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Each of the garments made at Kealopiko’s screen-printing workshop are one-of-a-kind and tell a story.
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Each of the garments made at Kealopiko’s screen-printing workshop are one-of-a-kind and tell a story.
Local designers explain what makes alohawear unique to the Islands, and why they wish the touristy “Hawaiian” prints would just go away.
Nā Lālā o ka Pūhala offers weekly classes on how to weave leaves from the native hala tree.
Only one major TV series is scheduled to be shot on O‘ahu this summer. Local crews and actors are struggling to find work.
Waikīkī’s Magical Mystery Show features bewitching sleight-of-hand performers who make the audience part of the entertainment.
The O‘ahu-based producer has worked with Martin Scorsese, Olivia Colman, Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Brie Larson and many other stars.
Attendance is up 70% from pre-pandemic years – and this time more locals than tourists are coming for the exhibitions and events.
Ki-Lin Reece is a luthier at KR Strings, where he restores family heirlooms and old Hawaiian instruments.
Glass artist Arlie Pemberton creates her jewelry with 2,200 degrees of heat.
Two Hawaiian language experts and other sources say the proper spelling and pronunciation doesn’t include diacritical marks.
JT Ojerio of Aloha de Mele painted one of the 70 murals at the Hawai‘i Walls festival in Kalihi.
Michelle Clemen left a nursing career for creative work, and assures the skeptical that “you can make a living from being an artist.”
Paola Rodriguez Beltran’s Mudd Studio in Honolulu’s Chinatown goes through 3,000 pounds of clay a month.
“Drag is an artistic means of expression,” says Mark Imaizumi, who has developed his art over 25 years.
At Honolulu Community College, Eric Lagrimas draws on his experience in the music business to show how it’s done.
When not making music, you might spot this Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winner at his new coffee wagon in Kailua.
Located at the Mission Houses, the collection includes 12,000 books and pamphlets as well as manuscripts, photographs and art.
Pamela Taylor Tongg, Ballet Hawaii’s artistic director, says “dance chose me, I didn’t choose dance.”
UH students and faculty are creating original plays in ‘Olelo Hawai‘i, and winning national awards.
Roger Bong’s Aloha Got Soul (AGS) in Mō‘ili‘ili sells new and vintage releases, including from his own label featuring local musicians.
Malika Dudley says she launched the podcast Communification to raise money for nonprofits and bring academic research about communication to everyday people.
The roving market introduces Filipino-inspired products and food to a wider audience. Check out the next Bishop Museum event in April.
Some family treasures have passed down through generations. And occasionally an item is haunted.
Preserving a century of moving images from the Islands.