“NCIS: Hawai‘i,” the CBS TV series inspired by the real-life Pearl Harbor-based military crimefighting force, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, enters into the second half of its second season operating like a well-oiled crime-fighting machine. Read more
K-drama seems to be everywhere these days, which is fortunate for its Hawaii fans, who even have a TV channel dedicated to it. But streaming platforms such as Netflix are also showing K-drama, and with the multitude of options to see these shows, it’s easy to miss a good one. Read more
He may not qualify as a “local,” but comedian Bill Maher qualifies as a “regular” out here in Hawaii, now that he’s come here 10 out of the last 11 years during New Year’s to enjoy the sun and surf. Read more
With perfect weather and beautiful scenery, Hawaii is known as a great place to make a film. But is it a great place for local filmmakers? Read more
Rap, recite and sing your way through the founding of America with one of its most important figures in “Hamilton,” now playing at the Blaisdell Concert Hall. Read more
We all know the legend of Santa Claus and how, on Christmas Eve, he leaves his home at the North Pole and travels the globe on his reindeer-drawn sleigh distributing gifts and good cheer to children. Read more
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The great cellist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma, the world’s foremost ambassador of his instrument, its traditions and perhaps of music in general, comes to the Tom Moffatt Waikiki Shell on Thursday to perform the popular Bach cello suites. Read more
The former Hawaii resident is a long-haul trucker, crisscrossing the country in her cherry-red Cascadia, a semitrailer truck that is the flagship model of the truck manufacturer Freightliner. Read more
Thanksgiving is on the horizon, so that means it’s time to get your early Christmas shopping started at the Made in Hawaii Festival. Read more
The University of Hawaii at Manoa’s theater and dance department has long been known for producing plays from different cultures, using authentic practices of each. Read more
The early works of Tadashi Sato, one of Hawaii’s most important artists, are getting a major showing at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Art Gallery. Read more
BYU Hawaii and the surrounding community gave a welcome worthy of a superhero to Hawaii-born actor Jason Momoa on Thursday, when he encouraged the crowd to sign up to donate lifesaving bone marrow or blood stem cells to those in need. Read more
Hawaii-born actor Jason Momoa will appear Thursday at BYU Hawaii to lend a healing hand to an ailing friend. Read more
If you are interested in visiting Fiji — there are regular flights from Honolulu — you might want to check out the guidebook “Suva: A History & Guide.” Read more
Hawaii’s only practitioner of myotherapy is Craig Nagata of Orthopedic Rehabilitation Specialists, a licensed physical therapist who studied with Tsujii in the early 1990s. Read more
Tickets for the Dec. 10 concert will go on sale Saturday. Read more
Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni, the bronze medalist in this year’s Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, comes to Hawaii later this month for a concert tour that seems befitting for the kind of intensity that young classical artists face these days: five concerts in seven days, on all the major islands, after arriving directly from Europe. Read more
Next weekend, the Hawai‘i LGBT Legacy Foundation will host a series of activities celebrating LGBT History Month, National Coming Out Day and Spirit Day. Read more
Opera is usually considered to be adult fare — it’s usually in some foreign language, it’s often long and the plot convoluted — but Hawaii Opera Theatre is delving into a family-friendly production this week with “The Secret Garden.” Read more
The horror-comedy series focuses on a young man who must battle for acceptance among his new vampiric friends. Read more
The entertainer and TV personality Scherzinger worked with an interior designer and contractor to renovate the family home in Waianae. Read more
