Out of Africa And On To Hawaii
The first Africans to arrive in Hawai'i were deckhands on merchant and whaling ships, and came from Cape Verde, the United States...
Article: Upon hearing that news Liliu‘okalani decided to...
“John (Dominis) was, to use a euphemism, rather irregular as a husband – as many husbands in my experience are. He was fond of society,...
Article: Did You Know That The Aloha Shirt was...
Everyone has heard of island time, that magical clock setting where life moves slower and weekends start on Fridays after lunch. Across...
Article: Early Inter-Island Ferry
Early Inter-Island Ferry All of the following is from a Supplement of the Report of the Minister of Foreign Relations; it is dated as...
"Long Live the Grand Old, Sonorous, Poetical Hawaiian language..."
Oli and mele are a long-time part of the Hawaiian tradition. “As the Hawaiian songs were unwritten, and adapted to chanting rather than...
The "Merrie Monarch:" King David Kalakaua
After Lunalilo's death, another election was held in 1874, this time pitting Kalakaua against queen dowager Emma. Kalakaua won by a huge...
Article: The History of the Hawaiian Lei
Inside an airy room at the sprawling Travaasa Hana resort on Maui’s rugged eastern coast, adventure guide Mapuana Kalaniopio-Cook sits...
Article: The Roots of the Aloha Shirt
Hawaiian Style: The Roots of the Aloha Shirt By Maribeth Keane and Brad Quinn In this interview, author and scholar Dr. Linda Arthur...
Soaring, Surfing & Sailing
Born in New York on April 5, 1912, the older of two children, Woodbridge (Woody) Parker Brown came from a very wealthy home, headed by a...
Amazing Honolua Bay, Maui: Please Click and Read!
In northwest Maui, the district the ancients called Kaʻānapali, there are six hono bays (uniting of the bays,) which are legendary: from...
