How’s your Hawai‘i reading list holding up? And that island-style music playlist? The Hawaii Book & Music Festival is a sure bet to replenish and freshen up your stash of good reads and tunes. Plus, as always, the upcoming weekend event will feature local and national best-selling authors. Now in its eighth year, the annual […]
The sixth annual Big Island Film Festival, kicks off Wed., May 11 with a menu of 63 independent films, including 10 filmed here in Hawaii. Altogether, films from seven countries will be represented at the five-day festival, based at the Mauna Lani Resort on the South Kohala Coast. Celebrity honorees with Hawaii roots will include
A one-night film festival, showcasing six short films by Hawaii directors, is slated for Fri., May 6 at Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu’s downtown area. The First Friday Maoli Film Festival will include two official Sundance Film Festival selections. In January, Ty Sanga’s Stones, which is set in ancient Hawaii, became the first all-Hawaiian language
Starting today, when you visit either the Honolulu Academy of Arts or The Contemporary Museum on Oahu your admission sticker will get you same-day free admission to the other museum. The two-for-one admission deal is tied to a plan that will merge the two Honolulu art institutions into a “multi-campus” museum on July 1, said
Music from Kauai vocalist/musician/songwriter Kainani Kahaunaele’s second album Ohai Ula received the most nominations for the 34th annual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards for Hawaii music. Kahaunaele has eight nominations on the 2011 Na Hoku ballot, released last week. The awards will be handed out on May 29 at the Na Hoku Hanohano Music Awards ceremony
Hawaii’s hula halau (dancing groups) and competitive dancers from elsewhere are now making their way to Hilo to take part in the 48th annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s three-night competition, which will begin Thurs., April 28 with the Miss Aloha Hula Competition. But before the world’s premier hula contest gets under way, the weeklong Merrie Monarch
Californians who’ve had a taste of Hawaii-style poke love it as much as Hawaii residents do. And they’ve got two—count ‘em, two—upcoming festivals that prove that amore. In April, San Diego and Huntington Beach are hosting I Love Poke Festivals, showcasing more than 15 different styles of the favorite Hawaii snack-appetizer-lunch-dinner-whatever mainstay. Poke— pronounced “poh-KAY”—is the
Imagine strolling through a fine art museum — except everything on display is made from Hawaii-grown woods. That’s what it’s like walking through the Hawaii Forest Industry Association’s annual Hawaii Woodshow: Na Laau o Hawaii. This year’s 19th annual HFIA juried furniture and woodworking show begins Sat., April 9, and runs through Sun., April 17,
If you’re on Oahu on Sat., April 9, HAWAII Magazine would like you to consider taking some time out to attend—or lend your kokua (help) to—a benefit for a cause that’s near to our hearts. We’ve all seen the devastation wreaked on the Japanese coastal city of Sendai by the catastrophic March 11 Tohoku earthquake
We really didn’t need a survey to tell us, but it’s nice to have it validated just the same. Hawaii was named the happiest state in the nation, according to the recently released 2010 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. Hawaii scored a 71.0 average well-being score, out of a possible 100 points in the annual poll. That’s
May Day may be lei day in Hawaii. But really, any day in the Islands is a good day to celebrate the art and culture of Hawaiian lei making. And if you’re on Oahu this weekend and love lei, you’re in luck. The Honolulu Academy of Arts is once again dedicating an entire spring weekend
Hawaii may not have the largest Irish population among U.S. states (or countries in the Pacific Rim, for that matter). But such trivialities never give a moment’s pause to the thousands of people who turn out every year to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in downtown Honolulu. The annual St. Patrick’s Day Chinatown Block Party—just a
