In California this month? Grammy-nominated Hawaii vocalist Raiatea Helm is headlining the Aloha Falsetto Festival at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center on July 13. Recent Na Hoku Hanohano award-winning vocalist-musician Hoku Zuttermeister, Gary Haleamau, SoCal-based falsetto singer Geri Brigoli, other musicians and hula halau are also set to perform. The festival will bring back […]
Hawaii decathlete Bryan Clay— a 1998 graduate of Oahu’s Castle High School— is bound for the Olympics again, this time as a record-holder. Clay earned his ticket to Beijing by earning 8,832 points in the U.S. Olympic track and field trials yesterday—a new record for the competition and the highest score from an American athlete
Eddie would go. Perhaps you saw or heard the phrase somewhere here in Hawaii. On a t-shirt. On a bumpersticker. Maybe somebody even told you a story about the saying’s namesake, Eddie Aikau. Aikau was a noted big wave surfer and lifeguard, part of the crew for the Hawaiian long-distance voyaging canoe Hokulea’s second voyage,
On June 9, Uilani, an 11-year-old sea lion, gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Oahu’s Sea Life Park. Yesterday was the pup’s first public appearance. The baby sea lion, who doesn’t have a name yet, weighed approximately 17 pounds and measured 24 inches in length. Isn’t she a cutie pie? You can learn
HAWAII Magazine reader Michael Mattox e-mailed us: Do you know where I can buy the red-and-gold alii signs they use to show points of interest in Hawaii? According to a Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau representative, the “warrior” signs—which mark sites of historical, cultural or scenic interest—are not for sale. A January 2005 Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Can you believe these photos? Yes, it’s Matt Damon—shooting scenes for his next movie at Oahu’s Makaha Valley Country Club earlier this week. The cheap aloha shirt, post disco-era ‘stache and serious paunch? All part of his character. People’s current Sexiest Man Alive is playing real-life whistleblower Mark Whitacre in director Steven Soderbergh’s thriller The
The United States Olympic Women’s Soccer Team will have a Hawaii player on the pitch when it defends its 2004 gold medal in Beijing in August. Former University of Hawaii soccer star Natasha Kai today became the first-ever female player from Hawaii selected for a U.S. Olympic team in the sport. The U.S. Women’s National
Actor Pierce Brosnan got more than a makeshift award from the folks at the Maui Film Festival last weekend. He also got a faceful of Wailea one maka (wet sand). After doing some stand-up paddleboarding—itself a pretty silly looking activity—Brosnan made the critical error of not jumping off his surfboard before reaching the beach. When
At the end of broadcast journalist Tim Russert’s funeral service this week, the attendees left to “a ukulele version of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow,’” said MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. The song was, of course, the late Israel Kamakawiwoole’s magical recording of the tune—which was a favorite of Russert’s. Outside the funeral, people were amazed to suddenly
What happens when you match two of Hawaii’s most inventive guitarists—in this case, Hapa’s Barry Flanagan and Barefoot Natives’ Eric Gilliom—on the same stage? Beats us. We’ve never seen it happen. Which is why we’re intrigued by the Royal Lahaina Resort’s Ka’anapali Nights concert series, which will feature the longtime friends over six summer Saturday
Honolulu singer-composer-musician Hoku Zuttermeister took a long time to record his debut solo CD ‘Aina Kupuna. But that diligence paid off big last night when the traditional Hawaiian CD took home six Na Hoku Hanohano Awards—the Hawaii music industry’s equivalent of a Grammy. It was the most Hoku any artist or CD would win at
Recently we had the good fortune to hang out at Ron Jacobs’ Whodaguyhawaii.com studio, when two-thirds of the Makaha Sons showed up for a visit. In cyberspace, Whodaguyhawaii.com may be international in scope. But the Kaneohe headquarters of the internet Hawaiian music station are hardly spacious. Moon Kauakahi (left, in pic) and Jerome Koko, accompanied by
