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 ...

(HawaiiNewsNow) - To think that public performance of hula was banned over a century ago seems a far cry from hula as we know it today. Hula traditions are alive and strong today because of the Merrie ...

Maui’s Elizabeth Kamaile Kahailihauwelo Kekahuna, representing Hālau Keʻalaokamaile under the guidance of Nā Kumu Hula ...

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. “ ...

“Disney’s Moana Live-to-Film Concert” is making its way to IU Auditorium on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now, ...

This weekend, the 4th annual Oregon Aloha Festival, a lively, family-friendly event, is coming to Eugene with traditional hula, fire knife dancing and island drumming. The festival is at Alton Baker ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...