The art of slack-key guitar has lost one of its greats. Raymond Kane died yesterday in Honolulu. He was 82. Long a renowned performer and teacher of the open-tuning Hawaiian guitar style, Kane was one of the first artists signed to George Winston’s Dancing Cat record label in 1994. Like his cousin Aunty Genoa Keawe—who […]
You ask. We answer. Reader Sharon Nehring-Willson from Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, wrote with a question about traveling to the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island. An avid hiker, she’s planning a trip to Hawaii with her family in March, and wanted to know if her 16-month-old daughter would be comfortable on the drive
It’s the opening week of the Honolulu Academy of Arts’ three-month “The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan” exhibit. What else is in it for you—besides a glimpse of Bhutanese art works dating from the 8th to 20th centuries—if you visit through Friday? Monks dancing. They are Buddhist monks, from Bhutan, one of the
Our friend Hawaii food writer Joan Namkoong e-mailed today with a new restaurant to add to our Big Island eats round-up. Since she’s a Big Island resident and the kind of person who always knows where to find great food, we snapped to attention. Wrote Joan: There’s a yummy new place to eat on the
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Much beloved Hawaiian music legend Aunty Genoa Keawe has died at age 89. Aunty Genoa passed away this morning in her sleep at her home on Oahu. A renowned Hawaiian falsetto vocalist, she was a “living treasure” of Hawaiian music. Her more than 70 years of performances and recorded works were influential for many Island
Musician Jimmy Buffett is starting construction on his first Hawaii restaurant in Waikiki. That may mean nirvana for Parrotheads planning a trip here. But it also quietly marked the end of an era for fans of the late great Hawaii crooner Don Ho. Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber—a $15 million dining, entertainment and retail venue
The Princeville Resort on Kauai will be shuttered for seven months beginning Oct. 1 for $40 million in renovations, reported Pacific Business News today. The 252-room resort overlooking Hanalei Bay, on Kauai’s north shore, will reopen in April 2009 with a new name: The St. Regis Resort, Princeville. The St. Regis brand is a luxury
Karen De La Vina of Phoenix, Ariz., come on down! To Hawaii, that is. Karen is the winner of HAWAII Magazine’s 2008 Shop a Le’a trip for two to Hawaii, plus a shopping spree. What does Karen get? • A round-trip for two to Honolulu on Hawaiian Airlines.• A $500 Ala Moana Center shopping spree,
Even the Los Angeles Times knows who to seek out for insider tips about finding Honolulu’s tastiest and best meal bargains. The Times called HAWAII Magazine editor and Taste of Paradise columnist John Heckathorn to find out where Hawaii residents actually flock to when they get hungry. Heckathorn’s name is in the story the Times
You ask. We answer. Reader Janice Taylor of Vernon Hills, Ill., wrote asking if Flumin’ Da Ditch was still doing tours on the Big Island. The short answer: “At the moment, no.” Flumin’ Da Ditch offered kayak tours down old Kohala Ditch water flumes, used originally by sugar plantations to transport freshly cut cane. The
Chef Robert Irvine and a crew from his popular Food Network show“Dinner: Impossible” were dispatched to Hawaii late last year to film an episode. You can see what they cooked up tonight. Fans of the show know the “Dinner: Impossible” drill. Given no knowledge of an event beforehand, Irvine is summoned to plan, procure, cook and serve
