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Hui No‘eau holiday marketplace opens Nov. 20

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center will celebrate the holiday season with Hui Holidays 2026, a series of events featuring local artists and makers, holiday shopping and family-friendly activities this November and December in Makawao. The Hui Holiday Marketplace will run Nov. 20 through Dec. 24, ...

Akaku launches online Hawaiian language crossword

Akakū Maui Community Media has launched a Hawaiian language crossword game designed for beginners and those looking to expand their vocabulary. The game, called ʻŌlelo Crossword, features a five-by-five grid with English clues that prompt players to enter Hawaiian words. A built-in keyboard includes the ʻokina and vowels with kahakō. Players can check their answers as they go or reveal letters when they need help. The crossword is available at akaku.org/play.

New album marks 50 years of movement to protect Kaho‘olawe

Fifty years after a protest helped launch the movement to protect Kaho‘olawe, a new album and concert are marking the anniversary of the Protect Kahoʻolawe ʻOhana and its continuing efforts to restore the island. The album, “50 Years of Aloha ʻĀina,” features 12 original mele, or ...

Two Maui areas designated as federal Opportunity Zones

Lahaina's Front Street area and a section of Kihei have been designated for a federal investment incentive program aimed at attracting private capital to economically distressed communities, according to Gov. Josh Green's office. Hawaii received 25 designations under the federal Opportunity Zones 2.0 program, including two on Maui, four on Hawaii Island and 19 on Oahu. The Maui designations cover census tracts identified as Lahaina Front Street and Kula Makai in Kihei. The state secured the Lahaina designation through an appeal to the U.S. Department of the Treasury after the tract was ...

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ opens Nov. 20

Widely regarded as one of the defining plays of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” will open Nov. 20 at the Maui Academy of Performing Arts’ Naylor Theatre. With the lead roles of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski played by Jennifer Rose and Derek ...