In conjunction with the launch of HuffPost Hawaii, a partnership between The Huffington Post and Honolulu Civil Beat, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and Civil Beat founder Pierre Omidyar appeared at the Sheraton Waikiki’s Maui Ballroom to host a panel…
The Shidler College of Business Alumni Association and the Young Lawyers Division of the Hawaii State Bar Association threw another Professional Services Social free networking mixer Wednesday at M Nightclub at Restaurant Row, with lawyers, engineers and many other professional services…
New to the Scene: Fresh Cafe Chinatown ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 24 After hip Kakaako spot Fresh Cafe won the lease for the old Indigo location on Nuuanu Avenue in Chinatown, there was a buzz of speculation…
Flash Hanson, along with Blaise and Addiction Nightclub, threw La Fete En Blanc, the Second Annual #ME2 White Party on Sunday night, featuring Captain of Industry DJ Graham Funke. As always, the party enforced a strict dress code; only guests wearing…
The 4th annual Rice Fest, held in the parking lot across from Consolidated Ward 16 Theatres, was a free, fun food festival celebrating one of Hawaii’s staples — rice. Hundreds of people showed up, despite the hot sun, to visit…
It was a bittersweet evening for regulars of Mercury Bar, the beloved neighborhood/HPU watering hole off Chaplain Lane in Chinatown, as owner Andrew Bugreyev thanked his patrons and staff and announced the end of an era for the venue. After September’s First…
NextDoor, the Hotel Street mainstay, held its Grand-Re-opening celebration with live music by Bats in the Belfree and DJs Revise (Murder Mainstream) and Brian V (San Francisco).After several months on hiatus, the club re-opened its doors on Thursday, August 22,…
Tropics Tap House ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 10 If you've missed Tropics, Ward's former live music haven and spot for 'ono grinds, rejoice: They're back! The old crew — headed up by owner Pat Kashani, general manager…
M's First Anniversary with Lil Jon ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 13 Famous Crunk rapper Lil Jon helps M Nightclub celebrate their first anniversary at Restaurant Row; he'll be doing a DJ set and emceeing on the mic.…
Upwards of 3,000 people came out to Aloha Stadium to participate in Hawaii’s first Glow Run, a 5K run with glowsticks, neon outfits and all sorts of glowy things. Some runners took it seriously, and others came in their wildest…
Friday marked the grand opening of Bevy, Kakaako’s much buzzed-about new bar, located in the old Scores Lounge spot on Auahi and Keawe Streets, and run by thirtyninehotel’s award-winning bar manager, Christian Self, publicist Timo Lee and Chef Jamal Lahiani.A…
Happy birthday, Manifest! The quirky Chinatown bar on Hotel Street, headed up by owner Brandon Reid and his crew, celebrated its fourth anniversary Friday with a party for friends and family themed after “The Great Gatsby.”Shortly after its expansion into the…
Chantelle Truong ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 12 Singer/songwriter Chantelle Truong, best known for her beautiful acoustic covers of songs by artists like Swedish House Mafia, Kaskade, Above & Beyond and Gareth Emery, helps to reopen NextDoor with…
Party people clad in swimwear spent a fun afternoon on the Queen Kapiolani Hotel’s pool deck Sunday for a new daytime pool party, Happy Beach. The special guest DJ was local girl-turned celebrity DJ Diamond, an international Playboy Playmate, actress…
Honolulu band Kings of Spade, recently back from their Mainland tour, played a show at Republik Saturday with Tempe, AZ guest Sara Robinson & The Midnight Special, a catchy blues rock band with an incredibly powerful female frontwoman that has…
Hawaii Shakespeare Festival: 'Timon of Athens' ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 8 Hawaii Shakespeare Festival continues this week with "Timon of Athens," directed by Tony Pisculli and Eleanor Svaton, about a historical misanthropist and the events that happened…
Chinatown’s first drag queen show in, like, ever got fabulous with the launch of a new bi-monthly performance series at The Creative (formerly The Artsmith) Saturday. With performances by Rhonda Corner, aka host/organizer Cheyne Gallard, Pearl Dynasty, Ms. Tita Titsling and La Femme…
We hit the happening spots on First Friday, including The ARTS at Marks Garage for a colorful exhibition sponsored by the Surfrider Foundation, with surf rock band Mano Kane and surf art; Downbeat Lounge, where DJ Ross Jackson was playing…
Coheed and Cambria ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 8 Concept rockers Coheed and Cambria, best-known for the fact that all their albums are based on a science fiction storyline called "The Armory Wars," bring their sound to The…
Legendary band The Cure played for the first time in Honolulu at Blaisdell Arena on Tuesday night. The show, which was close to sold out, had fans abuzz for months and didn’t disappoint. The Cure, known for playing long sets,…
You’ve probably seen the little glass globes hanging in the windows of Paiko, one of the most intriguing little shops on Auahi Street. Word has been spreading lately that this is the place to get affordable decorative indoor flora that…
Ward Centers and REAL a Gastropub hosted the inaugural REAL Beer Festival in the parking lot across from Consolidated Theatres Ward 16 on Saturday afternoon, with attendees getting to partake in a selection of nearly 70 local, domestic and imported…
Business professionals of all ages came out to mix, mingle and network at the summer Nextworking mixer at M Nightclub Thursday. Nextworking, a free, no-RSVP event that has become known as the biggest and best networking mixer in Honolulu, is…
Nextworking ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 Get out your business cards for the summer Nextworking mixer, a free, no-RSVP event where business professionals meet and mingle each quarter to connect with each other. M Nightclub; Thursday, July…
Buzz is already spreading about a new bar that’s opening in Kaka‘ako this August, run by none other than Honolulu’s award-winning master mixologist Christian Self, whose career has included working with Las Vegas-based bar consultant company BarMagic, and managing the…
For someone who appreciates liquor and the nuances of mixing it well as much as I do, choosing five favorite cocktails in a city with this many talented bartenders was a hard one to do. Truth: I haven’t ordered a…
Back in Kakaako Waterfront Park for its second year, the world-famous Love Festival lit up the park with world-class DJ talents on four stages and thousands of music fans in crazy, colorful costumes wandering from stage to stage. Headliners included…
Bar 35, the Hotel Street cornerstone, celebrated its eighth anniversary on Saturday night with little fanfare, aside from an hour of free drinks. In its eight years, the club has hosted everything from sophisticated wine tastings to packed First Fridays…
Mercury Bar hosted an old-school indie rock reunion with the return of Honolulu band Linus, along with Pink Mist, Clones of the Queen and DJ Jet Boy on Friday night. Linus @ Mercury ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of…
Hula's 39th Anniversary ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 14 The now-legendary cornerstone of Honolulu's gay community celebrates its 39th anniversary (Can you believe it opened in 1974?) on Thursday, with live music, pupu at 7 p.m. and all…
HPELive and Tantriq launched a new, elite, late-night party at Trump International Hotel in Waikiki on Saturday, in the restaurant and bar area on the 6th floor. A well-dressed crowd showed up to mingle, dance and drink with their friends. …
We visited one of Waikiki’s newest nightclubs, Upstairs Lounge above Serino’s Pizza, to check out their new Friday night party, featuring drink specials, a brand-new VIP area with half-off bottle service from 8-11 p.m., and DJs playing Top 40 and…
Tuesday was Media Day for the grand reopening of the newly renovated Genki Sushi at Ala Moana Center, which means we got a chance to check out the cool, playful new technology and give you the scoop.Genki Sushi USA president…
King Kekai 'Wait On Me' Listening Party ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 12 Local artist King Kekai throws a listening party, with complimentary food and drinks, for his new album, "Wait On Me," which mixes tracks ranging from…
CoXist Studio — headed up by Casea Collins-Wright and her partner, UH Manoa School of Architecture professor Jason Selley — has evolved into one of the most versatile venues in Kakaako. Originally started last fall as an Urban Design project,…
We hit some of the happening spots during First Friday’s Art Walk in July, from AJ Feducia’s “Stay Poor” art exhibit at the Human Imagination studio to Loading Zone’s Essence of Hawaii show to The ARTS at Marks’ Garage, where…
Swedish dance music duo Cazzette and Canadian electro-house DJ Lazy Rich headlined a special Independence Day show at Republik Wednesday evening, presented by A Room of House, Livewire, Odin Works & Pure Coalition. Excited EDM fans packed the house, dancing…
Aloha Tower and The Waterfront kicked off Fourth of July Weekend early with a festive all-ages gathering that included live music and drinks, DJs, food vendors, and of course a fireworks show at 8:45 p.m. Take a look! 3rd of…
Green Drinks, a networking mixer sponsored by Element Media and Pacific Edge magazine that meets every first Tuesday of the month, landed at RumFire this month, with a relaxing sunset pau hana that included networking, pupu, drinks and a beautiful…
Yoshi Tsukamoto, co-founder of the world-renowned, Tokyo architecture firm Atelier Bow Wow, gave a presentation at R/D on Friday about a project he’ll be working on in Kakaako — a unique, multi-purpose, multi-level warehouse space on Cooke Street that’s part…
