This Sunday, the Maui Arts and Cultural Center and The Maui News are presenting the 23rd annual Ki Ho'alu Slack Key Guitar Festival. Featured performers will include Danny Carvalho, Hapa (Barry Flanagan), Stephen Inglis, John Ka'aina, George Kahumoku, Keale, Kaoru Kohnoike, George Ku, LT Smooth, Bobby Moderow, Brother Noland, Jeff Peterson, Glen Smith and Paul Togioka. The … [Read more...] about This Sunday, June 22: 23rd Annual Ki Ho’alu Slack Key Guitar Festival
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Media Watch: The Maui News Runs Bogus Story On Apple’s Value A Day After CJR Discredited Story Online
I think it's time for an introduction: Maui News, meet the Internet. Because of the curious late afternoon deadline schedule for the island's only daily newspaper, it's common to read "news" stories in The Maui News that are a day or even two days old. Say something breaks in the late afternoon or early evening on a Monday, news of it actually won't appear in the … [Read more...] about Media Watch: The Maui News Runs Bogus Story On Apple’s Value A Day After CJR Discredited Story Online
Will the Hawaii Legislature Rob Daily Newspapers of Their Precious Legal Notices?
Ah, legal notices – those wordy blocks of text sent out by local government agencies and courts that fill a daily newspaper's classifieds section and provide the best natural substitute to Lunesta yet found. There were 10 such notices in the Feb. 23 issue of The Maui News. They ran in the back of the paper, at the bottom of pages B9 and B10 of the classifieds section. They … [Read more...] about Will the Hawaii Legislature Rob Daily Newspapers of Their Precious Legal Notices?
Paula Fuga and Mike Love put on another stellar set of shows at Stella Blues’ Supper Club
(Left to Right: Mike Love, Sam Ites) They don't call it Stella for nothin'. This South side restaurant is nothing short of stellar -- of note, their lineup is top-notch; and September 17 and 18 with Paula Fuga and Mike Love, featuring James "Hutch" Hutchinson (on bass, of Bonnie Raitt fame) and Sam Ites (percussion), was no exception the example. Under Stella Blues warm, … [Read more...] about Paula Fuga and Mike Love put on another stellar set of shows at Stella Blues’ Supper Club
Duke Aiona Runs Against Himself
One of the biggest, most depressing political con jobs in recent memory was the one pulled by George W. Bush in 2000. Somehow, the Ivy League-educated son a former Vice President and President managed to sell himself as a Washington outsider, riding into town with his muddy work boots and six-shooter to teach them Yankee elitists a thing or two about governin'. Of course, you … [Read more...] about Duke Aiona Runs Against Himself