This fall, head to O’ahu where plenty of great food and cultural happenings await. The eighth annual Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival (HFWF) comes to O’ahu October 24-28 featuring 150 of the world’s leading chefs, winemakers, and mixologists plus one-of-a-kind dinners, wine tastings, cocktail events, cooking demonstrations, and family friendly happenings. Expect exciting culinary activities across O’ahu, from hip urban Kaka‘ako to the sands of Ko Olina Resort on the Leeward Coast. HFWF celebrates Hawai’i’s natural bounty and raises funds to support sustainability, cultural, and educational programs across the islands.

You’ll find more delicious adventures at Kualoa, a 4,000-acre nature preserve and working ranch, on the exciting new Farm-to-Table Food Tour, which spotlights the agriculture, aquaculture, and livestock operations of this enchanted oasis on O’ahu’s northeastern coast. Experience “Kualoa Grown” products like 100 percent grass-fed beef, oysters, fish, and shrimp; exotic fruits and vegetables including cacao, ulu, kalo, uala, papaya, pineapple, coffee, and hoio ferns; plus a wide assortment of tropical flowers. Learn about oyster farming in the 800-year-old Mōli‘i Fishpond — listed on the US National Register of Historic Places — and how to catch fresh shrimp.  Finally, enjoy a seven-course lunch prepared by Kualoa’s Chef Kimo Kauhane.

Hawai‘i’s rich history and culture come to life in town and on the North Shore. The Honolulu Museum of Art exhibit Ho‘oulu Hawai‘i: The King Kalākaua Era (through 1/27/19) looks at art and experimentation in the Hawaiian Kingdom during the reign of King David Kalākaua who fought for the survival of his island nation and was a savvy early adopter of emerging technologies, design, and the strategic use of art. The exhibit explores how Hawai‘i forged a cosmopolitan identity as it took its place on the world stage between 1874-1891.  At Bishop Museum, Gannenmono: A Legacy of Eight Generations in Hawai‘i (through 2/24/19) honors the 150^th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese plantation workers in Hawai‘i. The exhibit uses firsthand accounts, historic illustrations, and authentic cultural objects to tell the story of the first approximately 150 Japanese workers—known as gannenmono—to cross the Pacific from Japan to Hawai‘i. And Polynesian Cultural Center’s new water show, Huki, celebrates the great ocean highway of the Pacific through captivating stories performed by drummers, dancers, singers, and storytellers on a fleet of canoes.