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Holomua 2025 presents the return of the Ko‘i Awards Gala, alongside annual Business Fest
Holomua 2025, Maui’s premier business festival centered on recovery, resilience, and renewal, presented by the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce, announces the return of its culminating event, the Ko‘i Awards Gala, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Grand Wailea Resort’s Haleakalā Ballroom.
18th annual Kū Mai Ka Hula competition returns to the MACC, Sept. 12-13
Kū Mai Ka Hula (“Hula Appears”) returns to the Castle Theater for its 18th annual event, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 12 and 13 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center as Maui’s premier yearly competition – and Maui’s only adult hula competition.
Maui wildfires one year later: FEMA sheds light on embracing local traditions in disaster response
“Having an understanding of Hawaiian culture, its outlook and its behaviors, and how it manifests into our communities, was extremely important for people to know,” said Hōkūlani Holt, Maui cultural practitioner in a FEMA interview.
Maui hālau share ancient hula on kahiko night of 2024 Merrie Monarch, paying tribute to Lahaina, Wailuku, Waikapū and ʻĪao
Kahiko night at the Merrie Monarch Festival featured hula in the ancient style with 29 groups performing Friday night in the annual competition in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. The festival continues tonight with ʻauana or modern hula, followed by results from the 61st event.
90 members gather as part of the new Maui Economic Recovery Commission
The Maui ERC was formed in response to the wildfires that devastated Lahaina and Kula and is led by co-chairs James Kunane Tokioka, DBEDT Director, and Luana Mahi, OED Director.
County provides messages to visitors, community as West Maui officially reopens Sunday to tourism
As the phased reopening of West Maui officially begins Sunday, the County of Maui is distributing a series of videos for the Maui community and its visitors.
Update/Postponed: CNHA hosts hula and mele workshop fundraiser to benefit Maui
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement hosts a day long hula and mele workshop fundraiser, Kōkua Nā Hono Aʻo Piʻilani, on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Windward Community College, Hale ʻĀkoakoa. Proceeds from the event will directly benefit ongoing Maui relief efforts.
Nearly 400 people attend open house event for the Hālau of ‘Ōiwi Art
“We have parks for baseball, pickleball, tennis, and schools, but we’ve never had something for our hālau, yet hula is what we share with the world,” said Mayor Michael Victorino.
Hula advocates urge full support for Maui’s proposed Hālau of ʻOiwi Art
Many of the more than 50 people who testified during a budget committee meeting on Friday voiced support for funding of Hālau of ʻŌiwi Art, a center dedicated to the study, practice, celebration and perpetuation of hula and various ‘ōiwi arts connected to hula.
Next E Kūpaʻa Kākou, March 25
The program features Maui Kumu Hula Hōkūlani Holt of Pāʻū O Hiʻiaka and Nā Kumu Hula ʻĀlika and Kehani Guerrero of Kaniʻoikaʻohuleihiwa. They will share hula, ʻoli and moʻolelo. The program host is Alakaʻi Paleka.
Hoʻomau 2022 event returns with live benefit concert, March 26
Ho‘omau 2022, a benefit concert to support Hawaiian language immersion preschool students at Pūnana Leo o Maui in Wailuku, will be held at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului from 9 a.m. to sunset on Saturday, March 26.
Center for Hula and Associated Arts proposed in Wailuku Arts District on Maui
Mayor Michael Victorino announced that a group of Maui Kumu Hula and the County of Maui are in early planning stages to establish a cultural center called “Hālau of ʻŌiwi Art,” to be located in Wailuku, Maui.
Celebrating Maui a Kama with Chocolate, Hula and Mo‘olelo
Renowned Kumu Hula Hōkūlani Holt at Maui Kuʻia Estate Chocolate join together on Saturday, Dec. 11, for a fundraiser for Kū Mai Ka Hula.
Historic “Huamakahikina Declaration” Ratified on the Integrity, Stewardship, and Protection of Hula
Hundreds of Kumu Hula came together in recent months to create and ratify the “Huamakahikina Declaration,” a historic document on the integrity, stewardship, and protection of hula.
Clifford Nae‘ole Honored with Historic Preservation Achievement
While Naeʻole has been the dedicated steward of Honokahua for nearly 30 years at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, he believes that it’s everyone – past, present and future – that needs to learn about this sacred place and honor it now and forever.
Beamer Selected as Inaugural Endowed Chair at Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge selected Kamanamaikalani Brenton Beamer as its inaugural Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment.
SMALL TOWN * BIG ART Unveiled Public Paintings by Maui-Based Avi Molinas
SMALL TOWN * BIG ART unveiled its latest public art in Wailuku: large-scale replicas of three oil painted portraits by Maui-based artist Avi Molinas. The painted portraits are of Wailuku icons Hōkūlani Holt, Judge Noa (Auwae) Kepoikai and Rose (Daniels) Kepoikai.
New Educational Videos Showcase the Ahupua‘a System
The videos are part of the Maui Nui Ahupua‘a Project, a community-based, collaborative signage program created to educate residents and visitors about Hawai‘i’s ancient land division system.
Live @ the MACC to Present Free Film Featuring Permanent Collection of Art and Craft, Jan. 16
The film “The Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Permanent Collection of Art and Craft,” explores how public works of art are integrated into the architecture of the MACC complex.
Hula Ma‘i, Sept. 12 at McCoy Studio Theater
Hula Ma‘i: Procreation Chants and Dances with Kumu Hula Hōkūlani Holt, takes place this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s McCoy Studio Theater.
