I’ll admit I was a little nervous. I lucked out with front row seats at Maui’s newest stage show, Cirque Polynesia, but from where I was sitting, it seemed like the two pretty blondes teetering net-less across the high wire could have easily taken a misstep and fallen on me. I’d been holding my breath for most of the show—which included a variety of stunning acrobatic feats … [Read more...] about Cirque Polynesia
Maui Time Weekly
"I missed my plane, but I was able to go to Burger King." - Man going through security at the Kahului Airport … [Read more...] about
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 Interesting wrinkle in the ongoing tussle between Gov. Lingle and Hawaii’s labor unions: As reported in today’s Maui News, the state’s mayors are joining forces against the governor, complicating negotiations. Lingle gets four votes in the contract process and each mayor gets one; that means the Guv has to lure only one mayor to her side to get her way. In … [Read more...] about
Henry Kaleialoha Allen
It’s the musical equivalent of sea glass, a sound drenched in Malibu rum and day-old sunshine. In its more lackadaisical moments you can almost hear the sunburned steps of slowdancing honeymooners mixed in with the beats. Uptempo, it lends itself to old-timey mischief. It may be one of the definitive elements of Hawaiian music, but don’t call it Hawaiian guitar … [Read more...] about Henry Kaleialoha Allen
Betty’s Beach Cafe
Years ago, back in the day when people dialed up to the Internet and tweeting was still something cheerful birds did in the morning, Maui Time staffers crammed into a tiny little office upstairs from what is now Betty’s Beach Cafe. In those days of writing articles on cocktail napkins and delivering papers from the basket of a beach cruiser, the restaurant downstairs was … [Read more...] about Betty’s Beach Cafe