Maui Arts & Entertainment

The Bailey House Museum in Wailuku will hold its first annual antique show and tell on Saturday, August 8th. Families are invited to present heirlooms, antiques, curios and artwork pertinent to Hawaii and the Pacific Asian basin. Together, attendees will experience a moment of living history as items are professionally reviewed and evaluated. Professional evaluations […]

Fifty time capsules will be buried statewide as part of the events commemorating Hawaii’s anniversary of statehood.  The public has an opportunity to contribute items for a capsule that will be opened in 25 years on the 75th anniversary in 2034. The capsule concept was crafted by the 50th Anniversary of Statehood Commission. The 50 […]

Ziggy Marley will perform live in concert on Sunday, August 16, 2009 at Maui’s War Memorial Stadium. In the wake of his 2006 album Love Is My Religion, which earned his fourth Grammy Award, Ziggy Marley shares his musical love with families – his own and the extended human family. Marley’s third solo release, Family […]

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation is hosting a three-day event celebrating the town’s plantation heritage.  “Lahaina Plantation Days, Then and Now” begins Thursday July 30 at the old Pioneer Mill site near the historic smokestack on Lahainaluna Road.  The event will feature entertainment, food booths and exhibits. Event hours are 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm on […]

Celebrate the release of Uluwehi Guerrero’s brand new CD, “Uluwehi Sings Na Mele Hula Aloha.” A CD Release Event will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday July 18th at the Borders Books & Music store, located in the Maui Marketplace on Dairy Road in Kahului. Uluwehi Guerrero is recognized as the Na Hoku Hanohano award-winner […]

KAHULUI — The ‘Ahahui Ka’ahumanu Rummage/Plant/Bake Sale will be held from 6 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 18, 2009  in Kahului at 46 E. Papa Ave. Shoppers will find housewares, furnishings, clothing, toys, jewelry and books plus local-style pickled items, such as takuan (daikon). The 85-member Wailuku chapter of ‘Ahahui Ka’ahumanu was started in 1923. […]

A Maui court gave final approval this morning to a settlement involving a canceled Aerosmith concert on Maui nearly two years ago. Circuit Court Judge Joseph Cardoza granted final approval today.  Under the settlement, those who bought tickets to the September 26, 2007 concert and filed a claim as a class action member by yesterday’s […]

The final three contestants on the ABC series “The Bachelorette” head to Maui for a Romantic Getaway.  Jillian Harris, the Bachelorette for Season 5 arrives on Maui for a two-hour episode on July 13 (8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST). The show follows Harris and the remaining three bachelors – Ed, Kiptyn, and Reid -in their […]

The 87th Maui County Fair will be led by a team of two. Sherri Grimes, who served as the Fair Director for the past three years, will become the fair’s Managing Director.  The job calls for oversight of budget and logistics. Grimes teams up with new Fair Director Karey Oura who will lead the fair’s […]

Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam embarks embarked a month-long U.S. solo tour earlier this month.  The tour began on June 8th in Albany, NY and ends on July 2nd in Honolulu.  Vedder makes a stop on Maui on Monday, June 29th where he performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Castle Theater of the Maui Arts […]

The 18th Annual Ki Ho’alu Slack Key Guitar Festival comes to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Sunday, June 28.  The Free concert runs from 2 to 7 p.m. on the Events Lawn. Bring the lawn chairs or roll out a blanket on the lawn to enjoy an all-afternoon, all-star line-up of Hawai’i’s best […]

Mark your calendar for a musical event like no other-monsters making music! Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends are taking to the stage to share their love of music. Count along with The Count, visit Elmo’s World, do the Crumb-A-Rumba with Rosita, and much more! Maui Arts & Cultural Center, June […]

The Maui Youth Philharmonic Orchestra announced today its Maui Summer Music Festival 2009 will culminate in a free finale concert on Thursday, June 25 featuring Uluwehi Guerrero and The Brothers- Kaloku and Keawe Holt- with the Maui Summer Music Festival Orchestra. The concert will be held at Maui Mall in Kahului beginning at 4:30 p.m. […]

Maui musician Willie K will be the featured entertainer at a free performance to raise awareness of Maui’s voyaging canoe the Mo’okiha o Pi’ilani  The performance begins at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lahaina Cannery Mall. Willie K, the president of the non-profit Hui o Wa’a Kaulua, is working to expand membership and support for […]

The Maui Film Festival celebrates its 10th Anniversary with festivities running from Wednesday, June 17, 2009 through Sunday the 21st at various venues on the Valley Isle. Part time Maui Resident Willie Nelson will be honored at the Celestial Cinema this Friday with the festival’s Maverick Award for his artistic and political expression.  The award […]

The Royal Order of Kamehameha Kahehili Chapter IV on Maui honored King Kamehameha I with a procession down Ka’ahumanu Avenue this morning (Thursday, June 11, 2009). The royal society annually observes the day with reverence paying special attention to the significance of Kamehameha’s role in Hawaiian history. The ruler, also known as Kamehameha The Great, […]

The Royal Order of Kamehameha Kahehili Chapter IV on Maui honored King Kamehameha in an Ali’i Sunday service at Wai’ola Church in Lahaina over the weekend.  The event is one of several being held across the island and the state to commemorate the accomplishments of Kamehameha I. In attendance were members of the Royal Order, […]

The week of festivities surrounding King Kamehameha’s birth, wraps up on Saturday, June 13, 2009 with Na Kamehameha Commemorative Pa’u Parade and Ho’olaulea on Front Street in Lahaina. Parade Marshals Adelaide Ka-iwi Ku-amu Sylva and Henrietta He-neli Ma-huna were selected because of their command of the Hawaiian Language.  Both are 95-year-old Lahaina natives who grew […]

The Royal Order of Kamehameha Kahehili Chapter IV on Maui will commemorate the birth of Kamehameha The Great on Thursday June 11, 2009. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rAJibrpl8o&feature=PlayList&p=A078E01B24798460&index=15[/youtube] The royal society annually observes the day with reverence paying special attention to the significance of Kamehameha’s role in Hawaiian history. The march down Kaahumanu Avenue is a procession as opposed […]

The new Cirque Polynesia show opens on Maui next month. The 75-minute show at the Hyatt Regency’s Monarch Showroom, features a blend of contemporary entertainment and human ability inspired by Polynesia. The cirque performers include two of the world-renowned sixth and seventh generation, flying Wallenda family members performing a wire act 40-feet in the air.  […]