Japanese Internment Film Screens July 31
The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II remains a significant, if little mentioned, moment in Hawaii’s history. That’s why Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii will screen the film The...
View ArticleFun Run Set For Family Promise
Initial deadline is this Friday to enter the Aug. 23 Family Promise of Hawaii 5K Family Fun Run. The second annual event starts at 7 a.m. at Kailua Intermediate School and will support the group’s...
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Concert Aug. 15 Benefits Water Well Projects In West Africa
Villagers in Burkina Faso gather to show off their new water well, one of 10 dug this year and funded in 2013 by nine churches, including Windward Church of the Nazarene in Kaneohe. Photo from Dennis...
View ArticleRegister For WCC Classes In Waimanalo
The start of the 2014-2015 school year creeps closer every day, but there’s still time for aspiring students to apply for fall classes at Windward Community College — and to make things even simpler,...
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Koki’s Lucky Switch To Hoops Benefits Castle Lady Knights
Castle High School’s basketball ace Sierra Koki. Photo from Sierra Koki. By the time Sierra Koki was in seventh grade, she’d already dropped basketball to concentrate on softball. But when she entered...
View ArticleHawaii Select Uniting Amid Mainland Basketball Battles
After going 4-1 at the prestigious Double Pump Best of Summer Basketball Tournament recently in Anaheim, Calif., you can’t blame the Hawaii Select traveling all-star team for not wanting the trip to...
View ArticleKailua To Host Pitching Clinics
Fans of the film Million-Dollar Arm will have seen actor Bill Paxton’s portrayal of legendary pitching coach Tom House. But those who attend Baseball Academy of Hawaii’s Aug. 28-31 pitching clinics at...
View ArticleWhat’s Up in Windward Oahu
Send Windward items to cchang@midweek.com by July 30 to be considered for the Aug. 6 edition. Wednesday July 30 Munitions meeting The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosts a Restoration Advisory Board...
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Focus on Windward Oahu
Graceful dancers (from left) Nicole Ansai, Alyssa Fujihara, Sarah Kamida and Chelsea Okamoto enjoy the music and lights July 5 at Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji's 60th annual bon dance. Established in...
View ArticleHigh School Football Back On The Grid For Windward Teams
The long days of summer conditioning will all change this week for prep players as they all finally get to play preseason football. Previews of this weekend’s games for all four Windward high schools...
View ArticleTurtle Bay Biathlon, After-party Aug. 23
Biathlon enthusiasts have a brand-new course to conquer when Turtle Bay Resort presents its inaugural Turtle Bay Biathlon Aug. 23. The Kahuku resort has two race options, both starting at 10 a.m., with...
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Focus on Windward Oahu
Inoke Piena (from left), Vai Piena, AJ Agsalud and Keola Piena of Halau Hula O Hokulani dance up a storm on the luau stage ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 5
View ArticleBenevolent Group Bestows Aid
Seven Windward schools and organizations are benefiting from a recent spree of educational grants presented by a long-established benevolent society in the community. Founded in 1903 in Kaneohe, Bow...
View ArticleHPU Gallery Hosting ‘Trifecta’
Three local artists share the spotlight at “Trifecta,” an exhibition open now through Sept. 12 at Hawaii Pacific University’s art gallery at the Hawaii Loa campus. Tanya D’Avanzo, Alicia Francis Soder...
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Waha Nui – 8/6/14
Kaneohe’s Albert Brum received the French Legion of Honor Medal July 16 at a Pearl Harbor ceremony to recognize his heroic 1944 jump into France with “Devil’s Brigade,” a Canadian-U.S. commando unit. A...
View ArticleMusicians’ Gabby Jam Saturday
Waimanalo Beach Park will come alive with the sound of Hawaiian music from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday for the Gabby Pahinui Waimanalo Kanikapila. Originally established as a means to celebrate the...
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Climate’s Changing, But Hawaii Now Has A Plan To Make A Plan
Kailua Rep. Chris Lee’s climate change measure became law June 9, signed by Gov. Neil Abercrombie and witnessed by (from left) Reps. Henry Aquino and Karen Awana, Jesse Souki of DLNR, Rep. Lee,...
View ArticleThe Flowers Are Ready, Come And Paint Them
Blossoming artists with a yen for floral portraits can learn from an expert each Wednesday this month in the perfect setting: Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden. From 2 to 4 p.m. today, and Aug. 13, 20 and...
View ArticleRestaurant ‘angel’ made their day, despite that darn Claw machine
Dear Editor, Please send a special mahalo to an angel … At about 6 p.m. July 23, Grandma Robyn and I went to Denny’s Restaurant in Kaneohe for dinner. After playing two rounds at the Claw machine...
View ArticleCommon Kings Sing For Kahuku
Common Kings performs at a benefit concert in support of the students of Kahuku High School from 10 p.m to 1 a.m. Thursday in Polynesian Cultural Center’s Pacific Theater. The California-based,...
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