Calvin Hoe

Calvin Hoe is a Hawaiian artisan, musician, restaurant owner, educator, and activist.

Hoe graduated from Macalester College, where he met his wife, Charlene Hoe.

In 1971, Calvin and Charlene bought the Waiahole Poi Factory and continued to serve food while also using the space as a gallery for native Hawaiians artists. In 1980, Hoe, along with Chester Uyemura and George Fukumitsu, sued the Secretary of the Army Clifford Alexander and several other public officials regarding development plans for a beach in Kualoa Regional Park, claiming that they rely on subsistence fishing around the area and that the development project will significantly impair their ability to fish around the sandbar. They lost the lawsuit. In 2004, Hoe performed alongside David Montour and Fernando Cellicion at the Smithsonian Institution's First Americans Festival. Hoe hosted a workshop and performed at the 2007 Waikiki festival showcasing Hawaiian nose flute making, gourd whistles, and ti leaf whistles.

In 2018, Hoe performed and presented the 26th annual Celebration of the Arts at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, where he taught attendees how to make Hawaiian instruments out of natural items like bamboo and seeds. In 2019, Hoe and his son Kala, contributed to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's production of Keiki Kalo, an interactive educational experience for young children hosted by the university's department of Theatre & Dance and the Kennedy Theatre. Starting in 2019, Hoe has been a part of the Thirty Meter Telescope protests.

Hoe is featured in Kenneth K. Martinez Burgmaier's 2022 documentary "Hawaiian Spiritual Guardians: ‘Aumakua.” He is also featured in the 2022 anthology We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States by Naomi Hirahara and published by the Smithsonian Institution and Running Press Kids.

In 2026, Hoe was credited to playing the 'ohe hano ihu (Hawaiian nose flute) and chanting on black metal album Aia I Ka 'Ōpua Ke Ola by Hawaiian black metal band Kūka’ilimoku.