Tambi Larsen’s ‘One Hundred Entertainments’ at Lihu‘e Library March 16
The Kaua‘i Historical Society and the Lihu‘e Library are teaming to bring a slide show featuring the artistic, whimsical and colorful drawings of the late Academy Award Winning art director Tambi...
View ArticlePrince Kuhio Day Celebrations this Weekend
Celebrate Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana‘ole's legacy this weekend in a few different locations on Kaua‘i's South Shore. The Prince Kuhio Day celebration, staged in honor of Prince Kuhio’s birthday, is...
View ArticleThe Beautiful Lei Po‘o
By Léo Azambuja Kaua‘i resident and lei po‘o maker Elvrine Chow, standing, shows the lei po‘o she taught Hope Tams, of Nevada, to make for her wedding in March. The lei po‘o, in all its beauty, is a...
View ArticleThe Return of the Makaloa
By Jan TenBruggencate Margaret Lovett is seen here with a stalk of Makaloa. Photo by Jan TenBruggencate When the community group Mālama Hulē‘ia began removing weedy mangrove from a two-acre plot...
View ArticleThe Wilcox Sisters’ Legacy
By Léo Azambuja The staff of Waioli Corporation tried some historic outfits for this photo at the Grove Farm Homestead Museum’s lanai. Here, Maile Kennedy wears a holoku that belonged to Mabel Wilcox,...
View ArticleHawai‘i Wisdom — May 2017
A minister conducts the service at the Waioli Church in Hanalei, on this picture taken in 1934. Photo courtesy of Waioli Corporation Hele wale a lulu i na manu “The birds are so numerous that they cast...
View Article‘Through the Years,’ Mahelona Hospital Celebrates Centennial
By Léo Azambuja A portrait of Samuel Mahelona is seen here hanging at Samuel Mahelona Hospital’s lobby. The portrait was dedicated to his mother, Emma Kauikeolani Wilcox, by her children Alice...
View ArticleSamuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital
Original Mahelona Hospital, circa 1940. 1917 — Hospital opens a 50-bed hospital for local tuberculosis patients. 1951 — New 110-bed Main Hospital Building is completed. It was dedicated on June 14,...
View ArticleBlending Culture, Technology to Restore Hawaiian Fishponds
Breakout sessions furthered discussions including coral bleaching dynamics. Photo courtesy of KUA With the goal of preserving loko iʻa or Hawaiian fishponds, 15 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty...
View ArticleAlakoko Fishpond
By Jan TenBruggencate Menehune Fishpond There are lots of versions of the story about the building of the Alakoko Fishpond. It is an island feature full of mystery and misinformation. The pond along...
View ArticleThe Hawaiian Poi Dog
By Léo Azambuja Kaua‘i Humane Society Executive Director Scott Pisani, left, is seen here with KHS Animal Care Supervisor Benjamin Osorno and two shelter dogs; Mocha, in the back, and Byron, on the...
View ArticleSugarcane Not Dead, Just Different (w/ video)
UH Associate Specialist Ted Radovich said sugar cane has become a high-value horticultural crop as opposed to a low-value agronomic or plantation crop. Photo courtesy of UH Sugarcane, also known as kō,...
View ArticleSeven Hawaiian Spooky Tales
Night Marchers Akua, the 14th night of the moon when it separated from Earth and became a god, is when Hawaiians are on alert for the Ka Hauka‘i a ka Po, the Marchers of the Night. They are the spirits...
View ArticleOrizuru Peace Tree this Saturday
Orizuru Peace Tree will be one of the main attractions at the 32nd Matsuri Kaua‘i Oct. 7 at Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall in Lihu‘e from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public....
View ArticleThe Threads of Kaua‘i’s History
Kaua‘i residents pose with their holokū at Historic County Building in Līhu‘e. From left to right, Pua Rossi-Fukino, Polei Palmeira, Donna Stewart, Saebrie Pegeder, Barbara Green, Helen Wong Smith and...
View ArticleRemains of a Rainbow — The Rarest Species in Hawai‘i
By Léo Azambuja Left to right, NTBG Research Biologist Ken Wood, NTBG Plant Extinction Prevention Specialist Steven Perlman, photographer Susan Middleton and NTBG CEO and President Chipper Wichman....
View ArticleHawai‘i Wisdom — November 2017
A photo of an ālala, or Hawaiian crow, by ©David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton, in exhibit at National Tropical Botanical Garden Ho‘ola‘i na manu i ke aheahe. “The bird poise quietly in the gentle...
View ArticleThe Hawaiian Tattoo
By Léo Azambuja Hawaiian Kala Alexander, a professional surfer, actor and business owner from Kaua‘i, shows some of his tattoos done by Samuel Shaw, owner of Kulture Tattoo Kollective. Hawaiian koa...
View ArticleHawai‘i Wisdom — December 2017
A portrait of the feared Maui King Kahekili, by artist Brook Kapūkuniahi Parker. Pāʻele ku lani “The chiefly blackening” This expression, used in chants and songs, refers to the tattooing of Kahekili,...
View ArticleLiving in Balance through Kaulana Mahina
By Léo Azambuja The children of Kapa‘a Boys and Girls Club, clockwise from bottom left, Larissa Dimms, Kaliko Sugahara, Timberlin Pereira, Ezekiel Kea, Charlize Kenney, Anthany Long, Alena Abell and...
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