Curator Julie Cline has turned the Four Seasons in Wailea into perhaps the leading showspace for contemporary art in Maui and possibly in Hawaii overall. She has a beautiful whitewashed canvas. What's more, she regularly runs tours of the…

Aloha again from the Valley Isle. This trip, as by now you realized, is underwritten by Steve Balmer and the folks at Microsoft. Thanks! So, an easy walk from the center of Lahaina town, the whaling village turned charming…

This is an intriguing article on restoration efforts in Honokowai Valley on Maui, from Maui No Ka Oi Magazine. A number of projects like this have cropped up over the past two decades as the Hawaiian Renaissance continues to slowly…

For centuries, Molokai wielded fierce magic to keep the marauding armies of other Hawaiian chiefs at bay. Apparently the magic is still working, as Molokai has been left virtually untouched by the tourism frenzy that's transformed the other islands. That's…

Naitonal Geographic shooter DeWitt Jones resides on Molokai. When he's not out shooting the world, he focuses his lens on his home state with stunning results. His latest show features beautiful waves, lovely imageds of Hawaiian women, and natural wonders.…

I normally try to keep this blog Hawaii-focused, emphasizing local arts, music, and food. But when the Dalai Lama comes to the islands, its kinda a big thing. The Tibetan Spiritual Leader will be on the Valley Isle on April…

After posting a note that Hawaiian music legend Eddie Kamae can be seen playing out regularly at the Elk's Club in Waikiki, two readers (and friends) wrote in or commented to tell me that actually there's a whole lot more…

In the 1920s and 1930s, entertainment life in the small towns of Hawaii revolved around the theatre. Most had their own and some of the larger towns had grand examples. The Iao Theatre on Maui, is a grand one. Built…

Sam Kaha‘i Ka‘ai is a master woodcarver and Hawaiian cultural treasure. He was born in Hana in 1938 and during the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s he played key roles, carving ki'i (spirit totems) for traditional Hawaiian sailing…

Big Island artist Stephen Freedman stacked clay totems and constructed large pottery vessels literally shaped with lyric designs and text. The effect is quite striking, like looking through clay vessels and reading a sheet of music simultaneously. Freedman's works…

Sifting through all the garbage offerings from freebie publications on Maui is a major hassle. All masquerade as true editorial -- 101 Things to Do on Maui, or Maui Menu's or whatever. Maui Time, however, is a true-blue alt…

Your butt will ache, you knees will be knock, your vision may blur...but you'll be transported to one of the most spiritual -- and haunted -- places in the islands. It's a classic excursion, over covered and much extolled.…

Very cool multi-media installation at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center running through July 30th. "Maui artist and filmmaker Tom Sewell’s fascination with Hawaii’s sugar mills has compelled him to create a multi-media installation project, complete with industrial video…

We blew across the isthmus through Kahului on our way to Paia from Wailea, driving from the southern side of Maui to the northern side between the great basin formed by the West Maui Mountains on one side and…

Hawaii has long suffered from a dearth of interesting architecture. That's due, in part, to the lack of permanent structures (aside from lava-rock temples and agricultural structures) existing in the islands in pre-contact days. The headlong rush to develop…