Lost lives are unpacked in ‘The Willard Suitcases’
The musical, which will open Aug. 25 at KOA Theater, chronicles the lives of the patients through song. Read more
The musical, which will open Aug. 25 at KOA Theater, chronicles the lives of the patients through song. Read more
Darren Benitez, Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning falsetto vocalist, died Thursday. He was 57. Read more
Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning entertainer Paula Fuga is donating 100% of the ticket proceeds from her shows at the Blue Note Hawaii this Saturday and Sunday to the Hawaii Community Foundation’s Maui Strong Fund Read more
‘Growing” is a great title for a record album or a concert tour, but for Paula Fuga it’s a way of life. Growing is what she is doing, personally and professionally, as an entertainer, recording artist and Polynesian businesswoman. Read more
In Hawaii alone, there were more than 20 Japanese publications between 1893 and 1942. Read more
Ron Artis II will never forget his first guitar. Read more
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Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr., president of Kamaka Hawaii Inc., the oldest ukulele manufacturing company in Hawaii, died July 23. He was 98. Read more
Growing up is rarely easy for American teenagers even in the best of circumstances. Read more
The Hawaii Shakespeare Festival presented its first season in the summer of 2002. Read more
A new year of island theater begins Friday with the Hawaii Shakespeare Festival’s nontraditional production of “Measure for Measure” opening at The Arts at Marks Garage, and KOA presenting “Collective Rage,” the conflicts of five women named Betty. Read more
The festival came about after Roy Sakuma announced in 2022 that he was retiring after 52 years as the founder and producer of the Ukulele Festival Hawaii. Read more
Imagine a time when Chinese people were considered so unusual that Americans would pay to see a Chinese woman wear traditional attire, eat with chopsticks, sing songs in Cantonese and display her tiny bound feet. Read more
The recording artist and songwriter took home six awards — including album of the year and female vocalist of the year. Read more
Music is more than just a full-time job for Nathan Aweau. It is part of his life offstage as well as on, when he’s awake and even when he’s sleeping. Read more
Ohana Day 2023 is now a two-day concert to be held at Turtle Bay Resort. Read more
Tickets go on sale today for Iam Tongi headlining the Ohana Day 2023 concert July 1 at the Turtle Bay Resort. Read more
Competing as Miss Chinatown Hawaii, Star Dahl-Thurston beat 20 other candidates to become the 78th woman to hold the title of Miss Hawaii. Read more
The annual event has spread from Oahu to most of the neighbor islands, and Make Music Hawai‘i 2023 will include musical events on Kauai, Lanai, Maui, Molokai, Oahu and the Big Island. Read more
The past seven days have been the week of a lifetime for 18-year-old Iam Tongi — with perhaps the best yet to come. Read more
“American Idol” judge Katy Perry predicted it, the “line” in Las Vegas put odds on it, and on Sunday it came to be: Iam Tongi — Kahuku-born-and-raised, “priced out of paradise” and now a resident of Federal Way, Wash. — won Season 21 of “American Idol.” Read more
The last time Honolulu saw Andrew Erwin on the Diamond Head Theatre stage, he was the anonymous soldier flogging Jesus in DHT’s 2022 production of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” Read more