Last fall, we asked our estimated 200,000 HAWAII Magazine print edition readers and website readers to share their “Hawaii best” selections in more than 60 categories. We tallied their picks — more than 50,000, in all — and compiled them into HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards lists that appear in the March/April 2013 issue of HAWAII […]
Last year, at the 35th annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards ceremony (Hawaiian music industry’s equivalent to Grammys), Big Island vocalist/songwriter/musician Kuana Torres Kahele and his debut solo album, Kaunaloa, were the top winners. Kahele (pictured, right), a founding member of multi-Hoku-award-winning group Na Palapalai, is in the running again (along with Na Palapalai’s other members,
In an effort to reduce cigarette-butt litter and address public health concerns, some of the most popular beaches on Oahu’s south shore are now smoke-free zones. Supporters of a smoking ban backed by Honolulu’s City Council hope a new Oahu mandate will mean no more drifting second-hand cigarette smoke, and that smokers will no longer
Now in fiftieth year, the venerable Merrie Monarch Festival got under way on Sun., March 31 and wrapped up late Saturday night. Here are the results for the event’s top winners: • Miss Aloha Hula — Twelve solo dancers competed for the title, which went to Manalani Mili Hokoana English of Maui. English is a
In celebration of “Earth Month,” The Waikiki Aquarium will host the sixth annual Mauka to Makai Environmental Expo on Sat., April 13. This free, family oriented event, set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., will focus on Hawaii’s unique water resources from mauka (inland) to makai (ocean) with hands-on educational activities and displays that showcase
The organizers of the Big Island Film Festival this week announced official selections for its eighth annual five-day event, which will be held next month. Among the 54 films picked for screenings, 10 are from Hawaii. Known as the “talk story” film festival, organizers describe the event as a “celebration of independent narrative films and
The Hawaiian Scottish Association will hold its 32nd annual Hawaiian Scottish Festival & Highland Games this weekend on Oahu. Two days of festivities will get under way at 9 a.m. Sat., April 6 in Kapiolani Park area, edging Waikiki. The highland games will feature Celtic music, a highland dance competition and various age-old highland games
Two authors of books detailing the origins of various elements of contemporary Hawaii cuisine and food culture will be featured at Inspired Food – The Roots of Hawaii Cuisine Brunch & Talk-Story with Chef Alan Wong & Arnold Hiura, a culinary event slated for later this month in Honolulu. Wong, an award-winning celebrity chef, and
Last fall, we asked our estimated 200,000 HAWAII Magazine print edition readers and website readers to share their “Hawaii best” selections in more than 60 categories. We tallied their picks — more than 50,000, in all — and compiled them into HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards lists that appear in the March/April 2013 issue of HAWAII
Are you an avocado fan? If so, the Kona Coast on the Big Island is the place to be a bit later this month for the 7th Annual Hawaii Avocado Festival. The island is prime avocado-growing country. Some 200 varieties of avocado trees grow there. In addition to ample varieties, avocado aficionados say Hawaii’s buttery-nutty
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park’s iconic Volcano House, which overlooks Kilauea caldera and erupting Halemaumau crater is now offering special kamaaina rates for Crater View rooms and Namakanipaio camper cabins in celebration of its anticipated full reopening in June. Shuttered on New Year’s Day 2010, Volcano House, which has hosted notable guests, including Mark Twain, Franklin
Hawaii Five-O is now booked for a fourth season. The Hawaii-filmed re-imagined police procedural drama is one of several primetime television series renewed by CBS this week for the 2013-14 season that gets under way in September. CBS will also bring back are NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles, both dramas. Also, the network has reportedly
