On a cold spring evening last month, Chicago warmly welcomed Hawaii ukulele phenomenon Jake Shimabukuro to the stage of the Old Town School of Folk Music. Shimabukuro, 31, played two shows at the renowned music school—one sold out, the one I attended a near sell out. I couldn’t see any flip-flops. But the audience was […]
Couldn’t make it to Kokua Festival last month? The entirety of festival co-founder and headliner Jack Johnson’s performance is now online at MSN Music’s IN CONCERT site. Free. The bad news? None of the much-buzzed-about set by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds, nor any other acts are included. But you won’t have to endure long
The May/June 2008 issue of HAWAII Magazine features a story on cartoonist Robert Ripley’s fascination with our Islands. Ripley created Ripley’s Believe It or Not! —the strange-but-true trivia-filled newspaper cartoon series. And, reports writer Greg Daugherty, he visited Hawaii four or five times during his brief, illustrious life. The “believe it or not” Ripley nuggets
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader Dorci Whittington writes: In the early part of the ’90s, I went to see a dinner show at the Maui Tropical Plantation starring Buddy Fo. It was the most fun show I have ever been to. We went every time we were on Maui. When we came back
And now, today’s moment of zen. 24 actress Elisha Cuthbert was snapped frolicking in the waters off of Maui’s Wailea resort area on Monday with her boyfriend Dion Phaneuf. Phaneuf—whose bare-chested-ness we’ve included here, you know, for gender balance—is a defenseman for the National Hockey League’s Calgary Flames. Cuthbert was taking a perhaps much-needed break
You ask. We answer. HAWAII Magazine reader David Sand had a question about announcing a marriage in Hawaiian. How do I write “I am pleased to announce the marriage of my daughter, (girl’s name), to (boy’s name)” in the Hawaiian language? Of course, we queried one of the best authorities we know on the matter:
Today in Hawaii we celebrate tango-no-sekku, more commonly known as Boys’ Day. In Japan, where Boys’ Day originated, the holiday was joined with Girls’ Day to form Children’s Day. However, we in the Islands are fond of setting aside separate days for both sexes. Hence, Girls’ Day is observed on March 3, while Boys’ Day
You ask. We answer. We got an e-mail from a reader who forgot to sign his name. “On all my trips to Hawaii I heard one sound that I love and have never heard anywhere else. I assume it’s a bird. I have looked up all kinds of birds and listened to their sounds and
It’s not official just yet. But Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann, a couple of corporate sponsors and a whole lot of volunteers donating and stringing flowers crafted the world’s longest lei yesterday at May Day festivities in Waikiki. The final length? 5,336 feet—or 56 feet over the mile-long goal the Mayor had set. The event was
Perhaps you’ve heard the old hapa haole hula anthem, “May Day is ‘Lei Day’ in Hawaii.” The song is still largely true. Each year on May 1, many residents statewide celebrate Hawaiian culture and island culture by attending music and hula shows, sporting their best aloha wear and wearing colorful floral lei. But Honolulu politicos—Mayor
Hawaii singer-songwriter Jack Johnson is Billboard Magazine’s most environmentally conscious musician of 2008. Johnson topped the music industry trade publication’s “Green 10” list, which honors musicians raising awareness of environmental issues, applying earth-friendly actions to their recording and touring, and inspiring peers to do likewise. Billboard editors selected the musicians on the list, released today
Jack Johnson’s Kokua Festival wrapped up its second day of music Sunday night in Waikiki. As promised, here’s writer and Jack fan Jessica Ferracane’s fifth-row-from-the-stage view of Saturday’s sold-out show. I’m at the Waikiki Shell for the first night of Kokua Festival 2008, standing in a line with about 150 people, trying to buy a
