The sweet smell of plumeria, swaying palm trees and seductive, shimmying hips--add chanting or ukulele music and you’ve got hula, right? For Patrick Makuakane, who was born and raised in Honolulu and ...

(HawaiiNewsNow) - To think that public performance of hula was banned over a century ago seems a far cry from hula as we know it today. Hula traditions are alive and strong today because of the Merrie ...

Are you looking for Hawaii songs for a party, or just want something fun to listen to while you plan your Hawaii vacation?

Every wiggle tells a story. At least that’s what two hula groups purported to do on Friday at California Plaza’s Water Court. Under a brightly shining noontime sun, the locally based Hula Halau O ...

Patrick Makuakâne and his award-winning dance troupe, Nâ Lei Hulu I Ka Wçkiu, returns to the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre for six performances only with The Hula Show 2008, an entirely new show that ...

says that when she was growing up in Hawaii, she never knew when she would get a hula lesson. The women in the household—her mother, grandmother and aunts—were hard to read, and unpredictable. “ ...

The festivities kick off Saturday, Oct. 4, with the 34 annual Moanikeala Hula Festival, in honor of the center’s first kumu ...

While the rain might have deterred some, the damp weather brought a true taste of Hawaii to Saturday’s Lei Day celebration at the Mare Island Coal Sheds. In addition to the life-giving weather, the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The 104th annual Kamehameha Schools Song Contest is this Friday night and this year, students will be singing the music of falsetto legend, Bill Ali’iloa Lincoln. Known as ...