Hawaii Tribune-Herald

HawaiiCon: Take 5!

Sep. 06, 2018

Pop culture connoisseurs can soon celebrate.

Makana does double duty, with charter school benefit and ‘South Pacific’

Aug. 23, 2018

Internationally renowned singer-guitarist Makana has a strong following on the Hawaii Island — and audiences here will have four opportunities to see him over the next couple of weekends.

Tommy Emmanuel, Certified Guitar Player, hits Honokaa Sunday night

Aug. 23, 2018

Tommy Emmanuel can do more with a guitar than most four-member bands can do.

Inaugural Made in Hawaii Film Festival slated for Aug. 25

Aug. 16, 2018 • Updated 10:24 p.m.

Hawaii takes center stage in Hilo this month with the inaugural Made in Hawaii Film Festival.

Torres Kahele, Paiva and Yamanaka join forces to benefit The Food Basket

Aug. 16, 2018

Three of Hilo’s brightest musical stars — Na Hoku Hanohano Award winners Kuana Torres Kahele, Brittni Paiva and Mark Yamanaka, take the stage at Hilo’s Palace Theater on Sunday for a special matinee benefit concert.

Final two performances of Waimea Community Theater’s “The Hobbit” scheduled Saturday at UH-Hilo

Aug. 09, 2018 • Updated 1:10 p.m.

Hilo theatergoers can journey to Middle-Earth and back again Saturday night only when Waimea Community Theater presents “The Hobbit.”

Abstract Only! Exhibit opens Friday

Aug. 02, 2018

Abstract Only! Exhibit opens at Wailoa Center Friday and will run through Aug. 30. Sponsored by the Hawaii Island Art Alliance and hosted by Wailoa Center it will feature 104 works of art by 67 artists from Hawaii Island, Oahu, Maui, Japan, South Carolina and Illinois.

Big Island artist shows eruption-inspired painting

Aug. 02, 2018 • Updated 9:59 p.m.

Puna resident Bailey Ferguson will be showing a piece in a developing larger series of abstract artwork inspired by the recent Kilauea eruption. “I’m using this series to heal from some of the trauma felt as a result of mine and many of my friends’ lives being turned upside down by the recent eruption,” Ferguson said.

Ledward Kaapana brings ‘Jus’ Bes’’ to Palace Theater

Jul. 26, 2018

Renowned slack-key guitar and ‘ukulele artist Ledward Kaapana will be in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at the Palace Theater in downtown Hilo.

‘Sweeney Todd’: HPAF brings razor-sharp dark comedy to Waimea and Hilo

Jul. 19, 2018 • Updated 1:13 p.m.

The Hawaii Performing Arts Festival’s artistic team behind last year’s production of “The Mikado” returns to serve up some of the tastiest meat pies in town — with “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

Shakespeare in the Park: Event returns with ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor,’ ‘Lions in Illyria’

Jul. 12, 2018 • Updated 1:21 p.m.

Local actors took to the stage at Kalakaua Park last week, shouting the words of William Shakespeare from under the large banyan tree.

’Little Women’ opera slated for Friday at Palace

Jul. 10, 2018 • Updated 1:04 p.m.

Hawaii Performing Arts Festival presents a touching operatic retelling of “Little Women,” based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic American novel, at 7 p.m. Friday at the Palace Theater in Hilo.

Beaming with Pride: Public invited to annual LGBTQ parade, festival in Hilo

Jun. 28, 2018 • Updated 7:40 p.m.

“Love Activates” is the theme for Saturday’s Hawaii Island LGBTQ Pride Parade and Festival in Hilo.

Comedic hypnotist Greg Gabaylo to mesmerize Hilo

Jun. 21, 2018 • Updated 9:26 a.m.

Greg Gabaylo, comedic hypnotist, magician and master juggler, is in performance for three comedy hypnosis shows this weekend in downtown Hilo.

Maxi Priest to get ‘Close to You’ Sunday in Honokaa

Jun. 14, 2018

British reggae superstar Maxi Priest is making a “Housecall” for a Father’s Day dance party, 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Honokaa People’s Theater.

In Egypt, a marionette maker strings together memories

May. 27, 2018

CAIRO — In a tiny Cairo workshop, Mohamed Fawzi Bakkar designs and builds marionettes from scratch, hoping to revive a traditional art.

‘Hello, 9th Island?’ ‘Aloha Las Vegas’ next weekend at UH-Hilo

Apr. 05, 2018

Once the 55th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival is pau, island residents looking for entertainment need look no further than the University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center.

For live ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ NBC turns to a Legend

Apr. 01, 2018

NEW YORK — Most Easter Sundays, you can find John Legend at home, helping cook a big dinner for family and friends. Except this Easter. He’ll be a little busy — being Jesus Christ in front of millions.

From the Highlands to the Islands: Celtica Pipes Rock

Mar. 29, 2018 • Updated 8:54 a.m.

Bagpipe rock is an international phenomenon and one that’s caught on in Hawaii.

‘Still Alive and Well’: Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer to play Honokaa

Mar. 01, 2018 • Updated 9:04 p.m.

Two of the biggest names of 1970s classic rock are teaming up for a monster show Saturday night at Honokaa People’s Theatre.

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