Inspiring the audience to recognize and honor the beauty and richness of the Hawaiian culture has been one of the goals of Hawaiiana Live! Since its launch on Jan.10, 2007, it has educated and entertained 4,000-plus people; Yuen hopes many more will come.
The program spotlights various aspects of Hawaiian culture through storytelling, videos, hula, oli [...]
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Hawaiiana Live! at Hilo’s Palace Theater
Hawaii Slam!
Henry Kapono has a new music project going — it’s called the Wild Hawaiian. You can read up on the whole thing here — there’s music and video and photos. I caught the show in Seattle. I thought the way he started it was a little weird — he showed video footage that talked about [...]
Imported Labor and Hawaii’s Culture
The owners of Hawaii’s second-largest fruit and vegetable farm will plead guilty to charges of importing laborers from Thailand to force them to work, court records show. — ABC News
In this day and age, it’s shocking to learn that importing workers for forced labor — to the US, no less — could happen. There is, [...]
The Slippah Project
From my inbox. Thanks, G., for letting me repost this here.
Flip Flops by Kudomomo via Flickr
It all started a few years ago when an online friend in Hawai`i (who I have since met in person) was living in subsidized housing in a very poor part of Honolulu. Lynn is a formerly-homeless ex-drug [...]
Hawaii: True Stories of the Island Spirit (Travelers’ Tales)
I checked out a pile of books about Hawaii from the library prior to my recent trip to Oahu. Unfortnately, I alternated between being so crazy busy or tropically indolent that I had little time to read. I did, however, read Hawaii: True Stories of the Island Spirit (Travelers’ Tales) cover to cover, finishing up [...]
Hawaii’s Museums Need You
With the reopening of the Bishop Museum’s gorgeous Hawaiian Hall, it’s especially sad to hear that the facility is hurting for visitors. From the Honolulu Advertiser:
In May, Bishop Museum closed the Hawai’i Maritime Center and began closing its main facility in Kalihi every Tuesday as a way to cope with the difficult economy. The museum [...]
Bali Hai
I’d meant — and had forgotten — to rent South Pacific immediately upon my return from the Garden Isle. (Hold, please, while I add it to my Netflix queue. Okay then.) It’s not that I’m such a crazy fan of Rodgers and Hammerstein, though truth be told, I’m a sucker for a kitschy musical. Nope, [...]
Google Says Aloha
Well, I don’t know what half the labels mean, though hovering over them with the mouse to reveal the destination links helps. My lousy grasp of Hawaiian aside, it’s still freaky cool that Google now speaks Hawaiian! Ryan Ozawa’s indespensible Hawaii Blog has the full story, here.
Hawaiian for Travelers: It’s About the Vowels
Aloha and mahalo. Those will get you out of the gate in Hawaii, though it’s also handy to get a good grasp on mauka – inland — and makai – towards the sea, just in case you find yourself getting directions from locals.
A few more words might make their way into your vocabulary, especially [...]
About Those Souvenirs: Made in Hawaii?
I find souvenir shopping tricky. I like things that really scream of place or are packed with a trip’s significance — no pressure, souvenir makers! I was eager to buy a Hawaiian-made uke on my last trip, though the one I ended up getting is more global than I’d have ideally liked — the parts [...]