"The Honolulu 100," November 2005 HONOLULU's cover story in November was a joint project with the city and county of Honolulu's Centennial Commission, in celebration of the city's 100th birthday. How could your selection committee possibly omit the two perhaps…
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2005 – follies, foibles and bizarre moments. By Michael Keany illustrations by Michael Austin FAHRENHEIT 451–THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH VANITY BURNS In June, the Honolulu City Council debated how to best dispose of…
Thirty-six acres of prime public lands in Kaka'ako could undergo a radical change. But not if some concerned citizens can help it
The 22nd Annual Hale 'Aina Awards
Friendship is food for the soul at this community program.
To really appreciate Hawai'i drivers, try navigating the streets of Paris.
The epic House of Many Gods skillfully connects an ice hut on the subarctic tundra with a lanai bulging with 'ohana.
In a Dec. 4 column entitled, "You say Torino, I say Turin, let's call the whole thing off," Jeanne Cooper of the San Francisco Chronicle ruminates on the politics of pronunciation. [W]hat we call a place reveals just as much…
Nathan Kurosawa’s The Ride, which won the 2003 Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2003 Louis Vuitton Hawai‘i International Film Festival, drew more than 15,000 at its Sunset on the Beach screening that year. Now, you can catch the…
HONOLULU Magazine and Paradise of the Pacific, chronicling the Islands since 1888.
Author Rich Budnick gives us a refresher course in Hawai'i's history, whether we want to relive it or not.
Every January, your story starts all over again.
A taste of New York comes to the Big Pineapple.
The new owners of this January event are moving it back to O'ahu.
Ata Damasco, Pa'ina Hou!, Ululoa Productions
Chinese New Year begins January 29, the day of the first new moon, and ends 15 days later.
photo: John Bilderback click for larger image Backdoor might not be as well known as Pipeline, its sister left-breaking wave, but it can be just as treacherous. Even veterans like Perry Dane have their off days at this bone-crushing North…
After 24 years with the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD), Kenneth Silva takes on the role of chief. This month, following a three-month-long selection process and a review of 13 internal candidates, Silva was chosen to replace retiring Chief Attilio Leonardi. Silva and the department are also planning to move into the new headquarters in Kaka'ako.
The notorious assemblage of strip clubs and the like near the intersection of Kapi'olani Boulevard and Kalakaua Avenue may be the last place a local jazz fan would look for the stimulating sounds of trumpet fire, saxophone lust and guitar…
With cold and flu season swirling around you, scrubbing your hands takes on a special urgency. Here are a few ways to suds up in style.
