Community Symposium & Complete Streets Expo March 15, 20175:00 PM until 8:00 PM Do you live, work, play, or visit Downtown/Chinatown? Attend this symposium to learn about and share your input on proposed pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements to Downtown/Chinatown. What is Complete Streets? Complete Streets is a transportation policy and design approach. It aims to create a comprehensive, integrated network of streets that are safe and convenient for all people whether traveling by foot, bicycle, transit, or automobile, and regardless of age or ability. Complete Streets moves away from streets designed with a singular focus on automobiles towards a design approach that is context-sensitive, multi-modal, and integrated with the community's vision and sense of place. The end result i... 03/12/2017

  恭禧發財 Have a Properous and Healthy New Year! January 21, 2017 from 10am to 10pm.  Ring in 2017, the Year of the Rooster, with a culmination of events at a Night in Chinatown along Maunakea, River and Pauahi Streets. Join in the excitement and attend the Chinese New Year's Parade, which begins at 3:30 p.m. on January 21, 2017 via Richards Street, from the grounds of the State Capitol. Enjoy the food booths and live entertainment on three stages this year!           01/20/2017

Uh oh, it looks like you spilled something on your Rothko, does anyone have some club soda? Oops, your wearing a Rauschenberg, well pardon me!Wearing art might sound a little risky on a bustling night out in Chinatown, but that's ok because Maoli Art's Month is leveraging all the risk with it's annual Wearable Art Show at the Historic Hawai'i Theatre...   May is part of Maoli Arts Month in Hawai'i and on May 20th, 2015 the 9th Annual MAMo Wearable ART SHOW will be featured at the Hawai'i Theatre. Native Hawaiian and Maori Artists, cultural practitioners and designer's will show their work in a most unusual of fashion shows, hosted by Robert Cazimero and PA'I founder Vicky Holt Takamine.   Doors will open to the public at 5:30PM with a silent auction to benifit the foundation. Show start... 05/12/2015

  Hallowbaloo ‘Marathon’ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25   Need something new to spice up your Halloween this year. Why not have some fun and run for a good cause while raising money for Hawai‘i’s nonprofit arts organizations. The Hallowbaloo in Chinatown is a grand affair jamming the streets with masqueraders and entertainers galore. The Marathon kicks off the fun filled evening of frightful fantasy and will comprise of a Short(1mile) and a Long(2mile) "Race" around the cordoned off Art District of Chinatown. Runners will have 45 minutes to complete the course. Prizes will be awarded for race divisions including best group costume, best dressed dog and dog owner, most spirited fundraiser/runner, and more. A grand prize of a neighbor-island vacation for two (two round trip inter-island airfares t... 10/11/2014

  Hawai‘i Zombie Pub Crawl, Chinatown, Honolulu SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 Do you have an insatiable apatite for brains? Do you feel compelled to walk aimlessly about drooling and mumbling? Well, here’s your chance to be a yourself for Halloween. Bust out your tattered duds and gather your walking besties and join the undead in Chinatown, for a pub crawling good time.    No makeup? Don’t worry, you look like a zombie without it. But seriously makeup artists will be on hand to zombify you with an anti-spa a la carte selection of day old dead to bad hair day from hell - (choose from “fresh bite” for $10, “slowly decomposing” for $20, and “totally rotten” for $50).       $6, 21+ only, starts at The Fix, 80 S. Pauahi St.,  hawaiizombiecrawl.com.   FREE ENTRY into quarantine quarters The Fix, The... 10/09/2014

It's Chinese New Year and the Year of the Tiger in 2010.  Chinese New Year is one of the most important holidays for traditional Chinese.  All the festivities begin on during the first month and continue throughout the month until Chinese New Year's Day. This year is very special as Chinese New Year's day falls on February 14, 2010 which is also Valentine's Day and making it an especially auspicious day to celebrate in the West. In Honolulu, Hawaii our downtown Chinatown has been celebrating with their festivities over the last couple of weekends. We finally got down to the Chinese Cultural Plaza yesterday to enjoy some of the food, festivities and vendors.  In most states and countries it is celebrated where a sizable Chinese population lives.  The Chinese Dragon Dancers were getting r... 01/24/2010

Downtown Honolulu!  It's where you'll find the Business District of Honolulu where you'll find the federal, state and district courts and businesses and Honolulu's Chinatown, with an array of local vendors and shops. Fruits, vegetables, roast chicken and duck, char sui and roast port. Chinese Restaurants, jade and jewelry, Chinese gifts, Feng Shui Stores, Bamboo plants and arrangements, clothes, flowers and more. So much more!  READ MORE HERE>>  History of Chinatown & Historic Honolulu County Hawaii CHINATOWN incorporates a rich mixture of cultures but maintains a sense of identity. Before my daughter and I went shopping  for produce in Chinatown in Honolulu and we found a wedding shop along the way. We popped in just for a peek. At that time it was a couple of months before she was to ... 07/29/2009