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Ebb & Flow Arts bids aloha with a final concert in Makena

Promoting contemporary classical music, acclaimed pianist/composer Robert Pollock founded Ebb & Flow Arts in 1999. After 25 years of innovative programming, the arts organization will present their last concert on Maui on Aug. 23 at the Keawala’i Congregational Church. The free concert ...

Jimi Hendrix remembered by his friend and bandmate Billy Cox

When Jimi Hendrix visited Maui in 1970 to play a concert in Olinda and take part in the “Rainbow Bridge” movie, he walked by the ocean one day with his friend and bandmate Billy Cox. “As we walked along the shore, experiencing the moment, Jimi asked me, ‘I wonder, is this close to ...

A feast of films coming to the MACC

Opening on Aug. 29 and spread over five nights at the MACC’s Castle Theater, the 2024 Maui Film Festival will showcase 13 documentaries and feature films and 27 short films. Here’s an overview of some highlights. A jaw-dropping portrait of cave diving icon Jill Heinerth, “Diving ...

Kihei 4th Friday going down on August 23

The Maui News WAILUKU—Come to the South Shore of Maui for Kihei 4th Friday’s August Town Party! It’s all happening Aug. 23 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Azeka Shopping Center in Kihei, the “Heart and Soul” Enjoy the free family fun in addition to live music, the ono food booths and trucks, ...

Hawai‘i Literary Arts Council awards Maui poet Elliot Cades Award

By Ryan Mitchel Collins The Maui News WAILUKU—Hawai‘i Poet Laureate and Maui resident Brandy Nālani McDougall has been awarded the Elliot Cades Award for Literature, the most prestigious literary honor in Hawai‘i. McDougall was one of two recipients of the award, joining author ...

The Maui News WAILUKU—Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents Altered Earth in Schaefer International Gallery, an invitational exhibition featuring ten contemporary artists whose work explores the medium of clay and earth derived materials through a diverse breadth of processes. The invited ...