A 3-year-old Hawaiian monk seal abandoned by its mother as a newborn on Kauai is now taking up permanent residence at the Waikiki Aquarium’s Hawaiian Monk Seal Habitat. Hoailona, also known as KP2, returned to Hawaii last month, after spending about two years at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he took part in […]
While signs for Waikiki and other iconic Oahu beach areas can be hard to miss, there are scores of shoreline public access points around the island that can be a bit tricky to find. A new easy-to-use map-based website pinpoints public access spots to Oahu beach areas. Click here to check out the map, which
Oahu’s Pearl Harbor ships and submarines will soon be decked out in glowing yuletide cheer for 2012 Holiday Harbor Lights evening tours, slated to get under way on Fri., Dec. 14 and continue through the weekend, wrapping up on Sun., Dec. 16. Free 30-minute harbor boat tours will be offered between 6:15 p.m. and 8
Two Hawaii musicians and the movie soundtrack for Hawaii-filmed The Descendants picked up Grammy Award nominations, which were announced this week by The Recording Academy. The 55th Grammys awards show will be staged (with a CBS broadcast) on Feb. 10, 2013. Keola Beamer’s album Malama Ko Aloha, or “Keep Your Love,” is nominated in the
Events tied to the 71st anniversary of Pearl Harbor Day are under way this week on Oahu. Among them: an engaging discussion with survivors and other eyewitnesses of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack; a ceremony marking the exact time the attack started; and an evening parade through the Waikiki area. • After Dark in the
HAWAII Magazine’s 2012 Best of Hawaii issue is on sale now! This year, the annual feature’s 20 pages are packed with HAWAII Magazine staff picks on everything from our favorite Hawaii places, eats to activities and various fun items, ranging from intriguing objects to pursuits just too amusing to leave off the list. In previous
The City and County of Honolulu’s official schedule for Oahu street activities is now packed with holiday parades, starting this weekend and continuing through mid-December. More than 20 major parades and caravans will be lining up in across the island. For a complete listing of parades and caravans, click here. Here are some of this weekend’s
The StarChefs Rising Stars Revue, which showcases up-and-coming culinary talent across the country, will hold its first-ever Hawaii gala next week in Waikiki. The event, set for 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 4 at Halekulani, is a walk-around tasting. It will feature dishes from each 2012 Hawaii Rising Star Award recipient, as
The holding period for the 28th Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surfing contest — the world’s longest-running big-wave invitational — begins on Sat., Dec. 1. The event’s opening ceremony is set for 3 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 28 in Waimea Bay on Oahu’s North Shore. During the annual ceremony, top-notch surfers and members of
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About five miles northeast of the historic Haleiwa town on Oahu’s North Shore, on the grounds of Kawailoa Plantation, construction of Hawaii’s latest clean-energy effort is completed and commercial operations are under way. At full output, the 69 megawatt Kawailoa Wind project has the potential to meet up to 10 percent of Oahu’s annual electrical demand
The 21th annual World Invitational Hula Festival, which features participants from more than 20 countries, gets under way today in Honolulu. The two-day fest, which will be based at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel in the Waikiki area, aims to entertain and, through the art of hula, educate spectators about for Hawaii’s unique culture. Participants will
A new tour slated to start tomorrow aboard Battleship Missouri Memorial in Oahu’s Pearl Harbor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the feats of engineering that powered the “Mighty Mo.” During the Heart of the Missouri Tour, guides will take visitors through ship areas never before available including boiler, plotting and engine rooms. Visitors will be
