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Arts + Culture, Culture, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i Island Arts + Culture, Merrie Monarch

10 Instagram Accounts to Follow During the 55th annual Merrie Monarch Festival

These hula-minded Instagram feeds will cover all the excitement happening in Hilo during the hula community’s favorite time of year. Be sure to follow them this week as they share the fun (both on and off stage) during the 2018 Merrie Monarch Festival. For stage photos and recap: @merriemonarchfestival   View this post on Instagram […]

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Arts + Culture, Culture, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i Island Arts + Culture, Merrie Monarch

Bingo Cards For Your Merrie Monarch Festival 2018 Viewing Party

Another year of extraordinary hula and Hawaiian music is taking place this week as the 55th annual Merrie Monarch Festival begins this Thursday, April 5 through Saturday April 7 in Hilo, Hawaii Island. Though tickets sell out immediately upon release in November, hula fans can still enjoy the competition from the comforts of home. And

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Arts + Culture, Culture, Hawai‘i Island, Hawai‘i Island Arts + Culture, Merrie Monarch

Your Events Guide to the 2018 Merrie Monarch Festival

Every year, Hilo becomes abuzz with excitement as the annual Merrie Monarch Festival rolls around. A weeklong celebration of hula, Hawaiian culture and the aloha spirit, it’s easy to get lost in the festivities and goings on. With a hoolaulea (celebration), an art festival, crafts fair and much-anticipated hula competitions happening on different days, make

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Arts + Culture, Culture, From Our Magazine, Oʻahu, O‘ahu Arts + Culture

See Iolani Palace’s Hidden Relics That Once Belonged to Hawaiian Royalty

The camera’s light flashes. White gloved hands shift King Kalakaua’s pipe ever so slightly. Beside us is a room filled with relics, not often seen on display. Having belonged to Hawaii’s kings, queens and noble people, these are no ordinary antiques. Every delicate piece comes with a story, bringing history to life. Take a look

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Arts + Culture, Culture, First-Time, Oʻahu, O‘ahu Arts + Culture, The Latest

North Shore’s Famous Haleiwa Signs Have a Sad, Heartfelt and Complicated Story

Did you know, the Haleiwa signs you see when driving to the town aren’t the originals? Actually, far from it. In 1996, Californian artist Carole Beller was paid $15,000 to erect three signs that would draw attention to the North Shore’s iconic surf town, Haleiwa. These signs ended up featuring red boardshort-clad surfers in the

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Arts + Culture, Culture, From Our Magazine, Oʻahu, O‘ahu Arts + Culture

Q&A: Haa Keaulana Wants to Change How People Think About Hawaii

If you don’t already know surfer-photographer-model Haa Keaulana, you will soon enough. With more than 140,000 Instagram followers, the 25-year-old Keaulana has been sharing colorful lifestyle surf photography of her hometown of Makaha with the world. It’s led to partnerships with several companies, including the Four Seasons Resort Ko Olina, OluKai and Hawaiian Airlines. Our

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Ho Brah, Here are 7 Ways to Throw a Shaka

With its origins shrouded in mystery, the shaka has become one of Hawaiʻi’s hallmark gestures. The base concept is simple: extend your pinkie and thumb while curling your pointer, middle and ring fingers. Boom! You’ve got yourself a shaka. Over time, however, the shaka has evolved and formed variants, each with different intricacies in both

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Adventure, Arts + Culture, Culture, From Our Magazine, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu, O‘ahu Arts + Culture, The Latest

The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Paddle the Kaiwi Channel

Considered the pinnacle of long-distance Hawaiian outrigger canoe racing, the Kaiwi Channel is a grueling 41-mile stretch of open ocean separating the Hawaiian Islands of Molokai and Oahu. In Hawaiian, ka iwi suitably means “the bone”—it takes every muscle and fiber of the human body to complete, a reminder that, when one’s physicality is stripped

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