New School for Native Hawaiian Fine Arts is Born
By Kauanoe, HOEA Project Director PIKO, a gathering of over 100 indigenous visual artists, held during the summer of 2007 in Waimea and two other Big Island locations, awakened many to the realization that there are too few venues for…
Pu’uhonua – A Foundation of Peace
Na Kumu Keala Ching, Nā Wai Iwi Ola, Hawai‘i Āpuni ka honua, he ola Ola ke Akua Mana Loa, he kia‘i Kia‘i ka ‘ike kapu, he Akua Akua mālama Ali‘i Ali‘i mālama Kanaka Kanaka mālama ‘āina ‘Āina hānai Kanaka Kanaka…
Ka Puana: The Wall of Death
A true sailing adventure, excerpted from The Hawaiian Voyages of the Ono Jimmy, by Big Island author Steve Dixon This story is about one of the two later passages, after that night crossing from Lanai, that Tony and I tried…
What’s in a Seed? Seed Is the Living Source of Life on Earth
By Nancy Redfeather How many times have you bought seed in a store, planted it, and were disappointed at its failure to germinate, or worse, thought of yourself as a “black thumb?” The answer to this common complaint is in…
Motifs in Polynesian Design
By Ma‘ata Tukuafu From the earliest European voyagers who traveled the vast Pacific Ocean in the 1500s to the vast numbers of visitors who spend their savings on touring the Pacific islands, the lure of Polynesia has always been present.…
Love of Orchids Forges Perennial Friendships
By Fern Gavelek Mention the word “orchids” and smiles light up their faces like girls gazing at a dollhouse. These eight Kona women, who eagerly banter over growing media and ant control, are enthusiastic charter members of the Kona Daifukuji…
The Galactic Interpretations of Jon Lomberg in Flowers and Other Media
By Marya Mann Not bigger, however, than galactic, multi-media artist Jon Lomberg can imagine. He has made his living conjuring the scope of the heavens for Earth-centric people like me, who realize the enormity of our galaxy—100,000 light-years across—and feel…
Exquisite Kohala Cuisine and World-Class Wine Pair up at the New, Manta & Pavilion Wine Bar
By Fern Gavelek Since its opening in 1965, The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel has relied on the bounty of local farmers to supply its kitchen. The hotel’s first manager, Les Moore, knew the wisdom of using Big Isle products to…
The Life in Business: Dr. John Stover
Dr. John D. Stover, D.D.S., M.D., Ph.D., came to the Big Island in 2001, bringing with him the knowledge gained from 20 years of medical schooling. Hailing from Louisiana and North Carolina, where he achieved doctorates in medicine, dentistry and…
The Life in Business: Trudy’s Island Arts
Trudy Farley entered the business of representing Hawai‘i Island artists while helping a friend who was battling cancer. She and her friend, Katrina Bellak, first began in a kiosk behind the Wyland Gallery. Soon after, they moved to Ali‘i Gardens…
Carving Pathways to the Future: The Rocky Jensen Family Bonds in a Love of Art and Their Hawaiian Legacy
By Lucia Tarallo Jensen In the year 1975, a blind prejudice still gripped the art world, believing that native Hawaiians, as well as other native artisans, were only competent to create on a craft level. Up until that time only…
Ao ka Pō i ke Ao ē, Pō ke Ao i ka Pō ē (Night Becomes Day; Day Becomes Night)
Na Kumu Keala Ching Huliau ka ‘ike, ‘ike o ka pono Pono ke ala, Ala o ka lā Aia ka lā, alo ka honua Ao ka pō i ke ao ē Pō ke ao i ka pō ē Huli iho…
Then & Now: Kailua Pier
By Ann C. Peterson The historic Kailua Pier covers a turtle-shaped rock that may have inspired early Hawaiians to name the small bay just north of the pier, Kamakahonu (lit.: the eye of the turtle). The extended rock outcropping later…
Ka Puana: Chameleons in the Garden, Being Jacksons, Doing What Jacksons Do
Mary and Matt Lovein, artists and owners of Holualoa Gallery in Holualoa, have a love affair with chameleons. “We are so lucky to live in Hawai‘i, which is one of the only places on the planet that we can see…
The Life in Business: Dolphin Journeys
Dolphin Journeys has been a real journey for owner, Captain Nancy Sweatt. If she hadn’t been hit with a Mack truck with 50,000 pounds of rock in it, she says, she might not be where she is today. A life-altering…
The Life in Business: Alakea Healing Center
A decision by the Veterans Administration to cut off funding to a program that was helping some Vietnam veterans moved Family Nurse Practitioner Nancy Emery to take matters into her own hands. While training at the Upledger Institute, she learned…
Healthful, Tasty Recipes Using Noni (Yes, really!)
By Barbara Fahs Noni is hot. People pay big bucks for a jar of the juice, believed to be a cure for cancer, helpful for chronic respiratory conditions such as tuberculosis, influenza, asthma, coughs, colds, sinusitis and sore throat. It…
The Magical Art of Francene Hart
Of the visionary artist, I now sing. Paint for us, Francene Hart, so our hearts are cleansed by your life-affirming purples and tangerine tetrahedrons. Pour forth your liquid lavenders, indigo insights, and passionate pinks to nurse our thirsty souls. May…
Bringing the Spirit of Heaven and Earth into Your Home
Feng Shui Hawaiian Style By Marta Barreras, Master Feng Shui Practitioner E ola au “Grant me life” From the heavenly wonders of the Mauna Kea summit to the powerful creative forces of Kiluea’s molten lava flow, our beautiful island of…
Garden Fresh, Asian-Style Cuisine with a Masterful Touch
By Fern Gavelek The enticing aroma of kaffir lime and ginger wafts through the entrance to Lotus Café and floats in the air like the expanse of silk that drapes from the ceiling. Water trickles down a lava-like fountain and…
The New Face of Tourism: Ecotourism
By Hadley Catalano Pull up your sleeves, find your gardening gloves and lace up your work boots – you’re on vacation. What seems less like rest and relaxation and more like manual labor has become the latest trend for traveling…
This Kupuna Radiates Beauty, from the Inside
Hawaiian Studies Educator & Kumu Hula Ulalia Berman By Ann C. Peterson One look at her and you understand the meaning of “Aloha”— she is always dressed in Hawaiian patterns, wearing a lei—made from any number of things…flowers, nuts, seeds,…
‘O ka hula ke ola kanaka
‘O ka hula ke ola kanaka, ‘a’ole nā kānaka āpau ka hula (Hula is the life of the people, not everyone is hula) Na Kumu Keala Ching ‘O ka hula ke ola kanaka, ho’onui ‘ike ke ola pili i ka…
Then & Now: Ka‘awaloa
By Ann C. Peterson To reach the remote site of the Captain Cook Monument, you have to kayak, hike, or ride on horseback to this narrow stretch of land between the base of Pali-kapu-o-Keoua and Kealakekua Bay. This land’s Hawaiian…
Remembering Hawai‘i’s Future by Recognizing Its Traditions at Kahalu‘u and Keauhou
By Matt Hamabata, Executive Director, The Kohala Center Hanau ka ’Uku-ko’ako’a, hanau kana, he ’Ako’ako’a, puka (Born was the coral polyp, born was the coral, came forth.) Thus recounts Martha Warren Beckwith’s translation of the Kumulipo, the chant of Hawaiian…
Ka Puana: My Island
By Rocky Sherwood I came to the Kona Coast in search of contentment. What I have learned is how to manifest it from the simple beauty of the earth. Chameleons hang like jewelry in the trees. Doves coo a constant…
True Love Begins Within: The Power of Falling in Love with Your Higher Self
“Merry Mana”: Musings of a spirit in search of paradise By Marya Mann, PhD “…thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” – Leviticus 19:18 We’re sometimes so busy looking outward, to find ways, means and mana, we can forget to…
Leo Papa–Voice of the Land
By Nancy Redfeather I knew something was up the day my third grade teacher asked, “Who would like to help me plant a salad garden?” I found myself standing beside my desk with my arm raised and waving only to…
The Life in Business: Dr. Joan Greco
“I’m a dental phobic like most of my patients are, I empathize with them,” says Joan Greco, DDS, OMS. It is not just her professional experience, but her experience as a patient that guides her treatment style. An oral and…
The Life in Business: Kona Stories
If Brenda Eng was ever asked what her “dream job” would have been, it would have been to own a bookstore. “I just started talking about it like it was real” states Brenda. “I would go to independent bookstores and…
