April 2011

Features
43 Things Every Local Must Do

43 Things Every Local Must Do

What place other than Hawaii could come up with both the shaka sign and surfing?

Michael Keany, A. Kam Napier and Lance Tominaga; Illustrations by Douglas Simonson
Car Crazy in Honolulu

Car Crazy in Honolulu

We may hate to commute in Honolulu, but we love our cars. Meet some of the everyday Honoluluans who race, collect and adore their automobiles.

Howard Dashefsky; Photography by Olivier Koning
A Degree of Homelessness

A Degree of Homelessness

They’re the most untraditional college students of all, but for these three homeless people in Hawaii, college may be their way out.

Victoria Wiseman, Photography by Elyse Butler

Departments
Editor's Page: Editor's Page: Things to Do Archive »

Pick your favorite restaurants, preserve historic buildings, take a lazy, mountain drive.

A. Kam Napier
Letters: Feedback Archive »

...on the best health food store, military in Hawaii and the Honolulu Symphony.
Shopping: Beauty Within Reach Archive »

We asked local experts for the key details on their most requested procedures, so you can choose the one that’s right for you.

Special Advertising Section
Calabash: Tax Cut for USPS Archive »

The Post Office is catching a break this year, thanks to the Internet.

Karin Gallagher
Calabash: Local Spotlight: Hawaii Filmmaker Dane Neves Archive »

With the Big Island Film Festival quickly approaching, we caught up with local filmmaker Dane Neves, creator of The Green Tie Affair.

Laura Berbusse
Calabash: The Dangerous Women of HIFF Archive »

Three films at the Hawaii International Film Festival's Spring Showcase are linked by one overarching characteristic: dangerous women.

Laura Berbusse
Calabash: In Our May Issue Archive »

In our May issue, we look at schools, the hidden world of storage, Andy South and a family separated and united by the March 11 earthquake in Japan.

A. Kam Napier
Around Town: Field Guide: Harding Ave. Archive »

Small, funky and independent describe the businesses that line this Kaimuki street.

Jenny Quill; Photography by David Croxford
Around Town: Sharing the Road in Kailua Archive »

Leave your car in the garage and start commuting on two wheels.

Sheila Sarhangi
Around Town: Double-Decker Bus in Waikiki Archive »

There is a new double-decker bus rolling around town, shuttling visitors from Aloha Tower to Waikiki.

Victoria Wiseman
Around Town: Things to Do in April in Hawaii Archive »

April is about action: explosive martial-arts displays, dramatic kabuki plots and feats of valor by Scottish strongmen.

Victoria Wiseman
Arts: Beauty and the Big C Archive »

A local artist makes art from a killer disease.

Victoria Wiseman
Music Review: CD Reviews: Alt/Air and Voices of Our Kupuna Archive »

Music reviews of Alt/Air and Voices of Our Kupuna.

Michael Keany
Entertainment: Darcey Iwashita: Pinhole Camera Archive »

A self-portrait taken near Webster Hall on the UH Manoa campus by UH grad student and photographer Darcey Iwashita.
Entertainment: 43 Things Every Local Must Do Archive »

What place other than Hawaii could come up with both the shaka sign and surfing?

Michael Keany, A. Kam Napier and Lance Tominaga; Illustrations by Douglas Simonson
Field Notes: Field Guide: Harding Ave. Archive »

Small, funky and independent describe the businesses that line this Kaimuki street.

Jenny Quill; Photography by David Croxford
Dining: Izakayas in Honolulu Archive »

To me, an izakaya is the perfect restaurant concept.

John Heckathorn, Photography by Olivier Koning
From Our Files Archive »

April archives

A. Kam Napier
Afterthoughts: Afterthoughts: War Stories Archive »

Visiting the USS Arizona Memorial’s new visitor center.

A. Kam Napier