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The Aloha Friday Conversation: The Story Behind the Aloha Friday Song

A mural by Hiero Veiga featured in the POW! WOW! The First Decade: From Hawaiʻi exhibition at the Bishop Museum .
Noe Tanigawa
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Hawaii Public Radio
A mural by Hiero Veiga featured in the POW! WOW! The First Decade: From Hawaiʻi exhibition at the Bishop Museum .
  • Advocate Kealoha Matsuda of Healing Kaua'i's Houseless and Community Needs on the future of the encampment at Lydgate
  • Kaua'i County Councilmember Felicia Cowden says progress is slow on the affordable housing front
  • Violinist Ignace Jang, concertmaster for the Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra, on how his fellow symphony players have fared through the pandemic
  • Jasper Wong, the founder of POW! WOW! Hawai'i on forging his own path in the art world
  • And we welcome the weekend with singer/songwriter Kimo Kahoano and his classic hit "Aloha Friday."
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Noe Tanigawa covered art, culture and ideas for two decades at Hawaiʻi Public Radio.
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