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“TOMATOES ON A WINDOWSILL” 7:30 p.m. Center for Spiritual Living, Kapaa One-woman show written and performed by Rita Andriello and directed by Patrick Feren. Tickets are $25 and available at cslkauai.org, or $30 at the door. “LOVERS, WIVES AND TENNIS PLAYERS” 7 p.m. Puhi Theatrical Warehouse Written and directed by Richard Peck. Kauai Community Players production. Tickets: kauaicommunityplayers.org. NORDIC WALKING FOR SENIORS 8:30 to 10 a.m., Lihue Neighborhood Center Walking sticks for class are provided. All walkers welcome. No cost for seniors (55 up). Info: 822-4599, esti@bobstropicals.com. ONE FINE EVENING SATURDAY 5:30 p.m. Kilohana Luau Pavilion Wines, food, entertainment, silent auction, selfie photo booth. Benefit for the Rotary Club of Poipu Beach to support community programs. Tickets are $65 in advance, $75 at the door. Info: onefineevening.org. “LOVERS, WIVES AND TENNIS PLAYERS” 7 p.m. Puhi Theatrical Warehouse Written and directed by Richard Peck. Kauai Community Players production. Tickets: kauaicommunityplayers.org. “LOVERS, WIVES AND TENNIS PLAYERS” 4 p.m. Puhi Theatrical Warehouse Written and directed by Richard Peck. Kauai Community Players production. Tickets: kauaicommunityplayers.org.
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BUM RUN 4 p.m. Poipu Bay Golf Course Course is about 3 miles. Untimed. Fundraiser for American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Raising Awareness of Colon Cancer. $30 adults, $15 ages 6 to 17. Race day, $35 and $20 on race day. Door prizes, silent auction, entertainment. SUNDAY
GREATEST GARAGE SALE EVER 8 a.m. to noon, Kilauea Mini Storage Tenth annual event put on by The Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay. Many treasures including furniture, sporting goods, toys, household items, linens, clothing. KOKEE TRAILS HIKE Sierra Club hosts a strenuous, seven-mile trek of the Hale Manu Valley Cliff Trail and Waipo‘o Falls Trail. Info: Lee Garely, 661-373-4834 HIKE THE 88 SHRINES Guided tours of Lawai International Center are 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Info: 639-4300, lm@ hawaii.rr.com, lawaicenter.org. TUESDAY Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island
WAIMEA CANYON ROAD CLEANUP The Sierra Club hike is an easy, two-mile trek and cleanup along the road to Kokee. Info: Bob Nishek, 346-0476 WEDNESDAY
SPRING SLACK-KEY DAY 4 to 8 p.m. All Saints Church, Kapaa Celebrating family music. $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
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Kilauea School student Andrea Fernandez is Princess Fiona, flanked by Ocean Amador as Young Fiona and Sophia Stedman as Teen Fiona in a scene from “Shrek The Musical Jr.” during rehearsal at the school cafeteria.
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ILAUEA — There are some things worth waiting for, and the costuming for “Shrek The Musical Jr.” is one of them. “The students’ costumes, the work being directed by Meleika Hilliard, won’t be ready until the week of the production,” said Jer-
emy Brown, Kilauea School music director, during an after-school practice. “We have some ready, but everything will be done the week leading to the show.” Kilauea School invites people to two performances of “Shrek The Musical Jr.,” Saturday and Sunday, starting at 6 p.m. on both evenings with seating in the
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ABOVE: Kilauea School music director Jeremy Brown checks production notes as the cast of “Shrek The Musical Jr.” reach the finale of “Big, Bright Beautiful World” during practice in the school cafeteria. RIGHT Kilauea School student Michelle Lapilio as Pinocchio checks production notes with one of the Bears during practice.
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cafeteria. About 35 students in grades four to six will take the stage under the enhanced lighting under the direction of Farrah Krovoza, teacher and adviser for the Kilauea School Drama Club. “I started the drama club when I first started at the school in the school year, 2004-2005,” Krovoza said. “We started off doing short one-act plays. Last year, we produced our first musical, ‘The Lion King, Kids.’” Students participated auditioned for the production’s main roles, including Reiden Rathbone being slotted as Shrek, Bailey Contrades nailing Mama Ogre, Isabella Bivens named Papa Ogre, North Krovoza is the Little Ogre, and Fiona being filled by three students — Ocean Amador as Young Fiona, Sophia Stedman being Teen Fiona, and An-
en Lathrop, Michelle Lapillo, drea Fernandez becoming Christiama Gaia, Ryder EwPrincess Fiona. ing, Uluwehi Pavao-Cypher, Director Krovoza is assisted by a cast of mentors, Avah McRoberts, Alana Evers, Ruby Prieto, Chloe including Jeremy Brown, Hannaz, Zarea Burwell, Elizaschool music director, beth Padre, Aliya Broadman, choreographer Mat Del Jelani Eddings, Jazlyn JohnRosario, set and costume designer Kayti Lathrop, and son, Rain Hannsz, Cougar Lisa Squire helping with the Carlson, Sophia Stedman, Ginger Hilliard, Darla Squire, poster design. and Ella McCann. “I used to dance in big Krovoza said it’s importproductions, including Cirque du Soleil,” Del Rosario ant to keep the performing said. After doing this awhile, arts in the schools. “I remember performing I decided I would come in school plays when I was home — I was born and a student at Kilauea School, raised on Lanai — and and I was a part of the Kauai teach our young people that they, too, can become Performing Arts Center during high school,” she a dancer and performer.” said. “There are a lot of talThere is an admission of ented kids in our communi$10 for adults and $5 for ty who don’t have the time students on both nights and resources to commit to where the students will a Hawaii Childrens Theater take the audience on a production, so my ultimate tour through 17 musical goal is to give the kids in numbers, including “I’m a our community a place to Believer” by The Monkees. shine. It’s a lot of work, but Including the main the kids have a blast —an characters, other students performing include Chelsea that’s what it’s really all Santiago, Darla Squire, Hav- about.”
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executive director of HAF. “Localicious restaurants are an integral part of this movement, and we thank them for coming together to elping Hawaii’s future farmers is as make this year’s campaign the biggest ever.” easy as picking up a menu. Localicious Hawaii aims to raise public The fifth annual Localicious Hawaii awareness of restaurants that are active is celebrating the role restaurants play in supporters of the state’s agricultural industry. supporting local agriculture in a month-long Proceeds raised from the promotion help dining out promotion that started March 1. fund HAF’s educational programs, including A record 262 restaurants are participating Where Would Be Without Seeds, Veggie U, in “Localicious,” the state’s largest restaurant AquaPono Aquaponics, In The Fields, and initiative. Kids Cooking Local. During the campaign that coincides with “Localicious plays an important role in National Agricultural Day, participating uniting restaurants, the agriculture industry, restaurants will designate one or more menu and consumers with a common goal of items that incorporate locally grown, caught moving Hawaii to a more sustainable future,” or raised products as a Localicious dish. For said Russell Hata, president and CEO of Chefevery Localicious dish ordered throughout Zone. “In addition to gathering support from the month of March, restaurants will donate the restaurants and the community, Locali$1 to the Hawaii Agricultural Foundation to cious supports longevity in the agriculture support agricultural education programs in industry by introducing ag-related careers to public schools statewide. children at a young age.” “Our mission is to strengthen Hawaii’s agriSince the program’s launch in 2014, cultural industry and the future of local food production,” said Denise Hayashi Yamaguchi, SEE DELICIOUS, PAGE 5
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lei Taro & Juice Co., Hukilau Lanai, Japanese Grandma Cafe, Lava Lava Beach Club Continued from page 4 Kauai, Mark’s Place, MCS Grill, Oasis on the Beach, Localicious has raised more Plantation Gardens, Verde Restaurant (both Kapaa and than $170,000 to provide Lihue locations) and 7-Elev70 public schools and 200 en Hawaii. classrooms statewide with “As a local business owner garden kits and structured in a small community, we agriculture-related curricucan identify with the challums. lenges any other local busiThe program is currentnesses of any industry face ly only offered to fourth to cultivate sustainability,” graders with the intent to expand to other grade levels said Maris Manzano, owner of Kauai’s Verde Restauin the future. rant. “Localicious is a great This year’s goal is to raise opportunity to specifically $50,000. “Kauai is an important part promote local food, grown or made, as a platform to of the Hawaii Agricultural Foundation’s 5th annual Lo- support local families, to calicious restaurant initiative, preserve farmland, to invest in long-term food security with the number of Kauai and to engage a connecrestaurants growing each tion between grower and year,” said Rebecca Pang, consumer.” initiative spokeswoman. Kauai restaurants participating in Localicious include Anuenue Cafe, Eating House by Roy Yamaguchi in Koloa, Gaylord’s at Kilohana, Hana-
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DISNEY’S ‘WRINKLE’ IS A CLUTTERED, DIZZYING JUMBLE JOCELYN NOVECK ASSOCIATED PRESS
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o ahead, pick your favorite young, villain-vanquishing fantasy heroine. Meg Murry probably came first. Katniss Everdeen? She arrived in 2001. Hermione Granger? That was 1997. Elphaba, the green girl from “Wicked”? 2003. But Meg, the reluctant, bespectacled heroine of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic “A Wrinkle in Time,” has been with us, and on the shelves of middle-schoolers, since 1962. Enter Ava DuVernay,
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tapped by Disney to put her own spin on this tale of self-discovery across the space-time continuum, for the big — REALLY big — screen. Talk about pressure. And the talented “Selma” director does not shy away from the task of adapting the story to the 21st century. With the help of a terrifically diverse cast anchored by the sweet — but too sweet, here — newcomer Storm Reid, and A-listers like Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon, DuVernay has made a film that is unabashedly — some might SEE ‘WRINKLE’, PAGE 6
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FUN AND GAMES IN PARADISE CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY
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ames are a part of every culture and Hawai’i is no exception. Hawaiian games are exciting and fun, even if you are just a spectator! Reports note how hundreds, even
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relentlessly — of the moment. Hip-hop quotes,
thousands would attend. Just as those that engage in the perpetuation and revival of Hawaiian tradition, culture, and language today, those Hawaiian ancestors truly cherished these games and held them dear to their hearts. “Hawaiian Games To Play” has been a wonderful addition our store’s Hawaiian book offerings. This second edition, tall, 80-page, beautifully-illustrated hardcover book features fifty-four traditional Hawaiian games, such as hakoko (Hawaiian
wrestling), moa pahe‘e (dart sliding), and kōnane (Hawaiian checkers). It provides a how-to on each game along with explanatory illustrations. The games are intended for all ages and are appropriate for classrooms, family gatherings, makahiki, and community events. Dr. Mitchell’s carefully researched descriptions offer unique insights into Hawaiian traditions of skillfulness, intelligence, and creativity. The text — accompanied by Oliver Kinney’s lively illustrations — offers important
clues about Hawaiian language, culture, social relationships, and connection to the ‘aina (nature). These games and sports are currently being revived all over Hawaii in schools as well as communities both rural and urban. To the casual viewer, these games may appear to be frivolous fun. However, a deeper look would reveal that they are well-designed exercises that develop physical, mental, and spiritual strength.
This book’s author, Dr. Donald Kilolani Mitchell, was a major force in establishing Hawaiian studies both inside and outside the classroom. He received numerous honors and awards for his scholarship, teaching, and
lifetime commitment to Hawaiian studies, particularly for his defining work on the “cultural peaks” of pre-contact Hawaiians. His dedication to keeping Hawaiian culture alive and sharing it with others has paved the way for many to follow in making Hawaiian culture a living part of our world. ••• Ed and Cynthia Justus are owners of The Bookstore in Hanapepe.
eating disorders, a “Hamilton” reference? Yup, yup, yup. It’s also all over the map, in every way possible. It’s visually gorgeous at times but then boring to behold at
others, emotionally poignant at times but stunningly cloying at others. It’s also confusing (though to be fair, many might call the book confusing, too.) Mostly, it’s just a frustrating whole comprised of some pretty promising parts. We begin, as “Wrinkle” fans surely know, with that “dark and stormy night.” It’s been four years since Meg’s beloved father, a physicist, disappeared mysteriously. Dad (not really the nerdy type we imagined from the book, but it’s Chris Pine so, OK) had been exploring serious issues involving time travel. And now he’s gone, leaving Meg (Reid), her mom (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and precocious little brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) wondering if they will ever see him again. The outside world is dismissive, including the school principal, who flat-out
tells Meg her dad probably won’t be coming back. Meg has problems at school — she’s said to be aggressive and troublesome, although frankly, this is hard to see from Reid’s appealingly thoughtful, sweet demeanor. When Meg throws a ball into the face of the reigning mean girl, Veronica, landing her in the principal’s office, it seems strangely out of character. In any case, soon Meg, Charles Wallace and friend Calvin (Levi Miller), whose quirky character has sadly been turned into a blandly handsome nothing, will be on their journey, via a time travel concept called a tesseract (verb: tessering), to find Dr. Murry. Accompanying them on this perilous quest, at various stages, is a triumvirate of very entertaining older women, er, celestial beings — Mrs. Whatsit (Wither-
spoon), Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling) and Mrs. Which (Winfrey). Witherspoon is the most engaging of the bunch — ditzy and charming and, at 2,379,152,497 years of age, the youngest of the group. Winfrey’s Mrs. Who is the grande dame, imposing with dramatic white hair, sparkling lips and eyes in various hues, and gems across her forehead, exhorting Meg to be a warrior in tones that recall the late poet Maya Angelou; Winfrey has said she was channeling both Angelou and the good witch Glinda. Would that Winfrey could speak Angelou’s own words, though, rather than the often hollow lines she’s given by screenwriters Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell. Kaling’s character is the least compelling, maybe because she’s “evolved past language” and thus only allowed to spout quotes from others, a diverse bunch that includes Buddha,
OutKast, Kahlil Gibran, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. After an initial stay on the ravishing planet Uriel, and a visit to the Happy Medium (a comic Zach Galifianakis, clad, as he notes, in earth tones), the kids end up on the frightening planet of Camazotz, ruled by the dark force called It. Their time here is the most visually interesting of the film, especially the scene of scarily alike children bouncing the same balls at the same moment outside the same houses. Here, they will find Dr. Murry, but their journey will put Charles Wallace in grave danger, and Meg will be called upon to decide just how brave she can be. While the faults of this film decidedly do not make it stronger, maybe its well-meaning spirit will be enough to appeal to a new generation of Meg Murry fans.
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Gwen Aguinaldo, Grace McAnarney, Adam Lawrence
Juliana Tampus, Jason Muramaru, Iry Boboshko, Trevyn Pless
Jennifer Marcil, Janique Marcil, Ella Marcil
‘CIRCUS’ BOWL FOR THE KIDS
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JL, Bennette Rasalan, Ryan Suniga
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Darius Foster, Justyce Enrique
Jennifer Sakamoto, Joshua Rondon, Nakia Keller, Samira Siale
Aldrich Obiano, Rozalyn Mabini
IHUE — Samira Siale of the Enterprise Rent A Car team had the answers for the circus-themed bowling fundraiser for the Big Brothers Big Sisters, Kauai. “We had a horse ready to go,” Siale said of the costumed entourage. “We even had a lion cutout for a dog, but they would have had to stay outside the bowling alley, and no one would go outside to look at them.” Siale and the Enterprise team was one of many who had fun while raising money for the Big Brothers Big Sisters, Kauai at the 9th annual bowling fundraiser. “This has been such a crazy time,” said Kaulana Finn, regional director for the Big Brothers Big Sisters, Kauai. “The bowling event is sold out, and it looks like we’ve raised $28,000 — all the money raised here, staying here for our programs.” Big Brothers Big Sisters, Kauai has a mission of helping childen reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors who have a measurable and positive impact on youth, contributing to better schools, better futures, and a stronger community.
Standing: Kaulana Finn, Dennis Brown. Seated: Nicole Cowan, Mamo Cummings-Graham
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