Afterthoughts: Thinking Continental
Maybe the Mainland isn’t so main after all.
News Archive
Was Pres. Obama channeling Willy Maunawili?
Here are Pres. Obama’s points, and what pops to my mind when I hear them.
Unsolicited Advice: Scooter Cars Must Go
ScootCoupe, we understand that you’re part scooter and part car, and we celebrate your hybrid heritage. But get off the Honolulu roads.
Equal Time for Candidates?
This month, we have a Q&A with former Gov. Ben Cayetano, who is currently running for mayor of Honolulu.
Welcome Back Ben Cayetano?
We sat down with former governor and current mayoral candidate Ben Cayetano to talk about rail, old guys and why your commute isn’t going to get any better, no matter who wins.
Editor's Page: Awards and Footnotes
HONOLULU Magazine celebrates, plus notes on this issue.
Who Are You Calling "Brah?"
Gizmodo wrote about a product to hold your beach beers steady in Honolulu and beyond.
And the winner is…
Hundreds of you voted in AIA Honolulu's People's Choice Award.
Whose Private Island?
In HONOLULU Magazine's June 1995 issue, we detail the outrageous lengths to which Microsoft and Lanai Co. (along with a perfectly willing Maui Police Department) went to keep media and the public off of Lanai for the Gates' nuptials. Let's hope Ellison is a better neighbor.
Afterthoughts: Auto Anxiety
To ride or to drive in Honolulu—that is the question.
Unsolicited Advice for the Neil S. Blaisdell Concert Hall
Show a little more enterprise, DES, and make the Neil S. Blaisdell concert hall live up to its potential.
Bishop Museum Botanist Finds Undiscovered Plants in Papua New Guinea
The Plant Hunter: This Bishop Museum botanist travels the world to find undiscovered species.
The movie to watch tonight in Honolulu
Don't miss This is Not a Film on Friday, June 8, in the Friends of Film Friday series at the Doris Duke Theatre.
Feedback
...on Hawaii being a worthy place to live, KPOI and donating eggs in Honolulu.
Honolulu's Best Architecture
Buildings define the personality of a city, even in Honolulu, where the natural environment outshines our built one. Which buildings define Honolulu?
Long Reads
Nearly a dozen vintage recordings of mele (songs or chants) for ancient hula have been resurrected, remastered and compiled on a new album, Ancient Hula Hawaiian Style, Volume 1: Hula Kuahu.
Ethnic beauty pageants have long been a staple of Hawai‘i’s diverse cultural history. Over the years, though, they’ve had to evolve to fit the changing times.