Open Call For Submissions!

Aloha Folks, Open the floodgates! We're looking for all forms of creativity. Please send all submissions to Maui Salt and Sage Magazine to: mauisaltandsage@gmail.com

Coming Home to Maui

Coming Home to Maui: Talking Story with Philip Scott Wikel “On a white sandy beach in Hawaii” - Braddah IZ We’re coming home to Maui; I you, he, she, they and us. Most importantly the Born and Raised are coming home to a new vision of Maui. A new vision much like the one held …

At Play On The Reef

At Play On The Reef by Philip Scott Wikel (Waikoloa) A south swell strums softly across the reef it’s summer in winter if only in brief the coral is tickled and surfing kids rise anticipating the rush and the thrill of a ride They stand on the tide the white curling mist with whistling spindrift …

Puka Hunting

Puka Hunting by Philip Scott Waikoloa   We comb the beach for pukas we are fishers of shells bound by love’s umbilical as we sift, scratch, and dig for treasure I go to one end and she the other meeting in the middle we find ourselves children again and blend as friends and lovers we make …

Coming Home to Maui

Coming Home to Maui Talking Story with Philip Scott Wikel “On a white sandy beach in Hawaii” - Braddah IZ We’re coming home to Maui; I you, he, she, they and us. Most importantly the Born and Raised are coming home to a new vision of Maui. A new vision much like the one held …

Maui AMPFest 2016: Honua/Earth Revival April 15th

The Honua/Earth Revival from The Maui AMPFest. Coming April 15th! Produced and Edited by Phil Wikel and Peggy Johnson of Maui Salt and Sage Productions. 808-281-6020, mauisaltandsage@gmail.com Info On Facebook We're looking for bands from all music genres to join the party. The Maui AMPFest is part of The Aloha Project: Promoting Aloha, Music, Hawaiian …

We Don’t Need Your Stinking Closets – “Affordable” Housing in Hawaii

Sadly this article is as relevant today as it was when I wrote it in 2002. We don't need your stinking closets or, high density housing is an insult to our dignity. by Philip Scott Wikel [A response to David Rolland's "Diversified Housing" editorial in the "Ventura County Reporter," Thursday, May 2, 2002]. There is a much larger …

“Songs of Gratitude” – Maui AMPFest Live in Wailuku

Aloha Folks, BIG NEWS! In addition to the Video/TV version of the next Maui AMPFest – “Songs of Gratitude” we will be holding a live event to benefit the Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center (KHAKO) in Wailuku, Maui. The event on November 14th will begin with a prayer walk to Iao Valley, …

Revolution! Maui AMPFest #3 – Labor Edition

Revolution: Workers of The World Unite! The Maui AMPFest is part of The Aloha Project: Promoting Aloha, Music, Hawaiian Culture & sustainable living through international collaboration. This Video Fest strives to showcase diverse bands from around the world with Hawaiian Culture and music as it's centerpiece, thusly perpetuating the Spirit of Aloha and creating a worldwide bond between socially and politically …

All this in one video you ask?

Finishing up production on the Aloha Maui "Mixed Plate" Music Video Fest and I think I've become one with the machine. For better or for worse I am a laptop with magical software. We've spent the past 7 days conspiring to create what we hope will be "the" event or at least "an" event of …