Entertainment

This weekend, the Hawai‘i Symphony Orchestra will perform at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall on Oʻahu. The performance called Game ON! will feature The Witcher 3, World of Warcraft, Ori, The Elder Scrolls, Assassin‘s Creed, Guild Wars 2, Portal 2, Bioshock, and more.

The Cirque Du Soleil production of ʻAuana is looking for a few good hula dancers to complement its production. The Conversation talked to Kumu Hula Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval, choreographer of the show, about the upcoming audition.

HPR talked to Denis Salle of FilmFreude and Hawaiʻi filmmaker Ciara Lacy about the festival and what we can learn from different points of view.

Former NOAA Chief Scientist Sylvia Earle shares the effects further cuts to the agency could have on public access; A. Kam Napier, editor-in-chief of the new Hawaiʻi publication Aloha State Daily, on what he hopes to add to local news

A jury has quickly rejected a man's claim that Disney's "Moana" was stolen from his story of a young surfer in Hawaiʻi. A Los Angeles federal jury deliberated for only about 2 ½ hours Monday before deciding that the creators of "Moana" never had access to writer and animator Buck Woodall's outlines and script for "Bucky the Surfer Boy."

To honor Hawaiʻi’s "Star of Gladness," festivities across Oʻahu this week will reflect on the double-hulled canoe's beginnings and profound impact as a precious link to the past through the seafaring people who came first to the islands. HPR's Hannah Kaʻiulani Coburn shares when and where to attend.

A new musical called "Ride the Cyclone" makes its Hawaiʻi debut this weekend. It's been called “delightfully weird” by critics. The Conversation spoke with the directors and a cast member about the musical.

Kauaʻi Mayor Derek Kawakami responds to questions from HPR listeners; Members of the cast and crew of "Ride the Cyclone" share a preview of the "delightfully weird" musical premiering on Oʻahu

Alok Vaid-Menon has performed in over 40 countries. But Tuesday marks the poet and comic's first show in Hawaiʻi. The Conversation talked to Vaid-Menon about their career and the importance of comedy in difficult times.

The state Director of Human Resources Brenna Hashimoto tracks efforts to hire laid-off federal workers for vacant state positions through Operation Hire Hawaiʻi; Kumu hula Patrick Makuakāne pays tribute to the late singer Roberta Flack