Herald Salutes – KIRK KUROKAWA
Kirk Kurokawa, Maui-based painter, muralist and artist, has won the popular vote and the Gene & Ruth Freedman People’s Choice Award for the Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2022 for his portrait entitled “Uncle Masa” oil...
COMMENDATION OF DR. BARAHAL
On Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, Dr. James Barahal, president and CEO of the Honolulu Marathon Association, received the 2021 Foreign Minister’s Commendation at the official residence of the Consul General of Japan, Yutaka Aoki,...
Herald Salutes
In conjunction with the Downtown Art Center’s first anniversary celebration, DAC’s first Okagesama de Award was given to George Ellis.
Ellis is a former Honolulu Museum of Art director. According to a DAC Instagram...
Herald Salutes
Waiakea High School senior Maya Atwal earned a $1,000 scholarship from the East Hawaii Hiroshima Kenjin Kai, the organization announced on Monday, June 14. Atwal, the daughter of EHHKK members Jill and Money Atwal,...
Herald Salutes
On Mar. 4, through the Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu, the Japanese government conferred its 2020 Fall Imperial Decoration upon Mr. Thomas Nobuo Hasebe for “promoting the cooperation program between the Japan Air...
Herald Salutes
The Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society has selected “active aging” advocate Dr. Cullen Hayashida as the guest of honor for its annual scholarship fundraising event, to be held on the evening that this Herald issue...
Herald Salutes
Honolulu Magazine reporter Jayna Omaye, whose nisei grandfather had been a soldier with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II, won the highly competitive City and Regional Magazine Association Award for Multiplatform...