Calabash

Author Tricia Allen on tattoos and culture.

Ahumanu: The Gathering, Ahumanu (Ululoa Productions)

A new festival features timeless songs.

2007: The Priciest Year Yet

Forget ranch, Thousand Island and blue cheese. Who needs run-of-the-mill salad dressings when we’ve got tasty creations made especially for us in Hawai‘i? Here are just five of the Islands’ offerings.

A look inside Nervous Water, the only fly-fishing store in the Islands.

Columnist Eddie Sherman chronicles Hollywood in Hawai‘i.

Downtown’s loss, and gain, changes our view.

Hawai‘i gets set to host the annual NFL Pro Bowl.

A new exhibit delves into the process of perception.

Could the state’s new approach to homelessness on the Leeward Coast end the problem once and for all?

They came from different countries and backgrounds, but these Honolulu restaurateurs now share the same passions: good food, fresh ingredients and feeding a legion of happy customers.

A cooperative research project took a comprehensive look at whales.

Honolulu’s shopping scene continues to explode, with urban, hip boutiques popping up like ali‘i mushrooms. Here’s a sampling of notable offerings in women’s clothing.

The ’50s and ’60s were a fertile period for Honolulu architecture. See if you can identify these beautifully funky buildings from the Statehood era.

Various Artists, Everybody Loves Bob Marley, Neos Productions

A visit to a new ‘awa bar

Restroom relief cannot come soon enough to downtown Honolulu.