawaiian music under the stars and handmade Polynesian crafts. Lahaina local Kory Kukahiko will play some classic Hawaiian tunes on Front Street as part of the Lahaina Restoration Foundation's Hawaiian Music Series. Kukahiko's love of Hawaiian music began at an early age

Arts and Entertainment: Anuhea Plays Stella Blues on June 1 and 2

Sometimes called the "next Jack Johnson" because of her island origins, rising commercial success and breezy jams, Anuhea returns to Maui this summer for just two nights of music at Stella Blues in Kihei. Though Johnson is her preeminent musical inspiration, Anuhea doesn't like being compared to anyone.

Columns: Readers Sound Off on the Maui Visitors Bureau

The following letters are in response to Anthony Pignataro's May 17, 2012 cover story "This Year Terryl Vencl wants the County to give the Maui Visitors Bureau $3.5 million."

Columns: Watch Out for the Red Moped Guy

Dude on red moped: Not sure you realize this, but you were driving illegally on the airport bike path. You were also on the wrong side of the path, going fast around a blind corner. Did you know that you nearly killed the bicyclist coming from the opposite direction? Thankfully, his reflexes made up for your lack of brains. Had it been a keiki on a tricycle, there'd be the blood of a child on that shiny red moped of yours. For the sake of the rest of us, please get off the road.

Columns: Your Horoscope

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Different things have different learning curves. Some activities, like oil painting or martial arts, have lengthy, slow curves, requiring practice and persistence. You might be able to punch through a sheet of paper on your first day, but putting your fist through a 2x4 is going to take a long while to work up to. On the other hand, there are useful skills-such as riding a bike, or cooking a nice meal-that you can absolutely learn in a few hours. Recognize which kind of activity you're beginning now, and adjust your patience accordingly; your happiness depends on it.

Film: Men In Black 3 New Movie Review

After extraterrestrial "Boris the Animal" escapes from an intergalactic prison, he heads back to earth to punish the MIB who put him there: Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones), who is still battling rogue alien scum with his ever-chatty partner Agent J (Will Smith). Boris (played by Flight of the Conchords Jemaine Clement) has a unique plan for revenge: by heading back to 1969 and killing a Young Agent K (played by Josh Brolin), he could wipe out his greatest enemy and oversee a world takeover in the present.