Hawaii will celebrate its 95th annual King Kamehameha Day this weekend — and next weekend — with ceremonies, parades and other cultural celebrations paying tribute to King Kamehameha the Great, who unified the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810 and was its first monarch. The first King Kamehameha Day, proclaimed by King Kamehameha V to honor his […]
During early evening hours today, or on any Wednesday through Aug. 10, the sweet sounds of guitars and ukuleles will be drifting over the hedges at the Waikiki area’s Honolulu Zoo. Inside the zoo, on a stage overlooking a cool, grassy lawn, Honolulu Zoo’s Wildest Show in Town will begin its 25th summer concert series
Scientists on the Big Island are monitoring a fresh stream of lava plunging into a lava lake deep within Halemaumau crater on Kilauea volcano’s summit. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has released a video that shows the stream rushing into the lava lake, “disrupting the crust in a chaotic fashion,” according to an observatory report. The source
If you’re on Maui this weekend, your inner epicure may advise you to head for the island’s west shores where the 32nd annual Kapalua Wine & Food Festival will be under way at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Resort. Among the fest’s highlights: grand wine and food tasting events, winemaker dinners, wine seminars, and culinary demonstrations. The
Ledward “Led” Kaapana, a master of ukulele and slack key guitar — a finger-style guitar art form that originated in Hawaii — was today named as a 2011 National Heritage fellow, the nation’s highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Each of this year’s nine fellows will receive a $25,000 award and attend a banquet
Production of a spooky-looking new ABC television series called The River is reportedly moving to Hawaii this summer, with Steven Spielberg on its producer team. The pilot episode was filmed in Puerto Rico, as was the pilot for Off the Map, an ABC series than moved to Hawaii last summer. That medical drama about doctors
Scientists on the Big Island are tracking the buildup of a raised lava lake in Puu Oo crater on Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone. A recent eruption update report issued by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory describes the lava lake, which now rises above the floor of the crater to a height of about 33 feet, as
Many Island visitors are well acquainted with Hawaii music stars such as Willie K and Kealii Reichel. How about Mark Yamanaka? Have you ever listened to a tune recorded by the Big Island musician? Not sure? If Na Hoku Hanohano Awards serve as a sort of forecast for future success, Hawaii music fans are likely
As the sun sinks into the horizon of Hawaii’s coastline on Memorial Day, some 3,000 glowing lanterns will illuminate the darkening waters at Ala Moana Beach Park on Oahu. Inscribed with messages to loved ones who have passed away and prayers for a peaceful future, the lanterns—perched atop miniature floating boards—will be launched before a
Hawaii officials are asking for lei donations — 50,000 strands are needed for our Memorial Day tradition of draping fresh lei at the gravesites of veterans at Oahu’s National Cemetery of the Pacific, in Punchbowl Crater, and at veterans cemeteries throughout the Islands. Every year, Hawaii schoolchildren and community groups pitch in by stitching together
In the just-released movie trailer for The Descendants, you’ll see a flustered-looking George Clooney running in slippahs down a damp residential street in a leafy Oahu neighborhood. Other Hawaii scenery tucked into the 2:15-minute clip range from glimpses of canoes gliding along the Ala Wai Canal near Waikiki and South Kohala’s lava fields on the
In the May/June 2011 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we’re taking readers, in words and photos, to some Hawaii natural wonders it’s likely they haven’t had a chance to see up-close-and-personal. There are dozens of breathtaking places throughout the Islands that even lifelong residents have never experienced first-hand. The cover feature “10 Hawaii Places You Haven’t
