Matt gets to know artist Gregory Craft. Born into very challenging circumstances, Greg learned to survive and thrive through is natural creative gifts, a head for reading people, and an ability to seize opportunities from life’s fragments. As a gate designer in Hawaii, he has earned widespread acclaim. Now Greg has big plans for the fourth quarter of his career.
http://artgatedesignhawaii.com

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Joining Matt this week is the multifaceted and diverse Renaissance woman, Jane Chang Mi. Born on the east coast, educated in Hawaii, and now working between Hawaii and California, Jane embodies a new generation of activist, who uses technology and social media to amplify academic critical thinking to solve our most pressing community challenges.
http://www.janecmi.com

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Have you ever needed a tool but didn’t want to buy it? Well Matt’s guest this week, Elia Bruno, offers you an opportunity to BORROW it, through his new HNL Tool Library! Listen in, to learn about Elia’s creative ideas to build both projects and community.
www.hnltoollibrary.org

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Matt sits down with the Executive Director and Cofounder at Honolulu Biennial Foundation, Katherine Anne Leilani Tuider. Buoyed by their tremendous success in 2017, Katherine and her curatorial team are in full stride toward their March 8th 2019 opening. Listen to how this next Biennial will engage our community even more, and continue to showcase our local artists to a worldwide audience.
www.honolulubiennial.org/honolulubiennial2019

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Joining Matt at the creative table is theatre actor, director, and teacher, Michael Ng. Raised and educated in Kaimuki, Michael has crafted a well-rounded career in TV and theatre, in Hawaii and in Hollywood. His return to Hawaii in 2010 has brought him full circle, to teach at his beloved Kaimuki High School, and to direct a number of local theatre productions, including Manoa Valley Theatre’s upcoming The Princess and the Iso Peanut.
www.manoavalleytheatre.com

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Joining Matt is contractor and master craftsman, Max Suiter of Canaan Builders. Founded in ’78 by his father Ray, Canaan Builders has been dedicated to beautiful craftsmanship for over forty years. In addition to doing highly crafted projects, Canaan has embarked on a new venture to bring craftsmanship to the ADU market, through Small Cottages Hawaii.
https://smallcottageshawaii.com

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Matt's joined in studio by scenic artist DeAnne Kennedy. For a decade DeAnne has been bringing her creative and physical strengths to theatre performances across Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest and beyond, as a gifted scenic artist. Listen in to a lively conversation about the underlying creative processes she uses to bring a unique perspective to each show, and the rewards of this challenging and unique creative life. 
www.deannekennedy.com

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Matt talks with cofounders Nick & Thad Ballantyne of NightRider Jewelry, and MGA’s very own Senior Designer Jason Davis, about the challenging, exciting and collaborative process of crafting a new NightRider store at the International Marketplace, that embodies the true craftsmanship of this unique brand.
www.nightriderjewelry.com

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Matt catches up with Lori McCarney and Kelsey Colpitts of Bikeshare Hawaii to find out how the first year of Biki bikesharing has gone for this innovative start-up. With over 100 docking stations, Biki is changing how we are thinking about our city and how we get around in it.
www.bikesharehawaii.org

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Matt is joined by Tolua Samifua who is the founder and editor of an exciting new publication. Lady Pasifika is Tolua’s passion project. It is the brainchild of this young, humble and proud Samoan woman dedicated to serving and inspiring her cultural community.
https://ladypasifika.com

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