Charles van Rees holds a small canvas sack to his chest gingerly as he steps into a sparse office trailer at the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge on Oahu’s North Shore. “This is a really mellow one,” says the Tufts University doctoral student, motioning his chin toward the catch bag. Inside is an endangered alae […]
Augusta-Helen “Aunty Gussie” Bento finds beauty and quilting patterns everywhere. Upon encountering a beautiful flower or leaf, she’ll often incorporate it into a kapa kuiki (Hawaiian quilt) in progress or make a pattern of it for a later project. “You can go through life saying the sun is too hot,” she says. “But you’re not
Docent Georgia Wong stands at the entrance to the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum’s Pacific Hall with her arms extended, beckoning us closer. “I’m going to take you on a voyage,” she says to the half-dozen visitors who have assembled for a guided tour of the museum’s newly renovated and renamed hall. As I move forward
