Within the first few days after the Maui wildfires, Kula luthier Steve Grimes wrote a song titled "Lahaina Town." The Conversation spoke to Grimes about the day of the fires and his song.

A testifier who called ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi a "dead language" at a recent Honolulu City Council meeting was rebuked by council members. Hawaiian language speakers say more awareness should be raised about the work done to revitalize the language in the past nearly 40 years.

The state is grappling with the detection of avian flu and its potential jump from species to species. And about 125 years ago, the bubonic plague made its way into Honolulu. The Conversation talked to Karen Motosue, one of the co-founders of the Hawaiʻi Heritage Center in Chinatown.

It isn’t every day that a magazine called The Atlantic gives considerable space to a story from the Pacific — but it will in its January 2025 print issue. The Conversation spoke to author Adrienne LaFrance about why she felt it was important to pen this perspective about political self-determination.

The downtown Honolulu mural titled Kauluhakulau features Sig Zane’s iconic ʻulu print with the leaves and skin of the breadfruit.

The more than three-minute song was written by artists Francis Gora and Kekaulele Kawaiaea, who go by the stage names Franskiiz and Lelz.

The bombing of Pearl Harbor 83 years ago launched the United States into World War II. Two survivors returned to the Hawaiʻi military base for a remembrance ceremony on the attack's anniversary.

The acrobats, artists and musicians of the new Cirque du Soleil show ‘Auana will debut Thursday night to the first paying audience in Waikīkī. The Conversation talked to fashion designer Manaola Yap and performer Salvador Salangsang about their experiences.

Tracy Sialega's last day as a customer service agent for Hawaiian Airlines in Seattle is this Friday. She was terminated for violating the company's tattoo policy. The Conversation talked to her about how she is asking the company to rethink its policy.

What do you get when you cross historical reenactment with America’s favorite pastime? Vintage baseball — which a local artist hopes will take off in Hawaiʻi. The Conversation talked to Matías Solario about starting a vintage baseball league — and the history of baseball in Hawaiʻi.