Honolulu is Losing Trees When We Need Them More Than Ever. Can New Initiatives Save Us?
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Honolulu is Losing Trees When We Need Them More Than Ever. Can New Initiatives Save Us?
If you can only plant one tree, make it an urban one.
Farmers Market Finds: Funky Fresh Spins on Spring Rolls at Kaka‘ako
The Corner Rolls wraps up cheeseburgers, shrimp and avocado into crispy fried spring rolls.
Pandesal, Ube Halaya, Mansanas Apple Cookies: Wow Baguio’s Filipino Sweets Connect to Comforting Roots
Think Filipino food is just adobo, pancit and lumpia? Jo Soeung of Wow Baguio will show you otherwise.
Finding Honolulu’s Helpers: Supermarket Cashier Lee Ann Verano Stays Resilient on the Food Front Line
The Foodland Farms worker knows—especially these days—that she and other grocery store workers often provide the only contact that many people have outside their homes.
The History of Hawai‘i From Our Files: Exploring Women’s Rights in the 1970s
Here’s a look back at April 1971.
Where to Get All-You-Can-Eat Crab, Poke and Butterfish Every Weekend
Starting April 10, Plumeria Beach House will offer its fresh seafood buffet every Saturday.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: April 7–13, 2021
Hawai‘i’s Restaurant Week is a go-go along with a downtown urban flea market, a virtual half marathon, a volunteer day on North Shore and more.
Sakana Express Get Japanese and Okinawan-Kine Okazu, Plate Lunches and Poke in ‘Aiea
Da sistah deli of Sakana Grill in Kalihi is wea to go when you craving goya bitter melon champuru with your fried chicken and poke bowl.
Our Top 5 Jewelry Picks for Mother’s Day and Graduation Gifts
Whether you’re celebrating Mom or your kid’s new diploma, these heirloom jewelry pieces are perfect for the occasion.
Save the Date: FROLIC Hawai‘i’s 2021 Poke Fest Presented by Fresh Island Fish Is Coming May 29
(Sponsored) Poke from your favorite shops around O‘ahu are coming together at a zero-contact event at Ka Makana Ali‘i.
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Honolulu is Losing Trees When We Need Them More Than Ever. Can New Initiatives Save Us?
If you can only plant one tree, make it an urban one.
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Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: April 7–13, 2021
Hawai‘i’s Restaurant Week is a go-go along with a downtown urban flea market, a virtual half marathon, a volunteer day on North Shore and more.
What to Read This April: 5 Hawai‘i Poetry Book Picks Recommended by Local Experts
Happy National Poetry Month! We reached out to our friends at Da Shop: Books + Curiosities to ask their community of writers and readers for their poetry picks.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend: March 31–April 6, 2021
Spread art-felt joy, search for sticky eggs and snack on small-kid kine treats.
Long Reads
High School: An Inside Story
Honolulu Magazine associate editor Ronna Bolante goes to Moanalua High School for a week, to go to classes, to meet the teachers and espcially the students.
Meet the Guardians of the Nēnē Who Are Helping to Save Hawai‘i’s Endangered Bird
On private lands across Hawai‘i, generations of families and ranchers have hosted and cared for the endangered bird.
Film Review: Last Taxi Dance Swings, Connects and Frightens at the Same Time
The potent dramatization of Chinatown’s WWII role servicing the military via paid affection feels like a game changer in locally sourced film production.
Odd Restaurant Jobs in Honolulu
Chefs receive most of the attention, but there are also many lesser-known, yet fascinating, restaurant jobs. Meet some of the crew at Honolulu's dining spots who have positions you may never have heard of.
Virtual Wellness Series “Life Interrupted”
Life Interrupted: A Free Virtual Series on Mental Wellness
Each week HONOLULU and a panel of experts will tackle a new topic and share ways to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honolulu Experts Offer Tips and Tales From Their Own Lives for Dealing with Togetherness and Tough Issues in “Life Interrupted: Home”
The final session in our free talk-story webinar explores ways we can improve our home well-being while helping to shape a healthier community for all.
HONOLULU’s “Life Interrupted” Webinar Series Concludes This Week Talking About Maintaining a Healthy Home Environment During This Anxious and Surreal Time
Join us this Thursday, June 25, at 1 p.m. for a free virtual talk-story session on getting by and moving forward and ask the experts your questions.
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2021 Private School Guide
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Congratulations to this year’s Hale ‘Aina Award winners announced on Sept. 14, 2020.
Tales of weird, wacky and wild news you may have missed. The best of the worst of 2020.
We delve deep into underground passages, secret societies and mysteries to bring you the best secrets the city has to offer.
For all those thrifty rich locals living their best lives in Hawai‘i.
We came up with a handy list of 16 facts you may not know about sharks in Hawai‘i.
Waikīkī is much more than a tourist destination and faces the same challenges of other urban neighborhoods on O‘ahu. It has public schools, family-run restaurants, places people call home. Here are their stories.
Expect more spicy Chinese, local beer and yes, more birria tacos.