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The nonprofit public access station now is appealing a ruling that focuses on a 15-year franchise renewal that the state agreed to with cable company Spectrum.

Akakū Maui Community Media will host itʻs May Maui Business Tuesdays event with the theme “Maui Food Trucks.” The salon will be held Tuesday May 5, 2026 from 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. at Akakū Center in Suite 204 and hybrid via Zoom.

Akakū Maui Community Media will host itʻs March Maui Business Tuesdays event with the theme “Maui Local Artists.” The salon will be held Tuesday March 3, 2026 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Akakū Center in Suite 204 & hybrid via Zoom webinar.

Akakū Maui Community Media will open its 2026 Akakū Upstairs Salon Series with a film discussion focused on the top movies of 2025, presented in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Film Critics Society.

Maui Creative Social, a new community networking initiative hosted by Akakū, invites aspiring and experienced content creators to connect, collaborate and share ideas as part of Akakū’s Third Saturdays programming.

Akakū has announced a hands-on workshop exploring how three powerful AI tools are being used in modern creative work: Suno for music, Midjourney for visuals and ElevenLabs for voiceovers. 

Akakū Upstairs hosts a screening of PBS Frontline’s “Maui’s Deadly Firestorm,” on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Suite 204.

Akakū Maui Community Mediaʻs March salon will feature renowned sculptor and painter Dale Zarrella on Thursday, March 20.

Akakūʻs salon features local Maui filmmaker Lucas Zarro and collaborators Alex Farnham and Arona Ale this Thursday, Feb. 20.

Residents are encouraged to attend the County of Maui’s Lahaina Community Meeting at 5:30 tonight (Feb. 5, 2025), at the Lahaina Intermediate School cafeteria.

Akakū Maui Community Media kicks off its 2025 monthly Akakū Upstairs salon series on Thursday Jan. 16, 2025, with a screening of the award winning feature film, “My Partner.” There will be a followup discussion with Maui writer Lance D. Collins and Kānaka Maoli Director Keli’i Grace. 

A decision made under the 2019 Trump administration could impact the fees cable companies pay to the state for public programming.

Akakū Upstairs will bring in photographer Arifin Graham to share his black & white portraiture from his book “The Last Resort: Portraits from Lahaina & Maui” on Thursday, Nov. 21. Most of the book’s photographs were shot in 2022, a year before fires burned down Lahaina.

Akakū Upstairs returns on Thursday, Sept. 19 with a sneak peek at “Lahaina: Rising from the Ashes,” a film that explores themes of environmental degradation, social injustice, community resilience, and hope and recovery. This documentary is currently in progress with local Director Matty Schweitzer at the helm.

Akakū Maui Community Media, along with sister access stations ‘Ōlelo on Oahu, Hō’ike on Kaua’i and Nā Leo on Hawai’i Island, won two Hometown Media Awards at the Alliance for Community Media national conference in San Jose, California in late June, for a collaborative effort to broadcast a statewide vigil following the Aug. 8. 2023 Maui wildfires.

Discover the vibrant world of Hawaiʻi’s floriculture and the importance of supporting local nurseries and farms in a new one-hour video “Spirit of Hawaiʻi Neotropica,” presented by the Hawaiʻi Floriculture and Nursery Association (HFNA).

The County of Maui Environmental Protection and Sustainability Division has announced the third installment of its Sustainability Together: Community-led Regenerative Action speaker series from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, at the Maui Ocean Center Sphere. This session, titled “Grassroots Guardians: Battling Invasives in Maui County,” is being held during Hawaiʻi Invasive Species Awareness Month.

Akakū Upstairs returns Thursday, May 16, with a free screening and discussion of the short film, “The Green Wave: Maui,” which showcases threats the Hawaiian islands are facing and solutions local communities are implementing, from rainforest conservation to ocean preservation.

Akakū Upstairs returns with the president/CEO of Akakū, Jay April, who will be taking a philosophical look at the paradigm shift many are experiencing with Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Thursday, April 18.

After a community meeting in Pukalani on March 29, concerns arose about the timeframe for assessing a 30-year water purchase agreement for drilling wells in Kula. The Chicago-based developer, Free Market Ventures, LLC (FMV), has since extended the timeline to allow the council more decision-making time.