Lauhala

Distracted Driving — April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Motorists may take a drive in a new, state-of-the-art digital simulator system – the only one of its kind in Hawaii – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University of Hawaii at Manoa ...

Local designers, responding to the islands' deep cultural traditions and lush tropical milieu, are creating more meaningful mementos, from modern aloha shirts to artisan-woven lauhala hats to ocean-inspired jewelry. Here's our short list of favorite ...

Lovett has been involved with lauhala weaving ever since she and her friend and associate, Ginger Alexander, were first introduced to it at the Kauai Museum. Both taught themselves the basics and eagerly embraced the art form, trying to learn all they ...

WAILUKU - From a distance, Pohaku Kaho'ohanohano looks like most any other merchant opening up his shop on Market Street on a sunny October morning. He's wearing a hat, has some tattoos on his arms and smiles as he waves to someone across the ...

The coffee basket, the woven lauhala coffee basket, they're different from the regular woven baskets. They're really tough and you could actually pick coffee in them and it was very good for the coffee pickers. So he welcomed the coffee baskets and ...