Here’s all the info taken from the Maui County.gov site. For info on the activities for every Friday Night, click on this link: www.mauifridays.com
Lahaina Friday Town Party January 13, 2012, 6-9 p.m.
“Front Street – Great Street” is the theme for January’s Second Friday in Lahaina, which celebrates the selection of Front Street as one of the 10 Great Streets in America for 2011 by the American Planning Association.
The streets of Lahaina will be adorned with fresh flowers to celebrate this first-time honor for Hawaii.
ENTERTAINMENT & SPECIALS
The Wharf Cinema Center
Live entertainment at center stage with Lui Williams and I Kona Maui Lima Halau from 5-7 p.m.
Polynesian artisans carving at the Wharf’s Front Street entrance will offer a 10% discount
Seaside Henna: Buy one get one free henna tattoo service
Blue Lagoon Lahaina: (in the downstairs atrium) 15% Kamaʻaina discount
Cool Cat Café: Live Music with Bob James and the Drive with no cover charge plus 20% Kamaʻaina discount
Captain Jack’s Island Grill: Live Music with Dave Carroll from 7:30 – 10 p.m., no cover plus 20% Kama`aina discount
Hard Rock Café: Patio Party with beer garden, live music by Evan Shulman, 6-9 p.m., no cover charge plus 15% off food
Kimo’s Restaurant: Willie K, 9-11p.m., no-cover coupons available at the Lahaina Visitor’s Center (at the old Lahaina Courthouse)
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar: 20% off teppanyaki dining (not to be combined with any other offers)
The Pioneer Inn: Wilmont Kahaialiʻi, 6-9 p.m., no cover charge, most of the pupu menu under $5, drink specials $2 to $5, plus 15% Kamaʻaina discount
Blessing and flash mob by `Ulalena performers, 6 p.m., on boardwalk outside of Hard Rock Cafe
FRIDAY NIGHT IS ART NIGHT
Peter Lik Gallery: Drawing for a Peter Lik signed Big Book, DJ Scotty D playing, special promotions on art and serving wine and light pupu
Sargents Art Gallery: Painting by Roman Czerwinski, music by Curtis Lee and serving wine
Images Fine Art: Hosting local artist, Julie Houck, glass blowing demonstrations and wine
Higgins Harte Gallery: Featuring local artist Lowell Mapes and serving wine and refreshments
Gallery 505: Featuring Pop artist Davo, live painting
Village Gallery: Hosting local artists and serving wine and pupu
Martin Lawrence Gallery: Serving wine and pupu
Lahaina Galleries: Hosting a guest artist and serving wine
Thomas Barbey Art Gallery: Special promotions on art, serving wine
Lahaina Print Sellers: Serving wine, special promotions on selected pieces
CULTURE
Lahaina Restoration Foundation will feature its free monthly series Haʻina Hou! (Let the Story be Told!) at the Wo Hing Museum and Baldwin Home Museum from 6 to 9 p.m.
Baldwin Home Museum
Presentation: “Healing Practices of the 1800s”, 6:30 p.m.
Dr. Baldwin, in addition to being a missionary, was a practicing physician on Maui in the mid 1800s. His medical tools and their uses will be discussed. A traditional Hawaiian healer will also demonstrate ancient Hawaiian healing techniques still being used today.
The popular, weekly Candlelit Tour of the Baldwin Home will be held from 6 – 8:30 p.m. There is a $8 charge per person for the tour which includes a tour of the Wo Hing Museum. Children, accompanied by a paying adult, are free.
The Wo Hing Museum
Presentation on Chinese New Year and Lion Dance, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Keiki crafts such as include paper lantern making, puppets and fans, and “Year of the Dragon” items and fresh produce for sale.
WE HOPE YOU CAN COME DOWN TO FRONT STREET TONIGHT AND JOIN IN THE HOLIDAY EVENTS AT MAUI’S FRIDAY TOWN PARTY!
Entertainment:
4:00-4:45 p.m. Ron Hetteen and Ikaika Brown
4:45-5:00 p.m.: Maui Cheer All Starts
5:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: royal Hawaiian Guard
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Kumulani Chapel
5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.: Na Kamali’i O Ke Akua
6:15-6:20 p.m.: I pop Maui
6:20 p.m. Emcee to announce the Christmas tree program and Lahaina Town Action Committee’s winning tree followed by holiday caroling.
6:30p.m. Waiola Church, Sacred Hearts, Mission Catholic Church, Holy Innocents, Hale Aloha and Hongwanji Mission will ring town church bells followed by a simultaneous lighting of all merchant trees on Front Street and in Campbell Park.
6:40 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Kumulani Chapel Carolers
7:00-715 p.m. Holiday Music
PLUS: Baldwin Home Museum will host Holidays With The Baldwins: Choir performances, refreshments, and hands-on ornament and wreath making!
Hawaiian Air has just announced its first direct flight from JFK to Honolulu! Flights begin in June of 2012. They are offering a $212 (one way) fare as part of their promotion.
There is a short window of opportunity (between now and 11/20/11) for travel dates between 6/4/12-6/30/12. Hawaiian Air was also named yesterday as the #1 most on-time airline in 2011.
Here’s a link to Honolulu’s KITV Channel 4 website: KITV.com to read details about the new flight another to the Hawaiian Air site.
Capt. Ryan Hall on Hawaiian Ocean Rafting spotted the first humpback whale of the season off the coast of Lanai on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at around 8:35 a.m. “We had a humpback whale surface and blow right in front of us several times” Capt. Hall said. The whale appeared to be a young male by the way he swam about and “trumpeted” and breached about five or six times in four-minute intervals.
Humpback whale season in Hawaii generally runs from November through May. As many as 12,000 of the whales winter each year in the waters off Hawaii, where endangered humpback whales are protected.Hall said.
Here’s a really great humpback whale photo taken off the coast of Lahaina by Kathy Kopacek of Portland, Oregon.
The first confirmed sighting of a humpback whale this season was made this week by Sea Quest Captain, Tony Roensch. Captain Roensch witnessed two tail slaps from a humpback whale yearling in Honaunau Bay (Big Island).
Photo by Joe Marquez
The North Pacific humpback whales, we affectionately refer to as our “gentle giants”, will be in Maui waters soon! The humpbacks begin their migration approximately 3,000 miles from the cold arctic waters to the warm waters of Hawaii, to mate, give birth to their calves, and rear their young. The shallow waters surrounding Maui are known as the “cradle of the humpback” due to the significant number of humpbacks raised in this area.
The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary is one of only 12 marine national parks and is the only preserve in the United States dedicated to a marine mammal. During the peak season (mid-December to mid-March), there are literally thousands of humpback whales in our islands. On Maui, we are fortunate to have had hundreds of daily humpback whale sightings well into April and May.
Hawaii’s Jake Shimabukuro performed with his brother Bruce, at the 41st Annual Roy Sakuma Ukulele Festival Hawaii 2011 a couple of weeks ago. Over 800 ukulele players from all over the world came together for this festival, which is the largest in the world! Enjoy!
The “Queen’s Treasure” is West Maui’s newest high-performance sailing beach catamaran! She is 64′ long and absolutely gorgeous.
I was at the Lahaina Harbor after her long voyage from St. Croix where the catamaran was built by Gold Coast Yachts. It was a milestone for the yacht building company – their 100th boat!
The owners, Jan Nolan and Amy Sutherland, were of course onboard and invited me aboard and to go sailing on the boat. What an honor that was. Along with a full boat of relatives and friends (she holds 49 passengers plus crew), we left the Lahaina Harbor and spent another 5 hours on her!
Queen’s Treasure is solid, so smooth and fast. We were out of the harbor in no time and the view of the West Maui mountains was incredible.
Everyone on the boat was ecstatic - mahalo to Jan and Amy, Captain Brad and crew members Linda & Greg, who provided us with the best day. The food was awesome and it was fun to meet new people who all had one thing in common – the success of the Queen’s Treasure!
We anchored off Black Rock in Kaanapali so that passengers and crew could swim in the ocean. The boating community is tight and it was awesome to see other captains bring their vessels around Queen’s Treasure and congratulate the owners/crew on her arrival.
Here’s a photo of kids jumping off Black Rock!
The day ended at around 5pm when we were back at the Lahaina Harbor. Here are some more photos of the boat and West Maui for your enjoyment.
MAHALO AND CONGRATULATIONS again to Jan and Amy for an accomplishment of a lifetime. May you have incredible success with Queen’s Treasure. Lola
Everyone had a great time at the 22nd Annual Maui Onion Festival this past weekend. The festival was hosted annually by Whalers Village in honor of the famous Maui Kula Onion – one of our largest agricultural exports. The Maui Onion Growers Association cooked up 300 pounds of sweet Maui onion rings to what seemed to be a never ending long line of people waiting for them.
Entertainment and food/retail vendors filled the courtyards all day long. Six of the best Chefs on Maui put on amazing food demonstrations for the crowd. The included: James McDonald, Pacific’O and I’O Restaurants; Roy Yamaguchi, Roy’s; D.K. Kodama, Cane & Taro/Sansei; Brian Etheredge, Capische; Eric Arbogast, Cuatro, and David Paul Johnson, David Paul’s Island Grill.
Chefs also competed against each other in the Maui Onion Recipe Contest. Chef Dave “D.K.” Kodama took top honors in the Maui Onion Recipe Contest with his Kekaha Shrimp & Lobster Cake with Swiss Chard, Hamakua Aliʻi Mushrooms & Lobster Uni Sauce. Chef D.K. Kodma owns and operates seven restaurants on three islands, including four Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bars, d.k. Steak House, VINO Italian Tapas & Wine Bar and Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas.
The festivities continued with keiki and adult Raw Maui Onion Eating contests. Winners were Dante Gramuglia, 10 years old and a 5th grader at Princess Nahienaena Elementary School in the Keiki Division, and Wayne Finlinson, 34, of St. George, Utah who won the coveted title for 2011, was presented with a beautiful sweet Maui onion lei, and $100 cash!
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