Chinese New Year in Honolulu begins with a bang

posted by: John Heckathorn on Fri Feb 01, 2008 at 09:53 AM It’s First Friday, with all the galleries open, bars packed, the young and trendy packing the sidewalks, and serious revelry. Not enough? Tonight’s also the official Chinese New Years street party.  More

Art on Maui

posted by: John Heckathorn on Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 03:36 PM I'm sitting on a seventh-floor lanai of the Four Seasons Resort Maui. The island of Lanai is visible across the water, rising out of the steel blue ocean like a rounded shell. You’d think that such natural beauty would be enough. Not so.  More

Classic Hawaii art gets new home at Bishop Museum

posted by: John Heckathorn on Tue Jan 15, 2008 at 04:18 PM You’ve been to Hawaii before. But you’ve probably never seen Hawaii like this.  More

Ozzie and Harriet do Hawaii

posted by: Derek Paiva on Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 04:18 PM This 1960 Kodak commercial kept us giddy all morning: It features Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson—in Hawaii.  More

Bruddah Iz: Found and lost

posted by: Derek Paiva on Tue Jan 08, 2008 at 04:12 PM Reader Joel Muraoka dropped us a thank you e-mail for posting a truncated YouTube clip of Israel Kamakawiwoole’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” playing over Times Square just after 2008 began. But better yet, he found us a full version of the clip.  More

Auld Lang Syne, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong … Bruddah Iz

posted by: Derek Paiva on Thu Jan 03, 2008 at 08:47 AM Yes, that was Hawaii’s own Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwoole’s singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” as the ball dropped in New York City’s Times Square for the 100th year in a row.  More

Ringing in the new year ... Hawaii style

posted by: Derek Paiva on Wed Jan 02, 2008 at 04:39 PM Here in Hawaii most residents follow the longtime New Year’s Eve tradition: Turning their streets into mini versions of the Do Long bridge scene in “Apocalypse Now” with fireworks.   More