The island of Oahu offers a wide range of activities for every interest, every age and every budget.
- The Bishop Museum has recently added a new permanent exhibit, Science on a Sphere." The exhibit features a 68-inch, 200-pound white fiberglass sphere, suspended from a custom-made aluminum structure, which serves as a 3-D movie screen to display full-color animated images from satellites. The museum is one of only four science and technology centers in the U.S. housing "Science on a Sphere" as a permanent display.
- Between April 1 - July 9, The Bishop Museum will feature the exhibit, "Ku I Ka Nio: Celebrating Six Master Artists." The exhibit honors and features the artwork of six Native Hawaiian artists who have been at the forefront of the Native Hawaiian arts movement.
- Beginning May 26, The Contemporary Museum’s artist project series, O2art, will highlight British artist Paul Morrison. Morrison has gained wide international recognition for his bold, graphic black and white landscape paintings, and has designed a temporary wall along the museum’s reflecting pool to support a monumental black and white painting of botanical forms that interact directly with museum’s floricultural setting.
- The Mission Houses Museum will feature its new exhibit, "Treasures of the Past," from April 21 - August 5, 2006. The exhibit is dedicated to telling the story of the first New England missionaries to journey to Hawaii and their relationship and interaction with native Hawaiians.
- Two local artists lead Pineapple Painting Tours, in which participants are transported to an outdoor location, provided with supplies and have the opportunity to paint outdoors.
- The 29th Prince Lot Hula Festival is the state’s oldest and largest non-competitive hula event. The all day festival takes place on July 8, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., at Moanalua Gardens, and will celebrate Hawaii’s culture through traditional and ancient hula and chant; Hawaiian arts and crafts; and entertainment.
- Visitors and local residents can now experience Second Saturday in downtown Honolulu. Area museums, stores and entertainment venues present special activities during this daytime family event dedicated to promoting the cultural, artistic and culinary richness of downtown Honolulu and historic Chinatown.
- Second Sunday Gallery Walk gives visitors and local residents the opportunity to explore the many galleries and stores in Kailua town. The galleries highlight the work of local artists and vendors in the area and on Oahu.
- The Sheraton Hotels & Resorts in Waikiki now offers its guests an exclusive opportunity to meet and interact with dolphins through its new program, Dolphin Connection. The program is a partnership with Sea Life Park and allows participants to touch and swim with dolphins as well as learn about the mammal's dietary requirements, intelligent behavior and ways of communication.
- Beginning May, the Star of Honolulu's Hawaiian Culture Cruise will give guests the opportunity to experience Hawaii through hands-on cultural activities. The two-hour daytime cruise features lei making, frond weaving, hula and ukulele lessons, ancient artifact displays, a Hawaiian culture video presentation, and the "Enchanting Waikiki" hula show.
- The Star Sunset Dinner & Show Cruise announced its summer special offering all-you-can-eat crab legs from May 14 - September 30. The cruise, voted "Hawaii's Best Sunset Dinner Cruise," features a three-course dinner and live Hawaiian entertainment culminating in the new "My Hawaii - Lei of Memories" revue.
- The Abhasa Waikiki Spa at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel recently announced its new treatment, "Protein Hair Facial." The treatment was developed by celebrity stylist Shelee Maeda and promises to restore shine and silky texture to color-processed hair. The abhasa Spa will be the only spa to offer this treatment in Hawaii.
- The Abhasa Waikiki Spa at The Royal Hawaiian will now offer its patrons a complimentary bottle of Hawaii Deep Sea Water. The water is desalinated deep seawater that is regarded as pure and nutrient-rich, and is pumped from pipelines that extend nearly 3,000 below the ocean surface in Hawaii.
