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  CD Baby: KEIKO BONK & KAZAN: Save the World
Keiko first made her name in the 1980s in the East Village of NYC, where she became known for her music, her painting, and her ability to organize one-of-a-kind events.
Bonk has a lot to say, and with the help of her very capable band mates, she will undoubtedly capture a new generation of loyal followers.
A study in the sweeping power of imperfection, Bonk’s somewhat off-kilter vocals testify to the unembellished truth that her lyrics speak.
cdbaby.com /cd/keikobonkkazan   (1189 words)

  
  Keiko Bonk - Slider
Bonk began her active political career by running for the Hawaii County Council from the Upper Puna-Kau-South Kona district in 1992.
Throughout the mid- and late-nineties, Bonk was an instructor at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Bonk was appointed President and Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural Center in Honolulu in 2003.
enc.slider.com /Enc/Keiko_Bonk   (256 words)

  
 Zmagazine
One of the local races watched by Greens across the country was Keiko Bonk-Abramson's re-election bid for the Hawaii Council, the legislative body for the big island.
Keiko represents the Kau district, which has the largest concentration of Native Hawaiians living a traditional way of life and is being promoted as a site for a "space port," which the Greens oppose.
Keiko advocates a more locally-owned, self-reliant economy based on diversified agriculture and smaller scale forms of tourism that take advantage of ecological resources rather than destroy them.
zena.secureforum.com /Znet/zmag/zarticle.cfm?Url=articles/feb95hawkins.htm   (2917 words)

  
 Print Version
Keiko Cecilia Bonk, a former chairman of the Hawai'i County Council, joined forces with Kaua'i County Councilwoman JoAnn Yukimura in pushing through a council resolution to protect the North-western Hawaiian Islands.
Bonk served on the council of Hawai'i County in 1992, and as its chairman from 1995 to 1996.
Bonk distributed information indicating that the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to more than 7,000 marine species, and includes the major foraging grounds of the Hawaiian monk seal, the most endangered marine mammal in the United States.
www.kauaiworld.com /articles/2005/10/18/news/news02.prt   (792 words)

  
 Page Seven   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Bonk introduced the recently passed legislation to lower taxes on land covered with native forest, in order to protect the island's watershed and other natural resources.
Bonk said, "As anyone who watches the Council knows the Republicans and Democrats vote the same on land-use and economic development policies, the very policies that are responsible for the decline of our economy, our communities, and our environment.
Before becoming a councilwoman, Keiko Bonk was an artist with international recognition, as well as the owner and manager of several art-media and entertainment businesses here and in New York City, all of which she has let go since being elected to the Council.
www.maui.net /~haltimes/7Aug96/p7.htm   (1232 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
Bonk's mother, of Japanese ancestry, remembers her father having to move the family dairy farther and farther toward Koko Head as Honolulu development encroached, finally selling it as anti-Japanese feelings rose with World War II.
Daughter Keiko was born at Queen's Hospital in 1954, but within a week she and her mother were back at the archaeology digs at South Point.
Bonk's belief that Republican council members betrayed a promise to her of openness in government led her to align herself with Democratic members in 1995.
starbulletin.com /2000/10/20/news/story4.html   (974 words)

  
 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Network
Owen's complaint states that she, along with Keiko Bonk, was forced to leave meetings and was refused access to other meetings where lobbying was discussed -- after she expressed concern that the meetings may have been illegal.
Bonk states that she was a witness at a number of meetings where the illegal lobbying efforts were organized, and that she informed participants that she believed the activity to be illegal.
Keiko Bonk, Campaign Director for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Network was told to leave a Tuesday, March 13, 2007 public meeting of a clandestine group of "certain fishermen" which was taking place " directly across the hall" from the 137th meeting of the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Wespac).
www.nwhinetwork.net   (3523 words)

  
 KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News - Former Big Island council leader to head cultural center
Bonk will be responsible for developing cultural programs, building partnerships with other organizations, broadening the center's financial base and membership and increasing community participation.
Bonk, a member of the Green Party, served two terms on the Hawaii County Council.
Bonk is an artist and musician and recently had been lecturing at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
www.kpua.net /news.php?id=955   (165 words)

  
 Keiko Bonk: ZoomInfo Business People Information
BONK TO HEAD CULTURAL CENTER East Village painter Keiko Bonk, who in her New York days exhibited her work at Piezo Electric gallery, has been named director of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii in Moiliili, Hawaii.
Throughout the 1990s, Bonk was active in state politics as a member of the Green Party, serving on the Hawaii County Council before finishing second in the 2000 race for mayor of Hawaii.
Elizabeth Horton Sheff is currently City Council president in Hartford, Conn.; Keiko Bonk served as County Council Chair for the Island of Hawai'i in 1995.
www.zoominfo.com /people/bonk_keiko_79499995.aspx   (179 words)

  
 Charles Bonjean — Amy Bonn : ZoomInfo Business People Information
Agnes V. Bonk- Agnes V. Bonk (nee Regnier) of Denton went to be with her Lord on May 4, 2001.- She was born...
BONK TO HEAD CULTURAL CENTEREast Village painter Keiko Bonk, who in her New York days exhibited her work at...
William Bonk is a retired professor of anthropology at the University of Hawaii, Hilo.
www.zoominfo.com /people/level2page3963.aspx   (1732 words)

  
 052ASIC111: Koa Gallery: Schedule of Courses: Continuing Education and Training: Kapiolani Community College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
His research focuses on the relationship between the biopsychosocial dynamics of the stress response and psychological growth.
Keiko Bank is formally trained as an artist with an emphasis in painting.
Bonk have teaching experience and have co-taught classes such as Pop Culture and Social Change.
programs.kcc.hawaii.edu /~noncredit/schedule/koagallery/asic111.htm   (195 words)

  
 Keiko Matsui MP3 Downloads - Keiko Matsui Music Downloads - Keiko Matsui Music Videos
Jamie Bonk's self-titled debut is an intriguing, varied mix of the highly layered, textured melodies of Enya, Patrick O'Hearn and Ottmar Liebert with prominent worldbeat percussion a la Mickey Hart's Planet Drum.
Bonk creates an ambience sure to appeal to contemporary instrumental fans, and he acquits himself well on guitar too.
Positive Music has become an indie haven for lesser known musicians who, with the right exposure, could be every bit as renowned as their major label counterparts.
www.mp3.com /albums/294807/similar.html   (562 words)

  
 Keiko Bonk on fire mountain :: Honolulu Weekly
The former Hawai‘i County councilmember (1992-1996)—and the country’s first Green Party elected official—Bonk has traded the electoral pulpit for cabaret-style venues replete with audiences of free thinkers.
Keiko Bonk & KAZAN just released their first full CD recording, aptly titled Save the World.
Catch Keiko Bonk and Kazan every first Friday at Amy’s Place, 49 N. Hotel St., 8pm—12am; for more information or to order the CD, call 734-4234 or send an email to [email: cbonk].
honoluluweekly.com /entertainment/2007/02/keiko-bonk-on-fire-mountain   (656 words)

  
 Currents (August 3 - August 9, 1995)
Bonk not only spoke to conference participants, she sang to them as well.
Such a moment was not out of character for a diverse gathering that included people such as Chapel Hill's Chilton, who was elected to his post at the ripe old age of 21.
She was straightforward in admitting that she erred in agreeing to form a majority coalition with the four Republican members of the Big Island's county council, who then shut her out of their deliberations.
www.tucsonweekly.com /tw/08-03-95/curr2.htm   (1332 words)

  
 Keiko Cecilia Bonk - DiscoverNikkei.org
Bonk was the first representative of America's Green Party elected to county-wide office, as a Hawaii County Council member (and chair, 1995-1996).
Profile of Bonk, mayoral candidate for the Big Island in 1996 and 2000.
Interview with Bonk following her appointment as President and Executive Director of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.
www.discovernikkei.org /wiki/index.php/Keiko_Cecilia_Bonk   (133 words)

  
 Foresters have their hands full of ideas for the industry's growth - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Keiko Bonk, former Big Island Council chairwoman and now Green Party mayoral candidate, will talk about real property tax assessments of native forests in Hawaii County on the morning of Nov. 19.
Bonk prepared the bill that was unanimously passed by the Big Island County Council last June.
On Nov. 18, Robin Harrington, a research associate with the University of Hawaii at Manoa's agronomy and soil science department and a researcher for the U.S. Forest Service, will present findings from a study she helped conduct on Kauai prior to and after Hurricane Iniki.
www.bizjournals.com /pacific/stories/1996/10/14/story5.html   (1015 words)

  
 Chapter Five - The View from Los Angeles
  Bonk was the first US Green to win elective office on a partisan ballot, but many European Greens held local office, thanks to their multi-party, proportional voting systems.
  With the exception of Keiko Bonk’s run-to-win campaign, most HGP electoral contests were meant to make Hawaii’s power brokers squirm and fear for their base.
By the time Bonk resigned her council seat to campaign for mayor in 1996, she had island-wide support and was known throughout the state.
www.drivingmrnader.org /chapter5.htm   (5452 words)

  
 Hawaii Tribune-Herald :: Hilo, Hawaii
Arakaki was very committed to the Okinawan community, said former Councilwoman Keiko Bonk, who served with him from 1992-96.
"Jimmy and I often were not on the same side in terms of issues, especially land-development issues, and that led to healthy discussions on the council," said Bonk, a Green Party member.
Although Bonk feels Arakaki overlooked the social and infrastructure impacts of large-scale developments, she said he had a creative side.
www.hawaiitribune-herald.com /articles/2006/12/04/local_news/local02.prt   (722 words)

  
 CDNN :: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to Become World's Largest Marine Reserve
She said her organization approves of the permanent protection a monument provides, but is concerned that "what we don't know yet is what protections this monument is going to put into place."
The head of the Hawai'i Audubon Society's Northwestern Hawaiian Islands campaign, Keiko Bonk, reflected some of the anxiety among environmental groups.
Bill Brown, director of Bishop Museum, was the science adviser to Clinton Administration Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt when they both argued for establishment of the region as a national monument.
www.cdnn.info /news/eco/e060615.html   (1657 words)

  
 Harry Kim (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After defeating Republican Harvey Tajiri in the primary, Kim won the general election, receiving 50% of the vote.
His opponents, Democrat Fred Holschuh and former Green Party county councilwoman Keiko Bonk received 30 and 20 percent, respectively.
In 2004, Kim ran for a second term, easily defeating a plethora of candidates including Dominic Yagong and "cannabis sacrament" minister Roger Christie.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Kim_(politician)   (392 words)

  
 Harry Kim (politician) at AllExperts
After defeating Republican Harvey Tajiri in the primary, Kim won the general election, receiving 50% of the vote.
His opponents, Democrat Fred Holschuh and former Green Party county councilwoman Keiko Bonk received 30 and 20 percent, respectively.
In 2004, Kim ran for a second term, easily defeating a plethora of candidates including Dominic Yagong and "cannabis sacrament" minister Roger Christie.
en.allexperts.com /e/h/ha/harry_kim_(politician).htm   (424 words)

  
 YouTube - Kazan w/ Keiko Bonk Chinatown Hawaii Tiki Bar
Keiko is adorable and amazing, but I squeal for Gunzo.
the adorable Keiko Bonk and her band Kazan play their hit "Wild" in a Chinatown Hawaii Tiki Bar.
I protest a lil as I am wanting to do what i usually do there at Amy's on first friday; Drink beer and listen to Keiko Bonk and Kazan.
www.youtube.com /?v=FWaFJGEdrus   (828 words)

  
 Pacific Fisheries Coalition - Annual Report 2005
In July the PFC project received additional funding to hire a Communications Coordinator to build widespread public support for and understanding ofthe need for conservation ofthe Northwest Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and Keiko Bonk was hired.
In the fall the NWHI Network was formed and in December an additional grant was received to hire NWHI Network Office Administrator David Fernholz.
Keiko Bonk worked with all four county councils to generate resolutions of support for complete and permanent protection of the NWHI ecosystems.
www.pacfish.org /annual05.html   (581 words)

  
 ART: A LOOK AT 'TELEVISION'S IMPACT' - New York Times
Rodney Alan Greenblat's jokey tour de force ''Daily Balance'' is a large, elaborately embellished scale of justice, a tuned-in television set suspended from each arm, that comments on our bland and ''balanced'' television diet.
And Keiko Bonk's snappy contribution is a dead portable covered with Pollocky drips, its screen lushly painted over with a love scene.
A small section of the exhibition considers how the ''look'' of the screen, with its loose, lightstruck imagery built of lines and dots, has affected contemporary painting.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE3DE1338F93AA2575AC0A960948260&sec=&pagewanted=2   (353 words)

  
 Trouble in Paradise: Hawaii's Sugar Workers Fight for a New Life
By emphasizing crop diversity and sustainable agriculture, the sugar workers are finding allies among Hawaii's environmentalists, who are a growing political force on the island.
Already the Green Party has elected Keiko Bonk-Abramson to the island's county government, where she used her swing vote between Democrats and Republicans to become mayor.
Sugar workers have been the traditional base of the Democratic Party on the island, but some are frustrated.
dbacon.igc.org /Work/01Sugar.html   (1669 words)

  
 Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
As an independent entity, the Japanese Cultural Center (JCCH) would play a most crucial role in perpetuating the cultural heritage we inherited from our Issei forefathers into the lifestyles and values of our children's children.
Along with new Executive Director and President Keiko Bonk, a team of seven qualified and enthusiastic individuals were organized in the past several months to carry out the many exciting plans at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii (JCCH).
When put together these individuals though all unique in their backgrounds create a dynamic, capable and passionate staff who are dedicated to seeing the Center reach its full potential.
www.jcch.com /about.htm   (452 words)

  
 Saipan Tribune
Keiko Bonk, Executive Director of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Network said, "We want to commend the Lingle and Bush Administrations for their bold actions and vision in protecting the NWHI.
However, we remain concerned that the Commerce Department has failed to close a loophole that opens up an entirely new category of fishing called sustenance fishing.
The primary beneficiaries of this provision are scientists and employees of federal and state agencies traveling to the NWHI as part of their job,” Bonk continued.
www.saipantribune.com /newsstory.aspx?newsID=64042   (311 words)

  
 ART IN REVIEW; 'Urban Encounters' - New York Times
The display at the New Museum traces this little-known history, and documents Godzilla's presence in the art world today in the form of group exhibitions, newsletters and the work of impressive individual members.
Many of them (including Skowmon Hastanan, Colin Lee, Michi Itami, Ken Chu, Athena Robles, Keiko Bonk, Arlan Huang and Fay Chiang) are represented in a print portfolio produced for the show.
Repohistory's goal is to create art installations at various urban sites to call attention to histories that might otherwise be forgotten.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E5DC103AF937A2575BC0A96E958260   (724 words)

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