The sweet smell of plumeria, swaying palm trees and seductive, shimmying hips--add chanting or ukulele music and you’ve got hula, right? For Patrick Makuakane, who was born and raised in Honolulu and ...

Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, dances “Crazy He Calls Me,” one of the pieces to be presented at “I Mua: Hula in Unusual Places.” Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a ...

Every wiggle tells a story. At least that’s what two hula groups purported to do on Friday at California Plaza’s Water Court. Under a brightly shining noontime sun, the locally based Hula Halau O ...

says that when she was growing up in Hawaii, she never knew when she would get a hula lesson. The women in the household—her mother, grandmother and aunts—were hard to read, and unpredictable. “ ...

While the rain might have deterred some, the damp weather brought a true taste of Hawaii to Saturday’s Lei Day celebration at the Mare Island Coal Sheds. In addition to the life-giving weather, the ...

The MacArthur Fellowships were announced this week and they include legal scholars, scientists, composers and a hula dancer. Yeah. That Genius Grant recipient is Kumu Patrick Makuakane, a master hula ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The 104th annual Kamehameha Schools Song Contest is this Friday night and this year, students will be singing the music of falsetto legend, Bill Ali’iloa Lincoln. Known as ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- “The Return of Kapaemahu” presents a free hula show revealing the stories of Kapaemahu every Wednesday at Kuhio Beach. This first-ever hula show is a “unique monument to ...