Ten Hawaii institutions will be offering free admission to all active-duty military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve, and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day as part of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. Among the participating venues is […]
Congratulations to Sandy Zubiate of Los Angeles — winner of HAWAII Magazine’s Travaasa Giveaway Maui vacation sweepstakes. Sandy’s name was drawn at random from more than 7,100 sweepstakes entries submitted over the last eight weeks. Her prize? • five days/four nights complimentary accommodations for two in an ocean view, plantation-style “Sea Ranch Cottage” with a
At the 24th annual Maui Onion Festival, slated for this weekend, fans of the sweet Maui Kula onion will salute the famous bulb with recipe contests, onion-eating contests, and food booths packed with plenty of tempting oniony eats. Among the Hawaii celebrity chefs offering culinary demonstrations — and competing for “Best Maui Onion Recipe” honors
The annual three-day Maui Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival gets under way tomorrow on the island’s west side, at the Kaanapali Beach Hotel. Packed with performances, presentations, instructional workshops and jam session, the free fest will showcase on the only musical instrument thought to be both invented and popularized in Hawaii. Among the fest’s featured Hawaiian
Entrance fees at three Hawaii national parks will be waived for a five-day stretch, starting on Mon., April 22, to celebrate National Park Week. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, both on the Big Island, and Maui’s Haleakala National Park will waive the fees from Sat., April 21 through Sun.,
Last fall, we asked our estimated 200,000 HAWAII Magazine print edition readers and website readers to share their “Hawaii best” selections in more than 60 categories. We tallied their picks — more than 50,000, in all — and compiled them into HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards lists that appear in the March/April 2013 issue of HAWAII
Last fall, we asked our estimated 200,000 HAWAII Magazine print edition readers and website readers to share their “Hawaii best” selections in more than 60 categories. We tallied their picks — more than 50,000, in all — and compiled them into HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards lists that appear in the March/April 2013 issue of HAWAII
Last fall, we asked our estimated 200,000 HAWAII Magazine print edition readers and website readers to share their “Hawaii best” selections in more than 60 categories. We tallied their picks — more than 50,000, in all — and compiled them into HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards lists that appear in the March/April 2013 issue of HAWAII
Last fall, we asked our estimated 200,000 HAWAII Magazine print edition readers and website readers to share their “Hawaii best” selections in more than 60 categories. We tallied their picks — more than 50,000, in all — and compiled them into HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards lists that appear in the March/April issue of HAWAII Magazine.
There are 35 miles of winding Hana Highway curves and breathtaking east Maui coastline separating the picturesque taro farms of the Keanae Peninsula and the remote, sparsely populated seaside outpost of Kaupo. And on every one of the dozen or so drives I’d taken along the Hana Coast over the last couple of decades, I’d
Last fall, we asked our estimated 200,000 HAWAII Magazine print edition readers and website readers to share their “Hawaii best” selections in more than 60 categories. We tallied their picks — more than 50,000, in all — and compiled them into HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards lists that appear in the March/April issue of HAWAII Magazine.
For the fourth straight year, the annual Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index has ranked Hawaii highest in well-being in the nation. OK, we know the top ranking is no surprise. There’s a lot to be happy about in the Islands. One element about the survey that strikes us, though, is it underscores that seemingly small things, such
