Our society loves their blood, sex, and rock-and-roll, and the stories told in this year’s Maui Fringe Festival are no exception. The premiere of local playwright Wayne Moniz’s “Cane Fire: The Hanapepe Massacre” will kick off the festival on Friday night. Next up, the musically charged “Seeger” is a one-man multimedia show performed by Randy Noojin where he embodies famous folk … [Read more...] about Talking Story with the Playwrights behind the 2019 Maui Fringe Theatre Festival
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How to Write a Killer Short Story at Akaku Maui Community Media
There will be a "How to Write a Killer Short Story" writing workshop at Akaku Maui Community Media on Thursday, Dec. 7. The class will be taught by Wayne Moniz, the wonderful Maui writer and playwright who won a Cades Award for Literature. The workshop will first focus on how to write a successful short story, then cover the basics of the writing process from ideas to editing. … [Read more...] about How to Write a Killer Short Story at Akaku Maui Community Media
Maui author Wayne Moniz publishes new memoir ‘Barefoot Boy in the Mango Tree’
Wayne Moniz grew up on Maui before Hawaii was a state; before jet aircraft and posh resorts at Ka`anapali and Wailea turned the island into an international tourist destination. Back then the island was rural, quiet and, for a kid, loads of fun. "Mango trees played a large part in my childhood years," is how Moniz–an award winning playwright and author of novels and short … [Read more...] about Maui author Wayne Moniz publishes new memoir ‘Barefoot Boy in the Mango Tree’
Talking story with author Wayne Moniz about Hawaii’s hidden Civil War history
It was a very bloody war. Today, most historians simply call it “the Civil War,” but it was anything but. From 1861 to 1865, nearly 3 million Americans fought in it, and more than 750,000 died as a result of the fighting, though most (two-thirds) succumbed to disease rather than violence. Those who died amounted to 2.5 percent of the U.S. population at that time. Were we to … [Read more...] about Talking story with author Wayne Moniz about Hawaii’s hidden Civil War history
10 Essential Books About Maui
Back in 2008, when Amazon released its then-revolutionary Kindle e-reader, Apple’s Steve Jobs predicted that it would fail because “the fact is that people don’t read anymore.” Though Jobs was soon proved wrong–indeed, Apple today sells tablets, which also function as e-readers–the numbers of Americans who don’t read books are scarcely better than they were in 2008. Back then, … [Read more...] about 10 Essential Books About Maui