Entertainment

24 bands line up for Peaceful Love Rock Festival

It’s a perfect time for a rock festival, only days after the rainy season comes to an end and everyone’s got island fever. The 27th Peaceful Love Rock Festival is set to rock the Okinawa City Athletic Field Saturday and Sunday, with musical sounds echoing from 24 different bands, including the Murasaki Project, which began the whole festival concept in 1983. Read More!

Koza Music Town hosts Karashima Trio tomorrow

Jazz pianist Fumio Karashima is making a return visit to Koza Music Town, bringing trumpeter Frank Gordon along for the concert. The Music Town Jazz Night begins at 7 p. Read More!

"Begin" headlines island's largest music festival

Songs give people peace and happiness, and that’s enough to inspire some of the island’s top entertainers to offer their talents—FREE—at a Song Day Carnival 2009 on Saturday. Created some years ago by the popular Begin, a three-man pop group from Ishigaki Island, the Song Day Carnival has grown to this year include The Boom, Garage Sales, Gen Chan and All Japan Goith. Read More!

Community

Gary Sinise to perform at AmericaFest, Camp Foster

The extended Independence Day weekend is shaping up to be a star-studded holiday, starting tonight with a special performance by Gary Sinise and the Lieutenant Dan Band live at the Butler Theater on Camp Foster. Doors open at 7 p. Read More!

Cell phones, internet deter students from doing studies

High school students are not studying or reading, and a new survey says today’s technology appears to be the reason. Some 94% of high school students are carrying cell phones with them, and the trend is dipping down to junior high school grades, where a third of the students have them as well. Read More!