Hula schools (hula halau) from across Hawaii and Japan will take the stage at the Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu this weekend for the 23rd annual Moanikeala Hula Festival. The hula exhibition (hoike) will get under way at 10 a.m. on Sat., Jan. 19 at the center’s Pacific Theater. Festival admission is $10 for adults, […]
TEDxMaui aims to “broaden understanding and knowledge in order to make Maui one of the most exciting and promising places to live and work,” or even just visit. Created in the spirit of TED — a national nonprofit devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” (largely by way of talks posted online) — TEDxMaui, now in its
Thousands of ukulele musicians and fans of the bouncy island sound will gather in Honolulu next month for the fifth annual Ukulele Picnic in Hawaii. The two-day event, set to get under way on Sat., Feb. 9, will feature three events: an ukulele contest, a benefit concert and a daylong music-filled, picnic-style get-together. • Third
During Makahiki season, Early Hawaiians honored Lono, their god of peace, prosperity, and fertility. Festivities would get under way with the first sighting of Makalii, the constellation Pleiades, as it rises above the horizon at sunset. And the season would continue while Pleiades was visible in the night sky, often from mid-October through mid-February. During
Hawaii residents and visitors alike are invited to take part in the annual Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s Ocean Count, which will get under way on Sat., Jan. 26 at more than 60 shore sites edging Oahu, Kauai, and the Big Island. Subsequent Ocean Count sessions will be conducted on Sat., Feb. 23,
The new year is getting under way in Hawaii with a couple of Elvis events. On Oahu, Memphis-based Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. will present a special screening of the 1973 Aloha from Hawaii concert. And on the Garden Isle, the Kauai Visitors Bureau is organizing fundraiser dubbed Kauai Loves Elvis! Set for 7:30 p.m. on
Hawaiian slack key guitar, or ki-hoalu, which means “loosen the key,” is a solo finger-picked style that’s unique to the Islands. Often described as sweet and soulful, the guitar music originated here in the 19th century with Hawaii cowboys (paniolo). According to the Ki-hoalu Foundation, which organizes an annual slack key festival in the Islands,
Tomorrow (Jan. 3) marks the 30th anniversary of Kilauea volcano’s ongoing East Rift Zone eruption. During its first three years, spectacular lava fountains spewed from the Pu u Oo vent. Since then, nearly continuous flow has built a vast plain of slow-moving pahoehoe lava, stretching from the volcano’s rift zone to the Big Island’s shoreline. Although
Gene DiCicco usually stops trimming his beard in June or July. About six months later, his white whiskers are the right length for his annual Christmas Eve arrival at Gray’s Beach, edging Waikiki’s Halekulani resort. DiCicco, who has happily played the role of Santa at Halekulani for 11 consecutive years, is wrapping up his holiday
Honolulu Museum of Art has plans for several exhibitions in the works for 2013. Among the most anticipated: Georgia O’Keeffe and Ansel Adams: The Hawaii Pictures.“ According to the museum, the exhibition will be the first to “feature in dialogue work created in and about Hawaii by these two American masters.” Both artists are associated with
A memorial service for Hawaii’s Sen. Daniel K. Inouye will be held on Sun. Dec. 23 at Oahu’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The Medal of Honor recipient who represented the Islands in Congress for 50 years died Monday of respiratory complications at a Washington D.C.-area hospital. Inouye, 88, was president pro
As the sun slips behind the gentle green hills edging Kauai’s quiet southwest side and nightfall is in the offing, festive lights flicker to life in the windows of art galleries, eateries and shops along the main drag of Hanapepe town. On this late summer Friday evening, a mix of visitors and area resident are
