The 8 Best Things To Do in Honolulu This Month
From the Miss Chinatown pageant to a country superstar, September 2014 is filled with some major girl power! (And wine. No girls’ night out is complete without wine.)
Arts & Entertainment
The 8 Best Things to Do in Honolulu This Labor Day Week
Enjoy Labor Day Week in Honolulu with short films, fun with cake, breakfast for dinner, art, laughs and the birthday of a Hawaiian queen.
Opa! Hawaii Greek Festival Returns to Ala Moana Beach Park
Put down your ouzo sorbet and hop to the dance floor, the Greek Festival is back!
Go Mauka: 5 Peaceful Mountainside Adventures for Land Lovers on Oahu
Beaches are great, but some weekends you just have to head for the hills. Here are a few of our favorite land-based adventures.
August 2014: 8 Arts & Entertainment Picks in Honolulu
Many Europeans take the month of August to travel, while Americans celebrate National Goat Cheese Month. In Hawaii, we’re sampling beers, cleaning our beaches and laughing at local comedy.
Da Meter: What’s Hot and What’s Not in Honolulu
Gauging what’s hot and what’s not in Honolulu.
Prince Lot, the Other Hula Festival
Every third Saturday of July, hula halau converge on one of the last remaining ancient pa hula, hula mounds, at Moanalua Gardens.
Highlights from the ‘91 Best and Worst of Honolulu List
The original Best and Worst of Honolulu list from 1991.
Groove Hawaii’s Wind Tunnel vs. Nuuanu Pali Lookout
Two blow-out experiences examined side by side.
Best of Honolulu 2014
Discover all Best of Honolulu’s winners, both editorial and reader picks.
New Honolulu Museum of Art Exhibition: Art Deco in Paradise
Think you know your local art? A new Honolulu Museum of Art exhibition may surprise you. Turns out that, in the years between the World Wars, Hawaii was a hotbed of modernist art.
July 2014: 8 Entertainment Picks in Honolulu
Whether summer’s got you enjoying the sun or searching for cover, here are eight reasons to leave the house this month. (Just don’t forget sunblock.)
Quiz: How’s Your Art Deco Eye?
Can you name that Honolulu art deco building?
Field Notes: Oahu’s Orchid Societies
Each month Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vibrant and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: orchid societies.
What Are We Reading This Summer at HONOLULU Magazine?
We asked the HONOLULU staff for their books picks for your summer reading list.
Coming Soon: Kakaako Agora Indoor Park
When the community said a tearful goodbye to R&D last December, the wheels were already turning on a new project, an indoor park called Kakaako Agora.
Now Playing: Hawaii’s Most-Watched Hula Movie
Meet the people who brought you Hawaii’s Consolidated hula trailer. How this local favorite came to life; where the dancers are now.
From Our Files: May
In 1888, King Kalakaua issued a royal charter, commissioning a magazine. Then titled Paradise of the Pacific, this publication became HONOLULU Magazine, making it the oldest magazine west of the Mississippi.
June 2014: 9 Entertainment Picks in Honolulu
Swamp things, not-quite-Teletubbies and aliens overrun Honolulu this June. But things aren’t always what they seem.
Master of Ceremonies: Rev. Craig Yamamoto
The Rev. Craig Yamamoto of the Shinnyo-en Buddhist temple orchestrates the annual Lantern Floating Hawaii ceremony.
Hōkūleʻa: Teaching on the Wind
As the Hōkūleʻa sets off across the world, Hawaii students will be taking notes.
Field Notes: Ballroom Dancing in Hawaii
Each month Field Notes explores Honolulu’s vibrant and varied scenes and subcultures. This month: ballroom dancing at the Palladium.
New Downtown Honolulu Mural: Awesome or Awful?
Chinatown has a new, impossible-to-miss landmark: a pink and purple abstract mural on the back wall of 1121 Nuuanu Ave.
