You ask. We answer. Again.Our story in the March/April issue on the 50th anniversary of James Michener’s “Hawaii” prompted an e-mail from reader Carole Anderson in Madison, Wis. Anderson enjoyed both the book and the 1966 movie version, but was puzzled when we said the flick was Bette Midler’s film debut.Anderson couldn’t find Midler either in […]
While your mind is on romance today, here’s a suggestion.Tickets for the Hawaii Romance Festival go on sale today. For 10 days in May, the second annual music fest will give attendees more romance for their buck than a Nat King Cole ballads CD on repeat.The Honolulu-based festival will run from May 2 through 11.There’ll
Can you say “three-peat?”The live, vocal and instrumental multi-artist compilation Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar has won this year’s Grammy award for best Hawaiian music album.The win was the third consecutive in the category for a compilation from the production team of Daniel Ho, George Kahumoku Jr., Paul Konwiser and Wayne Wong. The four received Grammys last
You’re reading my final post about this year’s Best Hawaiian Music Album Grammy. My final post, that is, before the actual Grammy ceremonies on Sunday. Promise.Nothing new to report. The nominees haven’t changed:• Keola Beamer’s Ka Hikina O Ka Hau (The Coming Of The Snow)• Tia Carrere’s Hawaiiana• Raiatea Helm’s Hawaiian Blossom• Cyril Pahinui’s He‘eia• Treasures of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar,
Dave Matthews will play live in Hawaii for the first time at Jack Johnson’s annual Kokua Festival benefit concerts on April 19th and 20th.The leader of multi-million-selling jam band extraordinaire Dave Matthews Band will play an acoustic set with sometime musical partner, guitarist Tim Reynolds, at the fifth annual go-round of Johnson’s environmental awareness concerts.
Jack Johnson’s fifth CD, Sleep Through the Static, goes on sale Tuesday.It’s another disc of the characteristic spare, acoustic-surf-folk fare that has endeared the North Shore of Oahu native to millions. But the usual sweet real-world love songs and kicky blues-funky backyard jams have been partially replaced by darker songs with messages—the death of a loved
Indiana Jones was filmed in the “Peruvian” jungle of Kauai. Ben Stiller and Jack Black visited for the filming of their flick Tropic Thunder (Kauai), Knocked Up director Judd Apatow’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Oahu) was set at Turtle Bay Resort, and two of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies (Maui/Molokai/Kauai) made use of Hawaii’s gorgeous coastline. Godzilla has destroyed Waikiki Beach, and Katniss
Break out the sparking wine (or at least a ginger ale). Cue “Tiny Bubbles” on the stereo. Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hanneman has declared today “Don Ho Day.”A documentary of his life, “Don Ho Remembered,” premieres on Honolulu television station KGMB-9 at 8 p.m., Jan. 22. (An encore will be aired at 8 p.m., Jan. 28)There’s
The University of Hawaii Warrior football team has a new head coach. Warriors defensive coordinator Greg McMackinformally accepted the promotion this morning at a news conference at the campus’s Stan Sheriff Center.McMackin seems like a good choice for the job.Among his supporters for the job were former UH football coach June Jones, assistant coaches Jeff Reinebold and
You’ve been to Hawaii before. But you’ve probably never seen Hawaii like this.The Bishop Museum has the most extraordinary collection of 18th and 19th century Hawaii art in the world. Trouble is, hardly anyone has seen much of it for 70 years.In 1936, the museum closed its Picture Gallery. Although the room has found various
This 1960 Kodak commercial kept us giddy all morning: It features Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson—in Hawaii.We dug listening to Ozzie showing off his knowledge of Island folklore, and Ricky surfing off Waikiki.Anybody out there ever own a Brownie Automatic movie camera? Was it as sweet as Ozzie promised?
If you thought the Mai Tai was a hit, try the “Pua ‘Olena,” a cocktail inspired by a song on Tia Carrere’s Grammy-nominated Hawaiiana album.Each year, bartenders from Hawaii’s Outriggers Hotels and Resorts create drinks, inspired by the Grammy-nominated albums in the Hawaiian category, for the Outrigger’s Hotels and Resorts’ fourth annual “Signature Drink Contest.” Last night, Bob
