For as long as we can remember, Chinatown has been notorious for drugs, homelessness and filthy streets. Some claim nothing has changed–and that it never will. But many Downtown merchants and workers say things have gotten markedly worse starting in January of this year, and key government officials are pushing …
The fate of some 1,525 acres of land at Hoopili in ‘Ewa may have been decided last Wednesday in Hawaii’s First Circuit Court. The decision …
Last Thursday, May 9, the Caldwell administration revealed its action plan for solving Honolulu’s homeless problem. But at the City Council’s budget meeting the same …
The Mayor Wright Housing project has been slated for major redevelopment by the Hawaii State Housing Authority (HSHA); requests for qualifications will be going out …
The Honolulu City Council held a special Committee on Transportation meeting on Tuesday, May 7, to go over its Complete Streets initiative with input from …
Community / Bicyclists have long been overlooked by four-wheel riders on Honolulu’s congested streets. In the gleaming, armored pecking order of the road, cyclists are too often …
Not much to agree with my friend Doc Berry (“Limits of Growth,” April 17). None of the scenarios he posits will ever materialize. At least …
In your Diary of May 8 (“End of the 27th)” you reported on SB 1214, passed by the Legislature. In their nimble way, the Legislature …
On Friday, May 3, at 3:45 p.m., I was driving town bound through the Wilson tunnel on the Likelike. I was parallel to another car, …
Congratulations Honolulu Weekly on the recent Pai award for investigative reporting (“Boss GMO,” Jan. 4, 2012). Accurate information allows better discussion of these …
When the biofuel guys say that costs are “confidential” (“Big-foot Biofuel,” May 8), I reply that since I am the one who is going to …
The Foster Botanical Garden never ceases to inspire for an urban setting it is like a step back in time (“See the Flora,” May 8). …
Stage / You know a whodunit will be good when the director openly admits to trying to mess with your head. “I purposely directed the show to …
Festivals & Fairs / C ollidiscope 2013 , held at Camp Timberline in Kapolei, is a departure from your usual night out. With themed “camps” that participants build based …
Festivals & Fairs / Next weekend, hula devotees from around the world will flock to Waikiki for the sixth annual International Waikiki Hula Conference . Attendees will have …
Concerts & Clubs / Mercury Bar head of promotions Robert Bidigare became interested in “tiki culture” after his girlfriend introduced him to some of the Polynesian-inspired kitsch’s finer points. …
Concerts & Clubs / When John Mayall plays the blues, other musicians stop and listen–and more often than you’d think, they end up playing in his band. …
Music connoisseur, avid vinyl collector, journalist, skater and DJ Roger Bong, aka Aloha Got Soul, is a man of many hats. Perpetuating the lost and …
Food doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive to be delicious. Here are two new Kitchens serving up affordable dishes and one oldie, known for …
Hawaiian-style tea doesn’t necessarily mean Hawaii-grown. For example, Hawaiian Islands Tea Company offers the flavors …
“It’s only cool if everyone’s doing it,” a kid in a flannel button-down quipped at Dana Paresa’s Uncontrollable Urge show (see …
I have an M.F.A. and I approve this message: Director Baz Luhrmann had it in his grasp. The Great Gatsby , at last done …
Every couple, gay or not, is a kind of mystery, they say. How did they get together? How do they make it work? Are they …
Literary / Who says you can’t have it all? Come on, all you lovers of reading (and live authors), music, film and dance–here’s your chance to hoolaulea …
Arts / Maoli Arts Month (MAMo) organizer Kaiulani Takamori grew up knowing “Aunty Maile” as a dorm advisor at Kamehameha Schools. Then as a college student at …
Festivals / On Feb. 28, the first Wanderlust Festival in Hawaii converged at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oʻahu’s North Shore for what was billed as “a …
High tide or low in Hawaii, you can always surf the web. We’ve been treading the waters from Blogger to WordPress, bookmarking our favorites along …
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