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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Before in-person events for the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival finished up, HPR’s Noe Tanigawa joined The Conversation to talk about virtual reality versus fiscal reality. HIFF saw a massive increase in online viewership in 2020, but streaming has not brought in the same amount of ticket revenue as in-person screenings. -
On The Conversation, we revisit the Waikīkī of old while we prepare for more visitor arrivals over the holidays. -
Summer flowers are gone, the days are shorter, and rain clouds are coming in, all signaling the beginning of Makahiki season, an annual time of harvest and celebration. As HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports, in old Hawaiʻi, it was also a time of reckoning, when the fruits of a year's labor were assessed and distributed. -
After 18 months, two Hawaiʻi film festivals are betting people are ready for fresh material and in-person moviegoing. HPR's Noe Tanigawa reports the local film festivals are offering a variety of experiences, including one featuring virtual reality this weekend in Kakaʻako. -
Lana Corpuz was raised on Maui and Molokaʻi where her grandparents live. Ka Moloka’i Makahiki Festival is one of her projects. She’s been up close and involved a number of times in this closing tribute to Makahiki season. -
Imaikalani Winchester said the revival of Makahiki is a restoration of Native Hawaiians and their identity as kanaka living in an occupation that has tried systematically to remove and dismember their identity.
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Artist, philanthropist Taiji Terasaki worked in the design field and for various nonprofits, and was fathering his children, before committing deeply to art in the last several years. Terasaki shared what it's like to feel switched on about producing work. -
Restrictions are loosening just in time for Hawaiʻi's Woodshow 2021. It's that rare event where the trees of Hawaiʻi actually come to you. Forester Irene Sprecher and master woodworker Tai Lake shared more. -
We get an update from the ACLU about a lawsuit against Maui County, we talk to artists whose mediums are wood and mist, and we kick off Makahiki season with festivities on Oʻahu and Molokaʻi. -
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Maui County, claiming due process rights and constitutional protections were violated during a sweep of a homeless camp in Kahului. Maui officials say concerns regarding health, safety, access, and wildlife in the Kanahā Beach area led to the action.
