Things To Do on Kauai

Christmas on Kauai

November 29th, 2011

How do you get into the Christmas spirit on a tropical island like Kauai? Yule have no problem if you head to Lihue on Friday, December 2. One of the island’s best craft fairs starts at 11 am at the Kauai Museum, and at 6 pm it’s the opening ceremony of the Festival of Lights featuring the Kauai Chorale. Santa…

Willie Wonka, Hawaiian Style

November 18th, 2011

If you are on Kauai with your family between now and November 27, treat yourself to a performance of “Willie Wonka, the Musical” at the Kauai Memorial Convention Hall in Lihue. Like all Hawaii Children’s Theatre’s world class productions, this joyous musical is bound to surprise you. (You will not believe the level of talent on our little island.) Performance…

Hanalei Surf Swap Meet

November 16th, 2011

Ever had the urge to pick up a new language? Well there’s plenty of opportunity here on Kauai. Cultural diversity abound with Japanese, Portuguese, dialects of Chinese, Tagoleg, Hawaiian, ‘Pidgin’ and a fairly new ‘Romance’ language known as “Surf-ese”. On the first Saturday of every month one can pick up a lesson or two; even if you are not a…

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival

November 14th, 2011

Ki-ho’alu—Hawaiian slack key guitar—is considered one of the greatest acoustic guitar traditions in the world. The Hawaiian name for the solo finger-picked style unique to the Islands, Ki-ho’alu literally means “loosen the key.” The guitar strings (or keys) are “slacked”—a tuning that produces a lingering sound behind the melody with a characteristic resonance. The 19th Annual Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar…

A Soulful Evening on Kauai

November 1st, 2011

“When The Mountain Calls: Nepal-Tibet-Bhutan” will have its Kauai premiere on Saturday, November 12 at 7 pm at Kaua’i Community College. In this film, Emmy award winner Dr. Tom Vendetti (“Bhutan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness”) and co-producer Robert C. Stone (“Taylor Camp”) explore why happiness is so attainable in the Himalayas—and yet so elusive in Western culture, overflowing…

Eat Chocolate All Day?

October 19th, 2011

Why not? You’re on vacation. Local expert Koa Kahili will host a six hour intensive workshop on November 5th: participants will make their own chocolate from cacao beans grown on Kauai, and after eating and drinking chocolate all day (okay, six hours!)—they’ll each take home a half pound of Kauai chocolate. According to The New York Times, Hawaiian chocolate, the…

Surfer’s Stomp Kauai Oct. 22!

October 11th, 2011

Kauai Community Radio (KKCR) is celebrating 50 years of surf music with the Takeoffs and the Duo-tones Oct. 22 in Kapaa. The benefit concert for Kauai’s only public radio station runs from 7:30-10:30 pm at Children of the Land in the Safeway Shopping Center. (Tickets are $10 at the door.)

Things to Do on Kauai

October 6th, 2011

Let your inner artist out at this fun workshop October 22 in Kilauea from 1-3:30 pm. If you can tear yourself away from the beach – or God forbid, if it’s raining – local Kauai artist Lea Ingram will teach you how to make a fabric collage ornament for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas… or “just because.”

Sustainable Sustenance: Princeville Jazz and Wine Festival

September 20th, 2011

Savor Kaua‘i farm-to-table cuisine and sustainable, bio-dynamic wines along with contemporary jazz at the Westin Princeville Jazz and Wine Festival on Saturday evening, September 25. Top chefs from the Westin, the St. Regis, the Sheraton Kauai and 22 North will present culinary delights with an island flair—(think braised A’Akukui Ranch short ribs with Hamakua mushroom ragout, followed by warm Mango…

Kauai Concert with Donavon Frankenreiter and Taj Mahal

September 13th, 2011

Here’s a concert you don’t want to miss: The First Wave Celebration Oct. 9 at Kilohana Plantation—with Taj Mahal, Donavon Frankenreiter and John Cruz, plus hypnotist Tina Marie and comics Augie T, Frank Delima, and Andy Bumatai.