West Maui will celebrate the annual migration of humpback whales to Hawaii waters at this weekend’s Lahaina Whale and Ocean Arts Festival. The annual tribute to our favorite tail-slapping, 45-ton visitor is slated for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow and on Sun., March 11 in Lahaina’s historic Banyan Tree Park. Artists will display marine-themed […]
Enjoy a good pau hana beer? The Big Island is the place to be this weekend. The 17th annual Kona Brewers Festival will be tapping up 70 types of ales and lagers to be served alongside both savory and sweet Island-style eats. The fest’s main event is slated for 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on
Beginning on Mon., March 12, stretches of Waikiki Beach will be cordoned-off during morning sand-hauling and grading operations, from 7 a.m. until noon seven days a week. The daily morning work — part of an offshore sand-pumping project that aims to return a thinning stretch of Waikiki shoreline to its lush vintage 1985 condition —
Celebrity chef Ludo Lefebvre’s LudoBites restaurant is an eatery with no permanent address. Over the last five years, the “pop-up” or “touring” restaurant has made its way around the Los Angeles area. Starting today, Hualalai and the Four Seasons Resort on the Big Island’s North Kona Coast will serve as the 12-day address for LudoBites
After a stretch of nearly three decades punctuated by close calls with destruction-by-lava, the last residence in the Big Island’s Royal Gardens subdivision was consumed by Kilauea volcano’s flow over the weekend. The subdivision’s last resident, Jack Thompson, and a videographer were evacuated from the area by helicopter on Friday. When Thomspon returned the next
Next month, popular Hawaii singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, along with Oahu-based musician friends Paula Fuga and John Cruz, will stage seven all-acoustic shows in the Islands. The tour is in support of an album slated for release on April 17, Jack Johnson and Friends — Best of Kokua Festival. For information about pre-ordering the album, click
The Honolulu Festival, a lively celebration of strong ties between Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region, will get under way tomorrow with music and dance performances and wrap up on Sun., March 4 with a grand evening parade along Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, and a dazzling Nagaoka Fireworks Show over Oahu’s south shore beaches. Now in
The Hawaii Symphony Orchestra will launch its inaugural season this weekend at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu. The orchestra’s debut performance, set for 4 p.m. on Sun. March 4, will mark the return of symphonic music to Oahu after a quiet stretch of about two years. About a year ago, the 110-year-old
For the third straight year, the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index has ranked Hawaii highest in well-being in the nation. OK, we know the top ranking is no surprise. There’s a lot to be happy about in the Islands. One element about the well-being survey that strikes us, though, is it underscores that simple things, such
The Descendants, a dramedy filmed on Oahu and Kauai and packed with a cast of compelling Hawaii characters, picked up an Oscar statuette last night for best adapted screenplay. The screenplay is based on the best-selling novel by Hawaii writer Kaui Hart Hemmings, who reportedly struck up a friendship with director Alexander Payne and assisted
The 2012 Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, set for Sept. 6-9 on Oahu, will feature at least 50 top-notch master chefs from the United States, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Australia. Esteemed vintners will also showcase their expertise during the four-day event. Chefs will be serving up innovative dishes inspired by Hawaii’s diverse culinary and
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe spent three months in Hawaii during 1939 while on assignment for the Dole Pineapple Co. She was tasked with producing two paintings for a national advertising campaign. While in the Islands, O’Keeffe produced 20 paintings of tropical plants, verdant landscapes and the blue-green sea. During a two-week stay on Maui, 12-year-old Patricia
