We’re a long way from the 2007 University of Hawaii football season, in which the Rainbows–sorry, the Warriors–went undefeated through the regular season and appeared in the Sugar Bowl. The entire state joined along for the ride that year, and the team’s success… [»Read]
With those words, printed on the back page of the paper’s introductory issue in 1990, Honolulu Weekly was born. The founding idea: To build a newspaper that would tell the kinds of stories that didn’t appear anywhere else, give voice to people and issues and perspectives… [»Read]
Welcome to Hawaii. Despite our mild-mannered image, we can be a pretty rowdy bunch, actually–you just have to pick the right issue. There are highly mobilized constituencies here that will fight for any number of causes. Try to cut high school sports and a huge network… [»Read]
“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot, With a pink hotel, a boutique, And a swinging hot spot. Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone?” That’s Joni Mitchell, of course…. [»Read]
Welcome to our annual Bar Guide. It’s more of a bar issue, really–there’s no way to list all of the dozens of amazing and worthwhile watering holes Honolulu has to offer, so this year we didn’t bother to try. We decided to get drunk instead, and in the process… [»Read]
In 1976, an Irish receptionist named Betty Williams witnessed the senseless deaths of three young children in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during a confrontation between British soldiers and an Irish Republican Army operative. Overcome with grief and outrage at the endless… [»Read]
Now what? Our semi-centennial semi-celebration passed, in the end, with neither a whimper nor a bang. There was a little bit of patriotism –both American and Hawaiian–and a little bit of protest, but the most dramatic image of the week was Kekuni Blaisdell’s bloodied… [»Read]
As we noted last week, it’s been a quiet summer on the statehood front. Maybe people aren’t quite as excited about the semi-centennial as many news and media organizations predicted: It seems like broadcast and print outlets have been hyping 50th anniversary stuff since… [»Read]
We hope you enjoy our celebration of the Best of Honolulu 2009. There are a lot of similar offerings out there in the publishing world these days, but Honolulu Weekly’s annual Best of Honolulu issue is the genuine article. Back in 1992, we started asking our readers… [»Read]
We’re smack in the middle of Hawaii Conservation Week, and if you hadn’t heard about it, or about the big related conference in Waikiki, that’s probably a good sign. For sure, the Hawaii Conservation Conference is an impressive gathering of economic and ecological… [»Read]
Is Honolulu the eighth meanest city in the United States when it comes to homelessness? That’s one of the conclusions of a report released last week by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty. “Homes Not Handcuffs”… [»Read]
We’re happy to have the work of Pegge Hopper on the cover this week in celebration of our anniversary. When our publisher approached Hopper about a piece, Pegge immediately offered a reimagining of a bright, earthy image she’d put together years ago. The harmony between… [»Read]
The Aloha Airlines shutdown–can you believe that wasn’t even a year-and-a-half ago? It seems like twice that long. When the venerable and beloved carrier ceased operations on March 31, 2008, the Islands went into a state of shock. With day after day of timelines and… [»Read]
Remember Honolulu-opoly? It was one of what I’ve since learned were countless localized versions of the iconic capitalist board game, but back in small kid time I found it amazing that Milton-Bradley knew so much about our islands. A lot more than I did at age 7, anyway…. [»Read]
The William S. Richardson School of Law graduated its 2009 class on Sunday, under the happy countenance of its eponymous and emotional leader and in a wash of good old “Manoa Mist.” It was more of a Manoa downpour, really, and as the heavens opened up those of us… [»Read]
