Event Photo Galleries - December 2014

Make-A-Wish Hawai‘i’s festive 5K run/walk helped to raise money for the nonprofit to grant wishes to local children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Ballet Hawai‘i’s 2014 production of the Nutcracker featured a cast of dance stars from New York City Ballet, Carolina Ballet and The Australian Ballet.

Rogue Christmas was the last Honolulu Night Market of 2014.

Surfer Julian Wilson won the 2014 Billabong Pipeline Masters at Banzai Pipeline. Brazil’s first world champion Gabriel Medina finished second.

Runners showed off their best holiday costumes at the Hale‘iwa NiteRun on Dec. 13, 2014. All proceeds from the 5K fun run/walk benefited JDRF Hawai‘i, an organization funding type 1 diabetes research.

More than 31,000 athletes participated in the 42nd Honolulu Marathon on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014. Kenyan athlete Wilson Chebet was the first to cross the finish line to win the marathon title. Joyce Chepkirui became the first-ever female winner from Kenya.

Two-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum singer/songwriter Jason Mraz performed with the all-female pop, rock group Raining Jane at the Neal Blaisdell Concert Hall. Mraz is best known for hits “I’m Yours,” “I Won’t Give Up,” and “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry).”

More than 2,000 runners from around the world gathered at the majestic Kualoa Ranch for a 21-kilometer half-marathon course on Dec. 7, 2014.

‘Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro reunited with Pure Heart and Side Order Band during his sold-out concert at the Blaisdell Concert Hall on Dec. 5, 2014.

Cat lovers and Hawaiʻi Hulacat Club feline owners gathered at McCoy Pavilion in Ala Moana for the Cat Fanciers’ Association Championship and Household Pet Show on Dec. 6, 2014. Four expert CFA judges from the Mainland scored the participating cats for global and regional wins.