Scores of surfing fans, ranging from avid athletes to enthusiasts who prefer to watch the waves from the beach, will be cruising this weekend’s Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction for a glimpse at the stuff of waterman history. One hundred years worth of surf collectibles, with an estimated total value of $1 million, will be […]
A Japanese tea ceremony — expected to include two Pearl Harbor survivors, along with the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the Japanese consul general in Honolulu — is set for tomorrow morning inside the USS Arizona Memorial. The ancient ritual aims to honor Americans — 2,345 military personnel and 57 civilians — who
If you’re in the Waikiki area this Sunday, July 17, you may see scores of passersby toting ukuleles. We recommend following the musical crowd to the Kapiolani Park Bandstand, where the 41st annual Ukulele Festival Hawaii will be under way from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The upbeat, bouncy music just might perk up your morning
The 34th annual Prince Lot Hula Festival — Hawaii’s oldest and largest non-competitive hula celebration held each year to honor Prince Lot Kapuaiwa, who revived the once-banned hula in the Oahu area — is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat., July 16. The event will feature both hula kahiko (ancient) hula and chant,
Roseanne’s Nuts, a Lifetime network reality TV “docu-series” tracking Roseanne Barr’s ongoing efforts to manage a 40-acre macadamia nut and livestock farm in the small town of Honokaa on the Big Island, will make its debut tomorrow. According to a Lifetime press release, the show’s 16 half-hour episodes offer a “funny, outrageous and unfiltered look
A dedication ceremony was held today at Waikiki’s Outrigger on the Beach hotel for a lobby area now serving as a tribute to Herb Kawainui Kane, a leading figure in the Hawaiian Renaissance — that revival of long-suppressed and neglected cultural identity expressed in music, language, hula and construction of Hawaiian voyaging canoes, which got
Terry O’Quinn, who won an Emmy for his role as the enigmatic John Locke on ABC’s Lost, is joining the cast of our favorite re-imagined police procedural drama, Hawaii Five-O, according to a news release issued by the CBS Television Network. O’Quinn will play a Navy Seal Lt. Commander who trained McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and
Production of a spooky-looking new ABC television series called The River is reportedly moving to Hawaii this summer, with Steven Spielberg on its producer team. The pilot episode was filmed in Puerto Rico, as was the pilot for Off the Map, an ABC series than moved to Hawaii last summer. That medical drama about doctors
Many Island visitors are well acquainted with Hawaii music stars such as Willie K and Kealii Reichel. How about Mark Yamanaka? Have you ever listened to a tune recorded by the Big Island musician? Not sure? If Na Hoku Hanohano Awards serve as a sort of forecast for future success, Hawaii music fans are likely
Hawaii officials are asking for lei donations — 50,000 strands are needed for our Memorial Day tradition of draping fresh lei at the gravesites of veterans at Oahu’s National Cemetery of the Pacific, in Punchbowl Crater, and at veterans cemeteries throughout the Islands. Every year, Hawaii schoolchildren and community groups pitch in by stitching together
In the just-released movie trailer for The Descendants, you’ll see a flustered-looking George Clooney running in slippahs down a damp residential street in a leafy Oahu neighborhood. Other Hawaii scenery tucked into the 2:15-minute clip range from glimpses of canoes gliding along the Ala Wai Canal near Waikiki and South Kohala’s lava fields on the
Looking for some fresh and fascinating Hawaii-focused page-turners? Check out the best Island books of the last year — as determined by a panel of librarians, booksellers, educators and media professions in the Hawaii Book Publishers Association’s 18th annual competition. Among the top winners of the 2011 Ka Palapala Pookela Awards — the Grammys of
