It’s mango season in Hawaii. Those fragrant yellowish-red spheroids are ripe in treetops throughout the islands. Reason enough to celebrate? If you are nodding in agreement — and happen to be on Oahu this weekend — head on over to the Moana Surfrider’s third annual tribute to the prized fruit, Mangoes at the Moana, 10 […]
The fourth annual Honolulu Surf Film Festival, which will get under way Fri., July 8 at the Doris Duke Theatre, features 22 surfing films, including 16 that will be shown in Hawaii for the first time. If you’re on Oahu this month, we recommend checking out the festival’s offerings, even if you’re not a surfer.
If you’ll be in the Islands over the Fourth of July weekend, there’s an excellent chance that you’ll be spending time in ocean waters. Before setting out for a swim, snorkeling among rainbow-colored tropical fish, or just bobbing about on waves by the beach, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration asks you to double-check your
Foster Botanical Garden, a 14-acre green haven in the midst of busy downtown Honolulu, is now hosting its Twilight Summer Concert Series, featuring music that will get your toes tapping — and maybe even dancing — during your stroll through the lush grounds. Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii, (pictured, right) is slated to perform
The second annual Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival, slated to get under way in Waikiki this weekend, will feature a lineup of masters of the island-style musical touch, tone and chord progression. The month-long festival’s opening performance Stars of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar, is set for 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sun. July 3 at Waikiki
Cooking Channel’s Eat Street, which spotlights innovative curbside eats, is filming on Oahu this week. The stars? The island’s food-truck fusion fare — shoyu chicken tacos to adobo french fries. There’s also soul food and traditional Thai, both served up with local-style twists. During lunchtime today, as television show’s cameras focused Flipt Out Eats, a
The inaugural Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, slated for Sept. 29- Oct. 1 in Honolulu, will feature a lineup of celebrity chefs from across the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. Among the all-stars who will be serving up culinary creations are: Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, whose Morimoto Waikiki recently opened
Waikiki Aquarium’s annual summer concert series Ke Kani O Ke Kai — Hawaiian for the sound of the ocean — offers you a chance to kick back on a cool, grassy lawn and listen to some of Hawaii’s most celebrated music while enjoying a Waikiki sunset. The 15th annual season of concerts will features shows
Bon dance season in Hawaii is now under way. The Japanese custom of o-bon — Hawaii shortens the word to bon —honors the spirits of family members who have passed away. You’ll find o-bon festivals slated for just about every weekend at Hawaii hongwanji missions and temples, from June through August. According to tradition, it
If you’re in the Waikiki area this weekend, expect to hear the exuberant rhythms of taiko drums and see scores of Japanese hula dancers performing near Kuhio Beach, near the statue of Hawaii’s famous surfer and all-around waterman Duke Kahanamoku. The 32nd annual Pan-Pacific Festival gets under way today with an evening hoolaulea (celebration) along
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
During early evening hours today, or on any Wednesday through Aug. 10, the sweet sounds of guitars and ukuleles will be drifting over the hedges at the Waikiki area’s Honolulu Zoo. Inside the zoo, on a stage overlooking a cool, grassy lawn, Honolulu Zoo’s Wildest Show in Town will begin its 25th summer concert series
