Articles by Maureen O'Connell

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Hawai‘i Island, Maui, Oʻahu

Ten Hawaii visitor sites offer free admission to active-duty military families this summer

Ten Hawaii institutions will be offering free admission to all active-duty military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve, and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day as part of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. Among the participating venues is

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Hawai‘i Island

Big Island Film Fest to honor “Mad Men” actor, “Saturday Night Live” cast member

This year’s Big Island Film Festival celebrity honorees are Vincent Kartheiser, “Pete Campbell” on the award-winning drama Mad Men, and Kate McKinnon, a featured player on the legendary Saturday Night Live, known for her impressions of Ann Romney, Ellen DeGeneres and Penelope Cruz. (Both honorees pictured above.) Now in its eighth year, the five-day fest

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Top 5 favorite Hawaii snacks: HAWAII Magazine Facebook poll results

We’ve counted all of the votes from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question: What’s your favorite Hawaii snack? Your hundreds of responses ranged from healthful papaya, apple bananas, and fresh mango to deliciously decadent chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and haupia pie. Among the vote-getters on the salty and savory side: assorted manapuas, musubis, taro-and-sweet

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Oʻahu

HAWAII Magazine wins top honors for visitor publication excellence

HAWAII Magazine won top honors for visitor publication excellence in the Hawaii Publishers Association’s 28th annual Pai Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding achievement in print journalism in the state. At an awards ceremony held in Honolulu yesterday to recognize top journalism produced during 2012, HAWAII Magazine took first place in the category of Visitor Publication

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Oʻahu

Blazing blades! 2013 World Fireknife Championship slated for this week on Oahu

Amazing displays of flame-fueled, sharp-edged Samoan dancing will be staged this week throughout the 21st annual World Fireknife Championship at the Polynesian Cultural Center. Acrobatic and seemingly flame-and-blade-resistant competitors will vie for the title of World Fireknife Champion in four-night competition that will get under way with preliminary performances starting at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow (May

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