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Hawaii Food & Wine Festival announces lineup for daytime events on Oahu

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Wed Jun 19, 2013 at 07:21 AM Besides evening galas on Maui and Oahu, the third annual Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, slated for Sept. 1-9, is offering daytime events featuring up-close-and-personal experiences with chefs, farmers, winemakers, and cultural practitioners. More

Honolulu Night Market spotlights high-flying motocross, vintage summertime fashion

posted by: Stephanie Loui on Fri Jun 14, 2013 at 12:56 PM Honolulu Night Market at Kakaako will feature an “extreme” theme tomorrow with the gravity-defying Red Bull X-Fighters James Freestyle Motocross team. The fashion lineup will show off loud-and-fun styles from summer circa 1989. More

Hawaii’s Jack Johnson releases new single, premiering songs in pair of acoustic shows

posted by: Stephanie Loui on Wed Jun 12, 2013 at 03:45 PM Jack Johnson fans are eagerly hitting the play button on the singer-songwriter’s new single, “I Got You.” It's the first release from Johnson’s yet-to-be-released sixth studio album, "From Here to Now to You." More

Top 5 favorite Hawaii waterfalls: HAWAII Magazine Facebook poll results

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Wed Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM We're always asking our HAWAII Magazine Facebook ohana about their favorite Hawaii things. Here’s the Top 5 picks (make that seven, thanks to a few ties) from our most recent Facebook Ohana Poll question: "What’s your favorite Hawaii waterfall?” More

Honolulu Zoo’s “Wildest Show in Town” summer concert series starts tomorrow

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Tue Jun 11, 2013 at 10:40 AM Unwind on midweek evenings at Oahu’s longest-running summer concert series, which spotlights Hawaii musicians and raises funds for the Honolulu Zoo Society’s conservation education programs. More

Cooking Channel’s “Man Fire Food” explores inventive Hawaii-style cooking with flame

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Mon Jun 10, 2013 at 01:40 PM In two new episodes of "Man Fire Food," celebrity chef Roger Mooking spotlights island-style ways to cook with flame, including a traditional imu oven. Also featured: local comfort food ranging from huli-huli chicken to laulau. More

Hawaii marks King Kamehameha holiday with lei-drapings, parades. Here’s where to go.

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Fri Jun 07, 2013 at 08:22 AM Hawaii’s annual Kamehameha Day festivities get under way today with a lei-draping of Honolulu’s King Kamehameha I statue. Tomorrow morning, the state’s longest parade — complete with flower-studded floats and scores of horseback riders — will wind through Waikiki. More

Kapalua Wine & Food Festival returns for 32nd year this weekend on Maui’s west side

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Thu Jun 06, 2013 at 07:50 AM Hungry for one of Hawaii’s premier foodie events? Kapalua Wine & Food Festival, which focuses on farm-to-table Maui produce and top-notch vino from around the globe, will be under way at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua Resort this weekend. More

Pan-Pacific Fest celebrates Hawaii’s cultural ties with performing arts, Waikiki parade

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Wed Jun 05, 2013 at 11:46 AM This weekend's 34rd annual Pan-Pacific Festival — one of Hawaii’s largest cultural celebrations— features hula, theatrical performances, a beachfront block party, and wraps up with a lively parade on Oahu’s south shore. More

Hawaii filming of “Godzilla” sci-fi remake slated to get under way on Oahu this summer

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Tue Jun 04, 2013 at 05:07 PM An open casting call was held this week for speaking roles and extras tied to the latest Godzilla film. Production began earlier this year in Vancouver, and filming is expected to get under way on Oahu in July. More

Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park offering hikes, forest restoration project

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Tue Jun 04, 2013 at 11:58 AM Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is offering a guided five-mile hike that crosses a still-steaming crater floor. Plus, the nonprofit is staging a volunteer forest restoration project in a native ohia forest area. More

Hawaii teen’s “Spirit of the Islands” artwork featured as mural on Alaska Airlines plane

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Mon Jun 03, 2013 at 01:10 PM Alaska Airlines is celebrating five years of air service to the Islands with a paint-the-plane contest. The winner’s artwork is now a mural on a Boeing 737 plane that touched down today at Honolulu International Airport. More

Hawaii-based Polynesian Voyaging Society launches first leg of ambitious worldwide sail

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Fri May 31, 2013 at 02:33 PM Two traditional Polynesian voyaging canoes are now sailing from Honolulu to Hilo. The Big Island town is the first stop on the "Malama Hawaii" leg of the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s ambitious four-year Worldwide Voyage. More

"Samurai Summer" at Honolulu Museum of Art features traveling exhibition, film fest

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Thu May 30, 2013 at 04:12 PM In the spotlight at Honolulu Museum of Art: "Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor," a exhibition showcasing everything from fierce face masks to swords and daggers; and a film fest saluting Hollywood’s bygone Japanese film theaters. More

Hawaii’s bon dance season gets under way this week. Here’s where to go for festivals.

posted by: Maureen O'Connell on Wed May 29, 2013 at 10:32 AM O-bon, or simply bon in Hawaii, is a Japanese Buddhist observance that honors departed spirits of family members and ancestors. Festivals feature bon-odori — group dances that welcome the spirits for a summer visit. Everyone’s invited to join in. Don’t know the moves? Just follow the leaders. More

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