Maui Arts & Entertainment

The historic Holoku garment takes center stage at two events this weekend.  The first is the Princess Ka’iulani Fashion show being held this morning (Friday, May 08, 2009) at the Kaunoa Senior Center.  A separate event is planned for this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. the Maui Beach Hotel.  The Celebration of the Holoku event is […]

Hundreds of people attended the grand opening of the Native Intelligence store in Wailuku Town on Friday.   The new culture and design store celebrates Hawaiian craftsmanship and design and carries items made using traditional means. Dedicated to the preservation and evolution of Hawaiian culture, Native Intelligence, is the newest retail experience to champion Hawaiian artisan, […]

Directed by Keali’i Reichel, an extraordinary program featuring chant by kumu hula and Hawaiian practitioners from kûpuna to ‘ôpio. Some of these oli have not been heard for more than 100 years and have only recently been discovered in Hawaiian language newspapers… a chicken-skin experience and historic occasion. Tickets: $12, $25, $40, 1/2 price kids […]

My Mama Monologues with Pat Masumoto Sat-Sun May 9-10, McCoy Studio Theater Sat 7:00 pm; Sun 2:00 pm When playwright Pat Masumoto decided to celebrate her Lahaina mother’s 100th year, she asked friends for authentic mama stories for a Mother’s Day reading. An explosion of submissions arrived from children and adults as far away as […]

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents…The Brothers Cazimero in their Annual Lei Day Concert.  The program is part of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Ho’onanea Series and will take place on Saturday, May 2 at the Castle Theater, beginning at 7:30 p.m.  The beautifulharmonies and showmanship of Robert and Roland Cazimero, matched with […]

Nine-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Sheryl Crow will be on Maui for a show under the stars at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center on Tuesday, April 28th. The show starts at 7 p.m. and gates open at 5 p.m. For ticket information call (808) 242-SHOW (7469). Sheryl Crow is regarded as one of the […]

TARO FESTIVAL The 17th Annual East Maui Taro Festival will be held tomorrow at the Hana Ballpark.  The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and features kalo or taro, a staple, traditional, and sacred symbol of the Hawaiian people and culture.  There will be 20 food booths, more than 30 arts and craft […]

Congresswoman Mazie Hirono (D-Hawai’i) today announced Kahuku High School senior, Ghialana Borges, is the grand prize winner of the 2009 Congressional Art Contest, “Kaha Ki’i: An Artistic Discovery.” Borges will soon have her winning work, titled,”Reflections,” representing Hawai’i’s 2nd Congressional District displayed in Washington, D.C. “Ghia’s photographic talent is clear.  When I look at her […]

KAPALUA RESORT, MAUI, HAWAI’I (April 10, 2009) – A must-attend event for epicureans, Hawai’i’s longest-running wine and food festival returns for its 28th year at Kapalua Resort, June 11 – 14, 2009. Returning host of six years, well-known Master Sommelier Fred Dame together with the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival brings several of the world’s […]

The Wisdom of Sustainability A dialogue with Sulak Sivaraksa and Manulani Aluli Meyer Monday, April 20, 2009, at 6:00 p.m., McCoy Studio Theater, Maui Arts & Cultural Center “Aloha is the intelligence with which we meet life.” -Olana Kaipo Ai Ajahn Sulak Sivaraksa and Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer will explore our globalized economy and how […]

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents Latin jazz drummer Poncho Sanchez and his band for a rollicking performance in the Castle Theater on Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 pm. Grammy Award-winning Poncho Sanchez is renowned as both a bandleader and a drummer, with music based in the merge of Afro-Cuban rhythms with bebop jazz, […]

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center is pleased to announce the Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven, Wednesday, April 8th in the McCoy Studio Theater at 7:30pm. Brown’s Acoustic instrumental music has never been so beautifully represented as by her quartet.  Her signature hybrid of bluegrass, jazz, folk, and Celtic has been winning over both […]

The Lahaina Cannery Mall will host the fourth-annual West Maui Car Show on Sunday, April 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. More than 140 hotrods, classic vehicles, sports cars and motorcycles from across the Aloha State will be on display at this free event. Food will be available, with the proceeds going to support […]

Maui musician Brad Kahikina took the stage in the latest edition of Kama’aina Nights at the Queen Ka’ahumanu Center.  Kahikina moves onto the solo scene after a successful run with the seven-member group, big-band sound of Conscious Healing, known for their hit songs Sweet-T-Rite, Share This Dance, and their self-titled song Conscious Healing. Kahikina was […]

(Posted by Wendy OSHER © 2009) The slack-key guitar/vocal team of Barry Flanagan and Nathan Aweau, known together as HAPA, return to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center as part of the Ho’onanea Series. After sweeping the 1994 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, HAPA has remained at the forefront of Hawaiian music with a fusion of […]

Parrothead alert!  Jimmy Buffett makes a long-anticipated return to Maui to perform in the A & B Amphitheater at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Tuesday, February 24 at 7:00 pm; gates open at 5:30 pm.  Singer and songwriter Jimmy Buffett has translated his easygoing Gulf Coast character into a wildly successful music career, […]

By Wendy OSHER LAHAINA-Six young women on Maui earned titles in the 37th Annual Miss Maui Scholarship Pageant held over the weekend at the Ulalena Theater in Lahaina.  The winner of the island’s new Miss Maui 2009 title is 19 year old Cierra Rauch of Kula.  Cierra is the daughter of Matthew Rauch and Georgette Batoon.  […]

The State of Hawai’i has released $500,000 to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center (MACC)  which will go towards capital improvements at the performing and visual arts facility.  The funding is part of a third and final stage of construction, for a project called “Completing Pundy’s Dream,” named for the center’s Founding Chairman Pundy Yokouchi, who […]

The contestants of the upcoming Miss Maui and Miss Ulalena Scholarship will hold a meet and greet event on Saturday between 1 and 2 p.m. at the center stage area of the Queen Kaahumanu Center in Kahului.  The 2009 winner will be selected in Lahaina on January 24th. (Posted by Wendy Osher:  Thursday, January 08, […]

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center is proud to present `ukulele phenomenon Jake Shimabukuro on Saturday, January 24 at 7:30 pm at the Castle Theater as part of “The MACC Presents…” 2008-09 Ho`onanea Series. `Ukulele virtuoso Jake constantly surpasses every expectation for his ubiquitous 4-string instrument, by playing everything from mellow jazz and soulful blues, […]