Hawaiian Mission Houses is launching evening events that trace the history of Hawaiian music.  Free lectures with cultural experts are followed by picnics with pupus and drinks, then a full concert of music and dance. HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports.

The Los Angeles Times says the luminous tone of Dawn Upshaw’s voice is “proof that some things in the world can never be manufactured."  Honolulu audiences have an opportunity to hear that voice this weekend in an intimate concert at the Doris Duke Theatre.  HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports.

“Joyful Instincts” are what link the works of three accomplished artists showing now at Robyn Buntin Gallery.  HPR’s Noe Tanigawa stopped by for this report on new works by Esther Shimazu, Donna Shimazu, and Andy Kay. 

According new figures from the U.S. Census, population is increasing in all Hawai’i’s counties and much of the increase is coming from outside the country.  HPR’s Noe Tanigawa reports.

A history of the world written in the 8^th century is igniting a youthful acting troupe at Paliku Theatre.  Award winning playwright, Naomi Iizuka, manages to link Ovid’s Metamorphoses and today’s human dramas in the play, Polaroid Stories.