Lights, cameras, Maui! The Maui Film Festival returns from June 15 to 19, 2016 for an unforgettable week of film screenings and dining in Wailea. A couple of its most noteworthy events include the Celestial Cinema, an outdoor amphitheater-like venue at the Wailea Gold & Emerald Golf Course, and the Taste of Wailea, where the […]
“May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii.” In celebration of the beautiful art of lei making across the Islands, no matter what day May 1 coincides with, festivities will take place. This year, May Day falls on a Sunday making way for a variety of events leading up to it throughout the weekend. Oahu May
Driving Maui’s Road to Hana is a roller coaster ride of emotions, especially for those who are actually driving it. 1. “I love to drive, no problem. Let’s do this!” 2. “Will you look at that—the open road! These bamboo forests! Ocean blue! I LOVE DRIVING YES I DO.” 3. *after making a perfect
Sip Me coffee shop in the upcountry town of Makawao is changing the coffee culture on Maui. When owners Shannon Murphy and Laura Wentworth opened it in June 2015, they hoped to get 30 customers per day but are now averaging 300 per day. Specialty coffees line the bar. “Maui needed it,” Murphy says, of
The 1,800-acre Makena Beach and Golf Resort, which originally opened 30 years ago as the Maui Prince Hotel, will be closing its doors July 1. Resort owner, ATC Makena Holdings LLC, is closing to redevelop the property into a luxury condominium community called the Makena Golf and Beach Club. The resort’s 310 hotel rooms will
“Zip on,” my guide says with a smile, before I soar over a tropical gulch, and pass kukui nut and eucalyptus trees at a speed fast enough to make my eyes water. I’ve always been curious to try ziplining, but this is my first time. I recently visited Piiholo Ranch Zipline in Upcountry Maui, and
Kaanapali Beach Resort is more than Hawaii’s first master-planned resort—it’s a luxurious sanctuary of dining and adventure, where families play in the sun by day and enjoy the flavors of some of Maui’s top chefs by night. It’s a community constantly being reinvented with new activities and inventive cuisine, and a place where even longtime
Prince passed away this morning at the age of 57. The iconic artist leaves behind a career that spans more than 35 years and will be remembered for his genius and profound influence on funk, rock and R&B. He was provocative, flamboyant, experimental and his canon reflected that with his sound and style always going
In late 2014, the international car-on-demand app service, Uber, came to Maui and is drastically changing the island’s transportation industry, servicing the entire island. Right now, there are two options for Uber on Maui, uberx (a basic four-door car) and uberSELECT (a luxury vehicle), and Maui riders are using these as an alternative to renting
Chef Mark Ellman is known as one of the original 12 founders of the Hawaii Regional Cuisine movement, and for being one of the more prolific restaurateurs on Maui. In the 30+ years he and his ohana have lived on Maui, Ellman has opened over 17 restaurants, including Avalon Restaurant and Bar, Honu Seafood and
If you ask someone where Turtle Town is on Maui, it’s likely you could get two, maybe three different answers. Several spots just south of Wailea from Nahuna Point to Black Sand Beach have impressive snorkeling with an abundance of turtle sightings. Best of all, none of these spots have the crowds of say, Hanauma
The shallow waters and powerless waves at Kalama Beach Park make way for a beginners’ break called The Cove”—the perfect place to learn to surf. Maui doesn’t get enough credit as a destination for novice surfers. Sure, the tradewinds can wreak havoc on Maui’s waves by the afternoon hours, but the upside is that our
