Early on there were kapa loin cloths, then palaka work shirts. It wasn’t until the 1930’s, that Hawai’i clothing manufacturers began to design fabrics and fashions for modern life in the Islands. The aloha shirt was born and marketed, and movie stars and public figures jumped on the bandwagon.

Johann Strauss’ champagne infused operetta, Die Fledermaus, is a cross over favorite.

 In just two years, Kaka’ako’s Pow Wow Hawai’i Street Art Festival has become a nexus of creativity.

Amy Beach was the first American woman composer to achieve acclaim in America and abroad. After years of neglect, her compositions are being rediscovered, and some of Honolulu’s best musicians are offering a chance to hear her work. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports.