Entertainment

Meet the Big Island’s most talented students, professional engineers and community experts while you discover the amazing world of engineering at the Waimea library.

Maia Kealoha of Kona, who made her acting and film debut in May 2025 as Lilo in Disney’s live action adaptation of ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ will play Alma in the new film to be released this coming holiday season, bringing Christmas joy back with the help of two bumbling North Pole elves undercover as humans.

Valentine’s Day is Saturday (Feb. 14), and there are several events and activities happening this weekend around the island that will make great date options. So good that Cupid himself approves. Check them out now!

The Big Island is invited to help celebrate the 17th birthday for one of Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo’s binturongs — often called “bearcats”; she was born Feb. 9, 2009, at the Hilo zoo.

Athletes from throughout Hawai‘i will compete in basketball, bowling and track and field in June in Minneapolis.

Two Big Island competitors will participate in the inaugural Ka Makou Kōnane Invitational Tournament Finals on Friday.

All Big Island students in grades kindergarten through 12 are eligible to submit designs for the contest, but don’t wait; the deadline to enter is this Friday (Feb. 13).

Scouts will launch cookie booths Feb. 20 statewide for the world’s largest girl-led entrepreneurial program, which this year includes a new flavor to satisfy customer cravings.

The show — with a raw honesty and contemporary relevance — explores themes of loneliness, truth, mental health and the universal desire to be seen and understood; it opens Friday (Feb. 13) at East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center in downtown Hilo.

It was a tortoise and koi fish at the Hilo zoo that predicted the Seahawks championship, and with just a little more than a quarter left to play in the Big Game, we will soon know if they were correct.

Looking for a place to grab a seat, some food and maybe a drink or two during Super Bowl LX this afternoon? We’ve got you covered with this extensive list of venues simply showing the game and others hosting watch parties.

Readers in grades kindergarten through 12 participating in the winter reading challenge that runs through Feb. 22 can win prizes from U.S. Olympic figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi.

While text messages disappear, a Valentine’s card endures; a handwritten message also carries thought — and heart — spanning miles.

Number of students in kindergarten through high school participating topped 100 this year during first event of Hawaiian language speech competition, at Windward Community College on Oʻahu had 120 student participants from kindergarten through high school sharing memorized passages and original speeches delivered entirely in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi during the event at Hale ʻĀkoakoa (Campus Center), and hundreds of more are registered to participate in upcoming competitions on other islands, including Kauaʻi.

Like the “Did You Feel It?” earthquake reporting tool helps make maps of areas affected by shaking, the new tool helps scientists map areas affected by tephra fallout; observations will be used to assess the character and size of the eruption plumes from Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island, along with the dispersal pattern of tephra fall.

We’re taking a different approach this week, highlighting what you might call a “featured item” or “must go”; Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre — or HEART — is hosting its 5th Anniversary Benefit Concert and Fundraiser at the beginning of next week, and now more than ever, the youth theatre program needs your help. Find this and more in this week’s top 10 things to do on the Big Island.

Free communitywide cultural and educational gathering planned for Feb. 22 in downtown Hilo.

Dive deeper into the park’s history and learn about the young local men who worked in the Great Depression-era federal jobs program to create much of the Big Island national park’s infrastructure and the legacy they left behind with a new online StoryMap sharing their contributions.

Enjoy worship, testimony, connection and community from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (Feb. 1) at Moʻoheau Bandstand in beautiful downtown Hilo along the shore of Hilo Bay.

More than 250 players along with 1,000 spectators attended the event Jan. 24-25 at Hualani Baseball Park in the Keaukaha community in Hilo.