A concert, parade and even an imu (Hawaiian underground oven) workshop are all part of March events commemorating the birthday of Hawaii’s Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole beginning this weekend on three islands. Born in the south Kauai town of Koloa in 1871, Kuhio created much of the Hawaii the world sees today. A prince of […]
A new iPhone app created by the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology allows users to virtually visit one of Oahu’s most historic Hawaiian fishponds wherever they are in the world. The free app called Loko Ia—Hawaiian for “fishpond”—offers iPhone users two types of interactive, multimedia tours of 800-year-old Heeia Fishpond
“You didn’t pre-order?” As she says this, the woman behind the counter at Two Ladies Kitchen stares at me in disbelief. A line of customers winds behind me and out of the small downtown Hilo mochi shop and onto the sidewalk alongside bustling Kīlauea Avenue. “You have to pre-order. They sell out,” she scolds, gently.
Most of us will never get a chance to visit the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a massive, closed-to-the-public marine and wildlife conservation area that encompasses much of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands beyond Kauai. Thanks to Google Street View’s Trekker site, however, you can now virtually stroll among the thousands of seabirds nesting on Tern Island or
The Maui Whale Festival happens each year during the peak of humpback whale-watching season in Hawaii, between February and April. But this Saturday, the fest’s event and activity schedule goes into full swing with Maui’s own celebration of World Whale Day. The fest’s events and activities are designed to raise awareness of the 12,000 humpback
There are two things you can guarantee will always happen every February in Honolulu. First, a lot more rain than usual—it is winter in Hawaii, after all, and it never snows in our metropolis. The second? The Punahou School Carnival, always set for the first weekend in February. We’re crossing our fingers that only the
If you’ve driven through or walked the streets of the urban Honolulu district of Kakaako in recent years, you’ve probably seen the colorful work of POW! WOW! Hawaii. For the last five years, the collective of Hawaii-based artists and art-minded individuals has set aside a week each February to craft wall-sized murals and street art
It’s 6 a.m., Thursday, in Kealakekua. The sun has yet to break through the morning haze lazing over the small town on the slopes of dormant Hualālai volcano, just south of Kailua-Kona. Not a car is in sight on Māmalahoa Highway, winding through town. On the pastures below the Kona Historical Society’s H.N. Greenwell Store
With monster waves pounding Hawaii’s northern shorelines, there’s really no better time to put on a surf film festival. The 10th annual Kona Surf Film Festival, which happens today and tomorrow at the Courtyard King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel on the Big Island, showcases independent, surf-inspired short and feature-length films by veteran and emerging filmmakers
A year ago, a humble, personable and incredibly creative Big Island born-and-raised chef from Maui advanced to the tier of top three finalists on Bravo TV’s hit culinary competition series Top Chef. That chef, Sheldon Simeon, recently opened a new Maui restaurant, Migrant, featuring his inspired, modern takes on multicultural Hawaii comfort food dishes. Tonight,
Throw out everything you know about the NFL Pro Bowl. This year’s pre-Superbowl all-star matchup in Hawaii isn’t about AFC vs. NFC. Instead, the pros were drafted for play, creating unexpected teams and memorable matchups the all-star game has never seen before. The first-ever Pro Bowl draft happened yesterday on Oahu, with NFL Hall of
Beginning in February, the Daniel K. Inouye Kilauea Point Lighthouse, one of Kauai’s most visited landmarks, will reduce its operational days from seven to five days a week. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which operates the lighthouse and the 203-acre Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge where it is located, will begins closing for Sundays
