Mom Talk: Q&A With April Hail of Keiki Kaukau
This Hawai‘i-based toy tycoon shares how she finds balance and keeps the stress of mom life in perspective.
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Meet the Hawai‘i Photographer Whose Inclusive Modeling Agency is Changing the Definition of Beauty
Tired of the lack of diversity in the modeling world, Hawai‘i photographer Mel Tjoeng set her sights on changing beauty norms.
Q&A: 6 Questions with Hawai‘i State Art Museum’s Katharena Rentumis
HiSAM’s exhibit specialist talks about being a steward for the arts, new mixed media works and her special connection with Yayoi Kusama.
Life of the Tree People: Meet the President of the Aloha Arborist Association and System Arborist with Hawaiian Electric Co.
We talk with Desiree Page about how criminal statistics pushed her into arboriculture, how HECO manages power lines and trees, and why trees grow up so fast in Waimānalo.
Q&A: 7 Questions with Mark Kadota
Learn more about the Hawai‘i artist and his latest performance for the Hawai‘i State Art Museum.
Lee Anne Wong Dishes About the Overhaul of Her Pioneer Inn Grill and Bar on Maui
Papa‘aina at the Pioneer Inn keeps it simple with a nod to history.
Q&A: ‘Gleason’ producer Kevin Lake
I remember flipping through the channels. Sportscenter was showing the trailer for “Gleason,” the story of former New Orleans Saints, special teams kamikaze, Steve Gleason. It was about how this tenacious, physical athlete responded to a diagnosis of ALS. It…
Q&A: ‘Fresh off the Boat’ showrunner Nahnatchka Khan
There was no pressure on Nahnatchka Khan. All she had to do was pitch, write, manage and will into existence a new sitcom based on the outspoken and iconoclastic Eddie Huang’s memoir — which also happened to be the first…
Q&A: Ryan Miyamoto, co-director of SXSW winner ‘Twinsters’
“Imagine there was someone out there you’d never met who looked exactly like you and was born on your birthday. ‘Twinsters’ is the story of Samantha Futerman and Anaïs Bordier, two strangers who discovered they were potential twin sisters separated…
Q&A: Hawaii Sketch Comedy Festival’s Kimee Balmilero
I first met Kimee Balmilero a few years ago at the HIFF Creative Lab New Media Camp. At the time, I was a mentor and she was a participant.Little did I know, she could’ve taught ME a thing or two.If…
HIFF Q&A: Ty Sanga, ‘The Life of Pinky Thompson’
Ty Sanga wants to tell you a story. It starts in Kalihi where he grew up. His mother was first-generation Filipino and his father was Hawaiian-Chinese. They worked hard, so Ty did too. He worked room service at the Ihilani…
Q&A with HIFF’s Anderson Le
Photo courtesy of Bao Nguyen. Anderson Le has your dream job. As programming director of the Hawaii International Film Festival since 2002, Le travels the world watching movies. While it’s more fun than typing TPS reports, his work is…