Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun in Honolulu for June 30–July 6, 2022
Watch Fourth of July fireworks, indulge at the new Oreo Café, go to an outdoor concert, search for Snoopy and more this weekend on O‘ahu.
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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Catherine Toth Fox worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for more than 10 years and has freelanced—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications since 1997. She earned her master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1999, with a focus on magazine writing and publishing. And she received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, graduating with distinction in 1996. She was HONOLULU Magazine’s food and dining editor from 2015 to 2019, editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine from 2019 to 2022, and now serves as editor of HONOLULU Family.
Watch Fourth of July fireworks, indulge at the new Oreo Café, go to an outdoor concert, search for Snoopy and more this weekend on O‘ahu.
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This year’s reading challenge runs now through July 30.
Watch a movie in a wave pool, take in a polo match, visit a kid-friendly farm and more this weekend on O‘ahu.
Local stock is available—and will soon get better.
Visit your neighborhood public library, watch a movie at a museum, help clean up a beach and more on O‘ahu this weekend.
The Disney resort on O‘ahu is also launching after-hours activities for keiki, too.
Summer’s around the corner—why not vacation in one of the world’s best vacation spots?
Do something special for Mom, learn about fairy terns, nab a free comic book and more this weekend.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with this simple—and healthy—guacamole your kids can help make, too.
Celebrate Earth Day with the entire ‘ohana, be a scientist, go on a picnic, walk in a sunflower field and more!
Kids have way more access to news and information today. Here’s what parents can do.
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See a play about Japanese folk stories, take an art class, celebrate National Submarine Day aboard a real submarine and more.
Moms just wanna have fun, too, right?
It only takes a few ingredients—and a microwave—to make this super simple, super adorable candy bark.
Brennan Yamaguchi, who has spent five years raising awareness about epilepsy and co-wrote legislation, wins a local award for his advocacy. And he’s never had a seizure.
Decorate Easter cookies, eat a your favorite local restaurant for a cause and enjoy music and play at a Hawai‘i Kai farm this weekend.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, join a beach cleanup and make a 4-leaf clover pin this weekend.
Learn about the endangered koholā—and maybe spot a few—during Spring Break.
Students, teachers and staff will still need to wear masks indoors.
Hawai‘i’s COVID restrictions relax with Spring Break and summer right around the corner
Grab mochi for Girls Day, read these local books and check out a new(ish) farmers market at Windward Mall this weekend on Oʻahu.
Skip the lines at the bakeries today and make these simple Portuguese yeast doughnuts at home for Fat Tuesday.
Celebrate National Banana Bread Day with this simple, kid-friendly recipe that uses ingredients you probably already have.
This O‘ahu gym offer more than just a rock-climbing wall.
Get arts-and-craftsy, watch Moana in Hawaiian, buy Girl Scout cookies and feed baby goats this weekend on Oʻahu.
A new female hippopotamus arrives to the Honolulu Zoo from Los Angeles.
We’re all about deals, and after months of takeout, if it comes with elevated ambience and unexpected finesse, even better.
“I’m a gardener, I love gardening and I love saving the world one garden at a time. That’s my motto.”
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Listen to tales of menehune, haunted houses and a kahuna who tried to bless an un-blessable house.
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