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Let’s Talk Food: Holidays are for giving

Dec. 10, 2019

You know you raised your children correctly when, as adults, they give back to their community and the world.

Volcano Watch: Honoring the career and contributions of an HVO shining star

Dec. 08, 2019 • Updated 7:18 p.m.

On March 30, 2018, a change occurred within the ranks of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s staff when geophysicist Asta Miklius retired. One month later, a collapse at Pu‘u ‘O‘o heralded the start of Kilauea Volcano’s lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapses.

Calendar for December 7

Dec. 07, 2019

Get out and go! There’s something for everyone in this week’s Calendar. Check it out!

Living it up at L.A. Live

Dec. 08, 2019

L.A. Live replaced Hollywood Boulevard as the bejeweled bellybutton of Los Angeles.

Tropical Gardening: Myanmar forests have staghorn ferns, too

Dec. 08, 2019 • Updated 8:58 p.m.

Myanmar forests are rich in ferns, but we were surprised to see staghorn ferns as well.

Shinto festival carries on centuries-old tradition in Japan

Dec. 06, 2019

CHICHIBU, Japan — As fireworks light up the winter night, scores of men, women and teenagers crying “washoi, washoi” haul the last of six towering, lantern-covered floats up a small hill and into the town center, the culminating moment of a Shinto festival that evolved from a harvest thanksgiving into a once-a-year meeting between two local gods.

UH-Hilo presents seventh annual Frank Zappa tribute concert

Dec. 05, 2019

The University of Hawaii at Hilo Jazz Orchestras Frank Zappa tribute concert returns for its seventh annual performance at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11-12 at the UH-Hilo Performing Arts Center.

Clifford, everybody’s favorite big red dog, gets a reboot

Dec. 05, 2019

NEW YORK — Who’s your favorite big red dog? If you have one, chances are his name is Clifford.

Test your Griswold knowledge in this ‘Christmas Vacation’ quiz

Dec. 05, 2019 • Updated 4:20 p.m.

Hallelujah. Holy (expletive). Wheres the Tylenol?

Let’s Talk Food: The Cosmic Crisp apple

Dec. 03, 2019

Breeding of the Cosmic Crisp apple began in 1997 at the Washington State University Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee, Washington, with Bruce Barriit in charge of the project.

Volcano Watch: HVO scientists mentor STEM students at national conference

Dec. 01, 2019

About a month ago, I attended the 2019 National Diversity in STEM Conference, an annual meeting organized by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, put on in Honolulu this year.

Tropical Gardening: Christmas nuts vary depending on where you live

Dec. 01, 2019

In years gone by, if you lived in North America or Europe the traditional nuts found at Christmas would have been walnuts or hazelnuts. Pecans would have been the choice in the Southern states. Now we can find nuts from around the world at the local markets.

Calendar for November 30

Nov. 30, 2019

Get out and go! There’s something for everyone in this week’s Calendar. Check it out!

Hilo Community Chorus to perform at First United Protestant Church

Nov. 29, 2019

Hilo Community Chorus, directed by Tom McAlexander, will present Carols for Christmas at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at First United Protestant Church in Hilo.

Island Dance Academy presents ‘The Nutcracker’

Nov. 28, 2019

Island Dance Academy and the Palace Theater present The Nutcracker ballet at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Dec. 8.

‘A Million Dreams’ benefit concert this weekend