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Initially performed in the summer of 2021 by the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Keitaro Harada, NHK Symphony Orchestra Family Concert is framed as a sporting event. Dubbed "The World Music Championship of Orchestras," the orchestra attempts to break previous fastest performed records and musical instruments compete for the honor of the instrument with the lowest pitch.
On the afternoon of July 6, 1985, Diane Suzuki had just finished teaching her dance class in Aiea. She planned to meet a fellow instructor in the parking lot of the dance studio 15 minutes later, but Diane never showed. Award-winning journalist Robbie Dingeman explains why the unsolved disappearance of Diane Suzuki still haunts the Islands decades later.
Kainani Kahaunaele has been a force in Hawaiian music for the last two decades. She garnered multiple awards for her albums Naʻu ʻOe (2003) and ʻŌhai ʻUla (2010). Most recently at the 2021 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards she won a total of seven trophies, including album of the year, for her most recent release Waipunalei.
Home is Here PREMIERES … Live at the Empty Palace new video series begins … Black History Month and more. Check out the latest schedule of PBS Hawaiʻi programs.
Join us for an Advanced Virtual Screening of Voices Behind Barbed Wire: Stories from Hawaiʻi on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at 2:00pm.
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Fifty years ago, a fiery, young politician from Pā‘ia, Maui championed federal legislation that changed America. Patsy Takemoto Mink was the principal author of Title IX which passed in 1972. To mark the anniversary of the law’s passage, tune in to Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority, a film that shares how one person made a significant difference.
Lawmakers were poised to raise Hawaiʻi's minimum wage in 2020 but stopped short as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, devastating local businesses and disrupting lives. Even as the pandemic lingers, the economy is rebounding, reviving the discussion about raising the wage.
The continued abuse of crystal methamphetamine has devastated thousands of local families, and it is an ongoing problem, even in the middle of a pandemic. David Earles, former executive director of the Hawaiʻi Meth Project, talks about the efforts and difficulties in fighting Hawaiʻi's meth crisis. Stream below.
On this episode, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. works with Pamela Adlon and Kathryn Hahn, two guests whose family trees were obscured by scandals, to discover the truth about their ancestors.
Join us for Our New Normal: How Teens are Redefining School Life, a special digital event that focuses on the state of schools amid the recent surge, changes to school curriculum, and the pressures on mental health for middle and high school students. This event is co-hosted by teen reporters Kate Nakamura of Hawai’i (a HIKI NŌ student from Kauaʻi High School) and Terry Jones of Alabama.
A rising star in progressive politics and new father, Ady Barkan’s life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS. After a chance encounter with a powerful Senator on an airplane catapults him to fame, Ady and a motley crew of activists ignite a once-in-a-generation movement for universal healthcare, in a journey that transforms his belief in what is possible for the country and for his family.
Mark Yamanaka is a singer, songwriter, multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano award winner and a car salesman. On this Nā Mele, enjoy Yamanaka’s soothing yet powerful falsetto voice.
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