Before it housed the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, the island off the Windward Side was slated to be a playground for the nation’s researchers and wealthy.

It isn’t often that a written letter arrives at my desk.

A good day to pie hard.

Even playgrounds and parks can spark protests.

Thanks to early kickoff times, Sunday now means new breakfast and brew options.

Go concert hopping for three days, sip coffee- or lychee-flavored hard cider, celebrate environmental heroes, dig into dried aku potato salad and more.

At Café Kaila, Koko Head Café and Over Easy, success comes from memories of favorite family mornings, and some spectacular versions of home cooking.

Choose from a hundred free, ethically sourced guided tours thanks to Native Stories. The app’s gone global and adds Japanese-language programming this fall. (And did we mention that we love it?)

On Saturday, Nov. 9, HONOLULU Magazine took over the Kāhala Mall Chili’s parking lot with our first-ever burger fest.

Find edamame bread, raspberry pistachio tarts and cioppino at the new Halepuna hotel by Halekūlani.

Get a first look at all the Island-chic fashions.

Chef Sharif Wagdy hopes to help keep Kōkua Market open with a pop-up restaurant and new deli menu.