Book ‘em, Borders: Island authors join Bay Area tour
Note: The following was written in advance of the Feb. 27 tsunami warning in Hawai’i, which fortunately expired with no serious damage reported. “Talk story” with Hawai’i authors and enjoy some island...
View ArticleGordon Biersch menu: Island specials, free concerts
It’s Aloha Friday (no work till Monday, as the song goes) and it’s the start of the free Pau Hana concert series Fridays in March at the three Gordon Biersch brewpubs in the Bay Area. The menu will...
View ArticleThe hanging-ten judge who’s reading “Rainbows”
Bill Fernandez’s mother and father, both half-Hawaiian and without much education, found their pot of gold under the rainbows of Kaua’i by building the largest movie theater in Hawai’i, shortly before...
View ArticleMaui storyteller under Northern California skies again
Given the number of eras and genres included in “Under Maui Skies and Other Stories” and the number of Hawai’i-philes in Northern California, you can understand why author and playwright Wayne Moniz is...
View ArticleHidden Hawai’i: Korean Americans, Kailua and the quiet life
On the new version of “Hawaii Five-O,” two actors of Korean descent (Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park) play “local” cousins Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua, while in real-life Hawai’i, Korean drama...
View Article30 years of Bay Area hula festival; talking story in S.F.
Look who’s turning 30: The labor of love known as the Iā ‘Oe E Ka Lā Hula Festival presents its 30th edition this weekend at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The competition starts...
View ArticlePortola Valley man discovers ties to ‘Descendants’ author, Kauai storyline
A week after its release, I still need to pick up my DVD copy of “The Descendants,” so I can revel in the images of Kipu Kai again and check out the special features (like the video r showing wild...
View Article“Kaua’i Kid” returns with World War II-era memoir
Former Sunnyvale mayor and Santa Clara County judge Bill Fernandez has happily settled into his second career as novelist and memoirist, writing from his family home in Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi, about growing up...
View Article‘Daughters of Fire’ author captures conflicts, aloha at islands’ core
Many people have stars in their eyes when describing their initial impressions of Hawaiʻi, but for “Daughters of Fire” author Tom Peek, a native Minnesotan who landed in Hilo in the ’80s, the...
View ArticleHawaiian-style holidays continue in Bay Area
If you can’t go to Hawaiʻi for the holidays, California and he Bay Area’s Hawaiʻi-inspired artists are happy to bring them to you—along with year-round Hawaiian culture. Here are some of the remaining...
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