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The Doris Duke Foundation recently honored a number of creatives with a $500,000 award for their artistry. One of the awardees is Grammy-nominated jazz harpist Brandee Younger.

Many know our islands as a melting pot of cultures — people have been making their way here for centuries. But I bet no transplant has made light of his move to our islands quite like Adam Palya. He's the creator of the light-hearted and humorous web series, "Haole Do It."

Jason Momoa is arguably the most famous Native Hawaiian actor in the world, but he is not playing Kamehameha in a show about the unification of the Hawaiian Islands. "Chief of War" head writer Thomas Paʻa Sibbett tells us why they chose Kauaʻi kalo farmer Kaina Makua for the important role.

More than three decades ago, filmmakers Sara Banks and Kate Sample released the documentary “Out in Paradise.” The 1993 film focused on the stories of 30 women who, at the time, were living their lives as lesbians in Hawaiʻi.

Today, the Conversation is revisiting interviews with the creators and performers in Cirque du Soleil's ʻAuana!

Gov. Josh Green signed a measure into law to financially protect child performers. He signed the measure alongside Maia Kealoha, who portrays Lilo in the live-action adaptation of "Lilo & Stitch."

The Conversation’s DW Gibson sat down with the playwright, Ryan Okinaka, and actress Elexis Draine about their involvement in the new play, “The Golden Gays,” that recently opened at the Kumu Kahua Theatre.

Mayor Kimo Alameda, community members react to the National Science Foundation's decision to cut funding for the Thirty Meter Telescope; HPR joins an early morning Point-in-Time count in Waikīkī

Friday kicks off the 12th year that Ken Martinez Burgmaier has put together the Big Island Jazz and Blues Festival at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. The Conversation talked to him about what to expect for the four-day festival.

Ralph Gaston of Rusty's Hawaiian Coffee lays out how tariffs are affecting Kona coffee growers; Overstory's Noelle Fujii-Oride reports on a new program to support mental wellness among farmers