Kawika Pangelinan has become a skilled and self-taught craftsman of numerous types of Hawaiian musical instruments.

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It was the 18th year of Punalights, the annual Christmas light show orchestrated by one man, electrical engineer Stanward ...

IPU stray counselling 2025: Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU) has announced stray round counselling for MBBS (Code 103) and BSc (Hons) Nursing (Code 115) admissions. Students must ...

LIHUE — The Hawaii Children’s Theatre announced its fall production of “The Music Man” through a public preview on Saturday at the Kukui Grove Center food court area during the weekend where the ...

From A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang Clan to Odd Future and Brockhampton, the most successful hip-hop collectives have always thrived off the sum of their members’ unique personalities and individual ...

Inside the Sphere Theater, guests are immersed in 360-degree visuals during the "Mele" performance. Photo Credit: Maui Ocean Center Since opening on July 1, the immersive show "Mele: The Hawaiian ...

When Alan Akaka was growing up, a young musician in his teens and 20s in Honolulu, he played steel guitar with some of the top names in Hawaiian music. When they spoke, he listened: Genoa Keawe: ...

The Henry Kapono Foundation, founded by award-winning Hawaiian entertainer Henry Kapono and his wife, Lezlee Kaaihue, launched a monthlong music festival in September. Photo Credit: Photo by Howard ...

“Everything that I represent has to do with the culture and the lifestyle of Hawaii,” Glenn Awong says. “Bringing it out here is really easy for me. I’m just being me.” Loosely translated, “Maoli” ...

Created by the same bartender who first garnished a drink with a mini umbrella, a classically made Blue Hawaii remains delicious. Blue drinks get a bad rap these days. That’s a shame, because the ...

Can’t finagle a flight to Hawaii right now? Then hula on down to the Bay Area Aloha Festival, taking place in August with Hawaiian and Tahitian music, arts and crafts and food vendors slinging ...