Hawaii goes to Arizona Aloha Festival this weekend. Island music! Plate lunches! Free Maui trip!

posted by: Sherie Char on Fri Mar 12, 2010 at 12:00 PM The Islands are coming to the Arizona Aloha Festival this weekend. You’ll find Hawaii-style plate lunches and snacks—including Portuguese sausage and Spam musubi—hula and live music. Also … a chance to win a free Maui vacation.  More

Honolulu Festival begins this weekend. We're giving away tix to its food-filled Friendship Gala!

posted by: Derek Paiva on Thu Mar 11, 2010 at 02:23 PM The Honolulu Festival is one of Hawaii's signature multicultural celebrations. Free events featuring the music, art, dance, food and culture of Hawaii and its Pacific Rim neighbors happen in and around Waikiki this weekend. We're giving away tickets to the fest's gala foodie event here.  More

Why are we smiling? Hawaii is the happiest state in the U.S.

posted by: John Heckathorn on Thu Feb 18, 2010 at 11:22 AM According to a just-released Gallup-Healthways measurement of our collective well-being, Hawaii is the happiest state in America. Are we really that happy? The good news certainly made all of us at HAWAII Magazine smile.  More

Honolulu celebrates Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday tonight. Here's where to go.

posted by: Sherie Char on Tue Feb 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM Hawaii is miles away from New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro. But that doesn't mean we don't celebrate Mardi Gras on Feb. 16. Here's a list of tonight's Honolulu's Fat Tuesday street carnivals and celebrations.  More

Chinese New Year celebrations fill Honolulu's Chinatown district this weekend

posted by: Sherie Char on Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 07:04 AM Welcome to the Year of the Tiger! Chinese New Year officially begins Feb. 14, but Honolulu's Chinatown arts district gets a head start on its celebrations this weekend. Here's where the food, firecrackers and lion and dragon dances will be.   More

What happened to the Big Island of Hawaii's Flumin' Da Ditch tour? An update.

posted by: Chris Bailey on Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 10:57 AM In 2006, a pair of earthquakes shut down the Kohala Ditch—a fresh water economic lifeline for area agriculture, more famously known as the home of the Flumin’ Da Ditch tour. Here’s the remarkable story of a Big Island community’s fight to restore the Kohala Ditch.  More

Aloha Festivals sets dates for 2010 events

posted by: John Heckathorn on Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 12:09 AM HAWAII Magazine reader Derek Abraham wants to know if dates for 2010 Aloha Festivals events have been scheduled. As it turns out, the September dates for two of the 64th annual fest's most-popular events have just been set.  More

New Hawaii music festival expands Na Hoku Hanohano Awards celebration

posted by: Derek Paiva on Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 12:25 PM Live music stages throughout Waikiki, dozens of Hawaiian music's best and brightest, and the 2010 Na Hoku Hanohano Music Awards will anchor the brand new Na Hoku O Hawaii Music Festivay, May 27-30.   More

HawaiiMagazine.com names SoCal Slack Key Festival contest winner!

posted by: John Heckathorn on Wed Jan 13, 2010 at 01:10 PM We've named a winner in HawaiiMagazine.com's VIP giveaway to the Southern California Slack Key Festival.  More

Maui-grown pineapple lives on! New company to continue growing Maui Gold brand.

posted by: Derek Paiva on Sat Jan 02, 2010 at 12:15 AM Fresh, whole Maui-grown pineapple will not be a relic of Hawaii's past after all. A new Maui-based company will continue growing and selling the signature Hawaii fruit under the well-known Maui Gold label.  More