Maui County mayoral candidate P. Denise La Costa wants to roll back taxes, including the fuel and motor vehicle registration fees, and freeze refuse and water fees if elected. La Costa, a former Maui County Planning Commission chair, said she also will increase homeowner property tax ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz recently visited the construction site of the future Hālau of ‘Ōiwi Art in Wailuku to view ongoing work on the cultural center, which will serve as a hub for hula and Native Hawaiian arts as well as a disaster resilience facility. Schatz, vice chair of the Senate ...
