Allegiant Air, a Nevada-based airline owned by Allegiant Travel Company, announced today that it will start providing nonstop air service from the mainland to Honolulu in late June. The carrier will offer introductory fares as low as $174 one-way, including taxes and fees, between Honolulu, Oahu and Fresno, Calif. and Honolulu-Las Vegas. The Honolulu-Fresno flights […]
Memphis-based Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. this week announced a vacation package to Hawaii tied to the 40th anniversary of his Aloha From Hawaii concert held on Jan. 14, 1973 in Honolulu. The package, Jan. 10-15, 2013, will feature concerts, panel discussions and tours of Elvis-related locations on Oahu, such as Diamond Head and Hanauma Bay,
The fifth annual Taste of Waialua is set for Sat., April 7, 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the historic Old Waialua Sugar Mill on Oahu’s North Shore. Waialua, a once-bustling sugar mill town that produced what locals lauded as the “world’s best sugar,” is now known for its thriving entrepreneur and artisan efforts, which are
The Hawaiian Scottish Association will hold its 31st annual Hawaiian Scottish Festival & Highland Games this weekend on Oahu. Festivities will get under way at 9 a.m. tomorrow in Kapiolani Park area, edging Waikiki. The highland games will feature men dressed in traditional kilts competing in events such as “Throwing the Hammer,” “Tossing the Caber,”
Stunning woodwork artistry will be on display at the 20th annual Hawaii’s Woodshow, Na Laau o Hawaii, a statewide juried woodworking show, which opens on Sun., April 1 and runs through April 15 at the Honolulu Museum of Art School Gallery at Linekona. The show features only art pieces crafted predominately from Hawaii-grown woods. Endangered
The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary’s third and final volunteer-centered whale-spotting effort for the 2011-12 season, Ocean Count, is slated for Sat., March 31. Both Hawaii residents and visitors are invited to take part in the annual Ocean Count census. This weekend’s survey is slated for 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on the
The Hawaii International Film Festival’s 2012 Spring Showcase will include screenings of 34 films as well as a panel discussion and concert spotlighting music from the Oscar-winning Hawaii-filmed The Descendants. Now in its 15th year, the film fest will get under way on Fri., April 13 and wrap up on Thurs., April 19, with screenings
Quilting is an enduring Hawaii art form that evolved from an imported tradition. In the early 1800s, missionaries brought woven fabrics to the Islands and taught Hawaiian people how to make patchwork quilts. For Hawaiians, who were not pressed to stitch together quilts for cold winter nights, quilts sometimes served as a canvas for elaborate
On winter days when swells born hundreds of miles away in the tempestuous North Pacific finally make landfall on the world-famous surf breaks of Oahu’s North Shore, they provide a spectacle not to be missed. Scores of professional surfers from Hawaii and around the world take to the churning ocean with hopes of snagging perfect
Hawaii Five-0 is now booked for a third season. The Hawaii-filmed re-imagined police procedural drama is one of 18 primetime television series renewed by CBS this week for the 2012-13 season. The list includes nine dramas, four comedies, three reality shows and two news magazines. For the second straight year, Hawaii Five-0 holds the No.
True, there are not a lot of us of Irish descent in Hawaii. No matter. It’s a sure bet that there will be plenty wearin’-of-the-green and celtic-themed revelry this weekend in Honolulu’s downtown area. The annual St. Patrick’s Day Chinatown Block Party—just a couple of blocks from HAWAII Magazine’s office—brings thousands of Irish-for-the-day folks to
The Hawaii institution known for more than eight decades as the Honolulu Academy of Arts is changing its name to Honolulu Museum of Art. The name change is already in place on the museum’s website and new facade signage for is in the works for the its near-downtown site at Beretania and Ward streets. Here
