Noe Tanigawa
Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture, and ideas for Hawaiʻi Public Radio. Noe began working in news at WQXR, the New York Times' classical station in New York City, where she also hosted music programs from 1990-94. Prior to New York, Noe was a music host in jazz, rock, urban contemporary, and contemporary and classic Hawaiian music formats in Honolulu. Since arriving at HPR in 2002, Noe has received awards from the Los Angeles Press Club, the Society of Professional Journalists Hawai'i Chapter, and an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for coverage of the budget process at the Hawai'i State Legislature. Noe holds a Master's in Painting from UH Mānoa. She maintains an active painting practice, and completed a 2015 residency with the U.S. Art in Embassies program in Palau. Noe is from Wailupe Valley in East O'ahu.
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Earlier this month, Maui Mayor Michael Victorino announced the county will pitch in for a new hula center. Kumu Hula Cody Pueo Pata says support for these centers is growing statewide. -
A new exhibition by photographer Franco Salmoiraghi showcases the land struggles over Kahoʻolawe; Kumu Hula Cody Pueo Pata talks about building infrastructure for hula in the islands; Multi-instrumentalist Kirk Thompson of Kalapana talks about local musicians' fight for recognition in the 70s music scene -
A year ago, Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi walked Chinatown with his department heads to survey conditions on the ground, and he promised to deliver relief. This week, in a live community forum, the administration described improvements underway in the historic neighborhood. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports. -
The Blangiardi Administration will update the public on progress in cleaning up and making Honolulu’s Chinatown safer during a virtual meeting Wednesday. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports. -
Photographs now on view in Honolulu capture the revolutionary spirit of the battle over Kahoʻolawe in the 1970s. In this report, HPR's Noe Tanigawa looks back on this era and the David versus Goliath battle waged over the island. -
Photographs now on view in Honolulu capture the revolutionary spirit of the battle over Kahoʻolawe in the 1970s. In this report, HPR's Noe Tanigawa continues her look back on this era and the David versus Goliath battle that was waged over the island. -
The first Hawaiʻi Triennial art festival unfolds this week in Honolulu. The festival takes place across a number of venues and celebrates Hawaiʻi’s unique position in the Asia-Pacific region through art. HPR‘s Noe Tanigawa reports. -
The new Hilo Story Maps on the Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation website intertwines stories, archival pictures, history and topographical information to deepen our aloha for Hilo town. Lokelani Brandt is a senior archeologist with ASM Affiliates based in Hilo. She shared more about the project. -
Composer, guitarist, vocalist Henry Kapono Kaʻaihue, of the folk-pop duo known as C and K, was one of the first to make it big during Hawaiʻi's cultural renaissance in the 1970s. Take a listen to get to know him a little better. -
In today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we're looking at the intersections on politics and culture in the islands in the 1970s. Plus, a new story map of Hilo Bay!
