After a competitive nationwide search last year, New York native John Devlin, 33, was selected as the Hawai‘i Youth Symphony’s music director from a pool of more than 80 candidates.

This year’s Punahou Carnival takes place Friday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 2. Here’s your guide to where to park, what to eat and everything in between.

Deadline is Feb. 28. Entrants age 21 and over are automatically entered to win a dine-around-town package worth $250.

Ring in the year of the pig, celebrate 20 years of Taking Back Sunday and brave the rain at Punahou School’s annual fundraiser.

Here’s Why You Won’t Want to Miss Richard Powers on Feb. 6.

Celebrate Chinese New Year in Honolulu and ring in the Year of the Pig at Night in Chinatown on Feb. 2.

Go for tasty tacos, the pokeviche, three new dishes and an absorbing map of Mexican regional cuisine at this Downtown restaurant.

(Sponsored) High school students in 10th and 11th grade can apply for Outreach College’s Summer Scholar Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Stuff your face with authentic food while soaking in the cultures of the Islands. From hula and Chinese lion dances to taiko and opera, this list of 21 ethnic festivals on O‘ahu won’t disappoint.

A new Kailua distillery is producing locally made bourbon-style whiskey.

Neighborhood-pride movements are trending. Here are three.

(Sponsored) From Jan. 25 through Feb. 11, welcome the year of the pig with special dishes and drinks offered at the Waikīkī restaurant.