Known for her dynamic live performances, country artist Dasha closed her set at the 2025 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, Calif., with her worldwide hit “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” to thunderous applause. She then jumped off the stage, climbed over a barrier and continued singing as she ...
Opening on July 2 at the Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center, “Ike, A group exhibition exploring perspective,” presents artworks by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have been taking part in a weekly program led by Claudio Marchetti. “This has been such a meaningful ...
Growing up in Haiku, Destin Daniel Cretton fell in love with movie making at a young age. That childhood passion eventually led him to direct the latest Spider-Man epic, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” scheduled for release on July 31. Returning home for the Wailuku Film Festival, Cretton ...
Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award winning musician Kevin Brown is among the celebrated artists playing at the free 35th annual Kī hō‘alu Guitar Festival at the MACC on Sunday. “I look forward to it every year,” said Brown. “The sad part is the ones that I used to play with, you don’t see ...
Former Maui News reporter Jill Engledow has become one of Maui’s foremost historians. Documenting island life for more than four decades, she has authored several books on Maui’s history and written historical novels that vividly portray the lives of women who lived on the island in ...
Before founding Zenshin Daiko with his wife, Valerie Jones, Anthony Jones remembers a family relative showing them a videotape of Kodo, the internationally acclaimed Japanese taiko drumming ensemble. “My son was 2 at the time, and she gave us a Kodo VHS tape, and that’s all he ...
