Oahu halau wins 56th Merrie Monarch; wahine nab top three spots By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Oahu’s Hula Halau ‘O Kamuela took home the top honors at the 56th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition at...
Events
Upcoming Events of interest to the Kohala Community
KANIKAPILA AT THE BARN….LIVE STREAMED! Friday, May 3
KANIKAPILA AT THE BARN.....If you cannot be there, watch it STREAMED LIVE on Facebook at HOWZITKOHALA. The show starts at...
Hundreds of dancers to take the stage for Kona Dance and Performing Arts’ annual show By Elizabeth Pitts West Hawaii Today epitts@westhawaiitoday.com
KEALAKEKUA — For their spring concert this year, Kona Dance and Performing Arts has two nights, 200 dancers and big...
Big Island Music Academy students, local musicians play together for school’s benefit concert
KAILUA-KONA — Six years ago, Andrea Lindborg and Luke Clebsch had an idea that they hoped would take young musicians...
Oahu wahine is Miss Aloha Hula
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald Miss Aloha Hula 2019, Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani of Hi'ianamakalehua dances her hula kahiko (ancient hula) Thursday night at...
Alaska Native dance group performs in Hawaii hula festival
HILO, Hawaii (KTUU/HNN) - As Alaska is coming out of what’s been dubbed “Second Winter,” at least one group of Alaskans...
Culture & Tradition
The thousands who jammed Hilo’s Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium on Wednesday night for the Merrie Monarch Festival Ho‘ike were treated...
Kailua-Kona halau among 3 Big Island groups competing this year
HILO — Three of the 23 halau competing in the 2019 Merrie Monarch Festival are from Hawaii Island — and...
Understanding the 56th annual Merrie Monarch Festival
When people think of Hawaii, one of their first thoughts is hula. Maybe it was attending their first luau show...
Merrie Monarch Ho‘olaule‘a draws thousands
A beautiful Easter Sunday in Hilo marked an auspicious start to the 56th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival. The festival’s free...
TIX STILL AVAILABLE FOR BIG ISLAND CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL
TIX STILL AVAILABLE FOR BIG ISLAND CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL SILENT AUCTION OPENS ONLINE TO SUPPORT 7 BENEFICIARIES KOHALA COAST, HAWAI‘I ISLAND—Tickets...
Halau prepare for 56th Merrie Monarch Festival By Nina Wu
Kumu hula Drake Dudoit Delaforce's Halau Keolakapuaokalani will compete at the 56th annual Merrie Monarch Festival for the first time,...
Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakane brings ‘Unusual Places’ to Hawaii By John Berger
Kumu Hula Patrick Makuakane doesn’t see hula as something that should be performed only in traditional settings. In the 33...
Events Tomorrow & Saturday
‘Biggest Easter Egg Hunt’ is Friday Get ready for a mega Easter egg-stravaganza. The “Biggest Easter Egg Hunt” is slated...
‘The Marijuana-Logues’: Three-woman play to showcase the lighter side of pot
With recreational marijuana still not legalized in Hawaii yet, the most fun to be had legally on April 20 might...
Public invited to attend informational meeting about rat lungworm disease in North Kohala
Public invited to attend informational meeting about rat lungworm disease in North Kohala on Hawai‘i Island HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i...
Events: Library, Volcanoes National Park, Astronomy
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park announces the upcoming flight plans for the remainder of April: • 8 a.m.-noon Thursday, April 18:...
National take back day
The Hawaiʻi Police Department reminds you that Saturday, (April 27), is National Take-Back Day, providing the community an opportunity to...
CULINARY LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR BICF GALA
CULINARY LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR BICF GALA KOHALA COAST, HAWAI‘I ISLAND—Chocolate—in its many tempting forms–stars at the eighth annual Big Island...
