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Hawai‘i Forest and Trail in Kailua-Kona will host a free Beer + Gear event on Friday, May 12, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

The 40th Annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards will feature a legendary line up of island nntertainment

Saige DeloSantos, a fourth-grader at Keaukaha Elementary School in Hilo, has taken first place in the statewide 2017 Mayor’s Memorial Day Poster Contest.

“The aim of our show is to inspire people to cook, eat, travel, learn, gain a deeper understanding of different cultures, be curious, connect and enjoy life.”

The Recovery, Resilience and ReCreation program opened a thought-provoking exhibit May 5 at the Wailoa Arts & Cultural Center in Hilo.

Kona Stories Bookstore is hosting its monthly book club in May, featuring works of fiction, travel and non-fiction.

The Volcano School of Arts and Sciences will present Spring Theater Night on May 11 at Kilauea Theater.

Free comic books will be available (while supplies last) at three 16th annual Free Comic Book Day events on Saturday, May 6.

Nickelodeon will begin filming the third season of its Kids’ Choice Award-nominated competition series, “Paradise Run,” on the Big Island this month.

Luscious, smooth, rich, sweet, savory and decadent sum up this year’s Big Island Chocolate Festival Gala.

The winners of the juried art exhibit, a Climate of Change, featured at Kahilu Theatre’s Kohala Gallery were announced at the opening reception on Friday, April 7. Michael Marshall, chair of the Art Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, selected the exhibit’s 28 works created by 19 Hawaiʻi-based artists from roughly 100 submissions. […]

The schedule for the 7th annual Mele Mai Hawaiian music celebration has been released, featuring more than 80 events statewide during the month of May.  This year’s events will spotlight local musicians including multiple Nā Hōkū Hanohano award-winning and Grammy-nominated artists. They will perform at venues across Hawai‘i, as well as in Los Angeles and throughout […]

The UH Hilo Jazz Orchestra will perform in concert on Thursday, May 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center in celebration of their new album release, “Professor T & The East Side Shredders.” The acclaimed orchestra will perform original songs from the new album written by director Trever Veilleux. The album […]

Revered Hawaiʻi Kumu and singer Robert Cazimero will perform at Kahilu Theatre on Saturday, May 13, at 7 p.m. His return to Kahilu will continue a 32-year-old tradition of celebrating May Day in Waimea. “Waimea is one of my favorite places in Hawaiʻi, and it’s always such a pleasure to perform for the folks (many […]

Lyman Museum will offer to presentations of Kīkā Kila, the story of how the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Changed the Sound of Modern Music, on Monday, May 8, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. John Troutman, a steel guitarist himself and curator of American Music at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of […]

Volcano Art Center (VAC) will host a five-session series of dance classes starting on Tuesday, May 2, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Niaulani Campus. Dance instructor Karen Masaki will lead students through basic movement techniques, building strength and fluidity in the joints and spine to experience the joy of free movement. Each one-and-a-half […]

Tickets are still available for the Big Island Chocolate Festival scheduled for April 28 and 29 at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel.

Volcano Art Center (VAC) will offer a unique hula workshop series led by Kumu Ab Valencia, “Hula Pele” in celebration of the annual Merrie Monarch festival. Classes will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 9, 16, and 23, from 4 to 5 p.m. at VAC’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village. Kumu Valencia will teach oli […]

Hilo native 2017 Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award nominee Kalani Pe‘a is well on his way to becoming a legend.

Grammy Award-Winning Singer-Songwriter Kalani Pe’a will perform three shows in Hilo on Friday and Saturday, April 21 and 22.