Production of a spooky-looking new ABC television series called The River is reportedly moving to Hawaii this summer, with Steven Spielberg on its producer team. The pilot episode was filmed in Puerto Rico, as was the pilot for Off the Map, an ABC series than moved to Hawaii last summer. That medical drama about doctors […]
As the sun sinks into the horizon of Hawaii’s coastline on Memorial Day, some 3,000 glowing lanterns will illuminate the darkening waters at Ala Moana Beach Park on Oahu. Inscribed with messages to loved ones who have passed away and prayers for a peaceful future, the lanterns—perched atop miniature floating boards—will be launched before a
Hawaii officials are asking for lei donations — 50,000 strands are needed for our Memorial Day tradition of draping fresh lei at the gravesites of veterans at Oahu’s National Cemetery of the Pacific, in Punchbowl Crater, and at veterans cemeteries throughout the Islands. Every year, Hawaii schoolchildren and community groups pitch in by stitching together
In the just-released movie trailer for The Descendants, you’ll see a flustered-looking George Clooney running in slippahs down a damp residential street in a leafy Oahu neighborhood. Other Hawaii scenery tucked into the 2:15-minute clip range from glimpses of canoes gliding along the Ala Wai Canal near Waikiki and South Kohala’s lava fields on the
Tomorrow, when the sun climbs above Diamond Head Crater, shining fresh morning light onto the Waikiki shoreline, the beach will start filling up with surfboard-toting groms —also known as grommets. Throughout the weekend, you could see as many as 300 of them in the Waikiki sand, waxing boards and scoping waves during the 14th Annual
Food Network television show host Anne Burrell and top Hawaii chefs will be serving up delish dishes this weekend at the third annual Hawaii Wine & Food Festival on Oahu. Burrell, (pictured, right) host of Secrets of a Restaurant Chef and co-host of Worst Cooks in America, will be featured at the two-day festival’s Grand
Stand-up paddle surfing — now surfacing as a competitive global sport — had its mellow start right here in Hawaii. In decades past, Waikiki beach boys took to using outrigger paddles to catch smaller waves on longboards. Surfing instructors, drifting on their boards, also took to using the paddle for quick access to bobbing student
How’s your Hawai‘i reading list holding up? And that island-style music playlist? The Hawaii Book & Music Festival is a sure bet to replenish and freshen up your stash of good reads and tunes. Plus, as always, the upcoming weekend event will feature local and national best-selling authors. Now in its eighth year, the annual
Breathtaking displays of flame-fueled, sharp-edged Samoan dancing will be staged this week on Oahu at the Polynesian Cultural Center’s 19th annual World Fireknife Championship. Acrobatic and seemingly flame-and-blade-resistant competitors will vie for the title of World Fireknife Champion in a, well, heated four-day competition. The contest gets under way with preliminary performances starting at 7:45
Starting today, when you visit either the Honolulu Academy of Arts or The Contemporary Museum on Oahu your admission sticker will get you same-day free admission to the other museum. The two-for-one admission deal is tied to a plan that will merge the two Honolulu art institutions into a “multi-campus” museum on July 1, said
Hawaii’s love of Spam is undeniable. You see the evidence in our eateries, where Spam loco moco and Spam and eggs with rice are menu staples. Every day, Spam musubi, a popular portable snack, quickly disappears from storefront counters. Even our supermarkets occasionally spotlight the canned meat-product in carefully stacked, fancy pyramid-shaped displays. Yep, we
You may have seen photographs of Oahu’s Manoa Valley snapped during the early 20th century — black-and-white images of verdant hillsides lightly dotted with homes, horse-drawn wagons and crops, from sugar to coffee. Ever wonder what it would have been like to wander in the valley during that rural era? For a peek at Manoa’s
