National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize and thank volunteers who lend their time, talent, voice and support to causes they care about. And we're sending a big mahalo … Continue reading April 18 – 24: National Volunteer Week

While documentary work has defined the visual language of Hawai‘i cinema for decades, a rise in narrative filmmaking in recent years signals an evolution in Hawai‘i-based storytelling—helmed by a burgeoning … Continue reading Hawai‘i Shorts on the Criterion Channel

A new data visualization from the U.S. Census Bureau allows users to explore characteristics of same-sex and opposite-sex married and unmarried couple households at the state level in 2019. Since … Continue reading U.S. Census New Data Visualization: How Do People in Same-Sex Couples Compare to Opposite-Sex Couples?

In a re-imagined 2021 Spring Showcase edition, the Hawai‘i International Film Festival presented by Halekulani, is expanding their annual spring programming into a HIFF Showcase Series season--4 unique mini-festivals, each … Continue reading April 15 – 25: HIFF Indigenous Lens Showcase Series

Kanu Hawaii is launching Kōkua Exchange — their Hawai’i-focused Timebank to support community building, economic sustainability, and exchanges of Aloha —  with a series of online orientations. • Monday, April … Continue reading April 19 – 21: Kōkua Exchange Orientations

For the first time ever, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’s State Parks Division will be focusing on how to better manage cultural and recreational interests as a part of … Continue reading April 7 – 21: Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan Community Meetings

Young musical artists from the album Kāwili talk about their experiences growing up both Hawaiian and Filipino in Hawai'i in this conversation moderated by Lance D. Collins, with Kalanikini and … Continue reading Growing up Filipino-Hawaiian in Hawai’i: A Conversation

Join the Bacchus 'ohana every Monday for their online Trivia Night. Teams compete in 4 rounds of general knowledge trivia, and there's always a few twists and unexpected turns. Registration … Continue reading Bacchus Online Trivia Night

The Modern Military Association of America is committed to education, advocacy, and support for military spouses and their families. The MMAA Military Spouse Scholarship is a key tool in its … Continue reading Application deadline: April 30 | 2021 MMAA Military Spouse Donna Johnson Memorial Scholarship

The Wāhine in Film Lab is open for submission to its 2021 program for wāhine filmmakers. The Lab runs from June to November, 2021, and operates as an incubator for … Continue reading Application deadline: April 30 | Wahine In Film Lab

The intimate and inspiring life story of Mazie Hirono, the first Asian-American woman and the only immigrant serving in the U.S. Senate. // “ sparkling, revelatory memoir.” —Oprah Daily // “If … Continue reading Pre-Order “Heart Of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story”

Gay Island Guide is partnering with Dark Mirror Entertainment to help revive live in-person shows in Hawaii with this very special night of entertainment-- Hot Box: A Smoketacular Drag Show. … Continue reading Hot Box: A Smoketacular Drag Show

Get the latest information on vaccinations, social distancing, travel and more from the State of Hawaii Department of Health. Available in English, Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Spanish, Tagalog, Samoan, … Continue reading COVID-19 State of Hawaii Portal

Lei explores the stories that reflect the meaning of Aloha through the lens of the LGBTQ+ community in Hawaii and around the world. Their streaming platform Lei TV features original … Continue reading Lei: Aloha, With Pride

A virtual Green Room event with U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo and Indigenous Pacific Islander Poets as they read selections from When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our … Continue reading The Green Room LIVE with Joy Harjo & Indigenous Pacific Islander Poets

Hawaii Business Magazine is hosting six events intended to drive progress on important issues facing Hawaii. The CHANGE Event Series features voices across the Islands –from Kaua‘i to Hawai‘i Island, … Continue reading 2021 CHANGE Event Series

Join six writers from The Value of Hawai'i 3: Hulihia, the Turning, a recently released collection of essays from over fifty scholars, poets, activists, and community organizers. Part three of … Continue reading The Giving Project: Environmental Justice

Hula’s Bar and Lei Stand, also known around the world simply as Hula’s, is not only a legend among LGBTQ+, but is also known among everyone as the epitome of … Continue reading Fridays through April 23: RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 Viewing Party at Hula’s

In this panel discussion presented by the UHM LGBTQ+ Center, LGBTQ+ professionals will share their stories about how they arrived at their current careers in Hawaii. With Anthony Bagnoli (HiClimb … Continue reading LGBTQ+ In The Workforce

The Try Think Community Discussions are moderated by staff of the Hawaii Council for the Humanities, and the stimulus for this conversation is the short documentary, The Rogers of Samoa, … Continue reading Try Think: About Gender – Transition to Self

A four week program that focuses on female voices in our community. She Speaks Honolulu strives to cultivate a safe space that empowers women to share their stories, speak their … Continue reading Through April 28: She Speaks Community Conversations

The Los Angeles LGBT Center will host its inaugural Power in Prevention Conference virtually on April 29th and April 30th. This conference will bring prevention workers and educators from across the … Continue reading April 29 – 30: Power In Prevention Conference

In this UCLA School of Law / Williams Institute webinar, national leaders in LGBTQ rights, racial equity, and reproductive justice will discuss what the Biden administration has accomplished in his … Continue reading The First 100 Days: LGBT Rights, Racial Equity, and Reproductive Justice

Windward Community College presents a double bill of LBGTQ+-themed Alika in Wonderland and the underneath April 30 through May 9, 2021, both directed by Taurie Kinoshita. Alika in Wonderland is adapted from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and follows … Continue reading April 30 – May 9: Alika in Wonderland + the underneath

Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities, in partnership with Value of Hawaiʻi: Hulihia, is hosting deep-dive community conversations on our ideas, wonderings, hopes, and challenges for our post-pandemic futures. Small groups of … Continue reading Try Think: Hulihia

iO Tillett Wright shot dozens of images of Hawaii's LGBTQ+ community in 2015 and his book of portraits of 10,000 people from all fifty states was released on September 15, … Continue reading Self-Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America

Pacific Business News is accepting nominations for their 2021 Business of Pride Awards. PBN is looking for LGBTQ leaders, companies, and allies in Hawaii who are successful in their careers, … Continue reading Nominations continue: The Business of Pride 2021

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce will continue to assess conditions to determine if the NGLCC International Business & Leadership Conference will take place as … Continue reading NGLCC Update: International Business & Leadership Conference

Inspired by the Aina Aloha Economic Futures declaration and Huliau Statement, Hawaiian Airlines May Day 2021: Mākaʻikaʻi will take viewers beyond the aesthetic pleasures of song, dance and storytelling. The … Continue reading Hawaiian Airlines May Day 2021: Mākaʻikaʻi