Hawaii’s keiki can win a trip to Japan by showing off their artistic skills in the 2014 Dream Car Art Contest. Students age 15 years and younger are invited to enter a drawing of “Your Dream Car” for the 2014 contest–hosted by Toyota Hawaii. One winner could score a trip to Japan to participate in […]
Hawaii Signs Onto Majuro Declaration On Climate Change
On Monday, Sept. 27, the United Nations released a new 2,000-page report on climate change. The verdict, is that it’s “extremely likely” that human activity (read: industrialization) is causing our planet’s climate to change in ways that will be destructive to life everywhere around the world. “Our assessment of the science finds that the atmosphere […]
This Saturday Is World Peace Day So We Ask People Around Maui How They Define Peace
Peace One Day is a grassroots organization with the goal of bringing about a World Peace Day on Saturday, Sept. 21, already known as the International Day of Peace. There will be events all over the planet on that day, including right here on Maui. Peace Day Maui is a free, family-oriented event that will […]
What Is It Like To Be Red Bull King Of The Air Kiteboarder Jesse Richman
The thing pro kiteboarder Jesse Richman remembers most about his first jump isn’t the accelerated speed at which he was moving over the surface of the ocean. It isn’t the size of the kite that was billowing 70 feet above him or the force of the wind trying to rip that same kite from his […]
WORLD WAR Z New Movie Review
A feeling of paranoid nostalgia swept across me during a screening of World War Z. An hour into the movie, which I caught with my family at the Queen Ka’ahumanu Theater, someone in the audience coughed. This is not what you want to hear when the movie in question is a virus-oriented horror movie. It […]
Your Horoscope
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) It’s okay to have your server decide between equally delicious choices for you. However, if you try that during the upcoming conjunction of your dreams and reality, you’ll be horribly disappointed. Your fairy godmother stands poised to shove whatever you want right into your life, but you’ve got to be clear […]
Warm Bodies New Movie Review
When two young lovers meet for the first time in most romantic comedies, they typically bump into one another in some cutesy, contrived way. I’m thinking of Tom Hanks slamming into Elisabeth Perkins in Big, Jon Stewart saving Gillian Anderson from a falling bookcase in Playing By Heart or, possibly the most ridiculous, Matthew McConaughey […]
We Find Out The Big Ideas Behind The TEDxMaui Conference Happening This Sunday At The MACC
At first glance, it’s easy to assume TEDxMaui might be another kooky, self-help kind of conference. Wrong. Actually, the talks are less about you and more about the planet. Sure you may come back from it with all kinds of great ideas for improving your life, but the speakers and conference dig deeper into humanity, […]
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Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The Superfriends seemed to always be on call, just hanging around in their Legion of Honor or Hall of Justice, or whatever it was, just waiting for a crisis. It’s difficult to imagine a sense of duty or responsibility so powerful it becomes that consuming. I mean, that place didn’t even […]
Senator Daniel Inouye Passes Away As The World Maybe Comes To An End
SEN. DANIEL INOUYE PASSES AWAY In a week marked by death and worlds coming to an end, we’d like to discuss the sad passing of U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye. He died at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center of a respiratory ailment at about noon Hawaii time on Dec. 17. He was 88. His last […]
Government Waste And Heroic Military Bureaucrats And World of Warcraft Politicians
GOVERNMENT IN ACTION Among the federally funded projects highlighted in the “2012 Waste Book” of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn were a $325,000 grant to develop a “robosquirrel” (to help study the somehow-confusing interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes) and a $700,000 grant by the National Science Foundation for a New York theater company to create a […]
On Ensemble And Point Panic Festival And Keola Beamer And Makahiki Festival
THURSDAY, NOV. 15 FOOD SECURITY – Despite the abundant land and natural resources, Hawaii still imports 85 percent of its food and only has a seven-day supply of food on store shelves at any given time. Scared? You should be. But here’s your chance to explore the issues of food security and access to food […]
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Lately, you’ve been craving imperfection. You’ve enjoyed your toast a little burnt, your clothing slightly frayed and your apartment three degrees away from an ideal temperature. It’s not that you’ve finally accepted that the world isn’t perfect, or that you’ve become that much more appreciative of those imperfections (though you have). […]
Talking Story With Vegan Chef Mark Reinfeld
Mark Reinfeld is a world-renowned vegan chef who comes to Maui about once a year to teach people how to create amazing vegetarian dishes. He has several cookbooks, including Vegan World Fusion Cuisine, which won several awards and was based on his Blossoming Lotus Restaurant on Kauai. Reinfeld has a celebrity following for his food […]
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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Most Leos have little to fear from the world outside. A nearly indomitable will and impressive self-confidence such as you usually possess represents a formidable defense to whatever troubles life might throw your way. Actually, the only real danger to your shining power comes from within. You might trick or delude […]
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Cancer (June 21-July 22) Western society tends to view the heart as the seat of the emotions, but many other cultures say the root of intense feelings is actually the liver. It outweighs the heart and is made of softer stuff—heart tissue is actually pretty tough. I’ve noticed you’ve been pretty tough lately, too. Do […]