Maui musicians are once again strongly represented among the annual nominations for the 2026 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards. The Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts announced the 2026 finalists, with Maui artists earning four of the six nominations for album of the year, including Kamalei Kawaʻa ...
Multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning Kumu Hula Kamaka Kukona will present the special production “Lei Kaulana” with Hālau o ka Hanu Lehua on May 31 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center, featuring a cast of more than 200 performers. “It should be a really nice, uplifting afternoon ...
The New York Times recently published an article on Antigone, the heroine of Sophocles’ renowned play, calling her “a 2,500-Year-Old Rebel With a Cause.” She was, The Times noted, “the original bad girl.” Adapted over the years by legendary artists such as Jean Cocteau and Bertolt ...
At the start of “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” Andy (played by Anne Hathaway) is an acclaimed journalist who has been downsized and forced to take a job writing at Runway, the snooty, extravagant fashion magazine from the first film. The soft-spoken but venomous Miranda (Meryl Streep, once ...
Bonded over a love of plants and music, Silvia Yordanova and Jose Ponce, who perform as the duo iriri, have released “Heliotropic,” an album with songs inspired by Hawaii’s flora. Paying tribute to various local trees and plants from ulu and naupaka to mamaki and jacaranda, ...
In the early 1840s, Belgian instrument maker and musician Adolphe Sax set out to create a new sound for orchestras and military bands that could bridge the gap between the bold power of brass and the subtle expressiveness of woodwinds. Long before it became synonymous with jazz, the ...
