HILO, Hawai`i (February 11, 2013) — The John Howard Pierce Photograph Collection will be the subject of a Lyman Museum special exhibit opening July 26, 2013, and running through January 11, 2014.

The Eleventh Hilo Chinese New Year Festival will take place in Downtown Hilo on Saturday, February 9, 2013 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Mo`oheau Park & Bandstand, located across from the Hilo Farmers Market.  It is free to the public. Firecrackers will open the event at 9:30 a.m. at the front of the […]

Aloha Kakou….Come, meet us in Hilo! Destination Hilo’s Annual Meeting and Luncheon will be held on Thursday, September 27, 2012 from 11:30 to 1:00 at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel – Mala Ikena Room – at 71 Banyan Drive, Hilo.  Members and guests are welcome. Our guest speaker will be Allan Ikawa, Owner and President of […]

Hawaii Island (Hilo) Liliuokalani Gardens Banyan Drive Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Date September 08, 2012 10:00am – 5:00pm This festival celebrates the birthday of Hawaii’s beloved Queen Liliuokalani, the last reigning monarch of Hawaii. It is held in the beautiful surroundings of the Queen Liliuokalani Gardens, a Japanese-style garden in central Hilo.  Blossoms will rain from […]

60th Annual Hilo Orchid Society Show and Sale – One of Hilo’s biggest events of the year! Includes demonstration seminars and a silent auction. Gala Preview Party: August 2, 6-9 p.m. Show: August 3 – 5, 2012 at Edith Kanaka`ole Stadium in Hilo Visit their website at http://www.hiloorchidsociety.org/ for details and ticket information.

Monday, June 18, 7:00–8:30 p.m. The story of the Kingdom of Hawai`i is not complete without telling of the powerful ali`i women of historic times–and local historian Boyd Bond is just the man to bring their tales to life. With a nod to the female gods and characters in the stories of old who may […]

Friday, June 8, 7:00–8:30 p.m. Historian and writer Dana Benner, a former resident of these Islands, brings knowledge of his own Native American ancestry and his ongoing learning about Native Hawaiian culture to this compelling talk story session. Of Micmac/Penobscot/Piqwacket descent, and a member of the New Hampshire Inter-Tribal Council, Dana has been a lifelong […]

HILO, Hawai`i (December 21, 2011)— The special exhibit “Hawaii’s Volcanoes: 1880s to Present” offers the chance to view rarely exhibited paintings, photographs, film, curiosities and oddities from the Lyman Museum collections in celebration of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s 100th Anniversary. Paintings by Nāwahī, Bailey, and two major Volcano School painters, Hitchcock and Furneaux, will be on display.  Photographs […]

Pele and Hi’iaka, A Tale of Two Sisters With Special Guests Leilehua Yuen and Manu Josiah Friday, November 4th 5:00–7:30pm Black and White Night is a downtown Hilo tradition, and the biggest street party of the year! For Black and White Night 2011, on November 4th, stop by Basically Books for an evening of sharing […]

HILO, Hawai`i (September 12, 2011)—Do you know that Hilo once had a Portuguese distillery and a “Chinatown”?  Where are stones with mana located?  Enjoy the stories behind Hilo’s historically significant and culturally rich places when you join Dr. Judith Kirkendall on an architectural tour of East Hawaii’s “Early Stone Structures” on Saturday, October 1 from […]