And now for a subject that I’m sure is near and dear to your heart: public employee pensions and health benefits. I know, I know–there’s nothing sexier than pouring over actuarial tables on how we actually pay for the benefits for the state’s 120,000 or so public employees, but someone’s gotta do it, right? For […]
Upstairs Salon Series with Sarah Betcher at Akaku Maui
There’s an Upstairs Salon with Sarah Betcher at Akaku Maui this Thursday, Mar. 2. Sarah Betcher is the owner of Farthest North Films and an award-winning ethnographic filmmaker. She’s be sharing information about her most recent project with Alaskan tribes and parallel issues that are faced by Native Hawaiians today. Light refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP. Free. […]
Know Your 2016 Maui County Election Candidate: Gil Keith-Agaran
Though state Senator Gil Keith-Agaran, D–Kahului, Waihee and Wailuku, is running for reelection this year, he has no challengers. Still, he’ll be on the ballot and we wanted to know his thoughts on some of what we think are the biggest state issues of the year. And he obliged. In fact, pay close attention to […]
Hui No’eau has More ways than One to Spend A Day with them this Summer
While walking down to the glass blowing studio at the Hui No`eau, two of my Maui friends commented this was their first time ever stepping foot on property. I was a bit astonished. I knew they were busy running their own small businesses, but surely they appreciated art? Nope, they said–no time to appreciate much […]
Nnenna Freelon and Oktoberfest and Noble Chef and Allen Toussaint
THURSDAY, OCT. 24 NNENNA FREELON – The Maui Arts and Cultural Center is welcoming Jazz singer, composer, arranger and education advocate Nnenna Freelon this Thursday. The five-time Grammy nominated vocalist has shared the stage with Anita Baker, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. But that’s apparently not enough for her: Freelon’s passion for music and education […]
UH Maui College Starts Degree In Three Program
The banner at the entrance to the University of Hawaii Maui College campus reads “Your community’s college.” Though the once-named Maui Community College received accreditation granting it the title of University, it still aims primarily to support the community with practical offerings rather than draw outside students to research facilities like UH’s Manoa campus. In […]
Wolf Education and Crappy Art And Least Competent Criminals
NOT EVEN A PIN DROP Officials at England’s 12th-century St. Peter’s Church in Seaford, East Sussex, which is renowned for its eerie quiet, created a 30-minute CD recently of near-total silence, first as a small-scale fundraising project, but later for general sales (since word-of-mouth had attracted orders from as far away as Ghana). Those who […]
Global Technology High School Opens in Wailuku
When Elaine Blasi retired as Head of School at Hale O Keiki Montessori School in June 2010, she wasn’t exactly sure what she was going to do next. As founder of the Kihei Montessori School and administrator there for 10 years, she felt it was time to move on. Her background in education compelled her […]
Interview With Hawaii Gubernatorial Candidate Neil Abercrombie
“You locked us out!” says Neil Abercrombie, entering the MauiTime office in a buttoned-down Aloha shirt, hair slightly disheveled, a stack of papers under his arm and two campaign aides on his heels. And it’s true, though in our defense Abercrombie was running late–a product, he says, of an over-long engagement on the West side […]
Parents protest furlough Fridays in Wailuku
Pissed off parents converged in Wailuku yesterday to protest “furlough Fridays” (which is nearing catch-phrase status, by the way). The Maui News estimated there were about 60 people in attendance, a decent turnout for a Wednesday morning. People’s anger is clearly building on this issue, and state officials are going to start to feel the […]