The Volcano House hotel has been been open, in one form or another, since 1846, when the first grass house was built on the rim of Kilauea Crater. The first wooden structure went up in 1877—long before Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was even established on the Big Island in 1916—with a stone hearth dedicated to […]
One of the most historic places on the Big Island of Hawaii’s South Kohala Coast is Puukohola National Historic Site, a heiau (temple) built by King Kamehameha the Great in 1791 to honor the war god Kukailimoku. The 22,400-square-foot heiau was constructed in less than a year by thousands of Hawaiians hauling stones from Pololu
When I heard that famed Hawaii chef Roy Yamaguchi was planning a 10-city tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Roy’s restaurant, I crossed my fingers, hoping he’d make a stop at his eatery on Chicago’s Gold Coast. At the half-way point of a tour that started two months ago in Orlando, Fla.,
On a stage lined with bright red anthuriums, the president of School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Tony Jones, welcomed Native Hawaiian artist, historian and author Herb Kawainui Kane on Saturday. While Kane’s stunning historical Hawaii paintings were projected onto a large screen above the stage, Jones gave him an honorary fine arts doctorate.
On a cold spring evening last month, Chicago warmly welcomed Hawaii ukulele phenomenon Jake Shimabukuro to the stage of the Old Town School of Folk Music. Shimabukuro, 31, played two shows at the renowned music school—one sold out, the one I attended a near sell out. I couldn’t see any flip-flops. But the audience was
