#Rachel Kondo

Maui High School Hall of Honor dinner to honor graduates Rachel Kondo, Faith Ito, Katsugo Miho, Glenn Otani

Rachel Kondo and Faith Ito are the two alive members of the four-person class entering their alma mater’s Hall of Honor at the Maui High School Hall of Honor Banquet at the school’s gymnasium on Tuesday.

Maui High fundraiser to celebrate 2025 Hall of Honor inductees

Maui High School will honor four distinguished alumni and faculty as part of its Hall of Honor Class of 2025 including: Rachel Kondo with the Award of Excellence, Katsugo “Kats” Miho with the Silversword Heritage Award, Glenn Otani with the Spirit of Maui Award, and Faith Ito with the Saber Spirit Award.

Applications available for upcoming Hisako Film Lab, founded by Maui filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton

Hisako Film Lab is now accepting applications for their annual Summer Lab. Founded by Maui-raised filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, this advanced filmmaking program offers an in-depth immersion for motivated high school students eager to elevate their storytelling and production skills in an exciting, project-based environment.

Nisei Veterans Memorial Center announces ‘Yakamashii’ talk with Kathy Collins with special guest: Rachel Kondo of FX’s Shōgun

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center will host an in-person talk on Saturday, April 5 from 1:30 p.m. at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center’s Stanley Izumigawa Resource Center located at 665 Kahului Beach Road. In this installment of the recurring “Yakamashii” series, Kathy Collins will sit down with her guest, Rachel Kondo, the executive producer of FX’s […]

Monday Morning MIL: With 1999 championship players in the stands, Maui High girls basketball team clinches regular season title, state berth

Sabers are 10-0 and have clinched a state berth as they try to claim their first MIL girls basketball championship since 1999

Maui year in review: Top stories of 2024

Wildfire recovery, the cancellation of the Maui Fair, housing solutions, and election highlights are among the stories that made our list of top features this year. Here’s a recap of some of Maui’s biggest stories in 2024.

Hisako Film Lab and Maui Huliau Foundation collaborate on Spring Lab filmmaking program for Maui youth

Hisako Film Lab, founded by Maui-raised filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton, is partnering with Maui Huliau Foundation to offer an after-school filmmaking program available to youth in grades 9-12 from all schools.

Maui couple soaks in glitzy Hollywood week and Emmy wins for creating FX series Shōgun

Maui High graduate Rachel Kondo and husband Justin Marks captured a record 18 Emmys for the series, which was hammered out through a pandemic, work stoppages and plenty of arguments in the writers’ room.

Destin Daniel Cretton’s HISAKO Film Lab hosts a short film screening by Maui youth filmmakers, Aug. 10

HISAKO Film Lab is a nonprofit program coming from HISAKO Productions, a company created by Maui-born filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) in collaboration with the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, Academy For Creative Media.

Co-creators of FX’s ‘Shōgun’ are Maui residents

Maui Now has learned and FX confirmed that the co-creators of the popular new series “Shōgun”—Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks—are residents of Maui. Kondo was born and raised on the Valley Isle. As a child, she attended Pukalani Elementary and Kalama Intermediate, and she is ’99 graduate of Maui High School.