It’s time for round two of our “Have Aloha Will Travel” podcast Q&A super show! In case you missed it last week, we answered a slew of questions from readers and listeners, and Cat and Kevin return to the mics in this episode of HAWT to answer even more questions. What do the people want to know? […]
Nick Kuchar (@nickkuchar) is no stranger on the Have Aloha Will Travel podcast, appearing on episode 35 of the podcast just over a year ago. This time, however, Kuchar is back on the show with his studio manager and jack-of-all-trades Tracey Kehler to talk shop about their new podcast, Secondary Colors, which will be releasing
Good news shutterbugs, our annual photo contest is taking submissions for its 23rd—wow!—year in a row, and if you entered last year, you will be familiar with our five categories; Land, Ocean, People, Wildlife and Sunrise or Sunset. That’s right, we’ve expanded on our Sunrise category by opening it up to sunsets as well—because they’re both
After being delayed for an entire year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics—yes, it is still being referred to as the 2020 Olympics—will be starting in a matter of days, on July 23. And for Hawaiʻi, it’s a big one! Not only do we have a host of athletes hailing from
You wouldn’t expect a slippah store to be a place for learning strategy, but in Kaua‘i’s Kapa‘a town, that’s exactly what Sole Mates turned out to be when I arrived on a weekday afternoon. In between walls lined with various kinds of rubber slippers, sandals and Hydro Flasks sits a wooden table with a burlap
We chat with former Miss Aloha Hulas Natalie Ai Kamauʻu (1990), TeHani Gonzado (2000), Malia Petersen Arakaki (2002), Māhealani Mika Hirao-Solem (2010) and Manalani (English) Souza (2013) as the 2021 Merrie Monarch Festival competition airs today through Sunday. When the 2020 Merrie Monarch Hula Festival was officially canceled last March, the impact on the
When I first met Simply Sisters’ owner and designer, Regina “Lola” Miller in 2014 at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo, we instantly bonded over our shared love of hula, the festival and supporting Hawaiʻi’s thriving creative community. It was Merrie Monarch, after all, and I was making the craft fair rounds for all my Hawaiian
The Merrie Monarch Festival is back this year—and competition starts today in Hilo. There is one change: It will be broadcasted on television—meaning no spectators—due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The performances and announcement of winners will be broadcast on July 1 to 3. In 2020 festival president Luana Kawelu made the crucial decision to cancel
Hawaiian singer-songwriter Paula Fuga (@pfunklove) joins Kevin on the “Have Aloha Will Travel” podcast to talk about her new upcoming album, “Rain on Sunday,” which will be available for purchase on June 25. Born and raised in Waimānalo, Fuga has performed all over the world, from Madison Square Garden to The Sydney Opera House Forecourt—she’s
Most people might throw away the bottle caps, fish nets, buoys, plastic fragments and other marine debris that washes ashore, but 26 Kaua‘i artists turned what most of us would consider trash into 66 thought-provoking works of art. Those pieces are now on display at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists’ “Washed Up” exhibit at the
Palm trees swaying in the breeze. The smell of mango in the air. Keiki and their ʻohana splashing in the warm waters of the Pacific. Somewhere, someone is savoring a shave ice. That’s summer in the Islands, a season that stands out as one of Hawaiʻi’s best—if not the best. And, while there really is no season
Friday Art Nights used to be when sleepy Hanapēpē Town woke up, drawing hundreds of people to art galleries, eateries and shops – many located in historic buildings—the street filled with musicians, artists, and craft and food vendors. That changed in March 2020 when the state shut down, in-person Art Nights paused, and businesses shortened
