MAUI and HAWAII ISLAND, Hawaii — As the sun dipped below the horizon, the hula dancers took to the pa hula (hula mound) against the rhythmic pounding of the ipu (gourd) and pahu (drum). Dancing with ...

As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their ipu heke and began to chant the oli, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua  and ‘Ote’a ...

Hula instructor Akiko Colton spends her day living and breathing the ancient Hawaiian dance known as hula in her Eugene studio. “It’s part of my life, so I cannot just take it out. My blood needs hula ...

On Saturday at 7 p.m., TeHamata and Va’a Beyond production groups, in conjunction with Sweet’s Hawaiian Grill, will host “The ...

OAK PARK, Ill. -- One Chicago-area Hawaiian dance school hopes to leave a legacy. "Hula is life. Hula is everything you see, taste, touch, feel," June Ryushin Tanoue said. Halau i Ka Pono is a ...

LOVED ONES. IT WAS A LOT TO PROCESS. I’M STILL PROCESSING IT. I HONESTLY CRY EVERY DAY FOR SACRAMENTO RESIDENT ANNA MANZANO. THE DEATH AND DEVASTATION FROM THE WILDFIRES IN MAUI HITS CLOSE TO HOME.