The men of Maui’s Halau Kekuaokala’au’ala’iliahi came within a point of capturing the kahiko, or traditional hula, title at this weekend’s Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. “We knew that the boys did ...

Among the 20 winners of the prestigious MacArthur Foundation fellowship announced Wednesday were scientists, engineers, composers, legal scholars—and one hula dancer. Patrick Makuakāne, a 62-year-old ...

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 ...