Friday & Saturday, December 2 & 3: Annual Na Makua Invitational Christmas Gift Fair – Hilo.  This annual event features products that showcase the talents of local artists and offer a diverse selection of unique Christmas gifts that are not available anywhere else. All applicants are screened with consideration given to the uniqueness, quality and […]

Every Friday:  Aloha Fridays at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park.  A free hands-on demonstration lesson is given in a cultural craft that varies each week. Volcano Art Center Gallery porch in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Free (donations welcome); park entrance fees apply. For information call (808) 967-8222 or visit http://volcanoartcenter.org/.

Friday & Saturday, December 2 & 3: Annual Na Makua Invitational Christmas Gift Fair – Hilo.  This annual event features products that showcase the talents of local artists and offer a diverse selection of unique Christmas gifts that are not available anywhere else. All applicants are screened with consideration given to the uniqueness, quality and […]

Saturday, December 3: Twilight Christmas Parade – Waimea.  Starting at Church Row, and ending at Waimea Town Park. Visit with Santa Parker Ranch Center immediately after the parade and have a free picture taken with him. There will be goody bags for all children, while supplies last.

Saturday, December 3: Holualoa Music and Light Festival – Kona.  Historic Holualoa Village lights up at dusk, featuring local style music throughout the town.  Just before sunset, Santa arrives in his convertible sleigh and then greets keiki from his tent next to the Holualoa Gallery in the center of town all evening.  Over two dozen […]

Saturday & Sunday, December 3 & 4: Paradise Studio Art Tour – Kea`au.  Arts and fine crafts will be in abundance.  The public is invited to visit artists in their home studios in Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kea`au. Seven studios with 25 local artists showing oil painting, watercolors, collage, pastels, acrylic, cement, wood sculpture, jewelry making, […]

Saturday, December 3:  Annual Canada-France-Hawai`i Telescope Stargazing Party – Waimea.  Right after the Waimea Christmas Twilight Parade at approximately 7 p.m., CFHT will host its annual stargazing party, with telescopes, hot beverages, keiki activities, and an opportunity to talk to the astronomers. Members of the West Hawai`i Astronomy Club will also be there with telescopes. […]

The Emily T Gail Show, aka “Emily T. Gail Talks Story” show is found on http://espnhawaii.com/ online, all the time and via https://www.facebook.com/emilytgailtalkstory/ and a free iTunes podcast. Emily "talks story" with recreational, high school and professional athletes, along with coaches, parents, organizers and members of print and broadcast media. She talks about all sports, […]

Sunday, December 4: Going Nuts for the Holidays Event.  Featuring Big Island grown macadamia nuts and coconuts. Live entertainment including hula, music, lectures, food demonstrations & samplings throughout the day. Fun for the entire family. A Zero Waste Event. Special Fundraiser Concert for Standing Rock Protectors, 4 to 7 p.m.; $15 donation. Old Airport Beach […]

Every Monday: Niaulani Nature Walk.  A free, guided rain forest tour in Volcano. This one-hour nature walk travels through a lush portion of an old-growth Hawaiian rain forest on an easy, 1/7-mile loop trail. The walk introduces visitors to the native plants and birds of Volcano. Guides focus on the biological, ecological, and geological features […]