Hawaii will celebrate its 95th annual King Kamehameha Day this weekend — and next weekend — with ceremonies, parades and other cultural celebrations paying tribute to King Kamehameha the Great, who unified the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810 and was its first monarch. The first King Kamehameha Day, proclaimed by King Kamehameha V to honor his […]
If you’re on Maui this weekend, your inner epicure may advise you to head for the island’s west shores where the 32nd annual Kapalua Wine & Food Festival will be under way at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Resort. Among the fest’s highlights: grand wine and food tasting events, winemaker dinners, wine seminars, and culinary demonstrations. The
If you’re headed to West Maui this weekend, you may want to bring some breath mints along. The 22nd annual Maui Onion Festival at Whalers Village — packed with eating and cooking contests, onion-themed games, Hawaii celebrity chef demonstrations and oniony eats — happens all day Sat., May 7. The Kaanapali area fest salutes the
The Hotel Hana-Maui is undergoing a makeover that aims to establish it as an “experiential hotel.” Starting on Thurs., June 30, the secluded hotel at the end of the winding and scenic Hana Highway will go by the name Travaasa Hana, and guests may pay an all-inclusive rate for accommodations, meals, spa treatments and activities.
The 19th annual East Maui Taro Festival, which features poi-pounding demonstrations, a taro pancake breakfast and cultural tours, happens this weekend in the community of Hana, Maui. Each year, Hana residents transform their baseball park into a festival celebrating the traditional Hawaiian dietary staple kalo — the Hawaiian word for taro. The root vegetable—prized for
There will soon be a lot of tree-hugging under way in Lahaina’s downtown area. On Saturday April 23 — the day after Earth Day, actually — and Sunday April 24, West Maui’s Lahaina Town Action Committee will host a birthday celebration in Banyan Tree Park. Festivities will be situated under the guest of honor —
Expand your understanding of Hawaii’s vast and varied marine life through Ke Kani O Ke Kai (Voices of the Sea), a new monthly lecture series offered on Maui at Kapalua Resort’s Village Café and Sweet Shoppe. The first free lecture, set for 4:30 p.m. Mon. May 2, will spotlight the majestic humpback whale, a popular
Construction of Maui’s first airport hotel, tailored for both leisure and business travelers, is slated to begin next week in Kahului. A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday for Maui’s first Courtyard by Marriott, a four-story, 138-room hotel located near Kahului Airport and close to Maui’s business, commercial and governmental center. “With Kahului being Maui’s commercial
This week, as we celebrate Earth Day, green-minded voluntourism opportunities in Hawaii, ranging from beach cleanups to native plant restoration efforts, are in the works. By volunteering for even a few hours with endeavors aimed at preserving paradise, you can gain a deeper appreciation of Hawaii’s awe-inspiring yet fragile environment. Environmental voluntourism offers vacationing visitors
There’s still much talk swirling in the national and international media about just how much of Hawaii is really open for business in the wake of last Friday’s tsunami-generated ocean surges, spawned by the Japan earthquake. So much talk, in fact, that Hawaii tourism officials and Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie took to issuing multiple media
Picture yourself at a beachside barbecue, on the lawn at aptly named Paradise Cove, Oahu. As the sun sets through the waving palms, you wander from food tent to food tent—and realize this is not just any barbecue. There’s roast duck with red wine teriyaki sauce. A seafood pouch with shrimp, clams, mahimahi and honshimeiji
Hawaii visitors and residents look forward to the first sighting of humpback whales in our Island waters each November. Humpback whales — called koholā in Hawaiian — settle in Hawaii’s warm and shallow waters each November through early May to breed, birth and raise their calves. They travel more than 3,000 miles of ocean—from southeastern
