The “Mighty Mo” is getting a makeover. The Battleship Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor on Oahu closes to the public this week until January 2010 for extensive maintenance and preservation work. The retired Naval vessel and floating museum—site of the Empire of Japan’s surrender, ending World War II—will enter drydock on Oct. 14, to begin […]
Regardless of religious background, the life’s work of Molokai’s beloved priest has inspired many, including HIV/AIDS sufferers. But how did Damien finally attain sainthood? What did this Belgian priest do for the Hansen’s disease (leprosy) patients living in Kalawao and Kalaupapa on Molokai? Here is a look at Damien’s path to sainthood, and the story
Fishing is big in Hawaii, and that’s why nearly 20,000 people show up for the annual Hawaii Fishing & Seafood Festival, happening this Sunday at the Honolulu Fishing Village at Pier 38. You don’t have to be a fisherman to enjoy this festival. In fact, the ratio of fishermen to foodies definitely weighs in favor
CBS is readying a brand new version of its classic Aloha State crime drama Hawaii Five-O for the age of high definition screens and reality television. Think you’ve read that here before? You have. It’s the same opening line we used in an August 2008 post, when the network announced Hawaii Five-O would be returning
Mitzi Gaynor was back on Kauai, for the first time since filming South Pacific there in 1958. Now 78, Gaynor is still glamorous, vivacious—and whole a lot of fun to talk to. We sat with Ms. Gaynor (“Mitzi, please,” she told us) in the spanking new lobby bar of the St. Regis Princeville Resort. Right
After a year and $100 million renovation, Kauai’s luxury Princeville Resort has reopened. Now branded as a St. Regis, the hotel began receiving guests Oct. 1 and last night threw itself an opening gala. The resort looks spectacular for a night arrival, as you can see from the picture above. HAWAII Magazine flew over the
On Oct. 11, Father Damien de Veuster will become Hawaii’s first canonized saint. The Catholic Church will officially recognize Hawaii’s beloved priest as a saint during a canonization ceremony in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City. During the Rome ceremony, Pope Benedict XVI will present Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva with a Damien relic—his right heel
Museum junkies, make your Saturday plans now. Thirteen Hawaii museums will be offering free admission this Saturday, Sept. 26—we’ll let you know what you’ll need to do to get in. It’s all part of Smithsonian Magazine’s fifth annual Museum Day, an annual celebration of the cultural and educational significance of nationwide museums to their communities.
HAWAI‘I Magazine reader Verlin Bulmahn e-mailed us with a question about da kine: Based on your Web article (and watching his TV show), I know Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” and Beth Chapman’s business is named Da Kine Bail Bonds. But even using Internet-based Hawaiian-English dictionaries, I cannot find the English translation for the word
Lost addicts unite! Or at least start planning to be on Oahu on Oct. 17. That’s when the annual Hawaii International Film Festival will celebrate the cast and crew of the ABC TV series Lost—currently filming its final season in Hawaii—with a full day of events no fan of the show will want to miss.
If you ask us, it was only a matter of time before the Travel Channel’s gluttonous food travelogue Man v. Food made it to Hawaii. Not that we consume food here the way Man v. Food host Adam Richman does. (For those not in the know, Richman likes his eats “in very large quantities.”) It’s
When Bali Hai calls, Mitzi Gaynor answers. The actress who famously portrayed effervescent U.S. Navy nurse, Ensign Nellie Forbush in the classic film version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific will return to Kauai in October to help celebrate the movie musical’s 51st anninversary. It will be Gaynor’s first visit to the Garden Island since
