Over the last three months, one of Hawaii’s own top chefs, Sheldon Simeon (executive chef at Star Noodle in Lahaina, Maui) has competed with other culinary contenders for the title of “top chef” in the 10th season of the popular Top Chef television show broadcast on the Bravo channel. Since the first episode of Top […]
Hawaiian Airlines’ parent company is calling the carrier’s newest interisland operation Ohana by Hawaiian. Beginning this summer, Ohana by Hawaiian will provide daily service from Honolulu to Molokai and Lanai using 48-seat ATR42 turboprop aircraft. In a news release issued last week, Mark Dunkerley, president and ceo of Honolulu-based Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary
Hawaii Cocktail Week & The Pacific Sessions 2013 — a celebration of the cocktail as its evolution in the Pacific — is slated to get under way on tomorrow in Honolulu and elsewhere on Oahu. More than 30 officials events, ranging from tasting sessions and pairing dinners to workshops, seminars and elaborately themed “Signature Events,”
The annual Maui Plein Air Painting Invitational is a weeklong event that features 25 professional plein air (outdoor) painters from throughout Hawaii and the Mainland. During the event, competing painters capture the images of Maui, such as its people, beaches and ocean scenes, verdant mountains and valleys, and historical buildings. The eighth annual Maui Plein
Like the photo above as much as we do? It’s the grand prize-winning entry of HAWAII Magazine’s 14th annual Photo Contest. Last spring, we asked our HAWAII Magazine reader ohana to take an especially studied look at their favorite collection of islands. We scratched our traditional island-based categories (“Big Island,” “Kauai,” etc.) from the 2012
What’s your favorite scenic hiking trail (short or long) on the Big Island? Here’s the top five countdown of our facebook ohana’s favorite scenic hiking trails on the Big Island. No. 5 WAIPIO VALLEY Situated on the northern Hamakua Coast, is lush Waipio Valley, known as “The Valley of the Kings.” It was the boyhood
Earlier this month, a Laysan albatross known as “Wisdom” — believed to be at least 62 years old and the world’s oldest known wild bird – hatched a chick in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for the sixth consecutive year. In a news release about the hatchling, Bruce Peterjohn, chief of the North American Bird Banding Program
The 28th annual Duke Kahanamoku Challenge, a mix of Hawaii heritage and Waikiki fun, will get under way at 9 a.m. Sun., Feb. 24 with a touch of tradition: a double-hulled canoe procession, an oli (chant) and kahiko (ancient hula) presentation. The shoreline fun starts at 10 a.m., with open-ocean canoe races, and stand-up paddleboard
Scientists estimate that there are 20,000 humpback whales in the North Pacific. An estimated 12,000 swim to Hawaii’s waters each year to mate and nurse their young, typically between September and March. With whale-watching season now well under way, it’s fairly easy to catch a glimpse of the 45-ton winter visitor from several shorelines in the
This year’s International Waikiki Hula Conference, slated for mid-May, will pay tribute to Hawaii’s venerable Merrie Monarch Festival, which is marking its 50th anniversary this spring. In a news release announcing registration for the three-day conference, May 17-19 at the Hawaii Convention Center, Marnie Weeks, the event’s producer, said: “The International Waikiki Hula Conference brings
Oahu’s Pearl Harbor’s four historic sites include: World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument (USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma and USS Utah memorials), USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, Battleship Missouri Memorial, and Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor. Together, the sites encompass quite a bit of history. From the sinking of the USS Arizona
This month, the Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park’s events lineup includes a hike through 1970s lava-flow areas with a geologist guide and a special field seminar at the park’s nursery, herbarium and the bird and wildlife collection (which isn’t open to the general public). • Hiking Pu’u Huluhulu, the latest installment of nonprofit group’s
