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Best of Our Web: New Year’s Eve highlights

Jan. 4, 2013 | 0 Comments In the Star-Advertiser Friday Print Edition

BY JASON GENEGABUS / jason@staradvertiser.com

--Joah Buley, Special to the Star-Advertiser

PICS: ‘PARTY OF THE YEAR’ AT KAKAAKO WATERFRONT PARK: 1. Kakaako Waterfront Park hosted an all-ages New Year’s Eve celebration — complete with fireworks, “Eat the Street” food trucks, an LED-lit Ferris wheel and multiple stages of entertainment — on Monday. The night also served as a CD release party for popular recording artist Fiji, who celebrated 20 years of making music with a new album. See honolulupulse.com/?p=92892 for more pictures.

--Gary Moratz, Special to the Star-Advertiser

PICS: ‘NYE ALOHA TOWER BLOCK PARTY’: 2. Aloha Tower Marketplace was the site for a multi-venue New Year’s Eve block party on Monday, with a fireworks show after midnight and the debut of the complex’s latest nightclub, the Sunset Room. For more photos from the night, go to honolulupulse.com/?p=92915.

--Tony Grillo, Special to the Star-Advertiser

PICS: ‘MODERN EXPERIENCE: A TOUCH OF RED’: 3. Flash Hansen and Blaise Sato partnered with the Modern Honolulu for the second year to present “The Modern Experience 2013: A Touch of Red” on Monday at the hotel. See the complete gallery at honolulupulse.com/?p=92890.

--Kat Wade, Special to the Star-Advertiser

PICS: ‘BLACK AND WHITE AFFAIR’ AT PEARL: 4. Pearl Ultralounge hosted a semiformal New Year’s Eve celebration with DJs Euphorik and Edit, a Champagne toast and Chinese lion dancers on Monday at Ala Moana Center. Visit honolulupulse.com/?p=92876 for more pictures.

--Anthony Consillio, Special to the Star-Advertiser

PICS: ‘LUX: MASQUERADE CASINO ROYALE’: 5. The Trump International Hotel Waikiki hosted a special New Year’s Eve edition of “LUX at the Trump” that featured a “masquerade ‘Casino Royale’” theme. Go to honolulupulse.com/?p=92891 for the complete photo gallery.