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KOHALA COAST, HAWAI‘I ISLAND—Chocolate—in its many tempting forms–stars at the seventh annual Big Island Chocolate Festival gala 5-9 p.m. Sat., April 28 at Hapuna Beach Resort. Indulge in both savory and sweet creations prepared by top chefs and chocolatiers, plus unlimited wine and beer pours, in the spacious ballroom and twinkle-lit courtyard. More chocolatey fun […]

ACTIVITIES PERK APRIL 21-MAY 6 Ka‘u, Hawai‘i Island—The 10th annual Ka‘u Coffee Festival celebrates its award-winning brew with java-jumping fun starting April 21 and culminating May 5-6 with the popular, day-long ho‘olaulea‘a and coffee college educational series. Supported by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and a host of community sponsors and volunteers, the Ka‘u Coffee Festival […]

Thelma Parker Memorial Public Library 808-887-6067 Sat., February 24 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free and open to the public. Engineers Week is February 19-24 and we’re celebrating with a family-friendly Engineering Bash! Meet some of the island’s most talented engineers from Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Pohakuloa Training Area, and the W.M. Keck Observatory, and discover the […]

Kona Historical Society will make its famous Portuguese cinnamon bread to celebrate Shrove Tuesday. This special bake will happen on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at Kona Historical Society’s stone oven, or forno, located in the pasture below its main office and its historic general store museum in Kealakekua. Two volunteers, Leila Nessen (left) and Kathy […]

Kona Historical Society will reopen the historic H.N. Greenwell Store Museum to the public on Monday, February 5, 2018 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Kona Historical Society Historical Interpreter Jim Miller shows patrons a lauhala hat, an example of one of the products that would have been bought or sold by merchants, farmers, ranchers and […]

HAWAII— The 28th Annual Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Conference is September 20-23 at Leeward Community College in Pearl City on Oahu and continues with five gatherings on the neighbor islands. Dates run consecutively September 25-29 with mini-conferences on Kauai, Molokai, Maui and in both Kona and Hilo. Geared to farmers, educators, orchard managers and proponents of […]

WAIMEA, HAWAII ISLAND— The 25th anniversary of the Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival has a full lineup of free, multi-cultural performing arts and hands-on demonstrations, plus over 150 crafters and food booths 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3. Festivities are at various venues sprawling through the town’s center—look for pink banners identifying site locations. New […]

Kona Historical Society has been awarded $40,000 through the Hawaii Community Foundation’s FLEX Grants Program. The grant was given by the Robert Emens Black Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation, the Hokuli`a Community Fund of the Hawaii Community Foundation, and the West Hawaii Fund supported by the Stanley and Renee Tomono Fund of the Hawaii […]

  Kona Historical Society Executive Director Joy Holland and Kona Historical Society Development Associate Dance Aoki hold a check donated by the West Hawaii Association of Realtors during the WHAR Annual Membership Meeting on December 1, 2017 at Sam Choy’s Kai Lanai. The West Hawaii Association of Realtors raised $12,811 for Kona Historical Society as […]

TAKE A SWEET AND SAVORY TRIP AROUND THE WORLD AT 7TH BIG ISLAND CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL KOHALA COAST, HAWAI‘I ISLAND—With the theme, “Chocolate Around the World,” the seventh annual Big Island Chocolate Festival is April 27-28 with events headquartered from the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel. Indulge in the alluring, rich taste of chocolate—in both its sweet […]