Entertainment

The Wainaku Executive Center in Hilo will present the next Wainaku Wednesdays event on Aug. 3, 2016, from 5 to 8 p.m.

Here are four fun spots in Hilo town where you can find a bowl. They are not ranked—each has its own creative, delicious twist.

On the first Tuesday evening of each month from 6 to 8 p.m., Kona Stories Book Store hosts an event with local and traveling authors.

“Kona Ranching & Kona Cowboys: Our Way of Life” will be on exhibit July 12–30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays–Saturdays, in the H.N. Greenwell Store Museum.

xVolcano Art Center will display the illustrations of Big Island Wildlife Artist John Dawson in a show called “National Parks Illustrations 1978 through 2016.”

Gypsea Gelato in Kealakekua has jumped on the frozen dessert bandwagon, offering a large variety of unique flavors of ice creamʻs creamier Italian cousin.

Big Island food entrepreneur Esket Padeken is one smart cookie…

Instructor Lisa Louise Adams will offer for six weeks of “playing with clay” at Volcano Arts Center.

Melalani’s Taste of the Hawaiian Range and Agricultural Festival returns for its 21st year on Friday, Sept. 9, at the Hilton Waikoloa Village.

Kilauea Drama & Entertainment Network’s “The Music Man” will continue through July 24 at KMC’s Kīlauea Theater in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

Hāmākua and Paʻauilo will celebrate the 173rd anniversary of Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea—Sovereignty Restoration Day—on Sunday, July 31, at Pa‘auilo School Field.

The public is invited to experience a unique Orchid Maze and a special Grand Opening / Kama‘āina Weekend at the Akatsuka Orchid Gardens on July 16 and 17.

Bobby Camara and Don Swanson will present “Reconstructing Kaluapele: Stories and Observations of Lava and Explosions” at Volcano Art Center on July 14.

They exchanged telephone numbers, but she had plans on the Mainland—and that was that. Until a cup of coffee in Pahala led to love for this farming couple.

Both exhibits are open to the public and admission is by donation.

The Fourth Annual LGBT Pride Parade and Festival will be held on Saturday, July 9, in Downtown Hilo, beginning at noon. The event theme is “Live, Love, Be.” (See the “Pride Week Calendar” below.) The celebration will begin at noon, followed by a festival at the Mo‘oheau Park Bandstand featuring live music, food, crafts, information […]

Roberta Muller will offer two Quilting Workshops on Saturday, July 16, 2016, from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. at the Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus.

The second annual “Art Is Healing” multi-media juried art exhibition will help building an art collection for West Hawaii Community Health Center Kealakehe.

Hiroshi and Hikaru Sawamoto are on a roll. Well, not literally, but they are cranking out some super-popular sushi rolls in their restaurant, Dragon Kitchen…

SXSW is holding a free meet-and-greet event in Kona on Thursday, July 21, to attract creative professionals to its 31st event in Austin, Texas, in March 2017.