Today’s the 49th anniversary of statehood for Hawaii. On March 12, 1959, both houses of Congress passed the Hawaii Admission Act. President Eisenhower signed it into law five days later. Almost 95 percent of Hawaii residents voted to accept the statehood bill that June, and the Hawaiian archipelago became the 50th state two months later. […]
Congratulations to John and Marilyn Turner of Gaffney, SC! A copy of the autobiography Don Ho: My Music, My Life—signed by more than 20 of the late vocalist’s family and friends—is headed to both of them. A couple of months back, we asked HawaiiMagazine.com readers to send us a great Don Ho story. We decided
You ask. We answer. Reader Joy Jones asks about Jack Thompson, one of the last remaining residents in the Big Island’s lava-inundated Royal Gardens subdivision. Her main concern: Was Thompson OK, and was his home still standing? She’d been watching Anthony Bourdain’s food travelogue No Reservations that aired Monday on Travel Network. Bourdain visited Thompson
You ask. We answer. Reader Joyce Beers wrote to us with a question about her beverage of choice when she’s in Hawaii: POG. POG is a blend of passionfruit, orange and guava juices. Joyce read in HAWAII Magazine’s current issue that Guava Kai Plantation on Kauai had shut down, and wanted to know if POG
Many people dig reruns of Hawaii Five-O. Myself included. The over-the-top line readings. The ham-fisted dialogue. Square-jawed Jack Lord’s studied, emotion-free imagining of Det. Steve McGarrett. His solid team of creatively-named partners in Hawaii crime-fighting Kono Kalakaua, Chin Ho Kelly, Duke Lukela, Ben Kokua and, of course, Danny “Danno” Williams. What’s not to love? The
In Japan they’ve officially done away with Girls’ Day, having turned Boys’ Day, May 5, into Children’s Day. But in Hawaii, we still know how to show a girl a good time. In Hawaii, Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day) is celebrated on the third day of the third month, mostly by Japanese and Okinawan families. In case
The art of slack-key guitar has lost one of its greats. Raymond Kane died yesterday in Honolulu. He was 82. Long a renowned performer and teacher of the open-tuning Hawaiian guitar style, Kane was one of the first artists signed to George Winston’s Dancing Cat record label in 1994. Like his cousin Aunty Genoa Keawe—who
It’s the opening week of the Honolulu Academy of Arts’ three-month “The Dragon’s Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan” exhibit. What else is in it for you—besides a glimpse of Bhutanese art works dating from the 8th to 20th centuries—if you visit through Friday? Monks dancing. They are Buddhist monks, from Bhutan, one of the
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Much beloved Hawaiian music legend Aunty Genoa Keawe has died at age 89. Aunty Genoa passed away this morning in her sleep at her home on Oahu. A renowned Hawaiian falsetto vocalist, she was a “living treasure” of Hawaiian music. Her more than 70 years of performances and recorded works were influential for many Island
Karen De La Vina of Phoenix, Ariz., come on down! To Hawaii, that is. Karen is the winner of HAWAII Magazine’s 2008 Shop a Le’a trip for two to Hawaii, plus a shopping spree. What does Karen get? • A round-trip for two to Honolulu on Hawaiian Airlines.• A $500 Ala Moana Center shopping spree,
Musician Jimmy Buffett is starting construction on his first Hawaii restaurant in Waikiki. That may mean nirvana for Parrotheads planning a trip here. But it also quietly marked the end of an era for fans of the late great Hawaii crooner Don Ho. Jimmy Buffett’s at the Beachcomber—a $15 million dining, entertainment and retail venue
