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Diversity in Islamic Art at Shangri La

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger
“Islamic art dates from the 8th century to present day and pretty much encompasses the countries from southern Spain all the way to India, so Islamic art is very diverse,” said Barbara Buchman, taking cover from the bright sun in the shade of an 80-year-old banyan tree. “If you take away anything from my tour, that’s it. That Islamic art is very diverse.” Read More
Luana Maitland Shares Her Hawaiian Culture

Luana Maitland
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger
I was born and raised in Hawaii, and am three-quarters native Hawaiian by ancestry. My heritage is important to me, and I’ve always wanted to work somewhere where I could incorporate my culture in my daily work. Read More
Come. Join Donna Kahakui.

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger
When you ask Donna Kahakui where she comes from, she answers, the ocean. “I come from a family of fishermen. To me, the ocean is my best friend,” she says. “I am more coordinated in the ocean than I am on land.” Read More
Wyland’s 100th Whaling Wall Celebrates Green Olympics

Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger

With exactly 100 monumental marine murals in 80 cities and 15 countries across the world to his credit, the artist known as Wyland can be considered a global citizen. And, yet, we in Hawaii consider him one of ours, as we regularly drive and walk past his eight life-size murals gracing the sides of, and in some cases, wrapping around multi-storied buildings across our islands. Even Wyland considers Hawaii his “first home,” as he puts it.
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Lottery Excerpt

Patricia Wood
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger

My name is Perry L. Crandall and I am not retarded. Gram always told me the L stood for Lucky. "Mister Perry Lucky Crandall quit your bellyaching " she would scold.
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Lottery: A Book Review

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger
In Patricia Wood’s debut novel Lottery, her narrator is not what those in literary circles would call reliable. And in society, Perry would not even be considered likeable. Read More
Patricia Wood: The Bird Wrasse Woman

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Oahu/Waikiki
Article Source: Outrigger
It was dusk when I pulled into Nawiliwili Harbor on Kauai’s east shore and found Patricia Wood standing under a streetlamp in the middle of the marina parking lot. Read More
Sustainable. Locavore. Green. Hawaiian.

Destination: Hawaiian Islands
Article Source: Outrigger
Sustainability. Green. Conservation. Environmental. Locavore. Whatever trendy term you call it, the movement to preserve our world isn't new. Living on islands now known to be the most remote body of land on the globe, Hawaiians were renowned for their conservation...environmental...sustainable...green...practices. Let's put it this way, whatever term you choose, those old time Hawaiians knew how to take care of their environment as if it was their living room. Or refrigerator. Or bathtub. Because, often, it was. Here are some stories about Hawaii's sustainability movement and how you can help. Read More
Hula Is A Celebration of Life

Kim Steutermann Rogers
Destination: Hawaiian Islands
Article Source: Outrigger
Hula is the highest form of respect. Kia says, “For us hula is life, because we can learn everything about life--everything about morals, everything about ethics, everything about our daily life, everything about how we should live--through hula.” In an oral tradition, hula served as the textbook for life. But it also took a more poetic, less didactic turn. Whether to serve as mnemonic memory devices or make the telling more interesting, the direct meanings that were intended to be conveyed in hula were cloaked in metaphors, illusions and personifications. Read More
Favorite Movies Made in Hawaii

Destination: Hawaiian Islands
Article Source: Outrigger

Here's an overview of some of the movies made in Hawaii, beginning in 1937.
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