The fate of the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial—the aging salt-water public swimming pool and standing war monument—grows more dubious by the day. Last week, a task force appointed by Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann voted 9-3 to demolish the natatorium’s dilapidated pool and façade, and relocate the memorial’s iconic Beaux Arts-style entrance arch to nearby Kapiolani […]
For the first season of the newly reborn Hawaii Five-0, CBS is holding a competition for college and university bands across the country. The best rendition of the Hawaii Five-0 theme wins $25,000 for its band program and an appearance on CBS. How is the winner determined? By your votes. You can vote once a
On the 120th anniversary of Duke Kahanamoku’s birthday, the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation teamed up with Primo Beer to induct the first honorees in the newly created Hawaii Waterman Hall of Fame. The foundation’s Ralph Goto said, “Hawaii has a rich history of producing some of the world’s best athletes in water sports, and that
The final count in Waikiki last night went something like this … More than 5,000 screaming fans sitting on beach towels and goza mats on Waikiki’s Queen’s Surf Beach. A hundred or so Hawaii, Mainland and international journalists crowded along a red carpet rolled out on the sand. Five impossibly good-looking cast members walking said
Want to catch the opening episode of CBS’s new Hawaii Five-0 before the rest of the country does AND ogle the series impossibly good-looking cast, live and in person? More importantly, can you be on Oahu—preferably in Waikiki—‘round sunset on Sept. 13? Consider yourself invited to the red-carpet screening of the classic Hawaii crime drama’s
The brand new series redux of Hawaii Five-0 premieres nationwide on CBS on Sept. 20. Folks lucky enough to be on Oahu on Sept. 13 will get to see the entire episode from the sands of Waikiki’s Queen’s Surf Beach at a Sunset on the Beach screening. But if you’re flying select Hawaiian Airlines routes
A new U.S. Postal Service stamp pane featuring the native plants and wildlife of Hawaii’s rainforests will receive its first-day issue at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park this Wednesday, Sept. 1. If you’re on the Big Island that day, you’re invited the stamp pane’s first-day cancellation and unveiling ceremonies. The morning ceremony will be free and
In the January/February 2010 issue of HAWAII Magazine, we brought you a feature article on Koloa Rum Co., whose quartet of premium rums are the first and only distilled liquor ever produced for retail on Kauai. Having sampled a fair share of the Lihue-based distillery’s gold, white and dark rums—you know, for research purposes and
Everyone’s heard of the road to Hana. Thousands of Maui visitors drive it each year. It’s one of the most scenic roads in Hawaii. Less is written about Maui’s other hidden drive, the road from Kapalua around the north side of the West Maui Mountains, even though the road is just as scenic as the
It’s time to bid “Aloha!” to Capt. Jack Sparrow and his crew. Hawaii location shooting ends today on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment in Walt Disney Pictures mega-blockbuster action-comedy series. “Mahalo to everyone in Hawaii who made our PIRATES 4 shoot such a great one,” executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer wrote
Everyone’s heard of the road to Hana. Thousands of Maui visitors drive it each year, all 52 miles of twisty turns, one-lane bridges and luxurious rainforest scenery. It’s one of the most scenic roads in Hawaii. No one talks much about Maui’s other hidden drive, the road from Kapalua around the north side of the
The 64th annual edition of the Aloha Festivals happens next month on Oahu. As we reported back in January, organizers set dates for the Aloha Festivals’ two most-popular events early. In case you haven’t already saved the dates (or planned a trip to Oahu around them, as we know many of our readers do), these
