Although the Polynesian Cultural Center has been celebrating its golden anniversary throughout 2013, it was actually 50 years ago this week that the PCC opened and began a new venture highlighting the peoples and cultures of Polynesia through entertainment, arts, education, and personal interaction: On October 12, 1963, President Hugh B. Brown, First Counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Center in front of a special […]

For approximately an hour before the Alumni Talent Show began, the Polynesian Cultural Center honored 18 alumni for their cultural contributions, remarkable service to the PCC and their lives of aloha by presenting each of them with the 50th Anniversary Lei Pūlama Aloha — Lei of a Living Treasure — Award, and in the case of the last recipient, a special service award. With Cy Bridges acting as emcee, and PCC President & CEO Alfred Grace as […]

Honolulu Star-Advertiser readers select PCC as “Hawaii’s Best” in People’s Choice Awards The Polynesian Cultural Center has once again been voted “Best Tourist Attraction,” a distinguished honor, by readers of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser‘s annual “Hawaii’s Best” edition. This is the third time PCC has been honored with the first place title for “Best Tourist Attraction.” “PCC is extremely honored to be recognized as the Honolulu Star-Advertiser‘s ‘Best Tourist Attraction,’ especially since winners are chosen based on kamaaina readers’ picks,” said Raymond […]

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell (left) presents Polynesian Cultural Center President & CEO Alfred Grace with a proclamation recognizing the PCC’s 50th Anniversary and proclaiming Oct. 12, 2013, as Polynesian Cultural Center Day.

The Polynesian Cultural Center’s (PCC) critically acclaimed evening show, Ha: Breath of Life, has been chosen as Hawaii’s “Best Live Show” in Hawaii Magazine’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards. “It is such an honor to receive this award.  This one is extra special because it was chosen by the readers of Hawaii Magazine representing voters from across the nation and beyond,” said Delsa Moe, one of Ha’s producers and director of cultural presentations at PCC. “It took us three years and […]