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Week of Friday, July 6, 2018 | Vol. 6, No. 27

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CRIMES OF THE HEART

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TUESDAY

HAWAIIAN SLACK-KEY GUITAR AND UKULELE CONCERT 4 to 6 p.m. Hale Hanawai Hanalei Family Community Center Tickets $10 to $25. Info: www.McMasterSlackKey.com or 826-1469

HANAPEPE CHAPTER OF THE KAUAI BALLROOM DANCE CLUB REGISTRATION 7 to 8 p.m. Hanapepe Neighborhood Center Beginning dances are Chacha, Merengue and Intermediate Foxtrot.

Classes will also begin on July 10 and continue each Tuesday from 7-9 pm.

Info: Cornelia at 335-5823 or Glenda at 335-3554.

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COMMUNITY CARING DAY 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lawai International Center Bring gardening tools and gloves.

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HAWAIIAN SLACK-KEY GUITAR AND UKULELE CONCERT 3 to p.m. Hale Hanawai Hanalei Family Community Center Tickets $10 to $25. Info: www.McMasterSlackKey.com or 826-1469 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HYMNAL WORKSHOP noon, Christian Science Church Kapaa Sing a new song unto the Lord. Dr. Robert Rockabrand will lead a free workshop on the new Christian Science hymnal. Info: 822-3040

HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR & UKULELE CONCERT 6 to 8 p.m. Princeville Community Center Tickets $10-25.

WEDNESDAY

HAWAIIAN SLACK KEY GUITAR & UKULELE CONCERT 6 to 8 p.m. All Saints Church Tickets $10-25.

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The cast rehearses for “Crimes of the Century” by Women in Theater.

‘CRIMES’ CRIES FOR CROWDS

FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 5:30 p.m. Koloa Library Koloa Library presents a special showing of “Wrinkle in Time.” This children’s classic is given the Disney touch. The film follows a girl’s epic adventure and brave journey home. Free.

WALK THE 88 SHRINES 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Lawai International Center Guided tours of the path of the 88 Shrines are at Donations are welcome.

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Women in Theater’s latest production opens July 13

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o matter where life takes individuals, family ties can remain strong, despite a dysfunctional environment, is how director Nell Foster describes Women in Theater’s upcoming production of the play, “Crimes of the Heart.”

The play was written by American playwright Beth Henley.

Foster said it isn’t your usual

BETHANY FREUDENTHAL TGIFR!DAY drama or comedy. Instead, it fills the bill for both. The serious situations are filled with humor and the humorous situations are poignant and filled with meaning.

“It’s a dramadey,” Foster said of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

In 1974 Mississippi, three sisters, who were raised by their grandfather after their mother dies at a young age, gather on the evening of the oldest sister’s birthday to support one another.

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TOP: The cast rehearses for “Crimes of the Century” by Women in Theater. BOTTOM: Kenna Shafter as Babe Magrath in “Crimes of the Century.”

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deal with their current life situations,” Foster said.

The oldest sister stayed home to care for their grandfather, the youngest sister married a statesman and the middle sister moved to Hollywood to pursue a music career.

In California, the middle sister had a breakdown, essentially ruining her career, the oldest sister feels trapped as the sole caregiver for their grandfather and the youngest sister just shot her abusive husband.

“So they all have come back together on this day to support the youngest sister who has been arrested for her crime. They’re there to support each other,” Foster said.

Foster said the writing showcases the sister’s personalities, their characters and the situations they’re dealing with. She said she had a strong ensemble to work with in this production.

“I’ll tell you when these three women are arguing like sisters or relating to each other like sisters, it’s like they’ve grown up with each other,” she said.

The two male actors in the show have also done a great job developing their characters, Foster said.

This show stars, Anne Coyle as Chick Boyle, Kenna Shafter as Babe Magrath,Nicole Cowan as Meg Magrath, Kelsey Offner as Lenny

Magrath, T.J. Hamilton as Barnette Lloyd, Ian Foster as Doc Porter.

Performances will be at the WITs End Theater at the Kukui Grove Center.

“We’ve created a boutique theater and it’s unique in the fact that you’ll be sitting at tables. We have tables of four. We serve beer, wine and concessions,” Foster said.

Opening night is July 13, with a pay as you can open dress rehearsal on July 12. The play runs for three weekends through July 29.

Those wishing to attend the performance can purchase tickets at womenintheatre.org Tickets are $20, parties of four can reserve tables for $100.

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ALOHA, MOANA!

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TOP: Kumu Hula Leilani Rivera Low beats on the pahu as Kap Tafiti produces fire using sticks during Luau Moana Aloha at the Koloa Landing Resort in Poipu. MIDDLE: Rylee Boyer and Liliana Erichsen lead keiki performers through a Tahitian aparima. BELOW: Anson Villatora goes through a double fire knife dance routine.

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he smiles of Naiome Cadije, Liliana Erichsen, Natalie Cadije, and Natalie Boyer were as warm as the golden hues of sunset as the quartet planted aromatic lei on guests coming through the entrance line at the Koloa Landing Resort at Poipu.

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Naiome Cadije, Liliana Erichsen, Natalie Cadije, and Rylee Boyer do everything from making lei, selling lei, and dancing to several numbers at the Luau Moana Aloha that opens every Monday and Wednesday at the Koloa Landing Resort in Poipu.

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“These girls made the lei,” said Leilani Bond, described as “the second youngest daughter” of Kumu Hula Leilani Rivera Low. “They also do several numbers in the show.”

The quintet greeted guests to the inaugural Luau Moana Aloha, the newest Kauai luau that is set in the open air outside the Koloa Grand Ballroom at the Autograph Collection Hotel overlooking the Koloa Landing. Seating to the luau that takes place on Monday and Wednesday evenings start at 6 p.m. Dinner service begins at 6:30 p.m. with the stage show starting at 7:15 p.m.

“There are a lot of stories to tell about this area leading to this place close to the birthplace of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana‘ole who spearheaded the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act,” said Julie Souza, a local resident who experienced the growth of the place bathed in history, culture, and community.

“The eucalyptus trees lining Maluhia Road leading to Koloa, the Waita Reservoir that has more than two billion gallons of water — this is a story full of history.”

Kumu Hula Low, the daughter of international entertainer Larry Rivera of Coco Palms and Elvis Presley fame, and herself, internationally known as a kumu hula and recording artist, picks up the theme to open with a kahiko, or ancient hula, on Kuhio with her entourage of maidens.

The opening oli prefaces the Polynesian voyage through cultural demonstration stations and enhanced with the special appearance of Kap Tafiti extolling the virtues of coconut, known in Hawaiian as niu, and the personal appearance of Jerome Koko, one of the original performers with the Makaha Sons of Ni‘ihau. The quick Polynesian tour ends with Tafiti scaling one of the coconut trees to the delight of not only luau attendees, but tenants of rooms surrounding the open field.

Celebrity chef Sam Choy

was another of the dignitaries enjoying the inaugural luau, greeting guests who enjoyed the specially-created menu reflecting the bounty of Kauai’s farms and coastlines and prepared by Koloa Landing chef Rafael Camarillo and his culinary staff.

The taste of dessert lingers on the palate as Kumu Hula Low opens the stage tour of Hula Kahiko, Hula auana, Tahitian, Maori, and Tongan dances that flit the audience through stops in Polynesia.

The live presentation by drummers, musicians and dancers closes with a visit to Samoa with a heart-stopping fire knife dance, closing not only the Polynesian vignette, but Low’s 38 years of experience in teaching Polynesian dance and music.

Free valet parking is available for luau attendees.

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SURF’S UP WITH BETHANY’S NEW BOOK CYNTHIA LYNN & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

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loha readers, surf enthusiasts, Bethany Hamilton fans, and anybody who loves books of inspiration!

Hopefully everyone

enjoyed their 4th of July! It is an inspirational holiday where the United States commemorates the adoption of its Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

It is a time of celebrating a liberation that has been clearly unstoppable.

The spirit of the holiday is exactly what this week’s brand new release, “Be Unstoppable: The Art of Never Giving Up” by Kauai’s own Bethany Hamilton, is all about: inspiration through liberation born from a

daunting and overwhelming challenge.

Bethany Hamilton has been a constant inspiration to millions. In 2003, while surfing, she lost her left arm to an attack by a 14-foot tiger shark. With an incredible resilience, Bethany returned to the water a month later, and within two years won her first national surfing title.

Bethany has been unstoppable!

In this book, Bethany inspires us to face life head on no matter what chal-

lenges are presented to us.

She inspires us to know we can accomplish seemingly insurmountable things, but it does come through dedicated hard work and a devotion to want all that our individual journeys has to offer.

Although most of our challenges may not as dramatic as what Bethany has had to face, each of our challenges for us as individuals is just as serious and sometimes feel that they are bigger than what we feel can face.

Thanks to Bethany’s example, this book can assist us to surf our own impossible waves.

Her book has been garnering fabulous 5-star reviews.

With a beautiful photo cover, this book is loaded with amazing surfing photos and inspirational moments found throughout, making this beautiful hardcover

worthy to be in your library, displayed on a coffee table, or a wonderful gift, as well.

••• Ed Justus and Cynthia Lynn are owners of The Bookstore in Hanapepe.

‘ANT-MAN AND THE WASP’ PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ot since Animal against the advice of Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker ingested Insta-Growth pills has a movie had as much fun with scale as “Ant-Man and The Wasp.”

Among the greatest threats to the shape-shifting heroes of the Marvel sequel are windshield wipers, salt shakers and seagulls. This is surely the first movie to weaponize that most fearsome of terrors: a giant Hello Kitty Pez dispenser. In one of the film’s finest moments, a loud, careening chase culminates in a dramatic fall into the ocean sounded not with an explosive splash but with a tiny ripple and a “Plink!”

In both scale and ambition, “Ant-Man and The Wasp” is an altogether more modest affair, and it’s so much the better for it. Most Marvel movies strenuously insist on how much they matter — how much a carefully stitched together comic-book apparatus hangs in the

The Marvel product has, it should be noted, grown more dynamic and varied in recent years. But if you’re not going to reach the mythic heights of “Black Panther,” the light-hearted antics of “Ant-Man and The Wasp” are your next-best bet. As different as they are, the two films have one crucial thing in common: No outer space.

Just as “Black Panther” styled itself after a spy thriller, “Ant-Man” takes from the heist movie. The first installment in 2015 was a somewhat Disney / Marvel Studios via AP muddled franchise debut, thanks to a late director shuffle. Peyton Reed, Evangeline Lilly and Paul Rudd in a scene from “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” who took over production on the balance — with only an occasional first one, is back here, and he has aside to acknowledge their inherent carved out a real identity for Paul Rudd’s character, among the most silliness. But slapstick is in the DNA self-contained in Marvel’s “cinematic of “Ant-Man and The Wasp.”

For some Marvel devotees, “Ant- universe.”

And more than its predecessor, Man and The Wasp” will be a clever “Ant-Man and The Wasp” has adoptenough diversion in between the ed the goofball charm of its leading more main-event releases. But it’s man. Coming a few years after pretty much exactly what I’d want in a superhero movie: a funny cast, “Ant-Man,” Rudd’s Scott Lang is now under house arrest for his involvezippy action scenes and not an ment in the Berlin showdown of infinity stone in sight.

“Captain America: Civil War.” When his 10-year-old daughter Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson) isn’t around, he passes the time playing drums and learning magic tricks. With just days to go before Randall Park’s S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is to remove Lang’s monitoring device, he’s summoned by the brains behind their last adventure: Dr. Hank Pym (a sometimes in-the-way Michael Douglas) and Pym’s daughter Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), whose winged Ant-Man-like suit has earned her the Wasp moniker.

Pym believes his wife, Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer) has for the last 30 years been locked away in the “quantum realm,” a mind- and matter-bending subatomic limbo that, it turns out, has predictably done curiously little damage to the indestructible Pfeiffer. A Technicolor blur of floating blobs, the quantum realm looks like a lava lamp’s dream of heaven.

To send someone into the realm on a rescue mission, Pym and Van Dyne have built a sophisticated

laboratory many stories high that, with a click of a remote, they can shrink down to carry-on size. Their plans bring them into contact with a black-market dealer (Walton Goggins) and an old academic colleague of Pym’s (Laurence Fishburne). It also attracts the interest of the film’s villain, Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), whose tragic backstory has left her burning (figuratively) and blurry (literally) with anger for being robbed of a bodily existence.

The plot is fine but many of the pleasures of “Ant-Man and The Wasp” come from its digressions.

And no one better breaks down the molecular structure of a Marvel movie than Michael Pena.

There are more gags, too. A malfunctioning Ant-Man suit turns Rudd enormous or embarrassingly child-sized. A Hot Wheels-riff on the “Bullitt” car chase tumbles down the hills of San Francisco. None of this is earth-shattering stuff, but that’s the fun of it. For once, is a Marvel movie about saving one life, not a billion.

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ick Carroll, a former Honolulu Advertiser staffer, wanted to know if you saw the spider web that graced the Soulgood Family performing on the “patio” outside the food vending area outside the mini golf where Aunty M was frying up a batch of pies for the gathering crowd, Saturday at the Kilauea Night Market.

The Kilauea Night Market meets on the final Saturday of each month at the anainahou Community Park in Kilauea at the Kauai Mini Golf where some of the more-than-25 vendors greet guests in the parking lot from 4 to 8 p.m.

There is ample time for a round of mini golf, shopping, or enjoying some of the food and drink from the mini golf food bar that feature the work of Chef Joseph (Martinez), Aida’s Family Cafe, or the Taste of Thai food truck that is parked next to the “green on green” wagon (observed by Carroll’s keen eyes).

The Kilauea Night Market is just one of a full slate of activities and events put on by Anaina Hou Community Park, including the fire show, Pau Hana Fridays, the Paradise Hypnosis Show, Salsa Night, Mo‘olelo Series, Summer Camp, Free Movie Series, and the weekly farmers market.

Bryn Quick

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