Tomorrow, when the sun climbs above Diamond Head Crater, shining fresh morning light onto the Waikiki shoreline, the beach will start filling up with surfboard-toting groms —also known as grommets. Throughout the weekend, you could see as many as 300 of them in the Waikiki sand, waxing boards and scoping waves during the 14th Annual […]
Food Network television show host Anne Burrell and top Hawaii chefs will be serving up delish dishes this weekend at the third annual Hawaii Wine & Food Festival on Oahu. Burrell, (pictured, right) host of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and co-host of Worst Cooks in America, will be featured at the two-day festival’s Grand
Looking for some fresh and fascinating Hawaii-focused page-turners? Check out the best Island books of the last year — as determined by a panel of librarians, booksellers, educators and media professions in the Hawaii Book Publishers Association’s 18th annual competition. Among the top winners of the 2011 Ka Palapala Pookela Awards — the Grammys of
Stand-up paddle surfing — now surfacing as a competitive global sport — had its mellow start right here in Hawaii. In decades past, Waikiki beach boys took to using outrigger paddles to catch smaller waves on longboards. Surfing instructors, drifting on their boards, also took to using the paddle for quick access to bobbing student
How’s your Hawai‘i reading list holding up? And that island-style music playlist? The Hawaii Book & Music Festival is a sure bet to replenish and freshen up your stash of good reads and tunes. Plus, as always, the upcoming weekend event will feature local and national best-selling authors. Now in its eighth year, the annual
On the Big Island this weekend and consider yourself a coffee connoisseur? The Kau Coffee Festival is back for a third annual celebration of the southeast Big Island district’s increasingly world famous and award-winning java, May 14 and 15. Among the featured Kau area growers at the fest will be Kailiawa Farm, which earlier this
Breathtaking displays of flame-fueled, sharp-edged Samoan dancing will be staged this week on Oahu at the Polynesian Cultural Center’s 19th annual World Fireknife Championship. Acrobatic and seemingly flame-and-blade-resistant competitors will vie for the title of World Fireknife Champion in a, well, heated four-day competition. The contest gets under way with preliminary performances starting at 7:45
The sixth annual Big Island Film Festival, kicks off Wed., May 11 with a menu of 63 independent films, including 10 filmed here in Hawaii. Altogether, films from seven countries will be represented at the five-day festival, based at the Mauna Lani Resort on the South Kohala Coast. Celebrity honorees with Hawaii roots will include
If you’re headed to West Maui this weekend, you may want to bring some breath mints along. The 22nd annual Maui Onion Festival at Whalers Village — packed with eating and cooking contests, onion-themed games, Hawaii celebrity chef demonstrations and oniony eats — happens all day Sat., May 7. The Kaanapali area fest salutes the
A one-night film festival, showcasing six short films by Hawaii directors, is slated for Fri., May 6 at Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu’s downtown area. The First Friday Maoli Film Festival will include two official Sundance Film Festival selections. In January, Ty Sanga’s Stones, which is set in ancient Hawaii, became the first all-Hawaiian language
The Hotel Hana-Maui is undergoing a makeover that aims to establish it as an “experiential hotel.” Starting on Thurs., June 30, the secluded hotel at the end of the winding and scenic Hana Highway will go by the name Travaasa Hana, and guests may pay an all-inclusive rate for accommodations, meals, spa treatments and activities.
Starting today, when you visit either the Honolulu Academy of Arts or The Contemporary Museum on Oahu your admission sticker will get you same-day free admission to the other museum. The two-for-one admission deal is tied to a plan that will merge the two Honolulu art institutions into a “multi-campus” museum on July 1, said
