Courtesy: Robert Lopaka Kapanui
Jeta: Hawaiʻi’s Ghost Guy Keeps More Than Spirits Alive
Through ghost tours and storytelling, Lopaka Kapanui preserves the histories of a changing Hawaiʻi. One haunting tale at a time.
Poet Carol Ann Carl (Photo: Shayne Hasegawa)
Jeta: What Micronesian Artists Reveal About Ties Across the Pacific
The “Ocean of Peace” exhibition features 11 artists who draw on ancestral wisdom and traditions to celebrate kinship that transcends lines on a map.
Courtesy: Manny Crisostomo
Jeta: Shattering Micronesian Myths Through Teacher Workshops
Through “Carrying Culture: Micronesia,” Hawaiʻi educators are challenging stereotypes and embracing students’ cultural heritage through art.
Courtesy: HILUG
Jeta: Lego By Lego, Getting Hawaiʻi Kids Excited About The Arts
The team behind Aloha Bricks ’26 – a Lego exhibition at Hawaiʻi’s Bishop Museum – invited schools to participate, filling a gap in arts education.
Courtesy Jonnie Park
Jeta: A Korean American Rapper Has Something To Say About Race
Dumbfoundead’s memoir opens up dialogue on how Asian Americans are often ignored in discussions about race. Hawaiʻi brings a different perspective.
Kino Lorber
Jeta: Searing Indictment Of Tourism Soon To Screen In Hawaiʻi
The black comedy “Filipiñana” turns a country club into a sharp critique of tourism, classism, and the people behind paradise. No spoilers.
Photo Courtesy Marian Lee.
Jeta: How the Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra Made One Of The Nation’s Biggest Comebacks
The orchestra survived collapse, reinvented itself and earned state recognition. Now the funding needs to catch up.
Jeta Tang/Civil Beat/2026
Jeta: The Artist Restoring Hawaiʻi’s Capitol With Many Hands
The State Capitol’s failed reflecting pools are being transformed into communal art. Spoiler alert: It won’t be done this year.
(Courtesy: Makana)
Jeta: Intellectual Theft In The Artificial Age
Hawaiʻi musicians confront extraction, exploitation and ownership in the age of AI music.