Canoe Plant Festival – Sunday, October 16th

Have you heard of a canoe plant festival before? Well neither had we. But it’s part of our fascinating history here on Kauai. Canoe plants are plants that were transported by the ancient Polynesians in their canoes to other Pacific islands. We can only imagine the joys that these ancient navigators felt upon first seeing […]

Storybook Theatre of Hawaii Marine Mammal Tour

Do your kids enjoy learning about the ocean? While we are blessed to be surrounded by the sea, its depths are a little more of a mystery completely known only to our creator. That’s why we love this marine mammal tour. Kids are encouraged to learn about our fellow creatures with these fun and huge […]

Kauai Police Activities League KPAL

We all know growing up can be challenging at times, which is why we love the Kauai Police Activities League or KPAL for the work they’re doing to support our island’s youth. They aim to build better community relations, and provide a place to blow off steam, learn self discipline and develop character all through […]

Free Movie Night! Friday, October 7

The kindness and generosity of the Kauai community is something we all love and participate in here on Kauai. And this Friday, October 7th another community treat is in store for us. The good folks at All Saints Episcopal Church are offering a Free double feature movie night, enjoy fantasy fun with Star Wars: The […]

20th Annual Coconut Festival

20th Annual Coconut Festival How much do you know about the coconut? This weekend you can find out all your ever wanted, and more about this miraculous nut – which is botanically called a ‘drupe’ or ‘stone fruit,’ and not a nut! At the 20th Annual Coconut Festival. Come along to this Free event, and […]

Kauai Children’s Television Network

Here at Makanalani we love art. Living among such beauty in nature it’s impossible not to feel inspired to create works to glorify God’s creation. That’s why we’re excited about the new children’s TV shows coming up on Oceanic Channel 6. Storybook Theatre has partnered with musician Mel Bell-Gray and artist Patrick Ching to bring local based and inspirational […]

Music from Kauai Christian Fellowship

We found this video of live music at Kauai Christian Fellowship from 2009… Yes, it’s old, but we thought it was both fun & inspiring & one of the great things about the internet is that older videos like this can reach new audiences. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.  

Free Entry Day at Grove Farm Museum

On Saturday, September 24, from 9am-3 pm Grove Farm museum and the Waioli Mission House will also participate in the Smithsonian Magazine’s free museum day! If you’d like to take part or just want to find out more, give them a call at 245-3202, or email tours@grovefarm.org, or click here to be taken to their […]

Nature Music

We’ve been writing a bit about music lately… so today we wanted to bring those subjects together with relaxing musical suggestions to ease you through your busy day. A little while ago we shared piano music from Okanokumo. Today we would like to share another recording from the same source, specifically designed for relaxation. It’s […]

Christian Music Daily

Did you know there is a Christian music daily channel on YouTube? We didn’t, but in looking for inspirational music to share with you, we found it & we’re very happy we did. Today we particularly wanted to share this video by Elijah Wiggins called Koalas In Kauai. We like the quirky title, but also there […]