Hawai'i' Gardens
Ixora blossoms in tough conditions
Ixora is a great landscape and garden plant. The red ixora has large red heads made of a bunch of individual red-orange flowers. There are also yellow, orange and white varieties.
Hawai'i Ways, Hawai'i Days Playing without structure fades away
Fond remembrances of small-kid time on Maui, when kids were not occupied in structured activities but instead let their imaginations run free to play Robin Hood, pick guavas and slink through graveyards.
Homestyle
Pick right circular saw for the job
Power saws let carpenters and do-it-yourselfers work with speed and accuracy. When buying one, consider whether you'll want corded or cordless, the size of blade and type of material you'll be cutting.
Hawai'i Gardens
Ixora blossoms in tough conditions
Ixora is a great landscape and garden plant. The red ixora has large red heads made of a bunch of individual red-orange flowers. There are also yellow, orange and white varieties.
Art Review Surfing through artists' eyes
There's a little bit of everything — surf history, surf culture and the artists' personal surf experiences - in the Honolulu Art Gallery's "Surf Safari" group art exhibition.
Art Review Contemporary exhibit dissects experiences of human heart
"Quality Hearts III," on display at the Contemporary Museum's cafe, evokes all the tenderness, torture, fragility, merriment, exasperation and gloom that love arouses.
These kids are helping kids who grieve
In a courageous act of compassion, four O'ahu Girl Scouts are organizing a three-day camp where children who have lost a loved one can work through and learn from their grief.
Think science is boring? This exhibit is 'X-tremely' cool
If you and your children think science is a boring subject, the folks at Bishop Museum hope a new exhibit will convince you otherwise with "X-treme Science! Exploring Oceans, Volcanoes and Outer Space."
How do you keep love new?
With Valentine’s Day approaching and romance in the air, we’d like you to tell us about the things you and your partner do to keep each other in love.
Honorable Mention From safaris to science, this retired teacher does it all
From a month-long expedition to Papua New Guinea to a cruise to Antarctica, Yun Soong Chock Jim of Manoa and her husband Vernon hunt out opportunities to see the world for themselves. “It’s important to experience,” she said.
Prescriptions
New treatments hold out hope of relief for gout
Gout, a painful condition in the joints that is more common in men than women, can be treated successfully with a number of drugs.
Waimanalo book drive to support library post
The Friends of Waimanalo Library group is raising money to hire a children's librarian. The last one was a casualty of state budget cuts about five years ago.
Humane Society gives animal visits on O'ahu
The Hawaiian Humane Society serves thousands of people a year with its Pet Visitation Program. Since 1981, volunteers with the program have been bringing their pets to hospitals and other places that serve sick and elderly people.
Wayne Harada
• Show Biz Kapalua spa has a celebrity-studded week
The place to be for celebrity sightings last week was the Fitness Center and Spa at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua. Sweating it out: Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Joe Torre of the New York Yankees, actor Clint Eastwood, and golfers Tiger Woods, David Duval, Jesper Parnevik and several more.
• Island Sounds Kahumoku CD has romantic mood
George Kahumoku Jr. has become a mover and shaker in Hawaiian music, from traditional to contemporary, from religious to romantic, from instrumental to vocals.
Audio sample of "Moloka'i Slide" by George Kahumoku Jr. in mp3 or RealAudio format. RealAudio requires a plug-in.
Joan Namkoong
• Market Basket Consult your local scout: It's cookie time
The Girl Scouts' annual cookie sale will continue through Feb. 4. New this year is an Aloha Chips with Macadamia Nuts cookie that features white fudge chips and Hawai'i-grown macadamia nuts.
The Great Index to Fun
