72 weeks and counting. That’s how long singer-songwriter-musician Jason Mraz’s wildly popular hit song “I’m Yours,” has spent on Billboard Magazine’s Hot 100 singles chart, as of this week. As it turns out, it’s also the most weeks any song has spent ensconced on the influential music chart in its entire 50-plus years of existence. […]
HAWAII Magazine reader Katherine Spahr emails: We recently watched the movie Diamond Head with Charlton Heston. Can you tell us which island it was filmed on? You ask, we answer. In 1959, Columbia Pictures paid Honolulu Star-Bulletin reporter Peter Gilman $100,000 (nearly $750,000 in today’s dollars) for the film rights to Such Sweet Thunder, his
Hawaii celebrates its 50th anniversary of statehood on Friday—quietly. There are events on all the major islands, but celebrations are muted. (If you’re interested in finding the events, click here for a full schedule.) Why muted? You need to understand the long campaign from 1903 to 1959 for Hawai‘i statehood—and its implications today. Here’s a
Sick and tired of finding “Made in Taiwan” stickers clinging to the bottom of your Island souvenirs? Looking for gifts and goods that can really claim to be “Made in Hawaii”? Swing by the 14th annual Made in Hawaii Festival this weekend for a sampling of the things that make Hawaii special … all in
Anna Bric from Australia e-mailed us with a question about “Mr. Hawaii,” Don Ho. I saw Don Ho recently in an episode of “I Dream of Jeanie” and it brought back memories of how talented he was. I would love to read his autobiography and find out more about this fascinating and talented man. Does
Google’s homepage is now available in the Hawaiian language. But for the time being you’d have to do a bit of searching to find it. We recently read that the homepage interface of the World’s most popular online search engine was available in olelo Hawaii (Hawaiian language). A good thing, we thought. But when we
The National Weather Service lifted storm watches for Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and Oahu at 11 a.m. (Hawaii time) as Tropical Depression Felicia began dissipating on its pass through the Islands. The former hurricane and tropical storm had been downgraded to a tropical depression earlier in the day. At 11 a.m., the National Weather Service
On March 22, 1959, Hawaii buzzed with excitement. Hawaii had just been declared America’s 50th state. Schools were dismissed. Government offices shut down. Retail shops closed. Hundreds danced in the streets and lawns surrounding Iolani Palace. On Sand Island, a bonfire roared two stories high, while fireworks bathed the night sky in a colorful glow.
Welcome back, Hawaiian Hall! The Bishop Museum’s 120-year-old exhibit space is getting a grand reintroduction to the public this weekend, celebrating the completion of three years and $16 million worth of renovations. Renovations, which began in 2006, marked Hawaiian Hall’s first major overhaul in more than a century. Built in 1889, Hawaiian Hall is the
We gave his personal assistant our advice. Then we waited. Sort of waited, anyway, to see if Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome would stop by any of the photo op spots we recommended on our HawaiiMagazine.com list of the Top 5 Hawaii places the ceramic icon to all-things-travel-related should visit. The online travel agency’s pointy-headed mascot has
It’s a girl! After finding the photo above in our email this morning, we couldn’t resist introducing the newest member of the Sea Life Park Hawaii ocean ohana, Waiohakaupo. The healthy bundle of watery joy was born earlier this month to Hiiaka, one of the park’s Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. The park introduced Waiohakaupo to the
Do ceramic gnomes prefer poi to sticky rice? The summit of Haleakala to the white sands of Wailea? Surfing to hula? These will likely be among the many questions answered today when online travel agency Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome arrives in Hawaii for a tour of the Islands. Fans of Hawaii had been voting in an
