This Week in TGIF: Melissa Etheridge

JULY 2012
FRI 20 / SAT 21 / SUN 22

Melissa Etheridge returns to Honolulu with a new tune

The four years since Melissa Etheridge last performed in Honolulu, playing a sold-out concert in the Blaisdell Concert Hall, have been busy and productive for her. She’s performed at the Democratic National Convention, been featured in a breast cancer documentary, “1 a Minute,” recorded and released three full-length CDs, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She also finished work last month on a fourth album since that last Oahu performance, “4th Street Feeling,” that she describes as “the most of me that I’ve ever put on an album.”

• A historian offers trivia on the state’s beloved instrument
• The annual Prince Lot Hula Festival is a noncompetitive affair at Moanalua Gardens
• Don your flashiest outfit to feast on music and a trippy light show at The Love Festival
• Quick Bites: Cactus restaurant kicks off its dinner series with island-fresh ingredients and wine pairings
• Best of Our Web: ‘Roots Block Party,’ ‘Lujuria,’ Hula’s 38th anniversary and more
• At the Movies: ‘Dark Knight Rises,’ ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild,’ ‘Deep Blue Sea’ and more
• Out ‘N’ About: All-Collectors Show, Central Oahu Carnival, Keiki Hula Competition and more
• To Do: Cut Chemist, Crystal Method, Grouplove and more
• Do It: ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ ‘Cymbeline,’ benefit show for Otto Cake and more
• Calendars: Music, Nightclubs, On Stage