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Demand increases at Hawaii Food Basket; Shangri La expands its online resources; Recommendations for the upcoming Art Summit; Illnomadic talks influences, collaborations; A guide to grocery shopping in Chinatown Demand increases at Hawaii Food Basket This week, Kristin Frost Albrecht , Executive Director of the Hawai'i Island's Food Basket , was helping with an Ohana food drop in Waimea. They have had to scale up operations exponentially in order to meet skyrocketing demand over the last year. Shangri La expands its online resources Tobacco heiress Doris Duke fell in love with Islamic culture and art on her round-the world honeymoon. Stopping in Honolulu on her way home, Duke decided to house her collection here, in an Islamic style setting on Diamond Head. After Duke's death, her collection and home opened to the public as the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, and Design . Leslee Michelsen is Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at Shangri La. While the museum is closed, |