Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been in court this week trying to keep a fan from publishing The Harry Potter Lexicon, on which he’d spent the last nine years working. In addition to charging the fan, Steven Vander Ark, with plagiarism, Rowling claimed his encyclopedia of Potter wizardry contained errors. For instance, Vander Ark […]
There’s been so much bad airline news lately, we thought we might mention that on May 1, Hawaiian Airlines is adding a daily flight from Honolulu to Oakland, CA. For travel between May 1 and June 6, there’s an introductory fare of $420.
Hawaiian music’s brightest rising star—and two-time Grammy nominee—Raiatea Helm leaves the Islands Thursday for a four-concert West Coast tour. “This is the first time I’ve toured just as myself,” she says. “The venues are selling well. I’m always interested in meeting the audiences. They have a greater appreciation of Hawaiian music than people in Hawaii.”
The 45th annual Merrie Monarch Festival begins tonight. This is the World Series, the SuperBowl of hula competitions, bringing the best hula dancers from around the world to Edith Kanakaole Stadium in Hilo, Hawaii. If you can’t get to Hilo, KITV.com will provide live streaming video. (Of course, if you are near a TV set
This is the Konan High School Brass Ensemble from Ashiya, Japan. It’s a rocking ensemble. Check out this clip of the band playing today in Bishop Square, downtown Honolulu, outside the HAWAII Magazine offices. Honolulu has become a crossroads for East and West, so it’s no surprise that Konan High does a yearly band exchange
Aloha Airlines announced this morning it was shutting down passenger service—both interisland and transpacific. Its last day of passenger operations will be tomorrow, March 31, though many of its Hawaii-to-Mainland routes have their last flight today, Sunday. If you are holding tickets on Aloha past that date, you can contact other airlines, including United Airlines,
We have a new photo from Volcano photographer Stephen James O’Meara, along with this note from his wife Donna. Donna O’Meara wrote the history of Kilauea’s current eruption for the Jan/Feb issue of HAWAII Magazine. And she has a new book Volcano: A Visual Guide. The O’Mearas live in Volcano Village, a few miles from the
If you’re interested in Barack Obama’s Hawaii roots, take a look at this story by Honolulu-based AP writer Sudhin Thanawala. The AP story focuses on Obama’s years at Punahou—the private school founded in 1841 by missionaries. The AP article makes a great deal about how the school (yearly tuition $16,000) is elitist. To its credit,
It raised our eyebrows. The Corvallis, Ore., Gazette-Times published a piece called “The Buzz: Holy Hawaii!” Its reporter, Jake Tenpas, was just back from a trip to Maui and the Big Island. Tenpas took it upon himself to make up a few new Hawaiian gods. Lokikapi, who sneaks giant cockroaches into your bedding. Wakiluau, patron
This just in from Steve and Donna O’Meara at the Volcano: After two days of fog, white-outs, rain and overcast conditions the weather cleared to the delight of visitors to Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. This 9:20 AM view of visitors watching and the mighty steam plume was taken by Volcano Researcher, Stephen James O’Meara. Visible reddish-brown
HAWAII Magazine readers will remember Donna O’Meara of Volcano Watch International. In words and pictures, she commemorated the 25th anniversary of the current Kilauea eruption for our Jan./Feb. edition. O’Meara lives in Volcano. When we finally caught up with her on the phone, she’d had three hours sleep in the last four days, so mesmerized
Just hitting news stands is the April issue of Golf Magazine, with its 20th anniversary list of premier golf resorts, picked with the help of 8,000 readers. Of the 75 resorts, Hawaii has nine. Top rated was the Four Seasons Resort Lana’i at Manele Bay, praised for its “pristine” golf experience. Also receiving honors was
