For only the third time since 1980, the NFL Pro Bowl will not be played in Hawaii. The National Football League announced yesterday that its annual all-star game will relocate to Arizona next year and set for Sun., Jan. 25, 2015, at University of Phoenix Stadium. Super Bowl XLIX will take place a week later […]
Looks like another year of Daniel Dae Kim’s megawatt smile, circular Kakaako police chases, the comedic bromace of one Det. Danny “Danno” Williams and Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett, and (crossing fingers) way more Michelle Borth. CBS has green-lighted Hawaii Five-0 for a fifth season, presumably beginning in September. The fifth-season pick-up for the Oahu-filmed crime
Most of us will never get a chance to visit the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, a massive, closed-to-the-public marine and wildlife conservation area that encompasses much of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands beyond Kauai. Thanks to Google Street View’s Trekker site, however, you can now virtually stroll among the thousands of seabirds nesting on Tern Island or
Throw out everything you know about the NFL Pro Bowl. This year’s pre-Superbowl all-star matchup in Hawaii isn’t about AFC vs. NFC. Instead, the pros were drafted for play, creating unexpected teams and memorable matchups the all-star game has never seen before. The first-ever Pro Bowl draft happened yesterday on Oahu, with NFL Hall of
Hawaii’s unofficial second New Year’s celebration, Chinese New Year, doesn’t officially start until Jan 31. But festivities on Oahu will begin as early as next week—Jan. 24—and continue through Jan. 31 in the Chinatown Culture & Arts District and at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. We’ve got the highlights here. Gung Hee Fat Choy! Be
Each September, the Aloha Festivals cultural celebration honors a time in our Islands’ history when the Hawaiian culture’s monarchy, customs and traditions were part of the fabric of everyday life. The fests’ spectrum of events includes royal court investitures, ceremonies marked by hula and chant, and a street-closing Waikiki hoolaulea (celebration). The most beloved of these is arguably the Aloha
On February 19, 1929, Hawaii’s first neon sign, “Gump’s,” flicked on, announcing the opening of the esteemed San Francisco retailer’s Waikiki store. Its location at the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Lewers Street, across from the elegant Royal Hawaiian, was ideal. Well-heeled guests of the hotel, which had opened two years earlier, just had to walk
The painter Georgia O’Keeffe and the photographer Ansel Adams remain, nearly three decades after their passings, quintessential modern artists of the American West, both celebrated for distinct methods of capturing the essence of the natural world in their work. What is not as widely known, even among art authorities, is that, between 1939 and 1958,
If every plant species needs a superhero, the ever-benevolent warrior for Hawaii-grown mangoes is surely Mark Suiso. When it comes to Hawaii’s favorite chilled fruit for a warm summer day, the owner of Makaha Mangoes is on a threefold mission: Plant new mango trees; return older, neglected trees to productivity; and, in true superhero form, extend
This summer, the language, dance, and music of Hawaii joins the lineup of international cultural events, demonstrations and displays at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival, happening June 26-30 and July 3-7 in Washington D.C. Founded in 1967, the two-week exhibition celebrates the world’s multitude of living cultures and their rich heritages. Each summer, the fest
The phone in Mike Hirao’s office is ringing off the hook. He doesn’t answer it. “I bet this person wants chichi dango,” he says, eyeing the noisy phone. It’s 3 p.m. on a Thursday. Nisshodo Candy Store has been open since 7 a.m. The shop is an hour from closing. And the Japanese mochi dessert
Clark Little never dreamed his lifelong passion for riding North Shore Oahu surf would ignite an award-winning career in wave photography. In the late 1990s a self-described “crazy surfing shore-break man,” Little would charge into massive, board-sucking shore-break surf, regularly get thrown onto the sand, and risk the breaking of bones or worse. It was
