A suicide epidemic has soldiers killing themselves in record high numbers. Some months this year saw more American soldiers die by suicide than in combat. Hawaii has sent a vast number of troops to Iraq–more, at times, than any other state. Now, with a flood of soldiers now returning from Iraq, the ramped-up U.S. presence… [»Read]
The verbal poetry slammage continues as local poets, artists and performers congregate to Pipeline Café for this… [»Read]
“When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” –First witch, Macbeth,… [»Read]
“Ka nani kaulana poina `ole — Famed is the beauty, never to be forgotten…” These lyrics, written about the… [»Read]
A suicide epidemic has soldiers killing themselves in record high numbers. Some months this year saw more American soldiers die by suicide than in combat. Hawaii has sent a vast number of troops to Iraq–more, at times,… [»Read]
As the person who tends the heiau that line Wailua bay and river, Jim Alalem has a special sense about the region’s cultural value. “It’s the most sacred area on Kauai,” he said. “No place else on Kauai but… [»Read]
A Punahou education and childhood in Kahala didn’t prevent Connie Geisler from becoming homeless. But thanks to help from places like the Institute of Human… [»Read]
“In any city’s video game crowd, you’ll always find people like me.” Humble in his craft, arcade stick builder, network administrator and 2Face4 band member Ray Farias noted that anyone can build joysticks (or “(joy)sticks”… [»Read]
Sun/Jul 5
Whether the Hadouken or the cross up move is your death bringer move of choice, Street Fighter lovers have come back out and together this year with the… [»Read]
1717 was a dark year. Literally because there was no electricity, but more so because there was no ice cream. Well, technically, ice cream historians (how do we… [»Read]
Fort Street Mall, Thursday,12:30pm Two middle-aged men are on Fort Street Mall, shaking their heads as they talk. A woman–maybe a coworker of theirs–walks over…. [»Read]
Scoff if you will at the testicles of a robot. If that image does not entertain you, then obviously Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is not for you. Balls are just one example of the many things this juvenile,… [»Read]
A good rule of thumb for movie selection is to check the range of reviews: If, as in the case of Away We Go, some reviewers say it’s lousy, some say so-so,… [»Read]
Opens Fri/Jul 10
“When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” –First witch, Macbeth, I-i If I had uttered that witch’s words upon a stage rather than writing them here, then problems… [»Read]
Fri/Jul 3
Celebrating Obon, i.e. welcoming spirits of the dead, becomes more gleeful with… [»Read]
Sun/Jul 5
If the suspension of disbelief is the hallmark of truly great theater and film, then… [»Read]
Thu/Jul 2
“Ka nani kaulana poina `ole — Famed is the beauty, never to be forgotten…”… [»Read]
Through Thu/Jul 2
Eddie would go — that is, Eddie Vedder, and he would go, because he’s going… [»Read]
Sun/Jul 5
Four score and seven years ago, the Battle of Gettysburg was already over–and… [»Read]
Wed/Jul 1
In less than a year, Whole Foods has managed to make itself the happenin’ place… [»Read]
Through Sun/Jul 19
Can you use it in a sentence? Then it might be a part of Manoa Valley Theatre’s season… [»Read]
Sun/Jul 5
Dancing in a circle may seem like a piece of cake, but we’re not talking about Ring… [»Read]
Thu/Jul 2
The verbal poetry slammage continues as local poets, artists and performers congregate… [»Read]
Through Fri/Aug 28
“Everything we have toes the line between scary and cute,” said Brooke Berrington… [»Read]
I am appalled at the findings as I look back 50 years when Hawaii’s statehood was… [»Read]
I was thinking of advertising in the Weekly, only to find a cartoon that portrays… [»Read]
It was perhaps the most outrageous, hysterical, yet unfathomably surreal Halloween costume… [»Read]
On Earth Day 2009 Honolulu Weekly held its first Green Market. We brought together over 40 local businesses and organizations, took over Fort St. Mall, and for an afternoon showed how easy it is to "go green."
