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SIERRA CLUB HIKE Lydgate Park Easy 1.5 miles, sunset to full moon walk.

Meet in the late afternoon for a picnic (not potluck) dinner, then the hike. Info: Judy Dalton, 482-1129 GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 7 p.m. Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall A cross walk will begin at 6 p.m. at the Lihue Civic Center to the convention hall.

SPAY/NEUTER SURGERY FOR CATS Kealia Farms, Kealia. Drop-off time is 8 to 8:30 a.m.

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KPAL FOOTBALL REGISTRATION DEADLINE Families have until today to register schoolaged children for the Kauai Police Activities League flag football season, which runs June 1 to July 27, with practices starting May 1.

Registration, info: www.kauaipal.org EASTER EGG HUNTS 10 a.m. Hanapepe Stadium, 4 p.m.

Hanamaulu King’s Chapel hosts both events. Pre-registration: kckauai.com PHOTOS WITH EASTER BUNNY Noon to 9 p.m., Kukui Grove Center SATURDAY TEA CEREMONY 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m., Hall of Compassion, Lawai International Center Reservations required. Minimum donation of $40 includes lunch. Info: 639-5952 or paradisekauai@yahoo.com EARTH DAY COMMUNITY WORK DAY

7:30 a.m. to noon, Lydgate Park main pavilion Help is needed for a variety of park improvement projects. Lunch, snacks served.

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FIFTH ANNUAL ROOTS ‘N SHOOTS FUN RUN AND WALK 8 a.m. National Tropical Botanical Garden 5K course meanders through diverse scenery among rainforest trees, a grove of swaying golden bamboo, tropical fruit trees, along the Lawai Stream and even the Pacific Ocean. Breakfast, silent auction. $50. Info: bit. ly/2GcVRnq EARTH DAY CELEBRATION Noon, all afternoon, Kukui Grove Center Ocean awareness activities, screening of film “Chasing Coral� at 5 .

PHOTOS WITH EASTER BUNNY 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Kukui Grove Center SUNDAY

SIERRA CLUB HIKE Wai Koa Loop Trail, Kilauea Easy, 4.5-mile hike with a 200-feet elevation gain. Participants will walk through the largest mahogany plantation in North America.

Into: Julio MagalhĂŁes, 650-906-2594 MONDAY PROTECTION FROM MEDICAL HARM DISCUSSION 5:30 to 8 p.m. Waimea Public Library Consumer Reports workshop led by Stan Greenbaum. Learn how to communicate with medical providers and how to advocate for yourself as a patient. Free.

RAPID OHIA DEATH SEED-BANKING WORKSHOP 9 a.m. to noon, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m., Kauai Community College Learn more about the seed-banking initiative and learn how to properly collect, handle and process ohia seeds without harming the trees or forests. Info 808-9880469 TUESDAY COLLEGE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WORKSHOP 6 p.m. Kekaha School cafeteria Assistance is available to Kekaha residents from the high school Class of 2019 who will be enrolling at public colleges. Info: Dan, 346-1830 AARP SMART DRIVING CLASS 1 p.m. Kapaa Neighborhood Center $15 members, $20 nonmembers. Learn the effects of aging on driving skills and how to save lives, property and money. Registration required. Info: Jim Jung, 822-0448 WEDNESDAY “SAVING OHIA, HAWAII’S SACRED TREE�

Film showing, 6:30 p.m. Kapaa Public Library This documentary highlights the significance of Hawaii’s native tree and the current threat of rapid ohia death. A question-and-answer session follows. Free.

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wide sites to join others who take some time off from the increasingly technological orldwide Pinhole world we live in and particiPhotography Day pate in the simple act of makis held each year ing a pinhole photograph, on the last Sunday in April.

This year, a workshop to learn then sharing their visions to spread the unusual beauty of about and create pinhole this historical photographic photographs will be hosted process,” said a press release.

by Youth Art of Hawaii at The unique experience of Hawaii Technology Academy in Lihue on Sunday, April 28, pinhole photography allows you to make a photograph from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. that requires only a light-tight “On this day, Kauai will container (box or can) with become one of the world-

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will be provided, and ages 8 a tiny hole in one side (as a camera) and any photo-sen- and over are invited. Adult supervision is required for sitive surface in it.

Using a pinhole camera provides for infinite depthof-field, skewed perspectives and slower exposures. People may ultimately become more creative and more selective about what they choose to photograph.

Share creations with the rest of the world at www. pinholeday.org.

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auai Community Players is looking for directors for its 2020 season, which runs January through May, with four productions being presented.

Directors are given $500 as a small token of appreciation for contributing to theater on Kauai.

All proposals must be submitted by Thursday, April 25. Directors will be asked to submit budgets as well.

“Now, as the director, you are primarily responsible for recruiting the production

staff of your choice, including stage manager and/or assistant director, depending on your needs,” said a press release. “You are not alone. Each production and director will be assigned a board liaison. The liaison will make sure you have all the support you need in order to have a successful production.”

Anyone interested in directing a play can get the proposal form at bit.ly/2IGVYun, fill it out and submit it to kauaicommunityplayers@gmail.com.

Questions? Contact KCP President Bailey Hutton at Speakwithbailey@gmail.com or 635-2812.

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The only thing left is to hang them on the wall.”

Leonard Courchesne Artist, on the surfboards he was gifted that he turned into museumquality artworks, right

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and coral done in Love, Love, Love.

“Love, Love, Love Solves Animosity,” Seaquill said. “Love, Love, Love is (the) Highest Vibrancy.”

Her series is part of the showing that is open daily from noon to 6 p.m., and from noon to 9 p.m. on Fridays.

A closing reception is scheduled for Friday, April 26, from 5 to 8 p.m., where awards will be presented to artists, including a People’s Choice Award.

Helen Turner and Jeff Iglesia of Easy Living Jazz will provide entertainment for the evening of pupu and refreshments.

Leonard Courchesne did not have the dollar to register his People’s Choice ballot, but did have time to check on his pair of surfboards turned into art.

“These boards have outlasted their lives on the water,” Courchesne said. “In many cases, you can just pick them up real cheap, or in the case of ‘Another Day in Paradise,’ I was gifted the board by Mary Bea Porter King.

Now that they’ve outlived their time on the water, the only thing left is to hang them on the wall.”

The show includes a number of artists putting up pieces created from marine debris, or as artist Monika Mira describes them, “ocean plastics.” These provide

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ABOVE: Leonard Courchesne shows off the 3D art he created out of surfboards that have outlived their lives on the water Monday at the Kauai Society of Artists 2019 Spring Show that opened Saturday and continues through May 3 at the KSA gallery at Kukui Grove Center. BELOW LEFT: Detail of one of Rose Seaquill’s Love, Love, Love is Highest Vibrancy piece. BELOW RIGHT: Rose Seaquill talks about her two Love, Love, Love series of wall hangings.

a preview of the upcoming “Washed Up” show where all artwork must consist of 50 percent or more of manmade marine debris.

Entries for the “Washed Up” show will be accepted on Saturday, June 1, for the exhibit that runs from June 8 through 22 at the KSA gallery.

The marine debris pieces also serve to tie in with the Earth Day celebration being hosted by Kukui Grove on Saturday, April 20, starting at noon.

••• Dennis Fujimoto, staff writer and photographer, can be reached at 245-0453 or dfujimoto@thegardenisland.

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AT TIKI INIKI, FIND ISLAND VIBES, LOCAL INGREDIENTS Drop by for an afternoon cocktail or stay late night JESSICA ELSE TGIFR!DAY

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uisine and cocktails are on fire at Tiki Iniki at Princeville Shopping Center.

Sometimes, quite literally.

That’s the case with the flaming zombie, a mixture of five rums, fresh grapefruit and lime that’s set ablaze tableside. Double up with some friends and order a cocktail party bowl that’ll serve two to six people for $36.

Rum is one of the staples at Tiki Iniki, with shards of barrels decorating the walls and a major selection across the bar. It’s a home for mai tais made with aged plantation Jamaican rum, cold drafts and margaritas with fresh lime — many served in tiki-themed glasses.

It’s part-cantina, part-diner, with a vibe reminiscent of being shipwrecked in the

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The organic Kilauea greens salad at Tiki Iniki in Princeville Shopping Center is $10.

tropics and varying prices.

Sides of fries or mac salad are around $5, pupu run at around $11, flatbreads in the range of $15 and salads from around $11.

Burgers run from $16. In addition to classics like the teriyaki burger or a steak sandwich, there are twists like the Iniki burger — beef and Spam topped with onion, pickled jalapeno, provolone, cabbage slaw and shoyu mayo.

Dinner and entrée plates

On the happy hour menu, feature fresh catch Thai curry you’ll find shrimp rangoons and pan-seared Hawaiian made with Kauai Shrimp ahi priced at market value. for $10, that come stuffed Grilled ribeye steak comes with garlic mashed potatoes and fire-roasted vegetables for $32.

There’s a happy hour from 3 to 5 p.m. with $3 Corona, $5 drafts and $8 cocktails, and a late-night menu served through 11 p.m. These menus knock a couple bucks off some of the main menu items and throw a twist on others.

with cream cheese, ginger and water chestnuts. After 9:30 p.m., you can score hot wingss for $8 or sticky sweet ribs in a guava-shoyu glaze for $11.

The barstools are tiki statues, surfboards hang from a thatched ceiling, and patrons eat on the shaded lanai. A wicker throne-like chair is tucked away in the low lighting and, on the other side of the restaurant, low couches surround tables in the breeze.

Owned by singer/songwriter Todd Rundgren and his wife Michele, the idea for Tiki Iniki was born after Todd and Michele moved to Kauai just after Hurricane Iniki in 1992.

It embodies the pau-hana

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The service is fast and friendly, the bartenders knowledgeable and creative, and Tiki Iniki offers a few dairy-free and gluten-free options on the menu.

It holds down a corner next to Federico’s and a few other restaurants behind Ace Hardware.

••• Jessica Else, staff writer, can be reached at 2450452 or jelse@thegardenisland.com.

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SLOW DOWN, READ AND REMEMBER BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY

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ith the reopening of the Kalalau Trail not too far down the road, it’s a good time to review “The Man Who Walked Backward Down the Na Pali Coast” by Stephen McMillin.

Published in 2006, this story is a remarkable and colorful account of a man’s trek into the paradise that is the Kalalau Valley.

It’s an easy, quick read, despite its 284 pages. Anyone who lives on Kauai, has hiked the Kalalau, gazed upon the Na Pali Coast, should find this an engaging and enlightening tale. The dialogue dives right in in the opening scenes and pulls no punches: “The little man stopped cold.

‘Around here, there’s a strong climbing vine. Watch what you’re saying when you talk. Kanaka don’t give grace to haoles even if they’re

too dumb to know they’re being stupid. Keep your mouth a step behind your brain and you’ll stay around long enough to spend all that money you’re getting paid.

Am I am making sense to you?’ The little guy had dressed me down for all occasions.

“Yeah, I guess so. Makes sense to me.” It was impossible to hold my composure under this onslaught.

“Don’t stutter either, son. That and a shell necklace are nothing but a sucker’s badge on this rock.

You catch my drift.”

The writing is clean and clear.

McMillin does not waste words.

He doesn’t overuse adjectives or adverbs. He doesn’t go overboard trying to paint the picture for readers. He lets their minds take them where they want to go as they follow the story — which leads to the Na Pali Coast and a man walking backwards.

So, naturally, one must ask, why

is this man walking backwards down the Na Pali Coast?

Simple answer from the man himself: “There is nothing a person can do these days to be remembered.

There are no new mountains to climb. No new oceans to sail. No

virgin lands to discover. Every city has its name and every street has a sign. All we can hope for is the strength to never forget. That is why I walk backward. The others are like children. I teach them to find meaning in life. And how never to forget.”

It is easy to forget, isn’t it? The days past by so quickly we can hardly remember what we did yesterday, last weekend or last week.

Unless we somehow mark the days, make them memorable, they are gone in a whisper. Suddenly all that’s left is a blank page.

I once ran the Kalalau Trail on the Napali Coast, 22-miles round trip, in and out in a day, with a group of other runners. It was nearly six years ago and what I remember of it now are more of the usual bits and pieces, not the whole experience. I will never, however, forget my first crossing at the crawler’s ledge. The others had

long passed it while I fell behind taking pictures. When I came to the ledge, I almost turned back.

But I forced myself out, slowly, inching along, and reached the other side.

Funny. On the return, I didn’t hesitate. Walked right up and on that same ledge that earlier that day scared me. You know why?

Because I remembered. I remembered I had done it once and could certainly do it again. I would be just fine.

We don’t always need to hurry.

Kauai has that right. Slowing down helps us remember. And there are things you need to remember in this life. Running the Kalalau Trail in a day is one. Reading “The Man Who Walked Backward Down the Na Pali Coast” is another.

••• Bll Buley, editor-in-chief, can be reached at 245-0457 or bbuley@thegardenisland.com.

NEW DOC SHOWS HOW BEYONCE CHANGED COACHELLA FOREVER MESFIN FEKADU AP MUSIC WRITER

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eyonce is extremely private, and only lets you know what she wants you to know, when she wants you to know it — typically, in a surprise post be it on her website or Instagram.

But throughout the years, she’s slightly cracked open her door to reveal parts of her life and personality — apart from what she gives through strong singing and extraordinary dance moves

— to help remind us that though she is epic and flawless, she is still mortal.

“HOMECOMING: A film

by Beyonce,” (four stars out of four), which premiered Wednesday on Netflix, captures the human side of the superstar singer with behind-the-scenes, intimate moments of a mother, wife and artist tirelessly working on what’s already become one of most iconic musical performances of all-time: Beyonces headlining show at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

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The film takes it a step further to showcase what The performance marked was happening to get to the the first time a black woman historic moment: you see a headlined the famed festival mother bouncing back from giving birth to twins via an and made Beyonce just the third woman to score the gig, emergency C-section; an behind Bjork and Lady Gaga. African American woman Beyonce took on the role se- embracing her family’s historiously — as she does all live ry and paying tribute to black college culture and honoring performances — giving the black art; and the world’s No. audience a rousing, terrific 1 pop star defying the odds and new show highlighted yet again and pushing herself by a full marching band, to new heights, creating an majorette dancers, steppers and more that is the norm at even wider space between historically black colleges and herself and whoever is No. 2.

Simply put, Beyonce universities (HBCUs).

changed Coachella — forever — and performing after her is like trying to out-ace Serena Williams or dunk better than Michael Jordan: You won’t win.

Woven into the film are audio soundbites from popular figures to help narrate the story: Nina Simone speaks about blackness, Maya Angelou talks about truth, and Tessa Thompson and Danai Gurira explain the importance of seeing people who look like you on large screens.

Beyonce speaks, too,

saying that she dreamed of attending an HBCU, though she explains: “My college was Destiny’s Child.”

She also says the importance of her Coachella performance was to bring “our culture to Coachella” and highlight “everyone that had never seen themselves represented.”

So many people were represented during those performances last April — her stage was packed with about 200 performers, from dancers to singers to band and orchestra players.

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undreds of people braved the wind, punctuated by bouts of showers blowing off the Kalaheo plateau, to celebrate survivors in the battle against cancer during the Relay For Life at the Hanapepe Stadium soccer fields.

The tent city comprised of teams centering around cancer victims and surrounding the circle of luminaria that remembered those who succumbed to cancer offered activities, food and fun.

Kauai will host the Relay For Life of East and North Shore Kauai on Saturday, Aug. 10, at Kapaa Beach Park.

Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature fundraiser dedicated to helping communities attack cancer by remembering those people who have been lost, and helping those affected today and their families and caregivers.

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