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Hana Hou! Issue 26.6

Aug - Sept 2023
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A Dream(liner) Come True

Selecting a new aircraft for our fleet is by far one of the most exciting aspects of my job.

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A Labor of Lit

I always joke that there are no basements or attics in Hawaii," 
says Omer Kursat, founder of boutique micro-publishing house Deuxmers.

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A Pair of Aces

In the 1960s, the all-female band Ace of Cups rocked San Francisco's psychedelic scene.

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Aloha Goes Both Ways: Matty Wong

Champion bass fisherman Matty Wong embodies the aloha spirit both at home and afar.

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Beauty of the Beast

In 1997, Kaua‘i photographer Mike Coots, then 18, was bodyboarding when he lost his right leg to a tiger shark.

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Debugging Maui

It was a tough year for the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project.

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Diamond Out of the Rough

A new stage, a new executive director and a new day for Hawaii's oldest community theater.

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Hide and Seek

Lauren Hana Chai pulls the drapes and dims the lights in her studio loft in downtown Honolulu.

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Indomitable

What’s the toughest challenge for IRONMAN competitors—themselves, each other or the punishing landscape of Kona?

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No Fishing

It's the tomato nigiri that fools people-the ruby-red slab is a dead ringer for 'ahi sushi.

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Pam's World

Oahu native Pam Arciero can tell you how to get, how to get to Sesame Street.

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Rip Girls

On January 22, 2023, six women competed for the first time in the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational at Waimea Bay.

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The Guns of Yesteryear

The Citizens Guard of Hawaii aided in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii; now their guns will be housed in its palace.

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The Kalo Kid

For Robert Silva, where there's wai, there's a way.

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The Land of Scent and Color

In the early '70s, Jim Little was living in faculty housing at Punahou School, where he started the photography program.

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The Promised Lands

A century after Prince Kuhio sought to reconnect his people to their aina, what's become of these Hawaiian Home Lands?