Anela Strings: Angel Music by Timeless Troubadours
By Marya Mann A Live Concert It’s just after sunset and Kristin Aria Shaw’s graceful fingers are dancing on her Celtic harp. Irminsul’s long hair billows in a soft breeze coming off the sea as his body vibrates with arpeggio…
Immerse Yourself in Art: The Paradise Studio Tours
By Noel Morata The concept of creating open studio tours in Hawaiian Paradise Park (HPP) originated between Karen Hagen and Patti Datlof, pottery and cement artists, creating unusual and very colorful cement-based sculpture and objects. “After schlepping heavy concrete crafts…
A Breath of Fresh Air—Lena Naipo and Kahulanui
By Shirley Stoffer Aloha, Hawaiian music fans! Remember the excitement you felt the first time you heard the sweet harmonies of the group, Hui ‘Ohana? Or when you first heard the banjo, fiddle, and dobro on Peter Moon’s Sunday Manoa…
Getting Back to Hawaiian Roots: Perpetuate Native Culture With Your Landscaping
By Denise Laitinen When you think about landscaping your yard, your thoughts are probably along the lines of what plants will look pretty, what will grow, and how easy it will be to maintain. You’re probably not thinking about perpetuating…
Natural Plant Medicine is Everywhere You Look
By Barbara Fahs You already know about them. Those dandelions you struggle to keep out of your lawn? Medicinal. The persistent weeds in your vegetable garden? Many of them have uses as medicine. Even some “weeds” that grow on bare…
“Beetle Juice” Inoculates Kona Coffee Against Coffee Beetle Borer
By Margaret Kearns Greenwell is a name synonymous with Kona coffee in Hawai‘i with patriarch Henry Nicholas Greenwell lauded as the marketing genius who put the region’s highly-sought brew on connoisseurs’ radar worldwide more than 150 years ago. Greenwell, a…
Every Store has its Story: Holy’s Bakery in Kapa‘au
By Hadley Catalano It’s pie day at Holy’s Bakery in Kapa‘au, where handmade empty pie shells, stacked high on baking racks, are waiting to be filled with the Hori family’s signature frozen buttered peach, pear, coconut, and apple pie recipes.…
Whimsical Art and Storyteller Esther Szegedy
By Stephanie Bolton Wide, bright eyes, and dancing vivid colors… am I describing her artwork or Esther, herself? Upon meeting for lunch at the Holuakoa Gardens and Cafe one Saturday afternoon, I had the pleasure of learning some of the…
Music Rocks Her World: Quack Moore and Her Beloved Palace Theater
By Paula Thomas The Palace Theater is a vintage and singular jewel on the Hilo landscape. Located on Haili Street just off the bayfront, the theater is undergoing steady restoration and refurbishment. Overseeing the transformation from “deteriorating” to “shabby chic”…
Calvin Cerrone: Kona Pre-Teen Bodyboarder Making Waves
By Denise Laitinen Calvin Cerrone is not your typical pre-teen. While most 12-year-old boys are glued to video game consoles, Calvin has been winning bodyboarding competitions around the state and racking up sponsors faster than you can say “barrel roll.”…
Lighting the Path: Kumu Keala Ching Liberally Shares His Passion for Hawaiian Culture
By Karen Valentine A gentle, humble, and graceful man commands a presence on stage or facing a group of students—rapt and listening intently. A kumu hula (teacher of hula), kumu ‘ōlelo (… Hawaiian language), kumu oli (… chant), practitioner of…
Makahiki—Codes for Regeneration
By Marya Mann Excitement filled all the hearts. It was a November night before Makahiki, around the time of the new moon, and the faint group of white-blue stars, the Pleiades, was about to rise in the east, signaling the…
Then & Now: The Kohala Ditch
By Robert Oaks For over a century, like the other Hawaiian Islands, Hawai‘i Island depended heavily on sugar cane as a major component of its economy. The story of how sugar barons controlled the Kingdom, Territory, and State of Hawai‘i…
Ka Wehena: Pono Ke Ola Pono
Na Kumu Keala Ching E Ka Lani ē E ka lani ē, e ho‘olono mai ‘oe Chief, hear me deeply E ka lani ē, e alaka‘i mai ‘oe Chief, guide me always E ka lani ē, e ho‘ōla mai ‘oe…
