Putting a city street into a museum is about as hard as you think it would be, but the folks at Pow! Wow! and Bishop Museum have done it. All it took was months of preparation, roughly 800 cans of spray paint and a donated car. Oh, and also some of the most talented mural […]
Believe us when we say you’ve never experienced a Van Gogh art exhibit quite like this. HONOLULU Magazine, our sister publication, has teamed up with Beyond Exhibitions to bring the blockbuster “Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” to Honolulu for a limited engagement, with official tickets going on sale at vangoghhonolulu.com very soon. Created by French-Canadian
Updated on April 23, 2021 One of Hawaiʻi’s most iconic tree, the ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and is steeped in the Islands’ history. The flowers are gorgeous—coming in a variety of colors from red to yellow and even white—and have played muse for many local clothing and accessory
Hawaiʻi boasts nine national parks, from the site of an attack that launched the U.S. into World War II to areas sacred to Native Hawaiians. These important sites are great places for visitors to explore and learn more about Hawaiʻi’s unique history and culture. (And it’s great week to do it—it’s National Park Week!) Here
While Hawaiʻi was the first Guinness World Record holder of the world’s largest lei—recorded in 2008—the title was since been taken by San Pedro Laguna, Philippines with a 1.3-mile lei and is now currently is held by Chennai, India in 2012 with a 3.11-mile long lei. Now, the Aloha State is looking to reclaim the
Gardening is an unforgiving, but rewarding, pursuit. Plants are fickle, their lives fragile. One missed day of watering, too much sunlight, not enough weeding. There are endless ways to lose months of effort. So why do we garden? To grow produce to feed ourselves and loved ones? To learn a new skill? Maybe to clear
Do you know the story of the Haleʻiwa Hotel? Not many people do. The illustrious property closed its doors in 1943, as the epicenter of Oʻahu’s tourism industry cemented itself in Waikīkī, and the building itself was torn down a decade later in 1953. But for a moment, this country estate served as a dream
It’s no puzzle why people have been stocking up on jigsaws during COVID-19. The home hobby is a great way for ‘ohana to silence the outside noise (and electronics) and engage in something together. The problem, last year, was that puzzles were selling out. At one point, one Target in Honolulu only had two designs
For years, on my birthday, I would book a room in the historic wing of the Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa in Waikīkī. It was my splurge—a quiet night in the original hotel built in 1901, decades before Hawaiʻi, then a U.S. territory, became a state. That year, then-President William McKinley was assassinated
While each Hawaiian island is as beautiful and postcard-perfect as the next, each has its own distinct personality—and its own nickname, too. But, if you’re unfamiliar with each island’s individual history and peculiarities, it might be a mystery as to why Lānaʻi, for example, is called The Pineapple Island. So let’s dig in! Oʻahu (The
What were once plain, tan and brown walls typical of a government building are now filled with color thanks to the addition of three new murals painted in 2020—all of which you can see just walking the historic neighborhood. The murals depict a scenic valley and sunset, native birds and flowers, colorful geometric shapes, a
From the history of high-end audio design to unfiltered glimpses of Brooklyn’s intimate inner-city streets, it seems there’s a coffee table book for every subject. Fortunately, that applies to Hawai‘i, too. So if you’re looking to spruce up your home with Island-inspired tomes filled with glossy pages and attractive covers, check out these five coffee table books. “Kau Kau,
