There’s more to life than chick flicks and summer blockbusters.

Instead of hitting the bar after work, why not try something new? We found five relaxing pau hana happenings.

The Na Hoku O Hawaii Music Festival will debut this May.

The Grammys finally gave their first award for a Hawaiian Music Album. So why are so many Island musicians unhappy?

Hawaii's piano music legend Martin Denny dies.

Michael McPherson, poet surfer, writes a book about Hawaii surfing

Recommended media, May 2005. Randall Yee recommends John Grisham’s The Broker. Dennis Hokama recommends Mystic River. Byron Yasui recommends Kupaianaha by Manuakepa

Recommended media, April 2005, Mark Lutwak, Daniel de Castro, Deborah Pope, Gary Pak, Children of a Fireland, Dead man, Neil Young, Ray Charles, Genius Loves Company

Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority. A documentary. An interview with the creator.

Walter Kupau's lawyer, Lori Aquino, writes a new novel, The Ghost of Walter Kupau.