Washington Place

A Hawaiian mele and hula concert kept with the mission of the Washington Place Foundation to honor the queen's wish to perpetuate Hawaiian culture. The event was an intimate glimpse of the personal connections to the home.

With only four days' notice in 1975, then-Hawaiʻi First Lady Jean Ariyoshi hosted the monarch on one of the queen's trips to the islands. The Conversation sat down with Ariyoshi at her Nuʻuanu Valley home, tucked up in the tree line ridge, to recall those memories from long ago.

The future of cesspool legislation is again in question as two former lawmakers are charged with public corruption; Washington Place gets ready to open its doors again to visitors; Local surfer Moana Jones Wong talks about her connection to the ocean

HONOLULU — Birthday plans for one of Hawaii's most esteemed houses have raised concerns over the proposed $53,000 cost while the state deals with…