For Maui native Brittany Yap, the opportunity to be president of FemCity Honolulu came at a good time. Yap had been working in communications and living in Northern California for almost two years before she decided to return to Hawaii.…
Name: Lily Dudoit Job: Director of culture and activities, Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa at Keauhou Bay Experience: Three years START: Dudoit, who was born and raised in Kona and is part Hawaiian, was walking the grounds of the…
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra follows national trend by moving musician to top office job Jonathan Parrish can tell you off the top of his head how many musicians are needed to perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" (it's 82). While he'll always have…
Hawaii is famous for many things, not the least of which are its rare plants. It’s well known that most of Hawaii’s 1,200 or so native plants, having found their way here as seeds and spores, lost their defenses over…
Maui Divers Jewelry’s elegant new shop in the lobby of the Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Alii Tower is just the most visible part of a multimillion-dollar brand refresh for the entire company. The state’s largest jewelry retailer and manufacturer, which started in 1958 as an…
Big ideas often have humble beginnings. Just ask TEDxMaui founder Katie McMillan, whose first brainstorming session for the event unfolded at Baldwin Beach Park in Paia, with sand between her toes and sunscreen on her shoulders. The casual affair –…
Makerspaces create communities that aren’t afraid to take something apart to see how it works, and then try something different. There are hundreds of them around the world and many in Hawaii, including Oahu Makerspace, HI Capacity, Maui Makerspace, Big Island…
Hawaii’s official travel site, gohawaii.com, is not only the go-to resource for visitors, it’s also a great place for residents to plan staycations and excursions. And now residents can also use the mobile site at m.gohawaii.com to inspire adventures. In…
Four decades after its creation, a University of Hawaii innovation remains the basis for Wi-Fi and mobile-phone transmissions Every time you use Wi-Fi, or send a text message, or share data over an Ethernet network, you can thank scientists at…
It’s 2 a.m. in Hilo town. The loud noises in the front yard have the elderly homeowners frightened and fearing burglars. It’s not the police’s first call to the neighborhood, but they find nothing – again. The next morning, footprints reveal…
Before the young business leaders from Hawaii started their intensive three-day journey to Japan, they did not get an ordinary pep talk or briefing. Instead, Glenn Furuya, founder of Leadership Works, talked to them about “Leading from the Heart.” To…
Name: Karen Hashimoto Job: Certified dog trainer Experience: 27 years START: As a teenager, Karen Hashimoto spent summers volunteering at a dairy farm in Waianae, cleaning the milking parlor and feeding calves. So when she enrolled at UH-Manoa, she intended…
Blogging has evolved as a writing style that conveys intimacy and immediacy on any subject imaginable, from travel and childcare to national security and economics. Now add to the list: Hawaii- centric legal blogs. Four attorneys with the Honolulu law…
If “opera” brings to mind a tuxedo or a black dress and pearls, Hawaii Opera Theatre has a date for you: opening nights on Fridays. But if you feel younger or edgier than black tie, new executive director Simon Crookall suggests…
Hawaii’s vast and diverse coral not only dazzles the eye, some of it startles the imagination. The oldest marine creature in the world is believed to be a 4,265-year-old deep-water black coral discovered in 2004 off Makapuu at Oahu’s eastern tip.…
The Bayfront will get a fresh paint job starting in January as part of the city’s winning entry in a national contest. Hilo was one of 17 U.S. cities and three in Canada that won Benjamin Moore’s Main Street Matters…
I think most of Hawaii’s people feel ambivalent when they hear that their home is the best place to live in America. We feel proud and probably agree that Hawaii ranks No. 1 in quality of life, but we also know…
Sometimes, economists see the world more clearly than you and I. For example, the best explanation I’ve read for Hawaii’s chronic shortage of affordable housing is a recent blog entry on the website of the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization.…
NAME: Yoshie Miakoda Chihara JOB: Spiritual psychic medium YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Seven START: “I started out as ahypnotherapist to help people stop smoking. Around the same time, I was having serious relationship problems and nothing was working. I have always…
You might assume that Hawaii residents are good swimmers who can always handle ocean conditions because they are surrounded by the Pacific. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Hawaii has the second-highest resident drowning rate per capita in the U.S., a rate…
Some local businesses have an anxious relationship with Yelp, the international website that carries consumer reviews about everything from restaurants and stores, to auto mechanics and plumbers, and even hikes and radio stations. They say there are several reasons for…
Obtaining a camping permit in Hawaii is quicker than ever. Rather than mailing an application or waiting in line, you can get a permit for most sites online. But first, you’ll have to figure out whether your desired site falls…
It costs just $8 for Hawaii residents to see the animals at home in the Honolulu Zoo, but each of those homes can cost millions of dollars to create. In fact, zoo exhibits nationwide are expensive. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium…
Cool Kakaako has been spawning no end of places to eat well. Now there’s another place where you can work it off: the Volcanic Rock Gym on Keawe Street, a 2,000-square-foot bouldering facility that opened in April. Just to be clear, we’re not talking about something you can…