6 O‘ahu Cafés to Get Your Art and Coffee On
Fuel up and support local artists at these artsy coffee joints.
May 14, 2021
I firmly believe art and coffee shops just go together. Like any metropolitan city, there are several cafés on O‘ahu where delicious food and drink are found alongside the talented work of local artists and photographers. These are my picks for local cafés that are known, not just as great places to fuel up, but for supporting and showcasing our local art scene.
Recommendations: Rose or lavender latte, hot or iced
A gathering place for the Diamond Head community for six years, Ars Café is as popular for its delicious, floral lavender and rose lattes as its longtime partnership with local artists. The current gallery exhibit is hosted in partnership with Kapiʻolani Community College’s Koa Gallery, represented by renowned local artist John Koga and artist and art educator Lawrence Seward. On display until May 14, you’ll find the work o
A virtual moment of escape and reflection in these uncertain times is offered through
Nights on B Street, a collaboration of art by Adam LeBlanc and poetry by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Emeritus Professor
Joseph Stanton on exhibit at Windward Community College’s Gallery ʻIolani. The exhibit is available virtually to the public. It includes spoken poetry and a virtual stroll up and down B Street, with commentary about the artists’ collaboration.
LeBlanc’s installation
Nights on B Street, invites intrigue and mystique while gathering viewers into the urban landscape world of residents encompassing dreams fulfilled or unfulfilled. Musicians and artists are playing to those scenarios, and passersby become part of the panorama in this culturally captivating inner cityscape. Insightful poetry by Stanton accompanies LeBlanc’s work giving the viewer a bountiful treat.