Maui Arts & Entertainment

The 2020 Teen Expo will be held virtually on Saturday, June 13 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The video features many local celebrities from various backgrounds – actors, chefs, media personalities, cultural practitioners, and Maui County residents – all encouraging the Aloha Spirit.

The 2020 Inaugural Makawao 4th of July Stampede rodeo and 55th Annual Makawao Parade are canceled this year due to COVID-19 concerns.  

The event was originally scheduled for Saturday, March 28, and was tentatively postponed to June pending community impacts of the ongoing COVID-19; however with ongoing concerns, organizers decided to cancel the event.

According to the Google Doodle description, Kamakawiwoʻole was selected in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the US and in celebration of his 61st birthday.

Legendary Maui Musician and Hawaiian music icon Willie K died on Monday night after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 59. A message to his fans notes he passed away in his home in Wailuku, surrounded by his ʻohana.

Representatives say the Hui will continue to follow all State, County and CDC guidelines and have increased cleaning and sanitization of all shared spaces.

The afternoon will include trivia games, musical performances by Shea Butter & the Cream, lessons on how to ‘Drink at Home Like a Pro” with Maui Brewing Co. founder Garrett Marrero and MBC Brew Master Kim Brisson-Lutz, and more.

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and all of the uncertainty that has come with it, a group of Forever Miss Hawaiʻi members have joined forces to spread cheer and the aloha spirit by creating a special video to share with Hawaii’s communities.

In celebration of Motherʻs Day, internationally acclaimed artist Makana will be hosting a livestream concert on his Facebook page. 

A full list of vendors is on the Seabury Hall Craft Fair Facebook page @Seabury Hall Craft Fair and Instagram @SeaburyFair as well as on the Craft Fair page on the school’s website.

Kāhuli Leo Le‘a is partnering with Hawaiʻi News Now to produce “Hawaiian Airlines May Day 2020: Aloha ʻĀina,” transitioning the live event into a TV broadcast. The broadcast will air on Friday, May 1, 2020: 7 p.m. on Hawaiʻi TV broadcast (KHNL), HawaiiNewsNow.com, or Hawaiʻi News Now Facebook Live; and 8 p.m. on Hawaiʻi TV broadcast (K5) or HawaiiNewsNow.com

The The Kālaimoku Group is hosting a virtual concert as a call to all Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders to complete the 2020 Census. The hour-long production will feature five of Hawaiʻi’s top musicians and entertainers, including Henry Kapono and Friends, Kapena, Barry Flanagan, and Grammy Award nominees Josh Tatofi and Kimié Miner.

Pacific Media Group and Hawaii News Now Present “Hale to Hale: A Concert for Hawaii’s Healthcare Heroes” on Monday, April 27, 2020. All of the musicians are participating from their homes while observing social distancing guidelines, to provide entertainment relief and celebrate the heroism of Hawaiʻi’s healthcare workers during this pandemic.

In our latest Talking Story, Inkmaster finalist and Maui native, Angel Rose, speaks with Maui Now about what it was like to grow up on Maui, achieve notoriety in the tattoo industry and what a tattoo artist does when she cannot tattoo.

The “STEM Imagineers” of Pukalani Elementary were heading to the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky on April 24th, but due to the COVID19 virus, the competition was canceled. Councilmember Yuki Lei Sugimura in partnership with teacher Debbie Hisashima will do a virtual showcase on Zoom with these Imagineer students to learn about their Robotics project.

The finalists for this year’s 43rd Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards include names from among Hawaiʻi’s most talented musicians, songwriters and producers. On this year’s final ballot are the top five artists, singles or albums in 36 different categories selected by more than 500 members of the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts.

Maui photographer Chris Archer of ArcherShoots shares this six part video series of the past 24 days spent at home in isolation.  He said he hopes it offers people a peaceful and calming break.

In an effort to keep the Maui community entertained during the coronavirus pandemic, ProArts has created a FREE Featured Content section on their home page.

Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center is optimistically planning to hold currently scheduled youth summer art programs beginning June 1.