Illustration by Andrew Miller
About a month after Americans honor the Fourth of July, a lesser-known historical day comes around that also celebrates independence. Called La Hoihoi Ea, or Sovereignty Restoration Day, and honored on Jul. 31, the holiday remembers a time before American occupation of Hawai‘i. In February of 1843, after complaints from British living in Honolulu, Lord […]
Before he left, our former editor Anthony Pignataro gave me this advice: Follow more people on Twitter. He said he’d been intentionally doing this for the last year or two, following accounts from active Native Hawaiians, people of color, women, and other marginalized voices, and that the diversity of their perspectives influenced his views on […]
On Thursday, Jun. 21, Dr. Willy Kauai, Director of Native Hawaiian Student Services at UH Manoa, will speak at the Na‘aikane O Maui Cultural Center in Lahaina as part of the HK West Maui Speaker Series. He’ll talk about his research on nationality in the Hawaiian Kingdom. “When people talk about the term ‘Hawaiian,’ usually […]
The Story of Hawai‘i Museum at the Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center is getting some big publicity this month. On Thursday, May 17, the Travel Channel show Mysteries at the Museum will air a segment on the museum’s steel guitar exhibit (which we wrote about in this April 4, 2018 story). “I’m part of the narration in […]
You can see the new “Loyalty, Courage Sacrifice: 442nd Story” exhibit at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center through Friday, Aug. 24. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the formation of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, one of the most highly decorated units in the U.S. military during World War II. See rotating displays and memorabilia […]
Quite possibly the most moving thing a person new to Hawai‘i can do is fly over to Oahu, head to Iolani Palace, put on those special foot booties the docents give people so their shoes don’t muck up the floors, then visit to the Quilt Room. This, which for obvious reasons is also known as […]
You can see the exhibit “Internment: Stories from Maui” at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center through Friday, Feb. 23. In early 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the internment of Japanese Americans. Approximately 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were interned during the war. The exhibit will feature personal stories, photographs and information on the two locations on […]
Julie Checkoway will finally do a Maui book-signing for her book The Three Year Swim Club on Saturday, Nov. 18. Hosted by the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center at Barnes & Noble in Lahaina, Checkoway will talk story about Maui’s sugar ditch kids, Coach Soichi Sakamoto and their quest for Olympic glory. Learn how a group of […]
Even 60 years after her brother’s death, Jean Pinataro still cries when she talks about Albert. Plane crash victims are always mourned, but especially so in Albert’s case, where both the cause of the crash remains officially unsolved and his body never recovered. The crash of Pan Am Flight 7 on Nov. 8, 1957 is […]
The Museum Education Program at the Sugar Museum needs volunteers. The opportunity is available until May 31, 2018. The Sugar Museum want to recruit local Maui residents to be tour guides (docents) for its education program, which takes place every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-11:30am. Free. 9:30am. Sugar Museum, (3957 Hansen Rd., Pu`unene); 808-871-8058; Sugarmuseum.com Photo courtesy of […]
Hey, if you’re interested there’s a free piano located in an alley in Wailuku Town. No fooling. Last time I checked (2pm on Wednesday, July 26 to be exact), the piano was sitting there all by its lonesome. The piano’s nameplate indicates that it’s a Valley Gem, manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio. Though there doesn’t seem […]
There’s a World War II pop-up display at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center from now until Friday, May 26. The display honors the approximately 33,000 Japanese-American soldiers that served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the war. You’ll see diagrams, photos, historical imagery and memorabilia from Pfc. Susumu Fukuyoshi of the 100th Infantry Battalion and Pfc. Hiroichi […]
In a way, former Hawaii House Speaker and Maui Mayor Elmer Cravalho, who died in June 2016 at the age of 90, has returned from the grave. Apparently, Cravalho recorded a video interview back in 2014 with Maui District Superintendent of Education Darrell Oishi. According to this article from today’s Maui News, Cravalho forbade the […]
University of Hawaii Press is now publishing Palapala, a new Hawaiian language journal. The journal includes a variety of academic essays, reviews and analyses related to the Hawaiian language. “The journal will also include reviews of any significant technologies relating to research in Hawaiian language and literature as well as book reviews and reports on […]
So this weekend my girlfriend and I drove up to Makawao and walked around town. One of our stops was the Makawao History Museum, which is displaying a new exhibit on the old USO [United Services Organizations] Crossroads Club that was housed in what is now Casanova during World War II. It’s a tiny exhibit, but […]
