Your Insider Guide to the 31st Made in Hawai‘i Festival
The 31st annual Made in Hawai‘i Festival returns on Aug. 15–17. Here’s what you should know before you go.
Arts & Entertainment
Best of HONOLULU 2025: Entertainment & Leisure on O‘ahu
The best new attraction, free hobbies, adult art classes and more of the best ways to have fun on O‘ahu.
Local Musical Peace on Your Wings Travels to Hiroshima for the 80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings
The ‘Ohana Arts production tells the story of Sadako Sasaki, known for folding 1,000 paper cranes to wish for her recovery from radiation-based leukemia.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: May 15–21, 2025
Laugh at a play, watch inspiring surfers, see animated flicks, spend an evening in a garden and more.
Ceramicist Kana Ogawa Finds Joy Between Kintsugi’s Gilded Lines
“While I’m physically putting those puzzle pieces back together, it recreates a beautiful connection between the things we use and each other.”
Feed Your Artistic Appetite With Fishschool Classes
At Fishschool, the studio part of Fishcake, local teachers like 104-year-old Esther Nowell show you’re never too old for art.
Potter Skye Yonamine Finds Beauty in the Perfectly Imperfect
Meet Skye Yonamine of Earth & Skye Ceramics whose art balances striving for perfection while embracing disruption.
The Hawai‘i State Archives Is Home to the Largest Vintage ‘Ukulele Collection in the World
The collection includes more than 28,000 phonographic records and 650 instruments.
Dive Into Artist Mark Cunningham’s Cache of Found Ocean Objects
The champion bodysurfer and career lifeguard has been diving for decades on the North Shore and now turns his ocean finds into art.
Stunning Mu‘umu‘u Worn at the 2024 Mu‘u at the Museum
Guests showed off vintage and Eastern-influenced mu‘umu‘u in honor of Queen Emma’s 188th birthday.
Punahou Carnival’s Art Gallery Is a Fundraising Powerhouse
This year, Hawai‘i’s largest pop-up art show will feature 250 artists and about 1,200 pieces. The artwork, like in past years, is expected to rack up enormous sales during the two-day celebration.
Must-See: Honolulu Printmakers’ Love Letter to Lei
Honolulu Printmakers’ Printer Lei exhibit entwines diverse communities in celebration of lei.
Pursuits: The Light and Dark in Joey Chiarello’s Ceramic Sculptures
Do you take demons with your tea?
Solario Studio Art Unlocks Core Memories
Meet illustrator Matías Solario, whose nostalgia-fueled style pays homage to the Hawai‘i of the 1940s through ’90s.
Bretman Rock Launches a Podcast for the Baddies
DaBaddest Radio is your new hub for Bretman Rock content, airing every Thursday.
Better Together: A New Artist Space for Weird Friends
Formerly known as Lana Lane Studios, the artist collective Weird Friends has made a new home in Kaka‘ako.
Tool Around at the HNL Tool Library
A Kaka‘ako library offers members tools instead of books, along with workshops.
Screen Time: Renovation Aloha, Home in Hawai‘i and The Cabin Chronicles
Hawai‘i homes and their talented designers shine on three national TV shows.
Toshiko Takaezu Retrospective Exhibit Opens This Month
One of Hawai‘i’s best-known artists is honored with a deep dive into her work.
Pursuits: Ink Master Steven Lam
We talk to one of Honolulu’s most sought-after tattoo artists, Steven Lam, and peer into his studio Working Class Tattoo and career.
Aloha Got Soul’s Vinyl Reissues Celebrate Old-School Hawai‘i Jams
Offering fresh spins on Island classics, the local record label’s recent Kalapana and Brother Noland reissues have been garnering major buzz.
Wall to Wall: Murals Paint the East Side
Murals have spread out from town to decorate neighborhoods on the east side of O‘ahu.
Oh My Goddess! Reimagines Hawaiian Mythos
Iona Contemporary Dance Theatre’s biggest production yet combines dance and haute couture costumes with Hawaiian mythology.
Meet the Hawai‘i Family That Makes the World’s Most Famous ‘Ukulele
In 2016, Kamaka Hawai‘i celebrated 100 years of producing internationally renowned ‘ukulele.
