DW Gibson

3 days ago | hawaiipublicradio.org | DW Gibson

A new play just opened at the Kumu Kahua Theatre in Honolulu. “The Golden Gays” by Ryan Okinaka is an homage to the long-running television show “The Golden Girls.”The show closes out the theater’s 54th season and arrives just in time for Pride Month. The Conversation sat down with the playwright, along with Elexis Draine, one of the actors in the show. Okinaka began by talking about how the idea for the play first came to him. For showtimes and tickets to the play, click here.

4 days ago | hawaiipublicradio.org | Catherine Cruz |DW Gibson

Mayor Kimo Alameda, community members react to the National Science Foundation's decision to cut funding for the Thirty Meter Telescope Honolulu Civil Beat's Madeleine Valera reports on Honolulu Police Department Chief Logan's retirement announcement | Full Story HPR joins an early morning Point-in-Time count in Waikīkī Playwright Ryan Okinaka and actress Elexis Draine discuss how the new play "The Golden Gays" pays homage to the long-running television show "The Golden Girls" | Get tickets...

4 days ago | hawaiipublicradio.org | DW Gibson

Beach cleanups take place all the time across the island, but what to do with all that plastic once it’s been collected? One optometry office in Kailua has an idea. Brian Daniel Moore and his wife, optometrist Dr. Lauren Mordue, opened Out to See and started a special line of eyeglass frames made by you. The company offers the opportunity to walk in with a bag of beach plastic and walk out with new frames. The Conversation recently spoke with Moore about the program.

5 days ago | hawaiipublicradio.org | Catherine Cruz |Lillian Tsang |DW Gibson

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke says Hawaiʻi stands to lose $6 million in broadband funding under President Trump's proposed spending billNorma Kop, director of Senior Medicare Patrol Hawaiʻi, shares tips on how to identify Medicare scams | Attend the webinarHPR's Cassie Ordonio reports on Hawaiʻi's Labubu craze | Full StoryBrian Daniel Moore with Out to See turns beach plastic into eyeglass frames The Conversation TechnologyHealth Care

1 week ago | hawaiipublicradio.org | DW Gibson

Ralph Gaston is part of Rusty's Hawaiian Coffee, a family business on the Big Island. Rusty is his father-in-law, who grows, roasts and distributes coffee. Gaston also runs Isla Custom Coffees, which finds markets in the U.S. and beyond for green coffee — the unroasted beans. He recently returned from a trade show in China and told HPR about how the tariffs are affecting coffee growers in Hawaiʻi.