It’s a surf contest where your creativity and costume count just as much as your surfing ability. Register to paddle out or watch the spectacle from shore, then enjoy face painting and DJ beats while ...

Beyond the pumpkin patches, trick-or-treating and keiki costume contests, Halloween is also the ghoulish, fiendish, favorite ...

Walk with costumed pups in support of the Hawaiian Humane Society, hear Hawaiian stories, see a nostalgic play and more.

Jon Matsubara is sitting in the dining room at Feast Mānoa, its polished tabletops shimmering in the afternoon shadows, and he’s alone. It’s like the first time I met him there, in the fall of 2019, ...

After more than a century of publishing fiction, poetry, book reviews and author profiles, we launched the HONOLULU Book Awards three years ago to recognize achievements in our thriving literary scene ...

Dishes on our tables narrate their own stories. They point to the land and oceans they came from, the cultures that shaped them and how they evolved (or didn’t). In ways subliminal and telling, the ...

Catch the excitement of keiki longboard competitions, outrigger canoe races, a youth volleyball tournament, plus a dog surfing contest at this ocean sports festival. Find everything from baby gifts ...

Walking into Mānoa Chocolate’s cacao-scented store always gives me a Willy Wonka vibe, with the staff offering free tastes of homegrown chocolate. Now, there’s a new reason to go: A just-expanded café ...

*Expansions and newcomers that opened at Midtown Eats this year include Aloha Sugarcane, Boba Bing, K Park Bar, King Thai, Mangiamo Gelato, Middle Eats, Ms. Nguyen, Ninja Sushi, Sadie’s BBQ, Serg’s, ...

Café Miro, Kaimukī; the restaurant on Wai‘alae Avenue has closed, but Miro Kaimukī – The Counter remains open with prix fixe dinners ...

Hala Tree’s 100% Kona coffee has been in my phone’s “Fave coffees” album since 2023. I’ve been ordering it through Grok Coffee because Hala Tree Café in Ka‘a‘awa was too far away for a Hawai‘i Kai gal ...

I’ve been on a quest to find great sourdough bread. While there are versions I like, none made me swoon until I tried Cream & Sugar Hawai‘i’s sourdough boule ($6), which comes plain or with ...