Planning an afternoon drive around Oahu or an evening in front of your computer in Lubec, Maine, on Sunday? Perhaps you’re somewhere in between? Might we suggest tuning into Hawaii Public Radio’s Kanikapila Sunday—a fitting name for a radio show as kani ka pila literally translates to “let’s play music.” Host Derrick Malama does just […]
Hawaii loves baseball, but it doesn’t have a Major League Baseball team. Actually, it doesn’t have any professional sports teams, that is except for the Hawaii Winter Baseball League. This winter league is always stocked with up-and-coming players from the Major League’s farm teams and from Japan’s professional leagues. The eighth season of HWB league
If you’re a museum junkie, make your Saturday plans now. Will it be a morning immersed in Hawaiian history and culture at Bishop Museum, or an afternoon at the Hawaii State Art Museum perusing the works of the Islands’ best artists? How about both … free of charge? And perhaps another museum, if you can
Pull your telescope out of the closet, there’s a new dwarf planet in the skies. And it’s been given a Hawaiian name, Haumea, after the Hawaiian goddess of fertility. The International Astronomical Union just made it official. Discovered in 2005, the astronomical entity was classified as a dwarf planet only days ago. Just what is
Sorry, we just couldn’t resist the plethora of cuteness here. Actor Chris Noth—a.k.a. “Mr. Big” of the Emmy-winning HBO series Sex and the City—was snapped at Maui airport yesterday, awaiting a flight to points unknown after a weeklong vacation. The real star of the photos, though, isn’t the leisurely-attired Noth, 53, or his girlfriend Tara
Travel + Leisure readers love Honolulu. More than 125,000 of them recently went online to rank 25 U.S. cities for the magazine’s 2008 America’s Favorite Cities survey. It was a lengthy survey, 45 categories in all, ranking everything from a city’s food, nightlife and shopping to its people, quality of life and culture. Honolulu ranked
Wheel of Fortune is in Hawaii. So are its celebrity hosts Pat Sajak and Vanna White. After watching Wheel of Fortune for many years, I finally had a chance to hang out with Pat and Vanna at the Hilton Waikoloa Villageon Hawaii’s Big Island. In fact, I’m posting this article from the resort’s Malolo LoungeAmerica’s
The word “aloha” has many meanings. Hello. Goodbye. Love. But each September the word also becomes synonymous with a six-week festival honoring Hawaiian culture, history and all meanings of “aloha.” The 62nd annual Aloha Festivals kick off today. Hawaii’s oldest and largest statewide celebration honors the traditions and customs of the Islands through music, dance
It’s time to catch up with our Web posts again! Whether you’re new toHawaiiMaga-zine.com or one of our regular visitors, we know how it is. Sometimes you miss two, or even a whole week’s worth, of our daily posts while they’re still on the homepage. A couple months back, we brought some of our best
HawaiiMagazine.com readers really love POG. Back in February, we answered a reader query about where to find POG outside of Hawaii. POG, for folks unfamiliar, is a sweet blend of passion fruit, orange and guava juices, long a favorite of Hawaii residents. We had no idea how beloved POG was outside of Hawaii. Here it’s
Hawaii has a new stamp from the U.S. Postal Service. On Sept. 2, Hawaii will have its brand new “Flags of Our Nation” stamp, featuring the Hawaiian flag, mountains, ferns and an ohia tree with blooming lehua flowers. If you’re on Oahu next week Tuesday, Hawaii’s stamp celebration will be held at noon in the
HAWAII Magazine’s annual “Best of Hawaii” issue is out now. In it you’ll find more than 91 picks from our readers and writers revealing all of the best our Islands have to offer. Find out who, what and where HAWAII readers’ chose as their favorite beach, favorite town, favorite place to eat, favorite musician and
