Hawaii Book and Music Fest 2019

Leesa Clark Stone’s Paradise to Paradise: The Rap Reiplinger Story chronicles the life of her late husband, James Kawika Piimauna “Rap” Reiplinger. She was a journalist with several radio stations in Honolulu, before becoming a morning anchor and reporter at KITV. After leaving... Read More →

Jon de Mello, CEO of The Mountain Apple Company, has been a fixture in Hawaiʻi’s entertainment industry for over 30 years.  He is well known as a top producer of local talent, including The Brothers Cazimero, Israel IZ Kamakawiwoʻole, and of course, Rap Reiplinger.  Jon has... Read More →

Ed Ka‘ahea is the last founding member of the legendary Hawaiian comedy trio, Booga Booga, along with comedy icons James Grant Benton and Rap Reiplinger. Booga Booga delivered a hybrid pidgin-English-based satire that rocked Hawaii that captured the changing cultural and political... Read More →

Leon Siu is an accomplished visual artist, author, musician, vocalist, recording artist, composer, poet, lyricist, arranger, and producer of audio, film and video projects. One of his compositions was recorded by the famous London Symphony Orchestra, and he has composed sound-track... Read More →