Hula dancers may inspire visions of paradise, with Hawaiian sunsets, floral scents and drinks in coconuts. But La Jolla High School junior Aiko Busby is looking to have it also inspire awareness of ...

The 46th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival marked a momentous return to live events for the Moanalua Gardens Foundation (MGF) after a four-year hiatus. In a candid interview, one of the festival’s ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- "Hula is the language of the heart, and therefore the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people," says Desiree Elder, a Hula instructor with the Polynesian dance revue, Island Spice. "Many ...

Hula instructor Akiko Colton spends her day living and breathing the ancient Hawaiian dance known as hula in her Eugene studio. “It’s part of my life, so I cannot just take it out. My blood needs hula ...

My late grandmother’s 10 acres of wild rainforest land, off a dirt road near Hāna, Maui, were part of a larger land grant given to our family more than 175 years ago by King Kamehameha III. When I ...

Aug. 25—The seventh Ho'olau Kanaka hula festival on Sunday will bring together an array of Hawaiian practitioners this year, including musicians, cultural experts and eight hula halau that will ...

ʻIlau Ka Hula is a special event featuring 11 hālau hula, local vendors, food trucks, and incredible live performances. This cultural gathering will take place on Friday, March 28, from 5:00 PM to ...

Among the 20 winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship announced Wednesday were scientists, engineers, composers, legal scholars—and one hula dancer. Patrick Makuakāne, a 62-year-old ...

The spirit of aloha came to Laguna Woods as the annual Hula Hiehie O Nā Kūpuna festival, or “Elegant Hula of the Elders,” returned after a two-year pandemic hiatus. Residents were treated to a day ...