Maui Arts & Entertainment

ProArts Online is presenting a pay-what-you-can show called  “A Very Virtual Holiday Special.” The show is available online and features performances from local artists and musicians.

Jim Kingwell’s watercolor, Village by the Sea, was chosen by juror, George Allen, as the winner of the 31st annual Lahaina Poster contest during the recent Friday Night is Art Night in Lahaina.

Live @ the MACC is presenting a free live streaming concert from The Maui Pops Orchestra at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20. The orchestra will be performing holiday tunes including White Christmas, The Christmas Song, Winter Wonderland and Mele Kalikimaka.

The Maui Arts and Cultural Center hosts “Live @ the MACC,” a live streaming event this Saturday, Dec. 19, starting at 7:30 p.m., featuring Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi.

All in Da Aloha will hold its final live stream concert this year on Dec. 19, 2020, live from the Guava Tree Bar and Grill. The Christmas streaming concert will feature the Hawaiian Homeboy & Friends hosted by Shane Kahalehau. 

A Wailuku girl is one of 34 kids whose drawings are featured in “The Ickabog” by J.K. Rowling.  The fairy tale book is Rowling’s first children’s book in 13 years, since the last Harry Potter book was published in 2007.

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center announced the guests for its upcoming free virtual Ta-Ke Leadership series throughout the month of December.

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation invites the public to spend the evening in Lahaina and enjoy the colorful lights which will be illuminated nightly from 6 p.m. to midnight for the entire month of December.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will livestream events every Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. through Jan. 30, 2021 for its Live @ the MACC series. The series consists of rock, pop, holiday and Hawaiian music concerts, hula and contemporary dance performances and the visual arts.

Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center has expanded its gallery shop for their annual “Hui Holidays” from Nov. 20 through Dec. 24. The expanded gallery shop features local, handmade gifts by over 100 Maui artists, crafters and vendors.

The Merrie Monarch Hula Festival may be held in 2021, but no ticket sales are taking place, and organizers say it is clear that there will be no live audience. 

Entry forms for the 31st Lahaina Poster Contest are now available online.  The deadline and drop off of entries is Wednesday, Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Village Galleries located at 120 Dickenson Street, Lahaina.

Maui’s Nā Wai ʽEhā is the latest artist from Hawaii to be nominated for a Grammy award.  The four-member group from Wailuku, Maui is one of five finalists in the Best Regional Roots Music Album category for their sophomore release “Lovely Sunrise.” 

The MACC’s Live @ the MACC series continues this weekend, Nov. 20-22, with three free outdoor, drive-in concerts in the A&B Amphitheater. Each concert will also be livestreamed. The first event takes place on Friday, Nov 20 and features NĀ HŌKŪ HOU with Jeff Peterson, Amy Hānaialiʻi & Josh Tatofi.

Jordan Soon, a Maui-based musician released his very first digital single, “Flashlight,” which is now available on all digital platforms. Now in his senior year in high school, Soon’s single was released on Nov. 4, on his 18th birthday.

The event entitled GENERATIONS: AMY & ERIC GILLIOM features the talented sister/brother pairing of Amy Hānaialiʻi Gilliom and Eric Gilliom. Together they will perform in both concert and talk story formats for an up close and personal experience streamed from the MACC’s Castle Theater stage.

In an Instagram update, Joseph Soul said it was “such an honor” to represent team Kelly Clarkson “but to be stolen by @gwenstefani was one of the most magical moments of my life.” 

The Maui Chamber of Commerce announced Alaka‘i Paleka and Kathy Collins as the local celebrity hosts for the 7th Annual Virtual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival. The virtual event will feature shopping and interacting with vendors in virtual booths, a two-day live streaming component with QVC-style vendor presentations, sponsor messages, a chef’s demonstration, fashion show, vendor commercials, live musical entertainment and local programming.

Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents nights under the stars with another free Starry Night Cinema Drive-In edition that will feature the Disney Pixar film, Coco, on Nov. 6, 7 and 8 in the A&B Amphitheater.

The virtual concert will be hosted by Shane Kahalehau and feature Hawaiian musicians Nāpua Greig and Jordan T, streamed live from Guava Tree Bar and Grill.