Alaska Airlines today launched a weeklong winter airfare sale, which includes a $160 one-way fare between Oakland, Calif. and the Big Island’s Kona. The Cyber Monday winter sale’s fares to Hawaii are valid between Jan. 16 and March 7, 2012. Tickets must be purchased by Mon., Dec. 5. For a complete list of fares and […]
The holiday season is on its way. In less than a week, turkey dinners will be served. And at this time next month, we’ll be wishing you Mele Kalikimaka! So, now is the time to put together your Hawaii gift list. Click here to take a look at our HAWAII Magazine Holiday Gift Guide, which
If you’re in the Islands this week, you’ve gotta eat out. Restaurant Week Hawaii — a seven-day celebration of the cuisine scene in the Islands — starts today in 90 establishments ranging from fine dining restaurants and fast-food counters. Participating eateries on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island will feature special menu items, discounts
The sixth annual Moku O Keawe International Hula Festival is under way at Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast. Billed as one of Hawaii’s biggest hula events, the festival brings together hula halau (dancing groups) from Hawaii, the U.S. mainland, and Japan for top-notch hula kahiko (ancient hula) and hula auana (modern
The fall bean harvest is under way on the Big Island. And so, coffee devotees — and non-caffeinated folks who just want to have fun — it is time to celebrate Kona’s world-famous the cup of Hawaii joe. The 41st annual Kona Coffee Cultural Festival will get under way tomorrow, Fri., Nov. 4 with a
In Hawaii, Arbor Day falls on the first Friday in November. If you happen to be in the Islands this week, there are plenty of tree-planting opportunities and green celebrations. The Territory of Hawaii first observed the day in 1905 when Gov. George Robert Carter proclaimed Nov. 3 as Arbor Day and recommended that all
The Historic Hawaii Foundation is honoring the late Herb Kawainui Kane as its Kamaaina of the Year and last week unveiled the artist’s final painting, which is now on permanent display at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Titled Kamehameha Landing, the image (pictured, right) depicts Kamehameha I and his warriors landing in Waikiki during
Two active volcanoes. A temple built on the orders of Kamehameha the Great. A seaside place of refuge from death and danger. A coastal preserve of Hawaiian culture and endangered wildlife. An ancient foot highway spanning 175 miles of coastline. Welcome to the National Park Service sites of the Big Island—a collection of five distinct
Now through mid-November, the Big Island’s top-notch Kau coffee — cultivated on small family farms on the southeast flanks of Mauna Loa — will be featured in the Starbucks Reserve lineup. It is reportedly being served at select Starbucks coffeehouses in the U.S. mainland (not in Hawaii), Canada and Japan. The Big Island’s more established
The 31st annual Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF), which features a lineup of 212 films from 43 countries, gets under way tomorrow in Honolulu. In a news release, the nonprofit’s executive director, Chuck Boller, said: “People always ask me which films they should see at HIFF.” He continued, “I always tell them to not miss the opening,
The Cooking Channel’s popular Food(ography) show, which explores how people and societies are shaped by food, is spotlighting Oahu and the Big Island in an episode slated to air tonight. “Hawaiian Islands” will be on the tube at 9 p.m., with re-broadcasts at 11 p.m. on Sun., Oct. 16, and at 8 a.m. Sun., Oct.
The Islands where surfing was born more than three centuries ago is now the first state in the U.S. to recognize surfing as an official high school sport. In an announcement made on Waikiki beach this week, Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced a plan that would allow Hawaii public high school students to be able
