Wailuku Town staple Maui Thing will close its retail location after 10 years on Market Street. The store will celebrate its last day in business March 1, closing its doors after the Wailuku First Friday event featuring Uncle Willie K performing. Maui Thing began selling Maui-inspired merchandise in a 10- by 10-foot tent at the inaugural First Friday event in Wailuku. The … [Read more...] about Maui Thing Bids a Hui Hou
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2017 MauiTime Local Holiday Gift Guide
Buying gifts for people is hard. It requires money and thought–two items that aren’t so easy to bring together in mass quantities. So to help you out, we put together this handy little guide of gift ideas that can be found around Maui. Some of the items were made here, others are merely sold here. But everything here supports a business right here on Maui. Though it required … [Read more...] about 2017 MauiTime Local Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday lights brighten Wailuku First Friday town party
Wailuku's First Friday town party on Dec. 4 was extra festive with the addition of holiday lights strung throughout the street, a window decorating contest and Malino live on the Maui Thing stage. “This year we wanted to do something extra special to decorate the town,” said Ashley Takitani Leahey, a Wailuku community volunteer. “Since it won’t ever snow in Wailuku, we took it … [Read more...] about Holiday lights brighten Wailuku First Friday town party
Friday, Feb. 6: Wailuku First Friday
Feel the love during February’s Wailuku First Friday town party this Friday. Body Alive Yoga will serve up another round of free yoga (4:45 pm). I Want Candy takes the Maui Thing stage (6pm-9pm); shortly after, a lion dancer will kick off the Year of the Ram. Grab dinner and enjoy beats courtesy of Maui Rumba. Pau hana begins at 6pm in Kumu A'O’s wine and beer garden. Free. … [Read more...] about Friday, Feb. 6: Wailuku First Friday
Maui Children’s Bookstore Does Book Drive For Homeless Keiki
Amanda Robson at Maui's Children's Bookstore has launched a Holiday Book Drive to support homeless children on Maui. The books will be donated to the Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center in Wailuku. Robson also plans to gather the children for a special holiday story-time when she delivers the books. “The more a child is spoken to and read to, the larger their … [Read more...] about Maui Children’s Bookstore Does Book Drive For Homeless Keiki