August 2019: Table of Contents

August 7, 2019

HONOLULU Magazine Team,

Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino

Features

Hawai‘i Made

We’re more than ‘ukulele, mac nuts and Kona coffee, although we love all three. Here’s a look at a few unusual industries making waves in the Islands, as well as some decades-old companies that are still committed to handcrafting in Hawai‘i.

By Christi Young and Robbie Dingeman

The Hawai‘i Writer’s Life

The Old Guard is passing, The Great Hawai‘i Novel is dead and many bookstores went AWOL. But more people than ever are writing. We talked to dozens of them about how to make it as a writer in Hawai‘i.

By Don Wallace

Upheaval at the Hawaiian Humane Society

The past few years have been tumultuous for the 135-year-old animal welfare organization. So what happened?

By Tiffany Hill

Calabash

Sip Service

Learn about The Joy of Sake, the biggest sake event in the country.

August Picks

Cap off the end of summer with two ethnic festivals, a new production of an oldie but goodie and a bunch of local journalists poking fun at news in the Islands.

By Jayna Omaye

Entertainment: Throw and Tell

Already a hit on the Mainland, indoor ax throwing touched down in Honolulu at Blade & Timber this spring in Kaka‘ako, courtesy of Matt Bay-Singer and Ryan Henrich, two of the Missouri natives behind Breakout Waikīkī. We flannel-ed up and set off to find out who among us was best in throw.

By Katie Kenny, Kristin Lipman, Stacey Makiya, Shelley Shiroma, Katrina Valcourt, Aaron K. Yoshino

Da Meter

Gauging what’s hot and what’s not in Honolulu.

Environment: Going for the Gut

Balls packed with healthy bacteria may offer a way to restore the ecosystem of the polluted Ala Wai Canal.

BY ROBBIE DINGEMAN

Quote Unquote: Kip Wilborn

Internationally known tenor, actor and director Kip Wilborn takes over this month as producing director of the 150-seat Mānoa Valley Theatre. The classically trained “singing actor” from Odessa, Texas, has performed globally—from Wagner and Verdi to Jean Valjean in Les Misérables—and served seven years on the Mānoa theater’s board. He steps in as the not-for-profit theater completes its 50^th season and begins planning for the next 50.