Seafood your thing? Ahi. Aku. Opelu. Opah. Crab. Lobster. If it swims and lives in Hawaiian waters and is edible are you all over it for lunch and dinner? The largest community celebration of Hawaii’s fishing and seafood heritage happens on Sunday as the Hawaii Fishing and Seafood Festival host its eighth annual event at […]
Hawaii’s largest winter vacationers are back! The first humpback whale of the 2013-14 Hawaii whale-watching season was spotted off Maui on Sunday morning and confirmed by the Pacific Whale Foundation, officially kicking off the start of the season. And right on time, too. Over the last 15 years, the majority of annual first sightings of
There’s no shortage of bakeries across Hawaii, serving everything from exotic Japanese cake rolls to old-fashioned apple pies to extravagant modern desserts. There are old-time neighborhood bakeries like Kamehameha Bakery in Kalihi on Oahu that sells some of the best—and inexpensive—glazed donuts around. Or donut shops like Regal Bakery—three locations on Oahu—with its creative donuts,
From Hawaiian Love and The Shark God in 1913 to the currently-filming Untitled Cameron Crowe project, Hawaii can claim a very long history of starring on the silver screen. A full century, to be exact. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hawaii in feature films, this year’s 33rd annual Hawaii International Film Festival will be
A place like the iconic Volcano House hotel is bound to have some interesting stories. Several variants of the landmark Hawaii Volcanoes National Park hotel have been built over the years—the earliest was constructed in 1846, its current structure on the edge of Kilauea volcano’s summit caldera was built in 1941. Shuttered for three years,
Sand. Sea. Steve McGarrett. The cast and crew of Hawaii Five-0, which moves to CBS’s Friday night program schedule this week, will return to the sands of Waikiki to kick off its fourth season with a post-sunset screening event, Thurs., Sept. 26, at Queen’s Beach. CBS has premiered the first episode of each season, before
Picture this. You’re feasting on black peppercorn-crusted Kona kampachi and crispy Kona lobster croquette. Live jazz music floats on the tradewinds. And all of this happens with a view of the sunset and early evening skies off the cliffs high above Kauai’s Anini Beach. If any of this sounds appealing AND you’re on Kauai this
The Aloha Festivals celebrates its 67th year this month, still one of Hawaii’s longest-running celebrations spotlighting Hawaiian culture, music, dance and history. Themed Moana Nui Akea, which translates to “Celebrate Ocean Voyaging,” events for this year’s festival aim to honor one of Hawaii’s most significant traditions: ocean voyaging. The theme coincides with the 40th anniversary
After a three-year, multimillion-dollar renovation and restoration, the Pacific Hall at Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is ready to re-open to the public on Sat., Sept. 21 with a daylong celebration on the Oahu museum’s grounds. The newly-named Pacific Hall—formerly called Polynesian Hall—houses one of the world’s best Pacific culture collections. Displays and artifacts within the
If you love hula, have never experienced first-hand the excitement of a live hula competition and are on Maui this weekend, you’re in for a rare treat. For the past seven years, the Ku Mai Ka Hula International Hula Competition has invited hula halau (troupes) from Hawaii, the Mainland U.S. and Japan to the Valley
There are countless pieces of information about Hawaii’s geology that residents hold as fact. Three of these are: • We are the only state in the union made up entirely of islands. • Our northwest-drifting Islands were formed entirely by a single magma hotspot, now located beneath the southern half of Hawaii Island and still
The first Hawaii lodging property flagged under Hyatt Hotels Corp’s Andaz luxury boutique hotel brand opened to guests at Maui’s Wailea resort area this week. The opening of Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort & Spa marks the completion of a $90 million renovation to the 15-acre property, formerly home to the Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort.
