Mailani Makainai takes us on a musical journey as she performs some of her favorite songs.
In this month’s episode of Home is Here we’re hoofing it to the windward side of O‘ahu to explore the healing powers of horses. We visit with Nisshodo Candy Store, a small, family-run business open for more than a century. And, we talk story with Dr. Linda Furuto, a mathematics education professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and a pioneer in the field of ethnomathematics.
Get ready to take in the soothing sounds of Nā Mele artist Jeff Peterson…
In this episode of Pau Hana Years from the 1970s, German-born painter Fritz Sydow explains the inspiration behind his oil paintings.
Ka Hana Kapa documents the history of kapa in Hawai‘i…
As a young child, Josh Tatofi thought he had an ordinary life. “I thought everyone’s dad was a rock star, and I thought everyone was playing music,” he says. His father, Tivaini Tatofi, was a founding member of local island music group Kapena.
Four boulders in Waikīkī pay tribute to healers who brought their arts from Tahiti to Hawai‘i hundreds of years ago. A plaque commemorates the healers’ contributions, but fails to mention that they were mahu – people of dual male and female spirit. The Healer Stones of Kapaemahu tells the story of these healers and explores what happened to mahu as colonialism swept across the Pacific.
Experience the cultural and historical connections between Hawaiʻi and Taiwan.
The film KAPU: Sacred Hawaiian Burials sheds light on the ongoing battle by Native Hawaiians to protect burial sites…
The Hawaiian Railway Society restores vintage locomotives and takes passengers on a scenic journey over 6.5 miles of restored train tracks starting in ʻEwa, Central Oʻahu. Local artist and designer Jana Lam is a global success but that path wasn’t always clear and Kaua’i police officer Desmond Thain is known for masterful work as a gyotaku, or fish printing artist.