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Hawai'i Skies

Today's Hawai‘i Skies was captured by Rich on Hawaiʻi Island. "

Just loved the colors in the sky that morning, felt really peaceful looking at them. Special because it was right over the ocean here. 

The Golden Rays just really make me feel like I live in Heaven here on Earth."

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Today's Hawai‘i Skies was captured by Rich on Hawaiʻi Island.

Hawaiʻi Skies: Heaven on earth

Today&#039;s Hawai‘i Skies was captured by Rich on Hawaiʻi Island. &quot;Just loved the colors in the sky that morning, felt really peaceful looking at them. Special because it was right over the ocean here. The Golden Rays just really make me feel like I live in Heaven here on Earth.&quot; To submit your Hawai&#039;i Skies photo, visit us online or email: general@alohastatedaily.com For the latest news of Hawai‘i, sign up here for our free Daily Edition newsletter.

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Food & Dining

National Ice Cream Day is this Sunday, July 19 — and 

From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday only, customers can enjoy $2 single scoops (limit two) and $1 ice cream flight cones (flight of six cones for $6) at the Hawai

One flight cone usually costs $3, so customers are getting one third of the normal cost, according to business owner Trang Hammond.

Current featured flavors include cookies and cream, Biscoff, strawberry cream, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, caramel mac nut, tiramisu, lilikoʻi cream and more.

The biz will also make exclusive flavors just for that day. Specialty flavors include li hing mango, strawberry shortcake crumbles, lemon bar, red velvet cake, and Road to Hana, which is made with macadamia nuts instead of almonds.

Several of the specialty flavors are inspired by summer, according to Hammond.

“Strawberry shortcake crumbles is like a strawberry shortcake popsicle, but deconstructed into ice cream,” she says. “It tastes like a strawberry popsicle that you get at the ice cream truck. For our Road to Hana (flavor), there’s macadamia nuts, chocolate swirls and chocolate chips. We bring our lemon bar and red velvet cake — which are really popular — out on special occasions.

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There will also be “surprise” specialty flavors made by business owner Ryan Hammond. Vegan-friendly flavors like oatmilk Biscoff and oatmilk pandan will also be available.

“Ryan still has a day to make ice cream before that day (National Ice Cream Day); he always surprises us,” Hammond says.

Customers will get the chance to participate in a raffle. One winner will get ice cream for a year; another winner will get to work with Hammond to create an ice cream flavor named after them.

“It’s just fun to get everybody here and enjoy a day out,” Hammond says.

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National Ice Cream Day deals will be from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on July 19 

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The Hawaiʻi Kai biz is offering limited-time specials for National Ice Cream Day this Sunday, July 19. Customers can enjoy $2 ice cream scoops, $1 flight cones and specialty flavors.

$1 ice cream flight cones at Hammond’s Gourmet Ice Cream

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Katie Helland

Arts & Entertainment

Business & Tourism

t has announced its next director and CEO, David Odo, who will start on Sept. 1.

Odo, who grew up in Kailua, is currently the director and chief curator at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia. There he oversees institutional vision and strategy, as well as fundraising, collections, educational direction, and more. 

Under Odo’s leadership, the Georgia Museum of Art had paid membership increase 67%, donors grow 8% and overall museum revenue increase 141%, according to numbers shared by HoMA.

“David brings the experience, vision and leadership that HoMA needs as we prepare to enter our second century,” said Amber Strong Makaiau, chair of HoMA’s board of trustees, in a written statement. “His record of strengthening museums through thoughtful strategic growth, sound institutional stewardship, and meaningful community engagement gives us every confidence that he is the right leader for HoMA at this important moment in our history. His understanding of Hawai‘i and international experience uniquely position him to lead the museum forward.”

, who led the museum for about a year, and former director 

, who led it for five years, from 2020 to 2025, before becoming director at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.   

He is the son of Franklin Odo, who helped found the 

 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Previously, he held leadership positions at Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Art Gallery

“I am honored to work alongside the Honolulu Museum of Art’s talented team, trustees, members, supporters, educators, and community partners at this important moment in its history,” said Odo, in a written statement. “HoMA holds a world-class collection, deep civic roots, and a community that has claimed it as its own for nearly a hundred years. What excites me is honoring that legacy while boldly positioning the museum for its next century.”

Founded in 1927, HoMA has more than 55,000 works for art from around the world. As a middle school student, Oda remembers being drawn to the sculptures in the Buddhism gallery.

“They sparked my curiosity about world religions,” he said, in a written statement. “That’s one of the things I love about art museums — they hold so much possibility to encourage one’s interest in a limitless number of subjects, and I’m excited to continue that legacy for others in our community.”

HoMA is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, with extended hours until 9 p.m. on Fridays. Admission is $15 for kamaʻāina. It is free for youth 18 years old or younger, as well as college students attending Hawaiʻi state universities or colleges, and SNAP beneficiaries. 

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The Honolulu Museum of Art has announced its next director and CEO, who will assume the role on Sept. 1. Learn more about the executive, who grew up in Kailua.

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