Category Archives: Hawaii

Volunteer Typists Needed!

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Nohea

Such an awesome project going on right now: ‘Ike Ku’oko’a — Liberating Knowledge is an initiative to mobilize thousands of volunteer transcribers to convert 60,000 (!!!) digital scans of Hawaiian-language newspapers into searchable typescript. Anyone can participate — it’s not … Continue reading →

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Grandma’s Feather Lei

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Nohea

So, before I left for the Big Island in April I worked on a lei hulu papa (flat feather lei) for my grandma.  This was the second one I’ve ever made, the first being what I completed as a halau … Continue reading →

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Habitat for Humanity’s First Off-the-Grid Home

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Nohea

I’ve been meaning to blog about this for a while, as the story was printed in OHA’s April 2011 Edition of Ka Wai Ola, but, you know… This is absolutely incredible — through OHA’s funding to Moloka’i’s Habitat for Humanity … Continue reading →

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RIP Herb Kawainui Kane (1928-2011)

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Nohea

Pa’u Riders of Old Hawai’i His legacy will persist through his works and contributions to Hawai’i — we as a people have been truly blessed to have a person like him generously share his passion and mana’o. “Herb Kane helped … Continue reading →

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Live webcam of Kilauea

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Nohea

Ever since the new fissure eruption that occurred on Saturday I’ve been regularly checking up on this USGS webcam. This is really cool and looks especially interesting at night when it’s completely dark outside, so that the only thing you … Continue reading →

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Currently at the Honolulu Academy of Arts

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Nohea

Red Sails by Arman Manookian “Indeed, like Gauguin in Tahiti, Manookian’s theory of abstraction freed him to re-imagine Hawaii, and to picture it as a dazzling earthly paradise far removed from the corruption and sorrows of contemporary society.” On exhibition … Continue reading →

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The Travel Film Archive

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Nohea

I love looking at old videos and photos, most especially ones that came long before I was a twinkle in my mother’s eye.  I think it’s fun to fully immerse and imagine what life must have been like at different … Continue reading →

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