The 31st annual Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), which features a lineup of 212 films from 43 countries, gets under way tomorrow in Honolulu. In a news release, the nonprofit’s executive director, Chuck Boller, said: “People always ask me which films they should see at HIFF.” He continued, “I always tell them to not miss the opening, […]
Hawaii Five-0 will feature footage from the recent 15th annual Molokai-2-Oahu Paddleboard World Championship (M2O) in an episode slated to air on Mon., Sept. 26, according to Surfline, an online company that specializes in surf forecasting and surfing-related news. On July 31, more than 250 athletes — on both prone and stand-up paddleboard — competed
Scads of beachgoing photographers were snapping shots at sunset on Saturday at the shoreline in Waikiki, but few noticed the picturesque orange- and purple-tinted clouds above glistening waves. Turns out, it’s hard for even a quintessential Hawaii sunset shot to compete against the photogenic cast members of Hawaii Five-0. As the actors walked a red
Last year, the scene looked something like this: More than 5,000 excited fans — sitting on beach towels and walking along Wakiki Beach — cheering for Hawaii Five-O cast members on a red carpet rolled out on the sand. After sunset, the buzzing crowd fell silent for the advance screening of the much-anticipated redux of
On Sept. 2, 1945, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur and representatives from 10 nations assembled on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay to accept Imperial Japan’s formal, unconditional surrender. The Battleship Missouri Memorial — now located a ship’s length from the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor (Oahu) —will mark the 66th anniversary of
Aloha Festivals, one of Hawaii’s longest-running cultural celebrations, will get under way on Thurs., Sept. 1 with the annual Royal Court Investiture in Waikiki. During the investiture, set for 3 p.m. at Hilton Hawaiian Village’s village green, members of this year’s Royal Court (pictured, above) will officially take their place and be adorned with traditional
Lauhala (palm leaf) woven hats created by Gladys Kukana Grace — a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship — and more than two dozen of her students are featured in an exhibit slated to open on Thurs., Aug. 25 at Honolulu Academy of Arts. Ulana Me Ka Lokomaika i: To
The U.S. Postal Service has picked bonsai tree paintings by Big Island wildlife artist John D. Dawson to appear on a five-stamp series. The stamps will be reportedly printed with a special first-class Forever imprint, through which they will always be accepted by the Postal Service as full value for a first-class letter rate. The release
DFS Galleria Waikiki is celebrating Hawaii ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro’s 10th anniversary as a solo artist today (Mon., Aug. 8) with workshops and ukulele performances by various artists throughout the day. If you’re in the Waikiki area, check it out. The performances are free, and bouncy ukulele music is sure bet for toe-tapping fun. Jake
Tucked into tranquil Lawai Valley, near Kauai’s south shore, is Lawai International Center, which features 88 miniature shrines inspired by a thousand-mile pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan. This Sunday (Aug. 12), the center will celebrate its 12th annual Pilgrimage of Compassion during which visitors will be invited to walk a hillside path lined with the shrines
At the Made in Hawaii Festival, set for Aug. 19-21 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Arena and Exhibition Hall in Honolulu, the goods are Island-made — no made-elsewhere stickers allowed. Everything, from trendy tropical clothing, fine art photography and food to crafts, jewelry and home furnishings must meet state law criteria for the “Made
The first commercial flight from the mainland to Hawaii was on April 16, 1935 — a Pan American Airways seaplane flew from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor in 17 hours and 14 minutes. That’s about three times the length of today’s typical flight from the West Coast. (Note to self: Never grumble about possible flight
