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what happens to our cases every time travel increases significantly? Most people are doing their part. Maui can end community spread because most of us are still being careful, listening to science and good advice. The press needs to call out elected officials who keep gaslighting us, and telling us it is our fault cases are up. It is obvi ously a lack of good policy, plans, and enforcement. That is what the press should be doing and is not. Instead the press continues to fan the flames, and contribute to di vision among residents, by giving attention to these misinformed, well-funded, fringe groups. They are a small but very vocal minority. They don’t speak for all of us. Most of us are quietly going about our day doing everything we can to #ProtectHawaii and stop the spread of COVID. This is why Hawai’i has done better than any other state. We love and care for our communi ty, and have committed ourselves to doing right by each other. The people doing good should be the ones getting press coverage and attention, because they tremen dously outnumber the ones who don’t care.
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Also on Oct. 1, Gov. Ige extended his statewide COVID-19 emergen cy declaration, which prohibits spectators at sporting events among other restrictions.
“The overall intent is to create a naturalistic feeling on the property and minimize its visibility from any public area,” a 1999 county environ mental assessment report for the property states.
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Jeff Bezos’ newly acquired property on South Maui’s La Pérouse Bay includes a Hawaiian fishpond, granting ownership of the ocean to the world’s second-richest man.
Maui’s Richest New Resident, Mr. Jeffrey Bezos
Between the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve and the lava fields parking lot, the property sits on what might be the only sand remaining on the southern coastline since Haleakala’s last lava flows in the 1750s covered most of it, according to the report. The sand is the last remain ing tie to the area’s name, Keone‘o‘io, meaning “sands of the bonefish.”
Victorino said that while the 0majority of the Kanaha residents had been sheltered elsewhere, 16 individuals had refused. He did not specify the type of shelter offered or how long those who accepted would be allowed to stay.
"You can lead the jackass to water but you cannot make ’em drink.”
Per Victorino’s edict, spectators will be required to sit in household “pods” of 10 or fewer, remain at least six feet from other groups and wear masks. - JS
- Mayor Mike Victorino, repeating “an old saying from [his] day” while discussing the “clean-up” of the homeless encampment on Amala place, where more than 50 houseless individuals were living in tents and vehicles between the Kahului Wastewater Treatment Plant and Kanaha Beach Park.
Mayor Victorino Bucks Gov. Ige, Lifts Sports Attendance Ban
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The property’s total value was assessed at more than $46 million in 2021, county records show. The sale went unreported in public records because Bezos bought the holding company that owned the land, best known as the Carter Estate.
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On the morning that the cleanup was scheduled for completion, a number of homeless men along the road just outside the blockaded cleanup area were organizing their belongings into shopping carts and vehicles, prepar ing to leave Amala place for another vacant space where they were not as urgently unwelcome. - VG
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The land contains 10 archaeological sites that the report said include the remains of an old Hawaiian church where some congregants would arrive by canoe until the priest committed suicide before the Second World War. A local cited in the report said that a rock “resembling a Ha waiian male’s face … watches over the fishpond.” The report states that there are no known religious sites, heiau, or graves on the property.
The acquisition coincides with Bezos donating to nine Maui nonprofits in the past two months, after he made a $1.25 million grant to the Family Life Center last December. - JT
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Beginning Oct. 1, Mayor Mike Victorino announced he will allow specta tors to be present at sporting events not sanctioned by the Department of Education, in a refutation of Gov. David Ige’s mandate.
Jeff Bezos, the second richest man in the world and Amazon founder, and his partner, news anchor Lauren Sánchez, have acquired land on Maui, sources familiar with the deal confirmed with MauiTimes. The 14-acre property on La Pérouse Bay in Makena includes the remains of a Hawaiian fishpond, allowing Bezos to own a piece of the ocean.
Themonth.mostcurrent credible report of little fire ants on Maui came from Kaupakalua Road in Haiku in September 2020, but they have been spot tedResidentsislandwide.can request a free ant-collection kit, get advice on detection and prevention and monitor recent sightings at stoptheant.org. - JS
Number who arrived that same week in 2019
Little red fire ants are a scant 1/20th of an inch long (roughly the width of a penny). But they’re listed among the 100 worst invasive species on the planet, per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) because of their nasty bites and pernicious nature.
$15209,197139,2482213,136MillionSources:MauiCounty;HawaiiDepartmentofBusiness,EconomicDevelopmentandTourism;HawaiiTourism Authority. NEWS AND EVENTS New Reported Hawaii COVID Cases Tests Hospitalized Deaths Source: New York Times
Local Birds Placed on Extinction List
That includes the Maui akepa, Maui nukupu‘u and the Moloka‘i creeper.
“Species endemic to islands face a heightened risk of extinction due to their isolation and small geographic ranges,” said Fish and Wildlife repre sentative Brian Hires.
Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands have more than 650 species of animals and plants listed under the Endangered Species Preservation Act, making Hawai‘i home to more endangered species than any other state. - JS
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On Sept. 29, the US Fish and Wildlife Service put 23 new species on its extinction list, including eight birds from Hawaii’i.
Number who arrived that same week in 2020
Number of visitors who arrived in Hawai'i during the week of Sept. 27-Oct. 3
Revenue the county expects to collect in the coming fiscal year from a three percent transient accommodations tax, which the County Council unanimously approved on Oct. 1. Numbersthe
Get the Ants Out (Not You, Auntie!)
Number of COVID-19 “clusters” under investigation in Maui County in the final two weeks of September, the highest in the state.
Native to South America, they’ve taken hold in Hawai‘i and on Maui Nui via imported goods. Their bites are blinding to pets and painful for your okole, hence the designation of October as “Spot the Ant, Stop the Ant”
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After coming up as a Kula-born baseball standout, Maui’s Kurt Suzuki is now a grizzled Major League Baseball veteran. Surely that’s hard to believe for those who recall his youthful exploits,
Now, Suzuki is staring down the barrel of retirement from the only profession he’s ever known.
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Baldwin High grad Kurt Suzuki may be bidding farewell to his big league career.
“I have no regrets,” Victorino said. “We tried our best.”
“He’s valuable to all of us,” Angels manager Joe Maddon told The Ath letic ’s Sam Blum on Sept. 23. “Just tremendous energy every day. He’s got 17 years? That’s a lot of squat.”
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n Sept. 24, Maui Mayor Mike Victorino ap peared on Spotlight Live , a livestream host ed by the Honolulu Star-Adver tiser . The conversation (after the Mayor was reminded to unmute himself) mostly hinged—unsurpirs ingly—on COVID-19 and the coun ty’sSomeresponse.ofVictorino’s most pointed remarks came when he was asked for his thoughts on vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-resistant residents.
plant, which MauiTimes’ Viola Gaskell reported on extensively in our September issue.
but that’s the fleeting nature of proSuzuki,sports.who graduated from Baldwin High in 2001, made his MLB debut with the Oakland Ath letics in 2007. Since then, he’s made an All-Star team with the Minnesota Twins in 2014 and won a World Series with the Washing ton Nationals in 2019.
I’ve got three kids, and I’d like to be part of their lives,” Suzuki said. “When the time comes, you know, we’ll have that discussion.”
See this week’s Overheard (page 6) for a different quote from the mayor on the evolving situation.
In 2021, he’s managed a middling .230 batting average with six home runs for the Los Angeles Angels at age 37. He’s also served as catcher
“We do have a group of people who don’t want to get vaccinated,” he said. “They’re very vocal [and] it’s difficult to deal with. But we all kind of know by sci ence itself that those who are vaccinated [get] less sick, nor mally [don’t] luithePlacecampmentsofaboutVictorinothebelievewhenbutsciencehospitalization.needThespeakstoit,it’sreallydifficultpeopledon’tinit.”Neartheendofhalf-hourstream,wasaskedrecentsweepsthehomelessenatAlamainKanahanearWailuku-KahuWastewaterTreatment
It’s been 15 years, but Maddon’s point
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for two-way Japanese sensation Shohei Ohtani, who has dominated MLB as both a hitter and pitcher in historic fashion. The pair report edly developed a bond early in the season, which endured even as the Angels faded from the playoff race.
Victorino insisted the county handled the issue properly, de spite criticism from the ACLU and others that there was not enough available housing to relocate the displaced individuals.
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But on an island where land is finite and resources are scarce, ex tracting natural resources is rarely tenable. Maui has one cement quarry and no timber producers. Hemp and bamboo, both fast-growing, sus tainable building materials, stand a slim chance of garnering per-acre profits that would repay investment as quickly as a real estate sale that precedes the construction of a luxury home built with 99% imported mate rials.Hawaiʻi’s status as the most iso lated populated place in the world, thousands of miles from its closest neighbors, nearly 2,400 miles from the U.S. Mainland and 4,000 miles from Japan, has its perks: remark able biodiversity, clear seas and skies, and a distinctive way of life.
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Is Maui destined to rely on imports to build its homes or do local materials stand a chance?
Whispering Winds, a 230-acre farm in Kipahulu, grows 12 species of timber
p a steep driveway in Kīpahulu, past fruit trees and dense jungle, out croppings of bamboo begin to appear, stitched into the mountainside. Dusky black stalks and tea-green shoots adorn the landscape at Whispering Winds, a 230-acre farm cooperative where Rich von Wellsheim has been grow ing bamboo for nearly two decades.
But with some of the most expen sive real estate in the country and a dearth of salaries commensurate with mortgages, reliance on imports for nearly all building materials has become another one-way economic street that sets homeownership be yond reach for residents.
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A Bamboo Living home built on Maui in 2020.
Building with Southeast Asian bamboo lacks the hale’s cultural impetus for approval, but sustain ability and inching toward self-suf ficiency are motivation enough for entrepreneurs like von Wellsheim
Bamboo has long been a struc tural building material in tropical regions such as Bali, the Philippines and Brazil, but it wasn’t allowed in the U.S. until 2007 when Ha waiʻi-based architect David Sands got a single species of bamboo grown in Vietnam approved by the International Code Council (ICC). The rigorous species- and site-spe cific approval process, which took Sands seven years, would have to be replicated (hopefully more expe diently) if he were to grow the same bamboo in Hawaii.
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investment that no Hawaii bamboo farmers have been willing to make. So, for now, von Wellsheim builds ag ricultural structures—“sheds.”
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Whispering Winds would have to spend nearly $150,000 per species to get their bamboo approved by the ICC for structural, residential building—an
things, had air cargo space not been reserved weeks in advance.”
Every few years, Maui County develops a new affordable housing plan, and each time the plan states that the county will invest in local building materials to reduce reliance on imports and foster a more sustain able production supply that keeps construction capital in Hawaiʻi.
“On Maui,” he continued, “you could live your day-to-day life and not really remember that you're on an island that can potentially be cut off from supplies of things that you need until a disruption like this happens.”Sands,of Bamboo Living, said he spent nearly $500,000 getting the Vietnamese bamboo approved. “We just kept working on it even though it was a 10-year labor of love,” he said of the time he spent supporting himself as an architect and working long hours to get bamboo building off the Mauiground.County Council can write additional building codes in tandem with the ICC code, which they use for residential permitting. They just have to be willing to accept any added liability. In 2002, Hawaiian hale building was inducted into the Maui County building code, and the state followed Maui’s example. Kiawe, eucalyptus, and hi'a were among the half-dozen woods ap proved for framing the structure of the hale. The council could do the same for bamboo grown in Hawaiʻi.
In 2021, due to pandemic-induced disruptions in the global supply chain, Hawaiʻi builders experienced sky-high material costs, long lead times, and outright unavailability in someNationally,instances.lumber prices in creased by 90% from the previous year, while steel prices rose 67%, and gypsum, the material used to make drywall, went up 12%, accord ing to Harvard’s 2021 Joint Study for Housing.MauiCounty relies almost exclu sively on imports for softwood lum ber, the plywood made from coni fers like pine and fir that is used to construct most homes in Maui Nui.
In May, the price of framing lumber hit a record $1,515 per thousand board feet, 250% higher than the previous spring, when lumber prices were roughly $350 per thousand board feet. The lumber market is now stabiliz ing, but price jumps at Home Depot and Lowe’s over the past year were a reminder that on Maui, there is no viable alternative to the Canadian and California lumber that arrives by barge—reliant on a well-func tioning trans-Pacific supply chain that is largely out of Hawaiʻi’s con trol.University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa historian John Rosa said that at the start of the pandemic Maui County’s reliance on imports might have had “catastrophic consequences had there not been enough planning to bring in pallets upon pallets of
Stronger than conventional ply wood, bamboo is a highly regenera tive resource; stalks grow back ev ery four years after the first harvest. Whispering Winds grows a dozen species of timber bamboo, and von Wellsheim says some of them do as well in Kīpahulu as they do in their native China, with one variety of black bamboo reaching 10 inches wide and 100 feet high.
One alternative crop with build po tential that could be farmed in Central
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and actually make the hempcrete building material here, you could bypass all that shipping, so it is such a potential for sustainability,” she said. “Maybe that's something that we [Maui County] need to look at, and the state needs to look at.”
The extractive nature of the industry would likely be met with opposition on Maui, where logging has not been practiced for decades."
On the east side of Hawaiʻi Island, where the tree had spread widely across 43,000 acres, a division of the Big Island Invasive Species Commit tee (BIISC) nicknamed the Albizia Assassins purportedly felled more than 12,000 albizia trees in 2017. Valenti said the wood from the vast majority of those 12,000 trees could have been used for building but
South and Central Maui, some of the only arable space suitable for large-scale silviculture, the land is too expensive to invest in a crop that requires 20 years of growth and irriga tion before its first harvest. The exotic fruits Mahi Pono has propagated in Central Maui, which will be harvest able sooner and will produce a vastly more frequent yield, will be—in part— luxury exports. Never mind Maui’s 85% reliance on imported food.
and Sands who believe bamboo could compete with conventional timber—with investment and gov ernment support.
There is wood with building poten tial in Hawaiʻi—from the robust kiawe being bulldozed to make way for luxu ry homes in Makena to the variegated eucalyptus—chipped and exported from Hawaiʻi Island, the invasive al bizia decomposing in place, and the bamboo relegated to shed building, to the koa earmarked for luxury use.
In 2016, Maui architect George Rixey built a 6,000-square-foot luxu ry hempcrete home in Kihei. He said the build was approximately 10% more expensive than it would have been using conventional materials,
Even on the dry, dusty plains of
With resources like timber that can be replanted after each harvest, the inherently extractive nature of the industry would likely be met with opposition on Maui, where even selective logging has not been practiced for decades.
lime plaster to create a concrete-like substance that is breathable, dura ble, and resistant to termites, mil dew, water, and fire.
Though Whispering Winds has received grants, there are no signifi cant concessions for aspiring timber farmers in Hawaiʻi—no assistance with land acquisition, road building, harvest mechanization, and no tax breaks. “We’re expected to compete in a market that we don’t get any benefit from,” said von Wellsheim. “From a supply chain point of view, it’s not set up for me.”
The beauty of Maui Nui is deep-set in its volcanic ridges—the grooves of riv ers, jungled cliffs, and steep waterfalls. But this striking geography is inhospi table to much of the agriculture we de pend upon, including timber stands.
The United States government has spent billions of dollars subsidizing logging and building logging roads on federal land. The first major tax break for the timber industry was enacted by Congress in 1943. In 1985 the Washington Post reported the timber industry “boasted rugged in dependence from the government,” while being “on the federal dole to the tune of several billion dollars a year in forgiven taxes, according to the Treasury EnvironmentalDepartment.”thinktank Center for Sustainable Economy found that subsidization of logging on national forest and Bureau of Land Manage ment lands was divesting nearly $2 billion in tax dollars per year from 2013 to 2018—when the Trump administration signed an executive order meant to increase logging in national forests, despite environ mentalists’ concerns.
DeSilva said on Maui only a hand ful of these permits are issued each year because cause for removal is uncommon. Consequently, one of the only downsides to the health of Maui’s forests is the fact that there is very little wood to harvest. In Maui Nui forest reserves, even most invasive trees are under control, ac cording to Statewide,Silva.the removal of inva sives could supply substantially more timber. Albizia, an invasive fire-prone tree, covers around 5% of land in Hawaiʻi, according to Joey Valenti, the director of Hawaiʻi’s Wood Utilization Team, a group of experts working to expand wood production markets in the state. There is incentive to remove albi zia beyond its competition with na tive species. In recent years the brit tle-branched tree has accounted for around 90% of calls involving fallen trees, according to the Hawaiʻi De partment of Transportation.
year they could grow enough hemp on one acre to build a 3,000-squarefoot house. The Kings have only processed their hemp to make CBD extracts, which is more lucrative than hempcrete, but the council woman said she hopes to produce the sustainable building material in the future, once farmers’ concerns over cross-pollination with species grown for their high CBD content are
Lance DeSilva, who heads Maui’s DLNR Forestry division, said that residents often get upset when his team removes a single tree from the forest. “Imagine how people would react to a logging road going through Haiku, with loud trucks strapped with cut logs passing through a neighborhood,” he said.
Producing hempcrete requires a singular industrial machine, a de corticator, which can cost anywhere from $10,000 to $2 million depend ing on output. The decorticator is used to process the hemp stalks, extracting fiber that is mixed with
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and that increase included ordering the materials from Canada since hempcrete was not being made in the U.S. in 2016.
When such trees are felled, wood workers can get a salvage permit, often planing the best pieces for cabinets or wood sculpting and chipping the smaller, less usable pieces for mulch or sawdust.
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DLNR downs trees for forest man agement purposes, thinning when necessary to make space for light and undergrowth and removing dead trees that pose a fire hazard or are at risk of falling on a trail.
have to be careful about using too much if they're not renewable.”
Rich von Wellsheim at the Whispering Winds bamboo processing facility in Kipahulu.Rich von Wellsheim the Whispering Winds processing facility
Maui, if irrigation were sustained, is hemp. Kelly King, Maui County Coun cil’s climate and environment chair, says that farming hemp on Maui to produce the building material hemp crete is “totally viable.”
“If you want to rent me land for a dollar an acre, like the timber com panies on the Mainland are getting their land for—that would help me compete,” said von Wellsheim. “If you want to give me a labor force and subsidize transportation and ev erything else, like you do for the big companies—then yeah, I think bam boo grown on Maui could compete— if the economic analysis was fair.”
King, who started the island’s first industrial hemp farm with her hus band, Robert, in 2019, said she and Robert determined that within a
Rixey said he and his clients would “absolutely” want to use more local materials if they were readily available and affordable. “Everyone would use them, why wouldn't you? That would be great—but there just aren’t any,” he said. “Then again, if there were [local] resources being used, we’d
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Recently, a developer contacted Valenti about using albizia for the shoe racks in an affordable housing project on Oahu. “It's a small item but the scale of 500 units is promis ing,” Valenti said. “If we can start with that and draw some attention to it, then maybe for their next proj ect they’ll use albizia for all of their millwork and doors.”
the risk of investing in the trans formation of unmanaged plantation stands to managed native forest.
Hawai‘i has over 75,000 acres of timber plantations in need of man agement according to the DLNR. A 1999 inventory of non-native timber resources noted that there were over 34 million board feet of timber trees, mostly eucalyptus and southern pine in the Molokai Forest Reserve.
In 2017, Valenti and his team at the University of Hawaiʻi engi neered albizia wood, long over looked as a building material be cause of its brittleness, to compete with the strength of standard lum ber like Douglas fir. Dubbed “The Albizia Project,” Valenti built a 400-square-foot albizia structure in spired by Pacific Island architecture as living proof that the wood could be used to construct a viable home in the Withtropics.agrant from the US Forest ser vice, Valenti is now examining the po tential use of plantation trees, stands of eucalyptus and southern pine, planted in the ‘50s and ‘60s, that have gone decades without management.
likely were not. BIISC confirmed that the trees were left to rot or chipped and given to residents for mulch.
Friday said that while softwood pro duction remains “a difficult one to crack,” the hardwood market could feasibly be reworked to outfit more Maui homes with locally grown wood like koa, eucalyptus, and ʻōhiʻa. Hawaiʻi imported over 10 mil lion board feet of hardwood lumber in 2003, according to The Hawaiʻi Agricultural Research Center.
"With more production comes lower cost, so that a middle class Hawai'i family might be able to build koa floors rather than use snap-in flooring from Home Depot."
Aside from the natural pros of having more native forest, from healthy watersheds and lower fire risk to the conservation of a cul turally significant treasure trove of biodiversity, higher use of local woods means a tighter economic loop. Forestation leads to jobs, from the planting, management, and harvesting, to the millwork and processing of the woods that would render them usable as floors, cab inets, trim, and furniture. Valenti says this benefit to the local econo my is missing from analyses of the expense gap between industrial lumber imports and wood produced in-state. “If we can show the full circle of what can be factored into the cost-benefit analysis of it, I think there is incentive for the state to help offset those expenses.”
$1.50 to $5 per board foot, effective ly ruling out the use of koa in any non-luxury builds.
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Valenti walks up the steps of Lika, the 400-square-foot albizia structure he built at the University of Hawaii Manoa campus.
Forest researcher and woodworker J.B. Friday’s ‘ohi‘a floor at his home on Hawai‘i Island.
Hawai’i residents’ deep-seated aversion to felling native trees, rightfully engendered by the bull dozing of tens of thousands of acres of koa and ʻōhiʻa forests in the ‘50s and ‘60s, may be worth reevaluat ing if their use were to incentivize native reforestation. Growing the market for native wood would lower
spend the extra dollar on these things because I appreciate them,” he said. Would I buy Hawai’i sugar as op posed to sugar from the Mainland? No. Any Hawai’i agricultural product, including timber forestry, is tough if you can just substitute something from somewhere else that is more af fordable or readily available.”
Friday and Valenti say they don’t see Hawaii-produced materials tak ing the place of soft lumber from the Mainland but that hardwoods and other alternative building materials could sustain a small industry for the“ItState.would be great if 5% of the timber on Maui were locally grown bamboo,” said von Wellsheim. Luck ily by his estimate, out-structures, “sheds,” make up more than 5% of timber used on Maui, so von Well sheim might not have to wait for the County or a $150,000 ICC approval to meet his goal.
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Forest researcher and University
Imports and exports versus local use It is a dilemma that has undercut production efforts in Hawai’i for decades. Land becomes more and more valuable, ousting low-margin agriculture to make room for luxury homes. Though Maui has seen a resurgence in small farms in recent years, more substantial agricultural production is often geared toward high-margin exports. Building mate rials are no exception.
A quarter of the wood at Bello’s Millwork, one of the largest mills on Oahu, is now albizia according to Valenti, who partnered with the mill in 2018. “I think that speaks vol umes for what they're seeing as po tential for local products,” he said.
bottlenecks for wood production in Hawaiʻi. Investment from the state to help scale up some of that infrastruc ture would definitely help build the market,” he said. With a bigger mar ket and increased production comes lower cost, so that a middle-class Hawaiʻi family might be able to build koa floors rather than use snap-in flooring from Home Depot—plastic laminate made to imitate non-native mahogany or bamboo.
of Hawaiʻi professor J.B. Friday is impassioned as he talks about the ʻōhiʻa floors in his Hawaiʻi Island home. Despite his desire to see more building with local woods, Friday said the price difference has to be mini mized before it becomes appealing to the average resident. “I have an ʻōhiʻa floor, I drink Kona coffee—I’ll
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Robert McClintock, owner of Pinna cle Millworks in Kahului, said that Hawaiian (Acacia) koa is generally three times the price of similar im ported Acacia species. The DLNR inventory for Hawaiʻi-grown woods prices koa at $22 per board foot, nearly seven times more expensive than other woods ranging from
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De Silva, who has been with Maui County DLNR for 20 years, said that to his knowledge, none of that wood had been used. Valenti would like to see these plantations and forest re serves logged selectively and replant ed with natives like koa and ʻōhiʻa that could be used for hardwood tim ber in the future in a cycle of sustain able harvesting and replanting.
In Hawaiʻi, the size of sawmills and dry kilns (chambers used to remove moisture from wood) are, according to Valenti, “the biggest
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ance hearings months apart, but he missed two of them, prompting a judge to order a bench warrant for his arrest each time. In his most recent sentence, he was ordered to complete 295 hours of community service and pay $14 in driver edu cation fees and $60 in crime victim compensation fees, although he contends his offenses were victim less. The charges grew his debt to the $531 he owes today, an amount he is even less likely to pay.
At the Hawaii Supreme Court, Maui Public Defender Ben Lowenthal is challenging the constitutionality of certain court fees.
a public defender in Wailuku last April, and by the time he started representing Christian this May, he had already handled hundreds of similar cases. Hawai‘i’s system of fees and fines struck him as “barbaric,” compared to California, where he had prac ticed law for more than a decade. “It’s turning people into a perma nent underclass,” Pullman said.
Christian sees his predicament as unfair and self-reinforcing. “I didn’t cause any accidents, I didn’t damage any property, and no one was hurt,” he said. “If a rich person
On a Thursday morning in late September, a dozen people—some in T-shirts, some in aloha shirts— sat in a hall outside a Wailuku district courtroom waiting for their proof of compliance hearing. On the wall by the door, a stack of papers listed 36 names of people expected to show up. Pullman stood before the judge and represented most of the people present. Some hearings went long—five or so minutes—but most flew by. Eventually, the judge reached a stretch of names of peo ple who hadn’t shown up, churning out four bench warrants in four minutes. The next minute, the
judge set the bail for one warrant at $500 that Pullman asked to stay, saying it was only the defendant’s first time driving without a license. The judge reduced it to $250, then moved on, ordering three more warrants in the next two min utes. That morning, many of the warrants were ordered on people charged with driving without a li cense or without insurance.
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Put succinctly by Zach Raidmae, another public defender: “It’s gross, and kind of medieval.”
For Hawai ' i residents low on funds, a simple court fee or fine can perpetuate pov erty and entrenchment in the criminal justice system
“I can't guarantee them any mon ey because I can't even fucking guarantee that I can survive with out being able to drive,” Christian said. He estimates that he drives an average of 20 miles a day, buying groceries and shuttling his son to and from school. “How am I going to feed two kids on Maui without even being able to drive?” he said.
Christian is a 50-year-old single father of two and a glassblower, but making ends meet has been difficult lately since he’s not al lowed to drive from where he lives in Kula. He hasn’t paid the Hawaii Judiciary $531 in court fees and fines, so he received four “stop pers” that prevent him from re newing his driver’s license until he pays up. There’s also a warrant out for his arrest for missing a court-or dered “proof of compliance” hear ing, when a judge would follow up on his debt payments. And his license is suspended for a year. Still, he offered to meet in a Puka lani parking lot—he had to wash his clothes at a nearby laundromat and pick up his 14-year-old son from high school. His faded white van was parked with the tail out of view, to hide the expired safety inspection sticker from five years ago. Christian, who has long dark hair, glasses, and a short graying beard, compared himself to Han Solo of “Star Wars.” “I’ve been dodging the Empire my entire life,” he said. (He asked to use his first name only, citing fear of prosecu tion and Christian’sharassment.)trialsbegan in Sep tember of 2019 when he was caught driving with an overdue vehicle tax, a lapsed safety check, and no insurance. (He had been given the van when he first arrived on-island.) The criminal charge for driving without insurance was dismissed, but the two remain ing infractions left him owing the state $140, an amount he says he remains unable to pay. Since then, he has been charged three more times for driving without a valid license and without insurance. He has attended numerous compli
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While he waits out his license suspension, Christian can’t square his debt to overturn his license stop pers. Prohibited from driving but unwilling, and possibly unable, to stop, he will likely be caught again and charged more fines and fees.
When they are brought to jail, they accrue more costs and receive a new court date to monitor the payment of their now-larger debt. If they remain unable to pay, a “stopper” can go on their license, preventing its renewal. This often results in citations for driving with out a license because they have to drive to work to pay off their debt, to overturn their license stoppers. Inevitably, they keep driving, amass more debt, and spend more time in Therejail.were 707,711 driver’s li cense stoppers active in Hawaii as of October 1, when a spokesperson for the Hawaii Judiciary fulfilled a request for data. That’s about half of Hawai‘i’s population, or 75% of the number of licensed drivers in Hawai‘i in 2019. Of course, some of these stoppers belong to the same individual, and others belong to people who visited and left. Maui County courts issued 69,767 of the active stoppers, while Oahu’s courts issued 457,694, Hawai‘i Is land’s issued 148,342, and Kaua‘i’s issued 31,908. Just in the past year, the state issued 27,879 driver’s li cense stoppers that were active as
The Court Debt Spiral
If you have money in Hawai‘i, a traffic violation or a low-level criminal charge is unlikely to alter the course of your life. If you don’t have money, it could follow you for years, keeping you from driving to work or picking up your kids from school on an island with inade quate public transportation.
could pay for something that a poor person has to go to jail for … that seems
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By Jack Truesdale
Under Hawai‘i state law, judges are tasked with assessing every defendant’s ability to pay and charging them accordingly. Still, people with limited funds often end up owing fees and fines and not paying them on time. When an individual with a criminal charge doesn’t pay on time, the court or ders them to appear before a judge. When they miss a court date, as they often do, a warrant goes out for their arrest with a new charge, contempt of court.
of September 17.
In one notable case, a Maui woman was convicted for driving without a valid license after she crashed a car in 2006, leading to 63 court dates since, with her next scheduled for December 2022. She attended 39 hearings, missed 24, has been sentenced to jail 18 times, and still owes $1,625 in res titution to the “victim,” Kaanapali Operators Association, Inc., which originally requested $2,046.25 in restitution in 2007. In Hawai‘i, fail ing to pay restitution isn’t cause for incarceration, but missing a proof of compliance hearing is.
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While fines are generally puni tive, some fees relate less directly to the charges. Hawai‘i courts have 84 fines and fees they can levy that contribute to the state’s general fund, and 55 that go to “special funds”—reserves that various gov ernment agencies can spend on specific programs. Some special fund programs provide a “service” to the person charged, like driver’s education or an ankle monitor for probation; others don’t clearly re turn anything to the defendant and can be less clearly related to a pros ecutor’s charges.
Ben Lowenthal, another public defender in Wailuku, challenged the constitutionality of such a fee, and two others, before the Hawaii Supreme Court in July. “The court’s acting like a tax collector,” he told MauiTimes. “They’re taking money from people, and they’re putting it in to fund an agency.” Richard Rost, the deputy prosecuting at
The state legislature and county governments set taxes for Hawai‘i residents. At the same time, the legislature mandates that courts impose certain fees on defendants. But some fees behave like taxes, Lowenthal claims, making them “unconstitutional delegations of the taxation power” by the leg islature. “For a lot of these court fees, the legislature is directing sentencing courts to order criminal defendants to fund government services,” Lowenthal said. “And that’s because criminal defendants tend to be people we as a commu nity don’t like.”
When courts become revenue centers for the government, the in dependence of our judicial system is endangered,” Lowenthal wrote. Rost disagreed, saying, “It’s the legislature that’s deciding how much these fees will be. I don’t think that there’s any threat to the independence of the Judiciary.”
torney representing the state and fighting Lowenthal’s appeal, said, “We disagree with that analysis.”
In exchange for the internet crimes against children fee, for example, “No service or benefit is rendered,” Lowenthal wrote in his argument. “This is a mandatory contribution ordered upon every convicted defendant to fund the De partment of the Attorney General.”
In 1833, Congress abolished debtor’s prison, and still 150 years later, the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot incarcer ate an individual unable to pay a fee or fine, unless their refusal to pay is willful. Today, people who cannot afford their court debt don’t always end up in jail, but they can be punished with a different sort of confinement: a suspended or nonrenewable license. In 2018, the Washington Post reported that at least 41 states, and Washington D.C., suspended or revoked more than seven million licenses of driv ers who failed to pay traffic tickets or respond to tickets by showing up in court.
For example, Hawai‘i law man dates that sentencing courts “shall order every defendant to pay an in ternet crimes against children fee of up to $100 for each felony or misde meanor conviction,” unless a judge finds the defendant unable to pay. This means that even defendants whose crime is unrelated to inter net crimes against children must pay into a special fund which the Department of the Attorney General then funnels to local law enforce ment to investigate and prosecute internet crimes against children.
In 2020, U.S. Representative Jerr old Nadler (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the State Justice Improvement Act, an attempt to reform this system na tionally, but the legislation didn’t receive a vote. The bill, H.R. 6061, is damning: It states that there is “no clear evidence that fines and fees are an effective crime deter rent,” that some people committed
This should be a civil matter,” Pullman, who also handled this case, wrote in a text. “At least 20 cases stem from missing court dates for that one case and became their own case of contempt of court for which she would do between one and 10 days in jail,” he wrote. “She is poor and mentally unstable and never gonna pay this down.”
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The legislature mandates courts to charge the fee for non-violent crim inal offenses, like driving without a valid license and driving with out insurance, though victims of non-violent crime are not eligible to apply for funds from the CVCC.
Whilemiserable?”Pullmandoesn’t “see such a disparity racially as far as who’s getting these fees” in Hawaii com pared to California, some advocacy groups do. In 2020, testifying in support of an act which would allow people to petition to remove their license stoppers despite their court debt, the Hawai‘i chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs both argued that stoppers harm impov erished people, a disproportionate amount of whom are Native Hawai ians. Later that year, the Hawai‘i
The Hawaii state legislature has passed laws authorizing the judi ciary to charge fines and fees since 1974. According to Lowenthal, the legislature “has abdicated its duty to fund the government services and agencies through appropriations in
care or funeral services. Pamela Ferguson-Brey, executive director of the CVCC, argued that the fee is not unconstitutional. “If you look across the country, the majority of compensation programs are funded in this way. It does not appear that there’s an issue,” she said.
"In 1833, Congress abolished debtor’s prison, and still 150 years later, the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot incarcerate an individual unable to pay a fee or fine, unless their refusal to pay is willful."
Victims of crime can receive restitution after lengthy crimi nal court proceedings, but if the crime was violent, they can also apply to the CVCC for more time
ly funds. “People talk about how offenders cannot afford to pay the restitution, but the reality is the burden is transferred to victims,”
Another charge that Lowenthal is challenging the constitutionality of is the crime victim compensa tion fee. The fee contributes to the state Crime Victim Compen sation Commission, a government agency that compensates victims of violent crime for crime-related expenses like emergency medical
legislature passed the bill, Act 59, but people found guilty of speeding, driving without insurance, or not complying with child support, are considered ineligible to apply.
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crimes against children fee, return ing nothing directly back to the payer, Lowenthal wrote.
State legislators otherwise rarely face organized opposition to fees and fines, said Lisa Foster, co-di rector of the Fines and Fees Justice Center, because they can lean on the notion that “nobody likes crim inals.” Regardless, these debts often go unpaid, resulting in li cense stoppers that further impede debtors’ ability to pay. “What’s the point of having it if nobody’s pay ing,” Foster said, “except to make people
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Ferguson-Brey said. “I think the notion of restorative justice is that the people who commit crime are making good to the community you hurt through committing a crime.”
a crime to pay their court debt, and that the financial burden falls disproportionately on low-income people and people of color, “which in turn aggravates and perpetuates poverty and racial inequalities.”
the general fund and has left our courts with the burden of exacting money from convicted defendants.”
In 2014, the legislature signed the internet crimes against children fund into law, citing “a lack of ded icated resources” that led to “only about two per cent of known child exploitation offenders” being in vestigated. Still, state law requires every sentencing court to order every convicted defendant, no mat ter their crimes, to pay the internet
The legislature stopped funding the CVCC in 2003, so it has relied on the court-ordered fee, plus fed eral matching funds, to pay staff salaries and victims. The most recent data, from the 2019 CVCC annual report, shows that between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019, the CVCC made 536 payouts—70% of which were $350 or less—totalling $321,707.08. But since the CVCC’s inception in 1998, “the cost of employees has increased signifi cantly,” said Ferguson-Brey, whose salary rose from $78,132 in 2012 to $135,720 in 2020, according to Ho
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Twice a week, Joyce and Harold make 50 to 100 lei and deliver them to Foodland stores throughout the is land. Now and then, when they have a request for tuberose or orchids, they buy blooms from Maui Floral,
Maui Floral grows protea and other tropicals, while procuring lei flowers and premade lei from Ha wai‘i, Thailand, and South America. Carver Wilson, who started Maui Floral with his wife, Maureen, 45 years ago, said he imports around half of his lei product and sources the other half from within Hawai‘i.
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“Fifty years ago, Kimo Drive in Kula was all carnation farms—small farms dedicated to growing carnations for lei,” he said. “They are all gone now—competition came, farmers got older and retired, things changed.”
“We used to pick the ‘ilima every three days,” Harold said. “Now, we have to pick them every day or they will start to wilt before they are completely open—if the deer don’t get to them first.”
The Fukushimas are a novelty these days; the couple, who say they plan to retire soon, are some of the last commercial lei makers on-is land who almost exclusively use their own flowers.
oyce Fukushima, 69, and her husband, Harold, 72, live down a dusty driveway off Na‘alae Road in Kula on the same property where her father farmed vegetables while Joyce was growing up. Her father’s vegetable plots have grown fallow in recent years, but Harold and Joyce have kept their plumeria, ‘ilima, and crown flower bushes irrigated, upright, and blossoming in the intensifying heat.
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an upcountry grower and wholesaler that sells flowers and lei to super markets and hotels on-island.
Maui lei makers preserve the authenticity of the traditional garland while hotels import purple orchids by the
Farming flowers is not easy on Maui. Aside from newer threats in cluding deer and intensifying heat, longstanding hindrances such as insects, sparse and expensive labor, and high real estate prices show no sign of abating.
since 2016 according to state data.
When he was young, “almost all of the lei flowers came from Ha wai‘i,” Carver said. But as global trade exploded after 1970, opening Hawai‘i up to international imports, blooms from Thailand, Taiwan, and South America presented a cheaper alternative to Hawai‘i flowers.
I’d like to buy all of our flowers in Hawai‘i,” Carver said, “but the cost and availability makes it difficult.” He added that Hawai‘i weather contributes to the unpredictability of supply, whereas in Thailand, “they have the perfect climate for dendrobium orchids.”
Hawai‘i’s average annual tem peratures have seen new highs
Hawai‘i farms once produced many of the bright purple dendrobium or chid blooms used in-state. In 2014, the 27 farms growing the floral em blem of tourism sold nearly 6 million blooms, but by 2018 only 18 farms
Lauren Shearer, the Maui lei mak er behind ultra-sustainable brand Hawai‘i Flora and Fauna, has been redirecting the spotlight with her eccentric, asymmetrical, and wabi wabi-esque lei. The 31-year-old artist sees lei as wearable art, rich with history, but ripe to experimen tation. “I try to put a lei on every day,” Shearer said.
Next generation: the foragers
At the foot of the West Maui Mountains, Noah Harders, 27, picks ginger on the side of the road, a stone’s throw from his family home in Waikapu. A man in a white pick up waves as he drives by. “That’s
my uncle,” Harders said, “it’s all family around here.”
Andaz Maui, a resort in Wailea, orders around 3,000 white orchid lei and 2,000 kukui lei per month, plus 2,000 purple orchid blooms per week for lei making classes. Nakai Zaima, assistant director of opera tions, said he would prefer to sup port Hawai‘i flower farms but he’d had difficulty finding vendors who steadily met their demand.
“It has become this whole pro cess for me of going out and ex ploring and finding these things in nature,” he said. “So as much as I could use leftover flowers from weddings or buy materials, it just doesn't inspire me as much as it does to go into an open field and find that, ‘Oh my god, there are hundreds of tiny little flowers on the ground—I'm just gonna sit here for two hours and pick them up.’”
Harders has posted nearly 60 of his masks since he started making them in Inspired2019.by
In the past 20 years, Ha wai‘i-grown lei flower sales in gen eral declined more than 50%, from $3.5 million in 1998 to $1.7 million in 2018. Aside from high labor and land costs for farmers, specific inci dents have had a lasting effect on local supply chains.
“Supply here isn’t as steady be cause if we have a dry season or if there's a heatwave or heavy rain, it typically won’t allow for us to or der the quantity we need, whereas when they come from overseas, we have a steadier supply.” Zaima said. Andaz Maui’s supplier, Leis by Ron in Honolulu, orders lei that now fly from Thailand to Los Angeles to Ho nolulu before arriving in Wailea.
remained, and the number of blooms sold dropped to 3.5 million. At the same time, sales of the less import able, more fragile plumeria dropped from 12 million blooms to 7 million.
Harders is picking silky, yellow ginger and succulent, white tur meric flowers to make a floral mask that he will don, style, photograph, and post to his increasingly pop ular Instagram profile @Waikapu.
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The undercurrent of lei tradi tions amongst locals has not dis appeared; high-school seniors are still adorned with lei on graduation day and, aside from COVID, Lei Day (May 1) remains a vibrantly floral, fragrant affair. But aside from local politicians and hotel employees, lei have become increasingly novel for locals, adornments reserved for spe cial occasions once or twice a year.
Harders in the mask he crafted from ginger and turmeric flowers.
Eric Tanouye, president of the Hawai‘i Floriculture and Nursery Association, said that Hawai‘i flower farms have had a hard time recovering from hits to the tour ism industry, including the attack on the Twin Towers and the 2008 recession. Then in 2018, Hawai‘i Island floriculturists lost hundreds of thousands of dollars when their orchids were destroyed by the Kilauea eruption. “I think that did some really lasting damage,” Ta nouye said. “When things like that happen, supply shifts, and it's really hard to recover.”
For the millions of tourists arriving in Maui Nui, ‘aloha’ became syn onymous with garlands of purple orchids flown 6,600 miles from Thai land to Hawai‘i and placed around their necks in the lobbies of corpo rate-owned hotels.
For years, lei appeared to be heading toward commercialization, another fixture of Hawaiian culture adapted and marketed en masse to give tourists the feeling of ‘aloha.’
Noah Harders holds a bunch of turmeric flowers he picked from his auntie’s yard in Waikapu.
a wide range of creative lineages, from traditional Hawaiian weaving and lei-making to science fiction and high fash ion, Harders says the concepts of his masks usually start with the plants and other materials he finds, as do his fantastic floral in stallations and atypical lei made from ginger and protea petals that he cuts to an identical size and strings immaculately.
to 15 cents during the pandemic, meaning that for Andaz, plumeria lei made on Maui are priced compet itively. But after he ordered around 5,000 lei in a month from a local vendor, only to receive 2,200, he re turned to relying on Leis by Ron and their Thai “Honestlyorchids.it'snot really about the price,” Zaima said. “It's all about being able to continue to provide us with a consistent, steady stream of lei.” How the flowers were grown and preserved, and the car bon footprint of flying them across the Pacific are secondary concerns forCarver,now. of Maui Floral, said he sees the divergent paths of lei as part of a larger socioeconomic reality. “It is like food culture in a way: On the one hand you have an expensive, carefully sourced, curat ed lei, and then you have low-cost, high-volume, mass-produced lei.”
He added that both genres have a place in 21st century Hawai‘i, where the tourism industry’s growth has outpaced all forms of local production from lei flowers to tropical fruits. “I’ve basically con cluded that one of the most import ant things is the spirit in which the lei is given,” he said.
Shearer agrees that even mass-produced, imported lei have a purpose, but says she hopes that rather than import hikes, future growth happens here, where “the community is working towards a super natural, sustainable market. That is the main direction that everyone seems to be wanting to go in.”
Palm bracts and seeds are one of the many atypical plants Shearer forages for lei making.
At a resort in Wailea, Shearer was given a lei made from purple orchids and plastic crown flower beads. “I counted 32 plastic crown flower beads in the lei, and all I could think was, ‘I really hope tour ists don’t think they can throw their lei in the ocean and make a wish with this lei!”
Lauren Shearer makes a palm seed lei at her studio shop Hawai'i Flora and Fauna in Haili'imaile.
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Shearer and Harders are floral art ists but first they are foragers. Both grew up on-island making lei for special occasions, birthdays, and Lei Day, but it wasn’t until they returned to Maui after attending college on the Mainland and Oahu that they turned their attention to more atypi cal foliage, from palm bracts to night blooming jasmine, that grew all around them, often by the roadside. Harders said he was discouraged by the iconicism of dendrobium. “We barely even grow purple or chids here, so to have them coming in by the thousands makes me like, ‘Wait a second—how is this helping the local economy? How is this Ha waiian? How is this authentic?’”
About seven years ago, lei mak ers like Shearer and floral artists like Harders started what has since been dubbed a “lei renaissance”—a new generation of artisans from Hawai‘i prioritizing sustainability and a sense of place over a cheap, consistent supply.
“but at the price point they can’t scaleShearer’sit.” lei are considered spe cialty, but there are farmers in-state who grow plumeria by the thou sands who might stand a chance competing with imported lei prices. Zaima said that the price per out-ofstate bloom increased from 6 cents
The Four Seasons and Marriott hotels order specialty lei from Shearer for their VIP guests, but the vast majority—thousands of lei each month—are made from ro bust dendrobium orchids flown in from Thailand. “I think they would love to give all of the guests these kinds of lei, local lei,” Shearer said,
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ai Lenny, a born and raised Maui surfer, grew up watching his idols tackle waves thought impossible at Pe‘ahi. He channels this mindset and draws from his multidisciplinary background to take big-wave surfing to new Lenny,heights.28,isan eight-time standup paddle world champion, distin guished kitesurfer and windsurfer, and recently paddled on his hy drofoil across four major Hawaiian channels. With his creativity and energy in the ocean, Lenny is con stantly experimenting with emerg ing watersports, far ahead of any other athletes.
Starting with his first ride at four years old at Ukumehame, the book features Lenny’s most memorable
ons John John Florence and Billy Kemper recount the feeling of drop ping the competition mindset to experience the pure joy of surfing. Maui’s Ian Walsh recollects getting destroyed chasing a typhoon swell in Japan. Pa‘ia Fish Market even gets a shoutout.
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He uses his expertise in multi ple sports, making him one of the most dynamic and visionary bigwave surfers. When Lenny was 26 years old, he was inducted into the Surfers’ Hall of Fame. In 2019 and 2020, Lenny earned the World Surf League Big Wave award for Men’s Best Overall Performance. He also placed first with his tow partner, Lucas Chumbo, in the 2020 Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge and won the
who struggles to stay out of the water, has compiled epic stories and action shots from some of the world’s elite big-wave surfers, in cluding himself, in an aptly titled book, “Big Wave Surfer: The Great est Rides of Our Lives,” available on Oct. 19. It is a remarkable tribute to the athleticism, tenacity, and cour age of all big-wave surfers.
"Many names are repeated throughout these pages, revealing the camaraderie and experienc es these athletes share. Often they are competing, but really they are challenging and supporting each other to continue surfing the biggest waves on the planet."
By Grace Maeda
Men’s cbdMD XXL Biggest Wave Award in 2020 for a 70-foot wave at the same notorious surf break.
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waves, followed by stories from pi oneers of big-wave surfing, world champions, and local legends.
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knee ligament. After recovering, she wanted to recreate that adrenaline and excitement found in massive waves. Enever dropped out of the WSL World Tour to surf out of pas sion rather than competition.
The most meaningful story that Lenny shares is the day he teamed up with his younger brother, Ridge. After a demoralizing session at Pe‘ahi, Ridge changed the course of the day by towing Lenny into two massive barrels. “We’ve been talking about the dream of riding these big waves our entire lives, so to fulfill it together is really special,” Lenny told MauiTimes
Woven into these stories are les sons on perseverance, patience, and the ability to make critical decisions in life-or-death situations. Many names are repeated throughout these pages, revealing the camara derie and experiences these athletes share. Often they are competing, but really they are challenging and sup porting each other to continue surf ing the biggest waves on the planet.
Kai Lenny tackles the massive surf — on the ocean and in the pages
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“Big Wave Surfer” also reveals the transformative power of big waves. Australian professional surfer Laura Enever took a brutal fall on a 20-foot wave at Pe‘ahi that resulted in a torn
But one of his more recent ac complishments is one that can be enjoyed lying on the couch. Lenny,
Trailblazer of big-wave paddle surfing Shane Dorian clearly recalls his greatest wave. World champi
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Lenny grew up during the surge of innovative watersports on the North Shore of Maui in the ‘90s and early 2000s. There was the birth of tow-surfing, kite-surfing, hydrofoiling, and the revival of stand-up paddling.
But with sincerity, Lenny said, “The single most impressive thing I’ve seen in the water is the insane power the ocean can produce in the winterOctobermonths.”marks the start of the big wave season. At any moment, Lenny might get a call to hop on a plane for a big-wave competition. As he put it, “One doesn’t really know when the big waves are coming.”
While Lenny believes there is something for everyone in his book, he stressed that there is something for everyone in the ocean. “You don’t have to do what I’m doing. You could be swimming two feet off the shore, and there’s a moment for everyone out there,” he said. “If you’re able to witness, listen, and hear the ocean, it’s the greatest teacher I’ve ever known besides my parents. The ocean has always been there for me but there’s always something to learn.”
Flipping through the pages of “Big Wave Surfer,” there are photos of jaw-dropping rides, gnarly wipeouts, beautiful barrels, and crashing walls of water. World-class photographers in unimaginable angles capture the extraordinary skill of these athletes surfing 20- to 70-foot waves, under scoring the sheer strength of the ocean. The result is enthralling.
“The most common thing I see are turtles. Those are the equivalent of seeing a cat on the street. I guess on Maui, it’s more like seeing a chicken,” he joked.
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Each sport demands agility and dexterity. While windsurfing and kite surfing, Lenny harnesses the wind to propel himself down enor mous walls of water. Paddling into these waves requires him to navi gate the currents and strategize the take-off. Switching to a tow board and grabbing the tow rope, Len ny focuses on performance, like a snowboarder maneuvering down a mountain.ForLenny, big-wave surfing proves riskier than other aquatic sports but comes with unparalleled thrills. “If
At Pe‘ahi, what he now considers his backyard, Lenny will draw on his multidisciplinary background, ro tating between five to six sports on 20-foot plus waves. It tests his ability to adapt while allowing him creative freedom. “I consider all of them tools to enjoy the ocean. Each one gives a unique experience the other can’t and that’s what’s really fun about it,” he said. “The artform of riding waves is what I love to do.”
Inspired by real-life heroes and fueled by ceaseless energy, Lenny set ambitious goals in each sport. He secured sponsorships, won world titles, and set world records.
Take away the accolades and recognition, and Lenny would still be surfing enormous waves. “I’ve always approached big-wave surfing as the more spiritual side of my surf ing,” he Amongexplained.setsofmonstrous waves,
are other times where I've been a little disappointed in myself. I take those experiences and apply that back on land.”
When they were not in the ocean, Lenny and Ridge were watching VHS tapes of the “Strapped Crew,” consisting of Laird Hamilton, Dave Kalama, Darrick Doerner, Rush Ran dle, Buzzy Kerbox, and Brett Lickle as they started chartering Pe‘ahi. “They redefined what big waves were pos sible to be ridden,” Lenny said.
“My brother and I were the prod ucts of our environment,” said Lenny. “Thanks to our parents, they were taking us down to the beach every chance they had.” He followed his parents’ interest and learned to wind surf when he was six years old. The ocean became his playground as he pursued kitesurfing, stand-up pad dling, and hydrofoiling.
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I find myself on a towboard inside a giant 50-foot barrel, it’s the single favorite thing in the world that I can do,” Lenny said. “Anything you have in the back of your head bothering you on land disappears real quick and you get pure euphoria.”
It took 12 years for Lenny to feel comfortable at Pe‘ahi. “Now, I’m in a place where I let my imagination run wild,” he said.
Big-wave surfing has provided Lenny with his most reflective and surreal moments. “When I look at a giant wave—a towering wall of water—it serves as a mirror. I see who I am as a person. Sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised and there
Lenny witnesses not merely the height but the magnitude and force of the wave. “It’s the greatest exam ple of a higher power and way for me to be in touch with Mother Na ture at her finest moments.”
At 16, Lenny joined the lineup at Peʻahi on a foil-board. “Back then, it wasn’t as accessible and you had to earn a place out there. I respect ed my elders and mentors of the ‘Strapped Crew’ so much. I waited for the ‘okay’ from my heroes,” Lenny recalled. “I was so amped about knowing everything about the wave from studying it on the cliff. Got out there, realized I didn’t know anything.”
The surfer has been surround ed by hundreds of dolphins, seen manta rays larger than living-room rugs, and encountered sharks.
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ost workdays, Kia‘i Collier is busy remov ing invasive species, replanting native plants, and restoring the environ ment for native birds on land where two Native Hawaiian villages once prospered. But Collier, a field su pervisor at the Hawai‘i Land Trust’s Waihee Refuge, recently took up another role—starring in an educa tional video for the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority (HTA) to encourage tour ists to volunteer during their stay.
A visit to Maui can be more than a couple of weeks on the beach it can mean genuinely connecting with the culture and the land
Every Friday, the Waihee Refugee sees one to three tourists show up to work. “I’ve noticed the tourists that come out have been to Hawai‘i
“If you say you love or enjoy Ha wai‘i, you think it’s beautiful, you know you can also contribute to help to keep the place beautiful. And if you have a part in that, that’s something that lasts generations,” Collier says in the video as a group of tourists snorkel over a reef.
When Cornelia Foster, a 70-year-old retired banker, first traveled to Maui to visit her sister, a Wailea resi dent, she was looking to volunteer with a group protecting native bird habitats, as she does back home in San Francisco. “Engagement brings obligation, responsibility, and own ership,” she said. In August, Foster made her fifth trip to Maui and re turned to the Waihee Refuge for her fourth time since 2004.
In June, HTA partnered with the Hawai‘i Visitors and Convention Bureau (HVCB) to release its video of Collier in a series featuring ef forts in aquaculture, reforestation, and sustainable farming. While the HTA videos are part of a marketing strategy, they also highlight oppor tunities for visitors to participate in conservation work, so-called “re generative tourism.”
Most travelers come to Maui to experience pristine beaches, vibrant coral reefs, and tropical rainforests. Regenerative tourism aims to restore or revitalize the environment and culture through volunteer efforts.
“If people are able to connect to the ‘aina, culture, and the native people of the area, it’s more memorable for them,” he said. “It’s something they’ve never experienced before.”
A California Girl Scout Troop explored the grounds at Kipuka Olowalu learning about traditional Hawaiian farming methods.
One recent morning after clearing out an invasive weed from Califor nia, Collier explained why he partic ipated in the Malama Hawai‘i video campaign. “The initiative educates and teaches tourists about the area and their sense of place,” he said. “It lets them know there’s really a deep and rich culture in Hawai‘i.”
By helping to restore a culturally significant area, Collier hopes vis itors will develop a reverence for Maui and Native Hawaiian culture.
With the reawakening of the tourism industry this summer, congested roads and displays of wildlife harassment have raised tensions and led to a decrease in support for tourism among those who call Maui Nui home. A recent HTA resident sentiment survey
multiple times,” he said. “They’re tired of only staying at the hotel.”
shows the percentage of residents who feel that “tourism provides more benefits than problems” has fallen from 80% in 2010 to about 53% in 2021.
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In September, Maji’s proposal came to fruition. Hawaiian Airlines debuted an in-flight video urging passengers to “Travel Pono”—to safely and re sponsibly explore the islands—before arriving in Hawai‘i. The five-minute video plays on in-flight entertainment systems, advising passengers on ocean and hiking safety, and instruct ing them to keep their distance from wildlife, stay out of kapu areas, and be respectful of the culture.
This summer Maji hoped that all commercial flights to the islands would run a 10- to 15-minute video that encouraged more tourists to volunteer during their stay and go beyond resort lu‘au shows to expe rience Hawaiian culture. Regardless of whether tourists volunteer, Maji said that something ultimately needs to remind them to be consid erate to the environment, wildlife, and community.
Out of sight from the bustling side walks of Front Street, beaches lined with sunbathers in Ka‘anapali, and high above Leoda’s Kitchen rests the budding nature reserve of Kipuka Olowalu. The site’s team of cultural practitioners, botanists, and field technicians work to protect the bio diversity of the valley that stretches from the mountains to the 100-acre reef below. The team implements organic farming techniques to pre serve the land, reef, and agricultural methods of Native Hawaiians. And they welcome residents and tourists alike to volunteer to work in the lo‘i, remove invasive species, and restore what Native Hawaiians once consid ered a sanctuary.
The 13 girls, ages 11 to 13, were awed by the arid terrain surround ing the wet taro patches and young green trees. Girl Scout Nala Brown was impressed that even in the ab sence of chemical fertilizers the area was so lush.
As the Girl Scouts planted wiliwili trees, project manager Duane Sparkman told them, “The energy you put into this plant helps it survive. So, think about the energy you’re putting into this tree as you plant it.”
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According to Kanu Hawai ‘ i’s 2019 State of Volunteerism report, the annual number of tourists was slightly less than 10 million in 2018, significantly exceeding the resident population of 1.4 million. If just 1% of those visitors volun teered, local communities would have an additional 100,000 pairs of hands in a state that the Cor poration for National and Commu nity Service ranked as one of the worst in the nation for resident volunteer participation.
Support from volunteers is indis pensable for many nonprofit orga nizations. Ua Aloha Maji, a cultural practitioner at Kipuka Olowalu, said the land would not be as far along without volunteers. “We’d be fight ing from behind,” he said.
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In late July, a Girl Scout troop from Chino, California, volunteered at Kipuka Olowalu to earn a tree-plant ing badge. With every group of vol unteers that visits Kipuka Olowalu, Maji blows a conch shell to ask for permission to enter the reserve. On the grounds, project manager Duane Sparkman shows the site’s sustain able and organic farming practices, like the lo‘i, explaining these meth ods are not new. Native Hawaiians created ingenious farming tech niques and planted according to moon cycles, generating resources without exploiting the land.
As the troop explored the reserve,
Girl Scouts plant wiliwili trees to earn their tree-planting badge.
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As Kipuka Olowalu’s onsite cul tural practitioner, Maji has under gone the rigorous Hawaiian ‘uniki process. He explained the volun teer experience at Kipuka Olowa lu expounds on Native Hawaiian
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Lizzy Gibson, a supervisor and onsite artist said, “We want people coming away with a sense of respon sibility and stewardship of the land.” Volunteers witness the relationships and fragility of these vital ecosys tems in the valley. They learn how chemical fertilizers and most sun screens enter streams, flow into the ocean, and contribute to the decline in coral reefs.
"That concept translates into mala ma ‘aina—caring for the land.”
culture with a “cross between botanical, scientific, and cultural knowledge.”Inadditionto Girl Scouts eager to earn a badge, Maji sees a trickle of tourists come up to Kipuka Olow alu to volunteer. “They’re up here sweating and pulling weeds. It’s not the most glamorous work, so it’s beautiful and heartwarming to see,” MajiScottsaid.Fisher, director of ‘aina stew ardship at the Hawai‘i Land Trust, views the Malama Hawai‘i initiative as an opportunity to get more visi tors’ hands in the soil. “Connecting people to land is really critical,” he said. “It’s the idea that people who can connect to land are more likely to advocate for its perpetual healing andFisherstewardship.”isn'tsurehow volunteer efforts will measure up against tour ism's impact on the community and environment, but, “The more people connect with the land, the deeper their love—aloha ‘aina," he said.
they listened to the history of the cultural site and were introduced to a bounty of endemic plants. To earn their badge, the troop planted wiliwili, a tree endemic to Hawai‘i. Sparkman told them they now have the responsibility of continuously caring for the land—not a burden but a “It’scommitment.coolbecause we’re going to have our own tree that we grew,” Keili Hedrick, 13, said. “We can come back later and see the work we put into it.”
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a‘anapali Beach Hotel has been hard at work creat ing the resort’s newest dining experience. It was time to bid goodbye to the beloved Tiki Bar and Tiki Terrace and wel come their new open-air dining ex perience, Huihui.
Looking past Pu‘u Keka‘a (Black Rock Beach), there is a panoramic view of Maui Nui and the ‘Au‘au channel.“Theenduring connection between land and sea is a core value in Hawaiian culture and I wanted the menu to be reflective of that in our signature items— from one of our signature cock tails crafted with local spirits to Moloka‘i venison and open sea fish,” Muromoto explained.
Huihui Restaurant at Ka anapali Beach Hotel
“The menu at Huihui provides a fresh take on long-standing culinary traditions and classic Hawaiian cuisine,” ex plained Muromoto. His preparation often utilizes early Hawaiian ingredients but with contemporary fla vors. The fish in the lawalu is wrapped in ti leaf and grilled, an ode to the traditional method. Then, Mu romoto adds creamy abalone sauce, cilantro, pohole, and ogo relish.
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“The name defines our inspira tion behind the venue, as ‘huihui’ translates to ‘star constellation’ or ‘to join, intermingle, mix,’ pro viding a gathering place for hotel guests and locals alike to enjoy a relaxed dining experience, modern Hawaiian cuisine, and unobstruct ed ocean views,” Executive Chef Tom Muromoto told MauiTimes “The restaurant pays homage to the longstanding tradition of Ha waiian wayfinding, which uses the
partment exhibit the ancient tech niques of Polynesian travelers.
The restaurant welcomes ka ma‘aina, who can enjoy 15% off
Although the Huihui’s lunch menu is a lighter version of their evening fare, it does have the addition of burgers and sandwiches. I am al ready planning a return visit for lunch to have the Moloka‘i venison burger. And just like the dinner and lunch menu, Muromoto puts a spin on breakfast. On an English muffin with creamy Makawao avoca dos, Muromoto adds pickled seaweed and kamano lomi, then tops it with poached eggs.
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ers, with smoked he‘e (octopus), dried muhe‘e (cuttlefish), pohole fern, and calamansi dressing. I bogarted the Moloka‘i ven ison poke: smoked bitesized medallions of ten der venison paired with pickled ogo (seaweed).
There is also a French toast made with housemade poi.
Polynesian canoe plants are the key ingredients in many of the dishes. “The Polynesian-introduced plants play a significant role in Ha waiian culture and traditional cui sine, which is why we incorporate
As for the cocktail menu, it in cludes cleverly crafted local spirits and ingredients designed to com plement the flavors on the menu. I was surprised by the Honey Bour bon. I am not a bourbon drinker, but the local Maui Bees honey and Valley Isle lemongrass kombucha, were incredibly refreshing in the Redemption Bourbon. The chocolate espresso martini included Huihui’s signature cold brew and Koloa rum.
food and beverage all day every day. “We want to ensure locals have an equally enriching expe rience as our guests,” said Muro moto. “While they will be familiar with many of the ingredients at Huihui, we hope to provide a fresh take on the traditional cuisine they are accustomed to. Whether a visitor or local, we look forward to nourishing our guests, body and soul, with our modern fusion cuisine and spirited Ha waiianHappyhospitality.”houratHuihui starts in October, where they will feature 20% off all food and beverages including bottles of wine from 2-5p.m. And the restaurant already has live music daily from 2-5p.m. as well as nightly from 5:30-8:30p.m. with hula from 6:30-7:30p.m.
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The chef also adds local flair to classic comfort food like the ahi mac and cheese. Dressed in a creamy parmesan sauce, the pasta is garnished with fish roe, furika ke, and crushed potato chips for a surprising but delicious dish.
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Once the fruit is ripe and ready to eat, peel the leathery, spiky skin to get at the juicy meat inside. Al though the outlayer is spiky, the fruit is not at all sharp and easy to peel. The types of dragon fruit you find in Hawai‘i are either white or bright pink on the inside. All drag
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It's dragon fruit season!
Have you sliced open a dragon fruit this year?
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ragon fruit season is from July to November and you do not want to miss your chance to en joy this delicious fruit. You can find this spiky, fuchsia crop at farmers markets, supermarkets, or it can be grown right in your own garden.
Also called pitaya, these fruits come from Central and South America and grow on long-armed cacti.
You can learn about the plant and how to cultivate it during a trip to the Maui Dragon Fruit Farm in Launiupoko. There, a guide showed me firsthand how they pollinate these cacti blos soms that bloom on the full moon.
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on fruit is studded with tiny black edible seeds that give it a bit of a crunch. I liken it to the juicy inside of a tropical kiwi. I chop the dragon fruit meat into cubes and eat them alone or in fruit salad. Adding them to smoothies and acai bowls is also popular as you see them on menus around the island.
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Give your plate lunch a makeover with a hearty kale salad and guilt-free dessert at Choice Health Bar. This plant-based restaurant has three locations on Maui, spe cializing in smoothies, fresh juices, grab-and-go foods, and entrees. I am always rushing some where and grabbing the soba noodle salad shaker. I also do one of their cleanses at least once a year. It is a great way to press reset for your digestive system. As for my daughter, she is firmly in the POW camp:
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pow-abunga acai bowl and pow hana smoothie. Either in a bowl or blended, it has a base of fresh unsweetened acai topped with fresh fruit, protein, granola, honey, and almond butter.
This family-friendly joint has been popping off on my Instagram feed for nearly a year. Havens filled the old Suda’s location at the Shell station off of Pi‘ilani Highway. They are known for their noodles and burgers—humble but delicious comfort food elevated with chef and owner Zach Sato’s personal flair. Sato puts local twists on his hand made patties, which he has dubbed “smash burgers.” In addition to the original, there is deluxe, paniolo, teriyaki, and umami. Every bite of the burger is delicious from the soft bun, to the sauce, to the perfectly grilled beef. Of course they have fries, the classic companion to a burger, but they also have hurricane tots and kolohe fries. With melted cheese and caramelized onion, kolohe fries are just as naughty as they sound. The saim in is a rich dashi with roast pork and egg. The temaki sushi rolls are not to be missed. We went for the ahi tataki, unagi and avo, and spicy ahi. Havens can sell out, so I definitely recommend ordering online. Broke Da Mout
This taqueria recently opened, refreshing the space formerly occupied by Da Kitchen. It has a fresh look, with a crisp red and white dining room adorned with their iconic “gallo” or rooster on the wall. The high ceiling gives an industrial vibe offset by the warmth in the wood flooring. They keep it simple with two main items on the menu: tacos and quesadillas. They offer your favorite street taco styles, as well as baja style fried fish and veggie options. All the tacos are constructed on homemade, glu ten-free corn tortillas. As for the quesadillas, they come two ways. There is the classic quesadilla, which is one tortilla folded in half and filled with cheese, meats, and veggies. Not enough? The sincronizadas are made with two tortillas, doubling in size but with all the same delicious fillings. I go for the veggie taco, filled with roasted poblanos and creamed corn. My oth er go-to choice is the baja fish. It has just enough cabbage, lime, and radish
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A week later, that Farrelly brother called the band’s manager and the boys were hired to portray the wed ding band in "The Heartbreak Kid" with Ben Stiller. To this day, the band continues to collect residuals.
Coffee Company in the Maui Mall. There, they met Vince Esquire, then a 14-year-old who had just been booted from a traditional ukulele group for improvising and putting effects pedals on his uku lele. At his mother’s insistence, Vince sat down and jammed with the duo. He was quickly adopted as a member.In1999,the band was formally established. Kanekoa’s family name, which means “warrior,” was the ob vious choice for the band’s moniker. The group’s furious live shows gained a local reputation. Esquire soloed at every opportunity and put effects on everything. With a full drum kit and electric bass, they were a raucous band. “We
From Mainland football beginnings to award-winning Hawai‘i music success
After attending college, Rice moved to Maui in 1997, reuniting with Kanekoa who had returned to his home island. The pair began attending open mics at Sir Wilfred’s
drunkenly announced it was the best performance he had seen in a decade and planned to put them in a movie.
“We were like, ‘whatever, drunk dude,’” Rice recalled.
Rice returned to the Mainland for a short hiatus. Once he returned to Maui, the original lineup reunited in 2012 and adopted a more acoustic approach—largely out of necessi ty. Small bars and cafes could not accommodate a full drum kit. As a result, Rice swapped his traps for a cajon, a wooden box percussion that
were more concerned about blow ing up the joint than making mon ey,” Rice Improvisationadmitted.onstage has al ways been a benchmark of the Kanekoa brand. “It’s super organ ic. You’re going to see us try stuff on the spot and sometimes we’ll trainwreck it right in front of you,” Rice said. “A lot of musicians can’t hang with that, but for me, that’s what keeps it fun.”
Travis Rice who plays the Cajon, a wooden percussion, credits Kanekoa's success as a seated acoustic group to the authentic and unplugged experience theyDancreate.Collins
Over time their performances became more refined and the band billed their style as “ukulele-powered Hawaiian reggae folk rock.” One night while playing at the Mint in Los Angeles, one of the Farrelly brothers (the band does not remember which one) was thoroughly impressed. He
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he roots of tenacious local band Kanekoa begin in Reno, Nevada, with two high school football play ers. Two-and-a-half decades later, the stout linemen, Kaulana Kanekoa and Travis Rice, never imagined they would be longtime partners in an award-winning ukulele band.
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Discovering a similar interest in music and attending Grateful Dead shows together in high school, the two became fast friends. “We were these two jocks in tie-dye T-shirts,” Rice recalled with a laugh.
“I just love playing the blues, so I can’t stop doing that,” Esquire said. “I’ve gotta scratch that itch.”
Rice finds it ironic that the band has actually found more success as a seated acoustic group than they ever did as a dance band. He credited the authentic, unplugged, intimate experience that they create for an audience. Those elements stand out in a world saturated with overproduced pop music.
Hinting at the band’s ambition to add to their accolades, which includes a Na Hoku Hanohano award for Best Reggae Album in 2016, Rice
Da Playground with John Cruz in July. (Left to right: Don Lopez, Vince Esquire, John Cruz, Kaulana Kanekoa, and TravisDanRice)Collins
But when COVID-19 pulled the plug on countless local musicians, Kanekoa was also no longer able to perform. For members of Kanekoa, this time inspired new collaborations and a solo release by the band’s ukulele and guitar prodigy,AlreadyEsquire.planning to record new material, the band reached
virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro is featured on a reimagined rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic “Going to However,California.”Rice is most animated discussing an original Hawaiian
Jerry Valdez on steel guitar.
originated in Peru. Today’s lineup was completed with the addition of Don Lopez on bass ukulele.
category.”Thesame circumstances that allowed for this innovation also enabled Esquire to spend time writing and arranging songs for his own solo project, The Vince Esquire Band. Esquire is able to pursue his passion of playing the electric blues guitar. Their new six-song album, "Don’t Let Up," was released exclusively on his website on Sept. 16, and it is full of original songwriting and heavy blues licks. He’s currently on tour with blues rocker Chris Duarte until early November.
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“It’s got all the elements that people associate with Hawaiian music—the slide guitar, the rippin’ ukulele, the Grammy-winning slack key player,” he said. “Plus, you’ve got the queen diva of Hawaiian music and Eric on an acoustic guitar
to give it that sort of ‘hapa’ sound. It’s all very dramatic.”
from the forthcoming album, “Don’t Let Go,” is a Cumbia reggae collaboration with John Cruz. “Morning Sun” features G. Love and is evocative of Marvin Gaye’s motown soul. Tavana joins the band for “Dos Amantes,” a tragic Chamorro love song. Ukulele
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“It’s got all the elements that people associate with Hawaiian music—the slide guitar, the rippin’ ukulele, the Grammy-winning slack key player.”
"The Last Duel": Oct. 15
The Gist: Aliens are here to pro tect Earth…just not from Thanos or anything important.
"Dune": Oct. 22
Unless: Having the son of the original film’s director helming this poses a risk; Jason Reitman makes small, character-driven comedies, not giant FX-fueled popcorn movies.
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"Eternals": Nov. 5
There are rumors of other films getting delayed or possibly released on streaming services. I’m a lifelong advocate of seeing movies on the big screen in a theater, but if you don’t feel safe, watch them at home. The social experience of watching movies together will always be something we’ll want, though we may have to scale back once again.
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Unless: Frank Herbert’s complex novel continues to stump screen writers and audiences. A genius like David Lynch couldn’t crack it in 1984. Is 155 minutes enough time to tell this story?
"Ghostbusters: Afterlife": Nov. 11
The Gist: Paul Atreides has to deal with puberty, peer pressure, girls and…becoming Muad’Dib!
"Halloween Kills": Oct. 15
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For now, film buffs can be opti mistic because movie theaters and streaming services have a wealth of great options on deck this fall. Here are 10 of the most promising.
The Gist: Turns out Michael Myers didn’t burn to death three years ago.
Why It Could Rock: The same cast and filmmaking team that made the 2018 "Halloween" an acclaimed block buster is back. Anthony Michael Hall has a juicy supporting role.
Unless: Zhao’s experience as an indie director is overwhelmed by such an enormous assignment. Will "Shang-Chi" make this feel like an afterthought?
He made the impossible-to-suc ceed "Blade Runner 2049" a mas terpiece. The cast is a dream, and it looks phenomenal.
Why It Could Rock: A killer cast and a reverence for the original au tomatically make it erase the contro versial and not-funny-enough 2016
The Gist: The sordid tale of the 1995 Gucci murder, directed by Ridley Scott. Why It Could Rock: Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, and Jared Leto headline the ensemble cast. The story is deli cious and true crime is having a big
The Gist: Here is the "Ghost busters III" we always wanted (my apologies to Kristin Wiig).
Why It Could Rock: Early word is that it’s a visual feast and faithful to the original. It may hit the nos talgia sweet spot in the way "Bad Boys For Life" did last year. Never bet against Cruise.
The Gist: Tom Cruise, big jets, sunsets, '80s synth pop, shirtless hunks, volleyball—it’s got it all.
Why It Could Rock: The bril liant Denis Villeneuve is directing.
Why It Could Rock: Director Chloe Zhao, the second female director to win an Oscar ("Nomadland"), is a visionary, and the cast is promising. The Marvel brand remains red hot.
"House of Gucci": Nov. 24
he movie theater experi ence will never die, but at this moment, it’s in a fragile place. While there are dozens of films planned for tra ditional theatrical release this fall, most are floating in a wait-and-see holding pattern. Scheduled release dates and entire promotional cam paigns could go out the window.
Why It Could Rock: Damon and Affleck co-wrote the screenplay, their first writing collaboration since "Good Will Hunting." Scott is in his element and newcomer Jodie Comer has a breakout role.
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"Top Gun: Maverick": Nov- NOPE! Delayed until Summer 2022
Unless: The smarminess of the project oozes off the screen. "Top Gun" was 30 years ago. Will this be worth the wait or another "Indepen dence Day: Resurgence"? Will the plot even matter?
Case in point: "No Time to Die," the final Daniel Craig 007 thriller was pushed back from its original date last spring and is now sched uled for release Oct. 8.
The Gist: A burly Ridley Scott period epic, starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Ben Affleck.
Unless: The appeal of the three hunky leads is diminished by their grody haircuts. Will this seem too an tiquated in comparison to Scott’s hip per, forthcoming "House of Gucci"?
Fall Movie Preview 2021
The upcoming autumn films you,ll likely want to catch
Unless: The novelty of bringing back Myers and Laurie Strode has finally run dry. If this one doesn’t connect, that’s bad news for the al ready-completed "Halloween Ends" next year.
Timothée Chalamet stars as Paul Atreides in "Dune," which will be in theaters and on HBO Max Oct. 22.
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remake. Paul Rudd and Bill Murray are in this!
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Why It Could Rock: Keanu Reeves
Directed by Ridley Scott, "The Last Duel" is in theaters October 15. The cast includes Matt Damon and Jodie Comer.
moment in pop culture.
Unless: The blend of filmmaker and material is as awkward as it looks. The 1961 film adaptation is a mas terpiece. A Rita Moreno cameo isn’t enough. Will it be better than "Cats"?
Why It Could Rock: Well, here is the man who made "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Jaws," "E.T.," "Jurassic Park," "Saving Private Ryan" tackling an iconic remake…
The Gist: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence star in Adam McKay’s dark sci-fi comedy.
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"The Matrix: Resurrections": Dec. 22
Unless: Lana Wachowski solo-di recting this without her sister Lily for the first time might pose a prob lem. Also—the Wachowski brand has come up short (two words: "Ju piter Ascending").
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The Gist: Steven Spielberg’s take on the classic Bernstein and Sond heim musical.
Unless: Scott’s "All the Money in the World" covered thematically sim ilar material and nearly no one saw it. If "The Last Duel" tanks, it might also hurt this one’s momentum.
Why It Could Rock: A wild en semble cast with everyone from Meryl Streep to Tyler Perry. McKay’s acerbic touch makes it a must-see. The theater and Netflix premieres guarantee an audience.
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is the key ingredient, as his John Wick franchise shows he’s not getting too old for action movies. A welcome return for a prestigious franchise.
Unless: The Netflix premiere could place this in "The Irishman" and "Roma" territory, a.k.a. Movies People Have Access to But Never Watch.
Paul Rudd stars in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife," which is in theaters Nov. Pictures
"West Side Story": Dec. 10
"Don’t Look Up": Dec. 10 (theaters), Dec. 24 (Netflix)
The Gist: Turns out there’s more Neo and Trinity stories to be told!
TIVAL - Until Nov 28. The annual cinema event is operating as a hybrid festival, with virtual screenings and panels. There will also be socially distanced in-person screening events. For more information and a full film schedule go online. Hiff.org
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ARTS CONFERENCE - Until Dec 4. The conference consists of intense instruction in weaving crafts by 20 kumu throughout Hawaiʻi. Students are invited to the cere monies to learn the associated protocols of gathering and utilizing weaving materials. Local food favorites will be served at the ending celebration. Hawaiian musicians pro vide entertainment between the silent and live auctions. Ka‘anapali Beach Hotel (2525 Ka‘anapali Pkwy.); Kauluhiwaolele.com
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10
DTH TURKEY DAY PLATE - Offering mouth watering turkey, mash potato, stuffing, southern style gravy, and seasonal vegeta bles. Starting at 10:30am, until sold out. $20. Down the Hatch (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-661-4900; DTHmaui.com
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26
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MAUI CELESTIAL RETREAT! - Until Nov 21. Are you ready to make a shift in your life? Spend a week pampered while expanding your intuitive skills and engag ing with practical tools to help navigate life's challenges. Raise your energy and vibration through meditation. Wailea Inn Villas (2141 Ili‘ili Rd., Kīhei); com/2021-Maui-Celestial-RetreatFindingyourfiji.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
2ND FRIDAY LOCAL ARTIST SHOWCASEFeaturing local artist Katie Austin Kea. Artists contribute to the Children of the Rainbow Pre-School in Lāhaina, to assist with art ac tivities and buy art supplies for our local keiki students. 5-10pm. Down the Hatch (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-661-4900; DTHmaui.com
BRENTON KEITH’S MAGIC SHOW - Ongoing Thu. Be amazed by Brenton Keith and his Bag O’ Tricks with his unique high-energy comedy and magic. Kids: $5; Adults: $10. 5-8pm. Mulligans on the Blue (100 Kaukahi St., Wailea): 808-874-1131; Mulligansontheblue.com
ONLINE SHOW: VINNIE LINARES'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE OF "DAMIEN" - Aldyth Morris’s beloved ode to the indomitable nature of the human spirit finds Father Damien. Tickets: Individual Viewer: $15; Group (2 or more): $30; 5-show package: $50. Proartsmaui.com
EXHIBIT - Until Dec. 18. Exhibit is a visual narrative presenting a constellation of intertwined themes from the chaotic year of 2020. Free admission. Open: Wed-Sat, 10am-4pm. Maui Arts and Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-244-SHOW; Mauiarts.org
MAUI GIFT AND CRAFT FAIR - Ongo ing Sat & Sun. One of Maui's largest craft shows with over 50 vendors. Find a variety of offerings from local artists and vendors. 9am-2pm. Lahaina Gateway Center (305 Keawe St, Mauigiftandcraftfair.comLāhainā);
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EXOTIC FRUIT ADVENTURE - Ongoing Mon & Fri. Explore the farm on Kawasaki 4-WD "Mules." Stop to pick a variety of exotic fruit and pack a large box to take. Reservation required. $375. Ono Organic Farms ( 149 Hāna Hwy.); 808-268-1784; Onofarms.com
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15
TURKEY TROT - Every Thanksgiving Valley Isle Road Runner hosts this annual run. It’s the perfect way to work up an appetite before celebrating Thanksgiving with your family and friends. Awards will go to the first Male and Female closest to their predicted time. Registration closes Nov 24 at 10am. Registration Cost: $15 (VIRR Members); $20 (Non-Members). 7:30am. Kula Rice Park (5700 Kula Hwy, Kula); Virr.clubexpress.com
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DESIRAE GARCIA - Touring from Oregon, Desirae Garcia and Jeshua Marshall perform at the Maui Coffee Attic. Limited seating. $40 table for two. 6-8pm. Maui Coffee Attic (59 Kanoa St., Wailuku); 808-250-9555; Mauicoffeeattic.com
THE NATIONAL PARKS - Since emerging in 2013, the quartet from Provo, Utah, has grown into an independent phenomenon with roots embedded in blissful pop, cin ematic electronics, organic orchestration, and rock energy. 21+. Tickets are $25 or $30 at-the-door. Doors: 7pm; Show: 8pm. Da Playground Maui, (300 Ma‘alaea Rd., Wailuku); Daplaygroundmaui.com808-727-2571;
2022 STATE CALENDAR SUBMISSION REQUEST - Calling all! Send your best photo showcasing Hawai‘i to be included in the 2022 Hawai‘i calendar! Submission details online. Indie Treasure, com/pages/join-our-state-calendar-projectIndietreasure.
KRISHNA DAS & FRIENDS MAUI SATSANG & KIRTAN - Enjoy a Thanksgiving Sunday evening of satsang, kirtan, chant ing, reflection, contemplation, meditation, and laughs. 12+. $50. 4-6:30pm. Napili Kai Beach Resort (5900 Lower Honoapiʻilani Rd., Lāhainā); Eventbrite.com
POLYNESIAN SHOW - Ongoing Tue & Thu. Watch a graceful Hawaiian hula perfor mance and other beautiful dances of Poly nesia. 5:30-6:30pm. The Shops at Wailea (3750 Wailea Alanui Dr.); 808-891-6770; Theshopsatwailea.com
WILD FOODS HIKE - Internationally recog nized wild food forager Sunny Savage has taught thousands of people about wild foods, traveled to every continent, and enjoys distill ing her observations of the natural world into storied solutions. Contact Sunny to schedule a hike. 808-206-8882; Support@sunnysavage. com; Sunnysavage.com
THE LAHAINA ARTS SOCIETY ART FES
MAUI'S FRESH PRODUCE FARMERS MARKET - Ongoing Tue, Wed, & Fri. Find local produce, baked goods, plants, freshcut flowers, gourmet foods, and more. 8am-4pm. Queen Ka‘ahumanu Shopping Center (275 W. Ka‘ahumanu Ave., Kahului); Qeenkaahumanucenter.com
NAPILI FARMERS MARKET - Ongoing Wed & Sat. Shop for Maui-grown produce and locally made products. 8am-12pm. Napili Farmers Market (4900 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy.); 808-633-5060; Napilifarmersmarket.com
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
TAIJI TERASAKI: RESET/RESHAPE
TIVAL - Ongoing Sat & Sun. Shop local and talk story with members of the LAS. Artists display paintings, jewelry, ceramics, photography, and prints. 9am-4pm. La haina Cannery Mall (1221 HI-30, Lāhainā); Lahainaarts.com
MĀLAMA WAO AKUA 2021 - Until Nov. 5. Hui No‘eau presents this collaborative exhibit celebrateing native species of Maui Nui. Artist of all ages use creative talents to raise awareness about protecting native species. Free admission. Open: Wed-Sat, 9am-4pm. Hui No‘eau Visual Arts (2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao); 808-572-6560; Huinoeau.com
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
WEDNESDAY FARMERS MARKET - On going Wed. One-of-a-kind market supporting organic farmers! 8am-1pm. Po‘okela Church (200 Olinda Rd., Makawao); 808-419-1570
ART NIGHT - Ongoing Fri. Celebrate Aloha Friday with art night! Walk through Lahaina's Historic District and visit local galleries with live music and artist demonstrations. Coordinated by the Lahaina Restoration Foundation, find all participating 20+ galleries online. 5-8pm. Lāhainā Town, Lahainarestoration.org
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
Maui After Dark Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Da Playground Maui 300 Ma‘alaea Rd. Down the Hatch 658 Front St., Lāhainā Haui’s Life’s A Beach 1913 S. Kīhei Rd. Heritage Hall 401 Baldwin Ave., Pa‘ia Lahaina Sports Bar 843 Waine‘e St., Lāhainā Wai Bar 45 N. Market St., Wailuku Trivia Night 8-10pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 8-10pm, (Weekly) Artist Showcase 5-10pm, (Nov. 12) Karaoke 7-11:30pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 7-11:30pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 7-11:30pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 7-11:30pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 7-11:30pm, (Weekly) Latin Nights 8-11pm, (Weekly) NIGHTNO THISEVENTS AT Eric Schwartz 7-10pm, (Oct 18) The National Park 8pm, (Dec 4) Brant Quick 8-10pm, (Weekly) Tripp Wilson 8-10pm, (Weekly) TIME NO INFOLATE AT PRESS TIME CONTACT VENUE
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THE NIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING!It’s a fine night to go out for a drink and enjoy live music from Tripp Wilson Presents. Down the Hatch (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-661-4900; DTHmaui.com
LAST CALL: MOS 2022 CALL FOR ARTIST! - Until Nov 1. Participate in the 11th annual Maui Open Studios event set to take place February 2022. New artists to the event will receive a discount. Any visual medium can participate! Deadline to enter is Nov 1. Details and registration online. Maui Open Studios, Mauiopenstudios.com808-415-450-1307;
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THE BEACH CLUB LU‘AU - Enjoy delica cies from the mountains and sea, as well as Hawaiian and Tahitian entertainment. Bar will be available with select cocktails and beer. Advance reservations are required. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhaina); 808-662-6600; Montagehotels.com
Known as the guy making a living out of traveling the world to drink, Lamprey has found himself in many sticky situations. Hear these hilarious stories from the award-winning travel show host and comedian over a delicious craft beer at Maui Brewing Company.
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$25-40. 6pm. Maui Brewing Company (605 Lipoa Pkwy., Kīhei), 808-201-2337; ImageMbcrestaurants.com/kiheicourtesyEventbrite
MAUI NUI LU‘AU - Mon & Wed. Watch a torch lighting and cliff diving ceremony at Pu‘u Keka‘a (Black Rock). Includes open bar, table service, and imu ceremony. There will be hula lessons and fire knife dancing finale. Sheraton Maui Resort (2605 Kā‘anapali Pkwy.); Mauiluau.com
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
SOUTH SIDE SUNDAYS
ART OF TRASH 2022: SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!
ZANE LAMPREY'S LAUGHS & DRAFTS
Spend Sunday afternoon listening to great live music from Maui musicians. Kanekoa teams up with Benny Uyetake to perform at the new monthly music showcase series hosted by ProArts and Mana‘o Radio. (See page 34-35 about Kanekoa’s new album).
2021 MAUI ARBOR DAY GARDEN EXPO & TREE GIVEAWAY - Until Nov 6. The annual 1,000 Hawaiian Tree Giveaway will be a socially-distanced event. The tree list can be found online. Trees are limited to one per person and must be reserved online. 9am-4pm. Maui Nui Botanical Gardens (150 Kanaloa Ave., Wailuku); Arbordayexpo.com
THE FEAST AT MOKAPU - Take a historical journey with interactive story-telling. Indulge in Hawaiian dishes and handcrafted cocktails. Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort (3550 Wailea Alanui Dr.); Mauiluau.com
UPCOUNTRY FARMERS MARKETOngoing Sat. Shop locally grown food with the Upcountry community. New offerings weekly. 7-11am. Kulamalu Town Center (55 Kiopaa St., Pukalani); Upcountryfarmersmarket.com808-572-8122;
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MA‘ALAEA SUNSET DINNER CRUISE - Fun filled night on the water with delicious appetiz ers. This is the perfect way to watch a sunset. Activityauthority.com
MADE IN MAUI COUNTY FESTIVAL
Mālama Maui Nui is accepting submissions to the Art of Trash and Trashion Show expected to open in April 2022. All pieces must be made from recycled and/or reused material. Jurors are looking for the transformation of material, craftsmanship, and of course, creativity. Impressive prizes will be awarded to winners of the Juror’s Choice Awards and Community Choice Awards! Go online for details.MMNui.org/ArtOfTrash Image courtesy Facebook.com/artoftrashI
The 8th Annual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui Coun ty Festival will be held virtually. Find one of a kind art, jewelry, fashion, gifts, and more at Maui’s largest online marketplace. Over 75 vendors offer hundreds of products that are made right in Maui County. This is the perfect opportunity to support local companies and find gifts for the holidays.
LĀHAINĀ DINNER CRUISE - Embark on a west side dinner cruise with a spectacular 4-course dinner, cocktails, island-style music, and scenic views of Maui’s shoreline Activityauthority.com MĀKENA SUNSET DINNER SAIL - Explore island-inspired cuisine, locally-sourced spirits, and cruise in style aboard a spacious catamaran. Activityauthority.com
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1
$60-120. Tickets available online. Doors: 1:30pm; ProArts Playhouse (1280 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei); Manaoradio.com Manao
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Show: 2pm.
Free with registration. Madeinmauicountyfestival.com
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
ULTIMATE TODDLER TIME - Ongoing Mon, Fri, and Sat. Bring your keiki to burn off all that energy while having tons of fun. $22-$40. Ka ma‘aina: $17-$35. Socks require or purchase for $2. 10am-12pm. Ultimate Air Trampoline Park (21 La‘a St., Wailuku); 808-214-JUMP; Ultimateairmaui.com
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5&6
APPLICANTS SOUGHT FOR MAUI COUNTY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS - Deadline Nov 15. County of Maui seeking applicants for openings on county boards, commissions, councils, and committees. Apply online or paper applications can be picked up at Mayor's Office. (Mayor’s Office, Attn: Ipo Mossman, County of Maui), 200 S. High St., 9th Floor, Wailuku); 808-270-8211; Ipo.mossman@co.maui. hi.us; Mauicounty.gov/Boards
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
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MALA ‘TIL MIDNIGHT - Ongoing Fri and Sat. Indulge in the Kitchen Assassin Chef Alvin Savella’s raw fish and Wagyu menu as well as select cocktails. 10pm-12am. Mala Tavern (1307 Front St., Lāhainā); Malatavern.com/late-night-menu808-667-9394;
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
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THE MYTHS OF MAUI LU‘AU - Enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet of Hawai‘i’s finest cuisines and complimentary cocktails. Royal Lahaina Resort (2780 Keka‘a Dr., Lāhainā); 800-222-5642; Royallahaina.com/luau
TE AU MOANA LU‘AU - The ocean tide (Te Au Moana) is the inspiration behind this lu‘au, connecting the dots of Oceania. Includes show, imu ceremony, hula lessons, and open bar with table service. The night will end with a fire knife dancing finale. Marriott Wailea (3700 Wailea Alanui Dr.); Mauiluau.com
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
SUNDAY BRUNCH - Ongoing Sun. Enjoy a specialty crafted brunch menu by Executive Chef Roger Stettler. Kevin Brown entertains with a live slack key guitar performance, which is accompanied by a beautiful hula dance. 11am-1pm. Taverna Restaurant (200 Village Rd., Kapalua); 808-667-2426; Tavernamaui.com
ULTIMATE OPEN JUMP - Daily. Jump your heart out during open jump. $22-$40. Ka ma‘aina: $17-$35. Socks require or purchase for $2. Sun-Thu: 12-6pm; Fri-Sat: 12-8pm. Ultimate Air Trampoline Park (21 La‘a St., Wailuku); 808-214-JUMP; Ultimateairmaui.com
TUESDAY NIGHT KIRTAN - Tue until Nov 30. All are invited to experience soul satisfying mantra meditation with Moksha Maui Medita tion. Discuss the philosophy of yoga, creating a deeper understanding of the practice. Vegan dinner will be served. RSVP, so they can cook accordingly with Rayna at 808-646-0207 or raynaharvey@gmail.com. Free. 6-8pm. Wailea Healing Center, (120 Kaukahi St.); 808-205-2005; Waileahealingcenter.com
‘AHA‘AINA LU‘AU - Watch the rich history of Maui come to life and enjoy dining with a private table overlooking Wailea Beach. Experience luxury service and a three-course menu. Grand Wailea Resort (27 Halekuai St.); Mauiluau.com
LATIN NIGHTS - Ongoing Fri. Swing your hips with Maui's Tropical Latin Dance Band, "Dr. Nat and Rio Ritmo." Intro level salsa lessons from 8-8:30pm are included in the cover. All ages welcome. BYOB. $20 At-The-Door. 8-11pm. Heritage Hall (401 Baldwin Ave., Pa‘ia); 808-243-0065; Heritagehall.com
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2
MAUI SWAP MEET - Ongoing Sat. Find bargains on flowers, fresh produce, jewelry, unique apparel, and a variety of other items. There’s also food trucks and other vendors. 7am-1pm. Maui Swap Meet at UHMC (310 W. Ka‘ahumanu Ave., Kahului); Mauihawaii.org/maui-shopping/swap-meet808-244-2133;
NURSERY OPEN HOUSE - Fill your garden with plants, from waterlilies to fruit trees. Nurseries include: Maui Green Nursery, Azteca Nursery, North Shore Tropicals and Aloha Ho nua. 9am-4pm. Maui Nui Botanical Gardens (150 Kanaloa Ave., Arbordayexpo.comWailuku);
VIRTUAL KEIKI CLUB - Come together virtually this holiday season for kid friendly programs, giveaways, and fun. Spaces are limited. RSVP online. Queenkaahumanucenter.com/events10-11am.
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SUNDAY SUNSET RESTORATIVE YOGA + SOUND BOWLS - Ongoing Sun. Slow gentle movement designed to restore the body and calm the nervous system. Receive the healing powers of the sound bowls reconnecting body and mind to its harmonic vibration. $20. 5pm. Wailea Healing Center (120 Kaukahi St., Kīhei); Eventbrite.com
MAUI CELESTIAL RETREAT! - Until Nov 21. Spend a week pampered while expanding intuitive skills. Guests engage with practical tools to navigate life's challenges and also find rejuvenation through meditation practices. Wailea Inn Villas (2141 Ili‘ili Rd., Kīhei); gyourfiji.com/2021-Maui-Celestial-RetreatFindin
THE GAME OF REAL ESTATE INVESTING - Wed until Nov. 24. Many new investors get caught in analysis paralysis. Minimize the risk of investing in real estate by education and avoid the potholes and money pits. 6:45-9pm. Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); Eventbrite.com
PAPA HULA - Ongoing Fri. Discover the art of the Hawaiian hula while having a great time at this dance workshop. Lessons include an overview of the music and instru ments, the costume, and meaning of dance movements. Fun for all ages, Papa Hula is a celebration of the Hawaiian way of life. 4-5pm. The Shops at Wailea (3750 Wailea Alanui Dr.); Theshopsatwailea.com808-891-6770;
MAUI YOGA RETREAT - Until Dec 3. Join Devorah Blum for a yoga retreat at the Wailea Inn. The yoga studio is equipped with all the necessary props, as well as a swimming pool, hot tub, and neighboring beaches. Price rang es from $1400-$1600 per person. Yoga Studio Ganesha, Yogastudioganesha.com707-824-1198;
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AERIAL YOGA HAMMOCK - Take your yoga practice to new heights! Aerial yoga uses the silk swing to support the weight of the body to attain optimal alignment in yoga asana. All lev els are welcome. Body in Balance at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); 808-6611116; Bodybalancemaui.com
5-10pm. Down the Hatch (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808661-4900; DTHmaui.com Image courtesy Instagram.com/deltikaani
LAUHALA WORKSHOP
Until Dec 29. Learn and practice the art of lauhala weaving with Kumu Pueo Pata. In an online video, Kumu Pueo Pata shares a mo‘olelo (story) and guides participants in making a beautiful lauhala creation. Offered online and anytime. Call or go online for booking details.
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING - Until Nov 21. Explore the Eight Limbs of Yoga, cultivate wisdom, and develop teaching skills. Daily: 6am-2pm. Wisdom Flow Yoga (95 Makawao Ave.); 808-268-4095; Wisdomflowyoga.com
ENCAUSTIC EXPLORATIONS (LEVEL 1) - And Nov 7. Explore the ancient painting technique that uses wax, resin, and fire to create unique layered pieces of art. Members: $341; Non-Members: $405. Supply Fee: $85. 9am-4pm. Hui No‘eau Visual Art (2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao); 808-572-6560; Huinoeau.com
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HPHA 2021 ANNUAL MEETING - The Hawaii Public Health Associationʻs fall meeting focuses on mental health landscape in Hawai‘i. Meeting held on Zoom. Mental Health America of Hawai‘i; 808-521-1846; Mentalhealthhawaii.org
ONGOING! CONTACT FOR SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12
2022 LAHAINA POSTER CONTEST OPENING NIGHT
COCONUT FROND WEAVING - Ongoing Thu. Make your own keepsake from Maui. Class is perfect for both adults and children. 4:30-5:30pm. The Shops at Wailea (3750 Wailea Alanui Dr.); Theshopsatwailea.com808-891-6770;
Rock and Roll Hall of Famers and the #1 selling duo in music history Daryl Hall and John Oates return to the MAAC! Joining them is special guest Henry Kapono, guaranteeing an extraordinary rock and roll show.
Until Dec 3. The winner of the 34th consecutive Lāhaina town poster contest will be announced at the exhibit’s opening reception. This will be the official 2022 poster for the town of Lahaina. The poster release party and artist signing will be on Dec. 3 from 5-8pm during the Friday Art Night at the Village Gallery. Lahainarestoration.org Image courtesy Lahainarestoration.org
DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
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BARRE SCULPTING & TONING - Here is a great way to tighten, tone, and strengthen your muscles. This barre class uses weights and other resistance props for an intense total body workout at the barre! Body in Balance at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); 808-661-1116; Bodybalancemaui.com
ENCAUSTIC MIXED MEDIA (LEVEL 2)Participants will further refine and develop skills with basic encaustic techniques and more advanced techniques. This is a three day workshop. Members: $384; Non-Mem bers: $480. Supply Fee: $95. 9am-4pm. Hui No‘eau Visual Art (2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao); 808-572-6560; Huinoeau.com
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CREATIVE GENIUSES ART CLASS - On going Wed. Keiki will use their imagination to create unique artwork. Class is held via zoom. Sign up online. Class Times: 2:303:15pm (grades 1-3); 3:30-4:15pm (grades 3-5). Maui Hui Malama, 808-244-5911; Mauihui.org
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
TDown the Hatch welcomes the silk painter and digital creative Del Tikaani. DTH featured artists assist the keiki of the Rainbow Preschool in Lāhaina with art activities and buying art supplie.
GLASSBLOWING WITH RYAN STAUBOngoing Tue, Thu & Sat. Learn the ancient art of glassblowing and make the perfect Maui trinket. In this class, the instructor carefully tailors glass lessons to you. Book online. $200+. Moana Glass (140 Hobron Ave., Ste M-1, Kahului); 808-763-6338; Info@moanaglass.com; Moanaglass.com
SAMBA DANCE CLASS - Ongoing Thu. Samba is a fun carnival street dance and a great workout. Class will be taught by international dancer, Natalina Monteiro. Maui Yoga & Dance Shala (381 Baldwin Ave., Pa‘ia); 808-283-4123; Maui-yoga.com
2ND FRIDAY LOCAL ARTIST SHOWCASE
$59-$149. Gates: 5pm; Show: 7pm. Maui Arts & Cultural Center (1 Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242-7469; Mauiarts.org
ART CLASSES - Ongoing Wed-Sun. Let your inner artist come out! A different theme is offered each day. Island Art Party (1279 S Kīhei Rd.); Islandartparty.com808-419-6020;
MAUI SUNDAY MARKET - Ongoing Sun. Popular event for live entertainment, ono food trucks, island vendors, and activities for the entire family. Free. 4-8pm. Kahului Shopping Center (65 W. Ka‘ahumanu Avenue, Kahului); Mauisundaymarket.com
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COCONUT HUSKING - Ongoing, Tue. See demonstrations of traditional and modern methods in husking a coconut. 2:303:30pm. The Shops at Wailea (3750 Wailea Alanui Dr.); Theshopsatwailea.com808-891-6770;
Dinner packages $125-$325. 6pm. Call to place order: 808-244-6862. Nvmc.org
KAHUMOKU FARM TOUR - Join Hawai‘i’s Renaissance Man, uncle George, to learn the cultural and nutritional significance of farming. Guests learn about ancient Polynesian canoe plants, pick vegetables for lunch while enjoy ing George’s Grammy winning songs. Go on line to register. $250. 8am. Cliffs at Kahakuloa Slackekeyshow.com
ONGOING! CONTACT FOR SCHEDULE
WATERFALL HIKE & ZIP TOUR - Hike Maui will lead you to two waterfalls. Swim in the clear pools or just lounge. After a hearty lunch, test your mettle on a thrilling 5-line Haleakalā Zipline Tour. 808-878-8400; Skylinehawaii.com
KA‘ANAPALI 8-LINE ADVENTURE - Zip at thrilling speeds up to 150ft above the ground and marvel at the wide open ocean and unmatched views. 808-878-8400; Skylinehawaii.com
HALEAKALĀ NATIONAL PARK HIKE + SUMMIT - Ascend 10,023 feet to the summit of the mountain. Breakfast, lunch, snacks, and water are provided. Activityauthority.com
See world-renowned jazz musician Gunhild Carling of Postmodern Jukebox right on Maui! She shares the stage with guest performers for an electrifying night at ProArts Playhouse.
PITA PARADISE - Sun: Benoit Jazz works 6-8:30pm. (34 Wailea Gateway Pl.); 808-879-7177; Pitaparadisehawaii.com
For their first ever co-production, Maui Onstage and ProArts presents “Clue.” Based on the 1985 film that was inspired by the classic board game. This is a hilarious murder myster with all the usual suspects: the butler, Ms. Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Pea cock, and of course Colonel Mustard. Onstage until Nov 14 at the Historic ‘Iao Theatre.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13
QUEEN OF SWING
HALEAKALĀ CLASSIC SUNRISE TOUR - Be there when Haleakalā National Park awakens with the rising sun near the summit of Haleakalā. 808-878-8400; Skylinehawaii.com
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FUNCTIONAL FLEXIBILITY - Flexibility comes with this sensory and internally fo cused class. It is hard work exploring the limits of your active range of motion but you will leave with your entire musculoskeletal system working in better harmony. Body in Balance at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); 808-661-1116; Bodybalancemaui.com
LIVE CentralMUSIC
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
HSA VISSLA*HI-TECH*LOPEZ SURF BASH XXXII - Come watch and support the community during this popular surfbash. Ho‘okipa Beach Park (Mile Marker 9, Hāna Hwy.); Hsa.surfsignup.com
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13
$$45-55. Fri: 6pm & 8pm; Sat: 6pm. 7:30pm. ProArts Playhouse (1280 S Kīhei Rd.); 808-463-6550; Proartsmaui. com)
MULLIGANS ON THE BLUE - Fri: Karrie O’neill 6-8pm; Sat: Tempa & Naor Duo 6-8pm; Sun: Murray Thorne 6-8pm. (100 Kaukahi St., Wailea): Mulligansontheblue.com808-874-1131;
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MAUI COFFEE ATTIC - Live music daily, contact for full schedule. 11/20 Kawikaʻs Krew 6pm. (59 Kanoa St., Wailuku); 808-250-9555; Mauicoffeeattic.com
SOUTH SHORE TIKI LOUNGE - Sun: Aaron Boothe 4-6pm; Mon: Randall Rospond 4-6pm; Tue: Natalie Nicole 4-6pm; Wed: Jamie Gallo 4-6pm; Thu: Jeff Bowen 4-6pm; Fri: Tyler Lewis 4-6pm; Sat: Tom Conway 4-6pm. (Kīhei Kalama Village, 1913 S. Kīhei Rd.); 808-874-6444; Southshoretiki.com
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KīHEI SURF LESSONS - Learn from enthusiastic and fun Maui surfers in Kihei. Choose from a private lesson or group lesson. Activityauthority.com
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FUNCTIONAL BARRE - A functional fitness barre class great for injury prevention and overall strength and sculpting! Class teaches the foundational functional movements at the barre. Body in Balance at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); Bodybalancemaui.com808-661-1116;
HALEAKALĀ BIKE TOUR - Ride leisurely downhill for 26 miles with jaw-dropping views of Maui. Stop any time for photos or to grab a coffee or a bite to eat. 808-446-6099; Activityauthority.com
FARM TOURS - Meet friendly animals, see how food grows, and learn how to start a garden. Available every second Friday. Res ervation required. 9-11am. The Maui Farms (100 Ike Dr., Makawao); 808-579-8271; Themauifarms.org
HALEAKALĀ SUNRISE & ZIP TOUR - Experi ence a Maui sunrise from the top of the world. Then continue the upcountry adventure with a five-zipline tour, including a heart-stopping Indiana Jones-esque swinging bridge on the slopes of Haleakalā. 808-878-8400; Skylinehawaii.com
MOLOKINI FAMILY-FRIENDLY SNORKEL TOUR - Departing from Ma‘alaea Harbor be treated to snorkeling, food, drinks, a waters lide, and sightseeing. Activityauthority.com
WEST MAUI SURF LESSONS - Maui Surfer Girls provides one of the top beginner surfing lessons on the island. Everything you need is provided for a day full of surfing. Activityauthority.com
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14
FRIDAY & SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12&13
ANNUAL DINNER & SILENT AUCTION
The annual dinner is still on at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center. Although virtual, you can enjoy a traditional kaiseki bento and attend this year’s virtual dinner from home. The guest speaker is Lane Nishikawa, a Japanese-American actor, filmmaker, playwright, and performance artist born in Wahiawa, Hawai‘i. Just like dinner, the silent auction is also happening online from Nov 8-20.
Image courtesy Nisei Veterans Memorial Center
CLUE
MAUI BREWING CO. - Sun: Kekai Enomoto 6:30-8:30pm; Mon: Johnny Ringo 6:308:30pm; Tue: Jason Tepora 6:30-8:30pm; Wed: Brian Santana 6:30-8:30pm; Thu: Marc Dumalanta 6:30-8:30pm; Fri: Live Music; Sat: Live Music. (605 Lipoa Pkwy., Kīhei); 808-2012337; Mauibrewingco.com
MAUI SCUBA DIVING - Whether you’re an experienced PADI certified diver, looking to get certified, or just want to experience scuba diving for the day, there are many options available in Lāhainā and Ka‘anapali. 808-446-6099; Activityauthority.com
MONKEYPOD KITCHEN - Sun: Kanekoa 122pm; Mon: Micah Manzano 12-2pm; Tue: Mike Stills 12-2pm; Wed: Brian Haia 12-2pm; Thu: Wailau Ryder 12-2pm; Fri: Damien Awai 122pm; Sat: Elua 12-2pm. (10 Wailea Gateway Pl.); 808-891-2322; Monkeypodkitchen.com
$35-$45. Thu-Sat: 7:30pm. Sun: 3pm. Tickets at proartsmaui.com; ‘Iao Theatre (68 N. Market St., Wailuku) Image courtesy Mauionstage.com
MAUI FILM FESTIVAL
WHAT ALES YOU - Wed: Gracie Welton 6-8pm; Fri: Pete Sebastian & Jeff Horn beck 6:30-9pm; Sat: Natalie Nicole 6-8pm. (Kīhei Kalama Village, 1913 S. Kīhei Rd.); 808-214-6581; Whatalesyoukihei.com
Films streaming until Nov. 21. Schedule available online. Mauifilmfestival.com
Email details in fewer than 100 words to Shan Kekahuna atGotshan@mauitimes.organeventopentothepublic?
NALUʻS SOUTH SHORE GRILL - Sun: Anthony Pfluke 6:30pm; Mon: Ron Kuala‘au 7:30pm; Tue: Kenny Roberts 7:30pm; Wed: Kenny Roberts & Kawika Ortiz 7:30pm; Thu: Ah Tim & Joey 6:30pm; Fri: Anthony Pfluke 6:30pm; Sat: Eric Gilliom 7:30pm. (1280 S. Kīhei Rd.); 808-891-8650;Naluskihei.com
HALEAKALĀ 5-LINE ADVENTURE TOURExperience five utterly thrilling ziplines that will send you across canyons over 45 mph above 90ft drops and through gorgeous landscapes. 808-878-8400; Skylinehawaii.com
Make the hurricane popcorn, bring out the coziest blan kets, and catch 2021’s indie gems right from the couch with access to the famous Maui Film Festival. Their movie selection beats anything found on Netflix, Hulu, HBO, or your usual streaming service.
Thu: Alex Calma 2-4pm; Fri: Natasha Porreca 2-4pm; Sat: Tripp Wilson 2-4pm. (1307 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-667-9394; Malatavern.com
ISLAND FRESH CAFE - Sun: Anthony Pfluke 12:30-2:30pm; Wed: Pat Simmons Jr. 11:30am-1:30pm; Sat: Naia Litman 12:30-2:30pm. (381 Baldwin Ave., Pa‘ia); 808-446-0298; Islandfreshmaui.com
Join in for 14 hours of dance immersion at this secluded jungle retreat. With personal ized instruction, expand your skills and dance repertoire.
**** Due to COVID-19 events are subject to change. Contact venue or coordinator directly for most accurate information.
NU POOL BAR - Mon, Tue, Wed & Sun: Live Music 3:30-5:30pm. (The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, 45 Kai Malina Pkwy., Ka‘anapali); 808-662-6300; Westinvacationclub.com
Listen to music from accross the globe at this free event presented by Ebb & Flow Arts at the ProArts Playhouse. The nonprofit aims to bridge artistic expressions and cultures. The event will include work from artist including Elliot Charter, Isang Yun, Shinhee Park, Robert Pollock and more.
Rock out with James Somera, Eddie Aviles, and Kawai Ortiz at Maui Coffee Attic. The trio performs the greatest hits of classic rock with music from Santana, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and more.
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$30 table for two. 6-8pm. Maui Coffee At tic (59 Kanoa St., Wailuku); 808-250-9555; Mauicoffeeattic.com
THE WARF CINEMA - Mon-Thu: Ua Alo ha Magi 5-7pm. (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-661-8748; Thewharfshops.com
KAWIKAʻS CREW
ALOHA ‘AINA BBQ - Thu: Randall Rospon, 5:30-7:30pm. (Pe‘ahi Farmstand, 2250 Hāna Hwy.); 808-437-7754; Alohaainabbq.com
PA‘IA BAY COFFEE BAR - Tue-Sat: Live Music 5-7pm. (115 Hāna Hwy., Pa‘ia); 808-578-3111; Paiabaycoffee.com
MUSIC FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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Upcountry
Hale Akua Garden Farm and Eco Retreat Center (110 Door of Faith Rd., Ha‘iku); 808572-9300; Haleakua.org
Image courtesy Facebook.com/Mauibelly dancecompany
HUI HOLIDAYS
Hui No‘eau (2841 Baldwin Ave, Makawao); 808-572-6560; ImageHuinoeau.comcourtesy Hui No'eau
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20
MALA TAVERN - Sun: Peter D. 2-4pm; Mon: Ashley Toth 2-4pm; Tue: Jason Tepora 2-4pm; Wed: Shawn McLaughlin 2-4pm;
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MONKEYPOD KITCHEN - Daily: Live Music 1pm, 4pm & 7pm. (2435 Ka‘anapali Pkwy., Lāhainā); 808-878-6763; Monkeypodkitchen.com
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
DOWN THE HATCH - Sun: Jimi Lee 3-5pm; Mon & Tue: Brant Quick 3-5pm; Wed: Jason Tepora 3-5pm; Thu: Tripp Wilson 3-5pm; Fri: Natalie Nicole Robles 3-5pm; Sat: Damien Awai 3-5pm. (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-661-4900; DTHmaui.com
Find great new employees For as little as $99/month, place your opening in print & online Contact Doug Newell doug@mauitimes.org or call 808-228-5659 Email details in fewer than 100 words to Shan Kekahuna attoeventshan@mauitimes.orgGotanopenthepublic?
Shop through a winter wonderland of local and hand made gifts for everyone on your list. During the magical Hui Holiday season, the Hui No‘eau gift shop expands to include even more unique creations by local artists and crafters. Find paintings, ceramic pieces, glass orna ments, and much more! Shop is open Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-4pm, until Dec. 24.
HULA GRILL - Daily: Live Music 2:30-4pm & 6:30-8pm. (2435 Ka‘anapali Pkwy., Lāhainā); 808-667-6636; Hulagrillkaanapali.com
Free. 5:30pm & 8:30pm. ProArts Playhouse (1280 S Kīhei Rd.); 808-463-6550; Proartsmaui.com)
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19
DUKES BEACH HOUSE - Sun: Damien Awai 5:30-8pm; Mon: Kahala Greig 5:30-8pm; Tue: Damien Awai 5:30-8pm; Wed: Keali‘i Lum 5:30-8pm; Thu: Koa Lopes 5:30-8pm; Fri: Ben DeLeon 5:30-8pm; Sat: Akoni Clubb 5:30-8pm.(130 Kai Malina Pkwy, Lāhainā); 808-662-2900; Dukesmaui.com
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HUIHUI RESTAURANT - Daily: Live Music 2-5pm; 5:30-8:30pm & 6:30-7:30pm. 2525 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Lāhainā); 808-667-0124; Huihuirestaurant.com
MAUI JUNGLEBELLYDANCE:GARDENRETREAT
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Oct.- Nov. 2021 43 CROSSWORD PUZZLE | Answers Page 46 ACROSS 1 Fire proof? 4 Midsection section, informally 7 Bad break 14 Pop singer known for performing in a face-obscuring wig 15 Sch. whose campus contains Washington Square Park 16 Core 17 “Lookout” signal, in brief 18 “Come now, it’ll be OK” 20 whoCarmichaelcomposed “Heart and Soul” 22 Letter after pi 23 Wallet items 24 Body feature for roughly 90% of people 25 McKellen who played Gandalf 26 Online help page, for short 28 Young newt 29 Health class subj. 30 Slip past 33 Anybody home? 35 This, in Spanish 36 Farm cry 37 Put numbers on the board 38 “Wowza!” 39 Nickname for the Miami Dolphins, with “the” 40 Certain recyclable 41 U.K. honour 42 ___ Stardust, alter ego of David Bowie 43 Rose Granger-Weasley, to Harry Potter 44 Word on either side of “à” 45 Rose of rock 46 Bench with a back 47 Main ingredient in the Japanese dish tamagoyaki 48 Requirements 51 Easy ___ 53 Onetime Russian space station 54 “My take is ...” 55 1948 western starring Bob Hope as “Painless” Potter 58 Sign 59 Budget carrier from 1993 to 2014 60 Message often written in large letters 61 Suffix with Gator 62 Actress Angela of “How Stella Got Her Groove Back” 63 Weed 64 The “S” of iOS: Abbr. DOWN 1 Japan’s largest beer brand 2 Nurse, as a beer 3 They can rate up to 350,000 on the Scoville scale 4 “Nevertheless … look at our current situation” 5 Party invite inits. 6 Grass-roots group focused on addressing climate change 7 Difficult to understand 8 G.I. entertainers 9 The Spartans of the N.C.A.A. 10 Letters on the “3” button 11 Performer known as the “King of Latin Pop” 12 Performed very well on 13 “I’m game” 19 Exclamation upon seeing this puzzle 21 Priceless keepsakes? 26 Mo. whichduringtheN.B.A. All-Star Game is usually played 27 Good as new 31 “Shoot!” 32 Website with much custom-designed jewelry 33 Channel owned by Disney 34 Dark purple fruit 42 Most out there 49 Hunky-dory 50 Comedian Wanda 51 Open ___ (plan to pay later) 52 Like the majority of Iraqis and Bahrainis 56 Pull-up muscle, for short 57 Soft murmur 12345 67 8910111213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 3132 3334 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 4950 5152 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
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Whether these financial charges constitute taxation, and thereby violate the constitution, depends on where the money ends up, accord ing to Lowenthal: If the fee goes to a government agency that doesn’t serve the payer, the fee behaves like a tax. Rost disagrees. “They’re called fees but they’re really more akin to fines. Where the money goes or how it’s used isn’t really the ques tion,” he said. “The label doesn’t really matter in the long run.”
In Hawaii, a judge can deter mine the amount of an individual fine or fee. Alternatively, a judge can waive fees and suspend pay ment of fines. (Community service can pay off fines, but not fees.) In his appeal to the Supreme Court, Lowenthal argued that his client Joshua Yamashita would never be able to afford the fees and fines, and that the judge insufficiently as sessed his ability to do so. Rost, the prosecutor, said, “If you don’t have to pay it currently, your current ability to pay doesn’t really matter. It should be based on when the ob ligation to pay takes effect.”
Lowenthal is challenging the con stitutionality of each of the three fees. He wrote that his client “has not participated in any program and his money”—by paying the drug demand reduction assessment fee—“does not offset any of the services in prison. This payment funds government services that are unrelated to Mr. Yamashita.” After a motion from Lowenthal, the cir cuit court struck the internet crimes against children fee, citing Ya mashita’s “current” inability to pay, but upheld the others, asserting that he would be able to pay in the future. The fees: $2,175. Then Loo ordered Yamashita to pay an addi tional $8,767.20 in restitution and $1,810 in criminal fines. Yamashi ta’s final bill: $12,752.20. His debt will follow him even after he serves his five-year prison sentence.
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On May 31, 2019, at the Second Circuit Court in Wailuku, the fees quickly added up as Judge Rhonda Loo sentenced Lowenthal’s client Joshua Yamashita. Loo ordered Yamashita to pay the maximum $100 internet crimes against chil dren fee for each of his 21 criminal
The Hawaii Supreme Court has not yet scheduled its next hearing of Lowenthal’s case. Even if his case succeeds, that would only render three fees unconstitution al, leaving a host of other fees and fines for courts to levy. In the meantime, people who cannot af ford to pay their fees and fines will face immobilizing consequences: license stoppers, and potentially additional criminal penalties for driving with expired licenses, pos sibly spiraling deeper into the crim inal justice system.
nolulu Civil Beat’s database of state worker salaries. Despite receiving funding from the legislature to survive the pandemic, the CVCC is now half-staffed “because we don’t have enough money,” she said.
The 2019 CVCC annual report states, “The Commission is acute ly aware that its ability to remain self-sufficient depends on judges ordering the Compensation Fee, and the Judiciary successfully col lecting the Compensation Fee from offenders in all eligible cases.” It continues, “The Commission will continue to closely monitor whether or not judges order the Compensation Fee, and whether or not the Judiciary collects it, in all eligible cases. The collection of the Compensation Fee by the Judiciary directly impacts the Commission’s ability to continue to assist the vic tims who apply for compensation and without these funds the Com mission will be unable to provide compensation going forward.”
convictions—none of which harmed children via the internet—for a total of $2,100. She tacked on the crime victim compensation fees ($2,075) and the drug demand reduction assessment fee ($100), so Yamashi ta’s fees totalled $4,275.
In the Pukalani parking lot in late September, Christian watched a police cruiser roll past and park on the opposite side of the lot. His rear license plates and expired safety inspection were out of sight, facing away from the lot, and he showed no sign of worry. But he said he wouldn’t want his son, in the front seat of the car, to see him get pickedChristianup. says that nowadays he’s trying to minimize how much he moves. If he were able to park his van somewhere with heavy foot-traf fic, he says he could blow glass to sell to tourists and pay off his debts in a week. For now, unable to drive legally, the man is stuck.
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Even struggling with fear and pain, humans can still be motivated by faith, empathy, family, and love. When asked, they still say “we want to help” one another. This global crisis is testing that commit ment and Thankfully,faith.we live in an infor mation age that connects, informs, forewarns. We celebrate Zoom wed dings, mourn online, hold newborns up to computer cameras to intro duce them to grandparents wav
Despite mental and physical challenges, sadness and fear wrought by COVID-19, every day is a gift. May you spend your gift ed days living a healthy life with those you love.
Now, after months of semi-isola tion with my spouse and two free doses of the Moderna vaccine ad ministered by our local Hana Health caregivers, I still marvel at my initial
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I am horrified now to recall how smug I was, believing that living in the middle of the Pacific Ocean meant her “British plague” would not impact me.
I first heard of COVID in March 2020, from a London friend—de scribing how a weird virus was upending her life.
people go to happy hour nowadays.
ignorance of COVID-19’s threat.
away to loved ones thousands of miles, even continents, away.
Now, if we opt to leave, we risk not being able to get back into Hawaii— or be turned away by COVID-fearing loved ones terrified we will infect them with our travelers’ germs.
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fter nearly two years of masks, self-isolation, and social distancing it feels darn good to sit at my kitchen table trying to string words together to make sense of what all of Earth’s humans are living through.
"Vaccinations, safe distancing, sanitary vigilance, respect for one another’s space and constant awareness of COVID-19 experts’ up-to-date advice will help protect us and others."
As months passed there were bright moments: old pleasures that felt “normal,” like summer picnics, trips to the beach, a four-person wine tasting. But family reunions, weddings, even memorial services are now indefinitely postponed.
A low-level mental thrum of dread never goes away. It’s a constant reminder in my head to stay alert and keep watch on my forgetful spouse whose instinct is to reach out a hand or give a hug.
I also got great advice from a wise 12-year-old boy: “If we’re careful and do what we’re sup posed to do we’ll be fine.”
No one is safe, even if vaccinated, from the coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan, China, in 2019.
By Tad Bartimus
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Little of our pre-virus routine is the same. We re-prioritize our goals and movements, our business and social obligations, our recreation, to avoid exposure. Should I go to the grocery store? If so, when? Should I wear gloves to pick apples out of the produce bin? Why is my throat scratchy? Are my allergies flaring up? Do I have a cold? Can it be theWeunthinkable?trytostayat least six feet away from friends and colleagues but still share shopping carts, re strooms, door handles, and the air weWebreathe.ordertakeout meals picked up at drive-by windows, while glancing at empty dining rooms that used to be such fun. We miss the noise of bars and restaurants where far fewer
We count the bless ings of our natural world as we wake up and fall asleep in this earthly version of heaven. Our neighbors and friends inspire us as they teach by example their respect for the ‘aina, how to be pono to one Vaccinations,another.safe distancing, sanitary vigilance, respect for one another’s space and constant awareness of COVID-19 experts’ up-to-date advice will help pro tect us and others.
Scariest of all—what if we get sick and can’t care for one another? I no longer count on rescuers to abandon their locked-down life to help me save mine.
Yet, amazingly, most folks I know are cheerfully carrying on, focused on altered routines, observing person al and communal safety at work, at school, during exercise, playing sports, practicing safe-distancing rules.
Reflections on life in the pandemic
Avoiding its fatal airborne drop lets influences our every decision as medical experts warn us daily that a single careless contact might kill us.
