Hawaii Five-0 is now booked for a third season. The Hawaii-filmed re-imagined police procedural drama is one of 18 primetime television series renewed by CBS this week for the 2012-13 season. The list includes nine dramas, four comedies, three reality shows and two news magazines. For the second straight year, Hawaii Five-0 holds the No. […]
Next month, popular Hawaii singer-songwriter Jack Johnson, along with Oahu-based musician friends Paula Fuga and John Cruz, will stage seven all-acoustic shows in the Islands. The tour is in support of an album slated for release on April 17, Jack Johnson and Friends — Best of Kokua Festival. For information about pre-ordering the album, click
For the third straight year, the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index has ranked Hawaii highest in well-being in the nation. OK, we know the top ranking is no surprise. There’s a lot to be happy about in the Islands. One element about the well-being survey that strikes us, though, is it underscores that simple things, such
The Descendants, a dramedy filmed on Oahu and Kauai and packed with a cast of compelling Hawaii characters, picked up an Oscar statuette last night for best adapted screenplay. The screenplay is based on the best-selling novel by Hawaii writer Kaui Hart Hemmings, who reportedly struck up a friendship with director Alexander Payne and assisted
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe spent three months in Hawaii during 1939 while on assignment for the Dole Pineapple Co. She was tasked with producing two paintings for a national advertising campaign. While in the Islands, O’Keeffe produced 20 paintings of tropical plants, verdant landscapes and the blue-green sea. During a two-week stay on Maui, 12-year-old Patricia
Opening credits for the original Hawaii Five-O television show last only about one minute. As the fast-paced theme music starts, a big wave rolls toward shore. Next: several quick glimpses of Oahu landmarks, cast members and a beautiful Hawaii model dashing along a sparkling shoreline. If you watch carefully, about halfway through the credits, one
We’ve counted your picks from our latest HAWAII Magazine Facebook Ohana poll question: Who is your favorite Hawaii music artist? Ever. The top five vote-getters are on the pages ahead. Your picks specified more than 50 artists, ranging from innovative newcomers with recent hits on pop charts to iconic late artists remembered for setting music
Congratulations to Ashleigh Allred of Salt Lake City, Utah — the winner of our HAWAII Magazine’s Honolulu Festival Flyaway sweepstakes. Ashleigh’s name was drawn at random from more than 10,000 sweepstakes entries submitted through our Facebook page over the last three weeks. Her prize? • Complimentary Hawaiian Airlines round-trip airfare for two passengers between Oahu
U.S. Postal Service is saluting Hawaii’s most enduring symbol of the relaxed, laid-back, and tropical lifestyle: the aloha shirt. Of the five vintage-shirt stamps issued this week, two feature surfers and boards. The other three depict Kilauea volcano (pictured, right), bird of paradise flowers, and fossil fish, shellfish and starfish, respectively. Manufacturer Alfred Shaheen created
Like the photo above as much as we do? It’s the grand prize-winning entry of HAWAII Magazine’s 13th Annual Photo Contest. Last May, we asked HAWAII readers to send us their best photos of the Islands. We gave them four categories to enter their photos into: Oahu; Maui, Molokai and Lanai; Kauai and the Big
An eruption on Kilauea volcano’s east rift zone will be featured on a commemorative quarter that’s slated to be released this year through the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The coin will include the inscriptions: HAWAII VOLCANOES, HAWAII 2012 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. In a news release issued by the Big Island’s Hawaii Volcanoes National
HAWAII Magazine has lost a brilliant writer, mentor, leader and, most of all, great friend who was one of our own. John Heckathorn, who served as editor of this magazine from 2007 to 2010, passed away yesterday in Honolulu. He was 65. John was the first editor to lead HAWAII’s editorial team following the magazine’s
