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I first discovered your magazine sipping my java at Beach Street Coffee & Shaved Ice in South Kihei. Definitely great coffee – and I just loved the atmosphere of the folks that work there.
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depth. How predictable to read about these delusional anti-vaxx nitwits. We all knew there’s the tinfoil hat contingent on the island.Not a big Victorino fan, but they’re pulling the same whiny Republican crap like in California. Hippy Trumpers, New Age Nazis. Pathetic. Hats off to you for calling them out and to Teri Gorman for telling it like it is. Anti-vaxxers: you are all self entitled babies. The rest of us, thank god, see you as Freedumb Fighters, martyrs for Covidiocracy. Bruce Douglas should be ashamed of himself. He gets an F in social responsibility like the rest of this Darwin Award crowd. Good grief.
“Why are Maui’s playgrounds getting so expensive?” sparked a thread of online responses:
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Every morning I would walk up the street anxiously anticipating my morning java - until it got to a point where they knew my name as soon as I gave my order "one sausage on english muffin, one sausage with egg, one black coffee and one black tsunami - for Judy." It just felt good to go there.
"That was a fantastic read! It’s all outrageous on Maui. Nice investigating, very eye-opening to a subject a lot of people thought about but never looked into like that."
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I really like the column and find it educational no matter what the tone of the piece. It alerts me to things that I want to make sure not to do unintentionally so I can be a better neighbor. This reader says keep ‘em coming, just the way they are.
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Yes,recalled.many of us are concerned about government overreach, especially the most recent mandates to force parents to inject their keiki with vaccines that have unknown long-term consequences.
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"The corrupt subcontractors used by our good ol’ boy system pad the bids on everything."
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—Lydia K., Kahului
—Zoe, Hana
But we are also upset by the unethical practices of this administration towards our unhoused, our polluted rivers and reefs, and our need for locally grown healthy food and clean energy. ][
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J. Eagle claimed to speak for all of us, ["Letters" Nov.-Dec.] saying, “We hope you’ll skip” anything negative in the Eh Brah! column.
The ad to recall Victorino in your last issue is in very poor taste. He is trying his best to keep our island safe, yet a very vocal minority is trying to undermine all that he does. And now they have paid for a halfpage ad? Shame on you for allowing that! They and their ignorant antics shouldn’t be given any recognition.
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—Daniel Smith, Haiku
“Why doesn’t Hana have a playground? $400,000 [was spent] on new lights for the ball park— where there’s no parking—and
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—Judy, South Kihei
No worries , C. Moylan, about MauiTimes altering Eh Brah!. Just like Tasty Crust, we are not going to mess with our tried and true formula. Eh Brahs! will continue to feature your thanks, confessions, gripes, and accusations. In fact, the paper in your hands contains two Eh Brahs!, so all you addicts will need to flip through the entire magazine to get your fix. -JSW
Here’s hoping that there are many prosperous times and exciting adventures ahead for Mauitimes.
Viola Gaskell’s article in the December MauiTimes, “On the Scene at Mandate-Free Maui & Recall Victorino Rallies” should have focused on the myriad reasons why thousands of local parents, teachers, medical professionals, Hawaiian rights advocates, and veterans believe our inaccessible Mayor should be
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—Michelle S., Kula
Mahalo for your cover “Tasty Crust: A Wailuku Family Legacy,” [Nov.-Dec.]. They are a true Maui institution. Every time I eat their pancakes I’m transported to my small-kid days. With all the COVID and recall stuff, there is way too much negativity swirling on our tiny island. Stories about what makes Maui special are more than welcome. Keep it up!
Imagine my surprise going to my mailbox the other day and there it was - the December MauiTimes sitting there waiting for me - and it instantly made me smile.
I fell in love with Maui in 2017 and knew then that my family would make her our home. When I look up at the Maui Mountains it is like God himself just reaches into my chest and tells me everything will be ok girl, keep going.
Definitely good to have MauiTimes back, even better as a mothly now. I kinda like [having] fewer editions. Gives the ability for more
Eagle does not speak for me (or, I suspect, anyone else). Nor does throwing some Hawaiian words into an opinion make it more legitimate.
For someone who is an avid reader of all - and a newbie to this fascinating and amazingly beautiful island, it is so refreshing to find so much helpful information at my fingertips.
—Lena, Hana
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it wasn’t that necessary, while they remove the only swings available at Pa‘ani Mai Park and leave the community with nothing. No wonder kids are addicted to phones and vaping. Maybe a letter needs to go out to Oprah...
We must all stand and respect our Constitution, which allows peaceful public protest. As our First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting... the right of the people to peaceably assemble.”
First off, a tip of the hat to all the letter writers. Keep them coming!
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Plastic bags, plastic straws, single-use plastics, polystyrene containers— Maui County has been on the leading edge of banning environmentally harmful substances. Add another to the list: The Maui County Council unanimously passed a bill banning the sale or use of non-mineral sunscreen, introduced by Councilmember Kelly King. Bill 135, which will go into effect Oct. 22 2022, will prohibit any sunscreen containing an ingredient other than zinc oxide or titanium dioxide; other ingredients have been deemed potentially harmful to coral reefs and marine life by the U.S. Food and Drug
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“The amount of response we’ve had has just been amazing,” Walker said. “And we have so many untapped parts of the population. A lot of people have contacted us and said, “I didn’t get to sign, will there be another chance to?” - JS & VG
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‘Aina Kupuna exemptions require that the property is owned (in part) by one or more descendants of the property owner 80 years prior. Rising property taxes have long burdened inheritors of coastal ancestral lands, where offshore buyers and development continue to drive up property values. In the council’s three minutes, Rawlins-Fernandez said that the bill was designed to lessen the “social and familial strife”—inherent in the decision to sell ancestral lands—that has caused “irreparable harm ][ that will be felt forApplicationsgenerations.”are online at www.mauicounty.gov/1953/RPA-Forms-andInstructions. -VG
Plaintiff Sonia Davis, 64, lived on the Kanaha strip for five years before the county cleared the encampment in September, 2021.
“Non-mineralAdministration.sunscreens are an aggressive pollutant,” said Councilmember King. “Our coral reefs are our first defense against erosion from sea level rise and, in addition to the threats of climate change and ocean warming, runoff from storms and development, and seepage from wastewater injection wells, chemical sunscreens cause extensive harm to our reef systems and marine life.” - JS
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ACLU Sues Maui County Over Kanaha sweep
This month the county reviewed signatures gathered during the recall petition of Mayor Mike Victorino. Lead petitioner Sheila Walker admitted that the effort did not garner the 21,586 signatures required (20 percent of the registered voters in Maui County), but said she was still “optimistic” because organizers will have a second chance (20 days) to attain signatures once the county concludes its initial review.
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By Jacob Shafer, Viola Gaskell, Grace Maeda and J. Sam Weiss
“The September sweep at Kanaha has only made things worse. It has made the plaintiffs’ lives more stressful and it has made finding adequate housing more difficult for them,” said ACLU Hawai‘i director Joshua Wisch. “It has done nothing to address the challenge of houselessness on Maui, and it was done illegally.” The county did not respond to a request for comment. - JS
Legislation addressing the displacement of native Hawaiians from their ancestral lands took effect this month. Councilwoman Keani Rawlins-Fernandez’s ‘aina Kupuna bill passed with flying colors, offering lifeline to multi-generational Maui landowners burdened by exorbitant property taxes. From Dec. 1, residents with familial land can apply for a property tax reduction, potentially lowering land taxes as high as $10,000 to the state’s minimum $350 amount.
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Mahi Pono planted its millionth tree, an ‘ulu sapling, on Nov. 9, just three years after the Maui agriculture titan purchased 41,000 acres of former sugarcane plantation in Central Maui. The Canadian-Californian-owned farming venture has planted more than 600,000 citrus trees, 300,000 coffee trees and 21,000 papaya trees, as well as a host of other trees, including hundreds of ‘ulu, coconut and macadamia nut trees.
ACLU Hawai‘i is suing the county on behalf of four former residents of the Alama Place homeless encampment. The plaintiffs, Sonia Davis, Jessica Lau, Lauralee B. Riedell, and Adam M. Walton, allege that the county illegally seized their property during the sweep at Amala Place. The suit seeks a hearing for the plaintiffs and asks that sufficient notice be given before any future sweeps.
Though the company represents itself as “committed to practicing sustainable agriculture, to growing food for local consumption, [and] to responsible use of the natural resources,” Mahi Pono has faced much scrutiny on Maui. As co-owner (along with Alexander & Baldwin) of East Maui Irrigation and majority partner of Maui Cattle Co., Mahi Pono is now a major steward of the island’s ability to sustain itself.
The state Board of Land and Natural Resources is reviewing an environmental study in order to assess whether it will grant the company a longterm water use permit that would grant the farming venture access to more than 90 million gallons per day. Mahi Pono says that with this allowance, it could produce more than 330 million pounds of produce in a year, just over the amount of food Maui’s resident population (not including tourists) would be expected to eat in a year according to USDA data on the average consumption in the U.S. -VG
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Kalani Pe‘a Nominated for Third Grammy
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“An exciting and motivating action manual that is not about launching protests that go nowhere with today’s politicians," said Nader. "It is about replacing them with your elected lawmakers starting at the local and county level where the 99% have a strong say.” The book is available at ReclaimParadise.org
Imaikalani deVault to represent Maui in surfing’s most competitive tour
On Dec. 4, the WSL announced that deVault’s results, notably finishing in the top ten at the MEO Vissla Pro Ericeira and the 2020 Sydney Surf Pro, landed him a spot on the 2022 Championship Tour. DeVault will join a handful of Hawai‘i surfers, including ‘Oahu’s Carissa Moore, the 2020-2021 world champion, and John John Florence as they compete at surfing’s highest level. -VG
Ralph Nader Lauds Book By Maui Pono Director
The songwriter composed his latest album on the Valley Isle during the pandemic. Inspired by the significance of ocean voyages in Hawai‘i’s history, Pe‘a’s album draws parallels to broadening horizons while navigating troubling seas. The album includes seven original compositions and four classics.
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The 64th Grammy Awards will run live on CBS on Jan. 31, 2022. - GM
Maui’s Imaikalani deVault, 24, will be the second surfer to represent the Valley Isle in the history of the sport’s most prestigious tour. The World Surfing League’s Championship Tour, often referred to as the ‘dream tour,’ had not seen a Maui surfer enter its ranks before or since Lahaina’s Dusty Paine qualified from 2011 to 2016.
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The two time Green Party presidential candidate applauded a new book by Maui Pono Network’s Paul Deslauriers on his weekly podcast The Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
Two-time Grammy Award winner Kalani Pe‘a will contend for his third Grammy in the Best Regional Roots Music Album category with his latest album “Kau Ka Pe‘a.” Born in Hilo and now living on Maui, Pe‘a is the only Hawai‘i nominee in the category. This year’s will be a back-to-back nomination in this category for Pe‘a.
RON WHITE - Humorous storyteller Ron “Tater Salad” White will have you laughing off your seat as he shares tales from his eventful life. The stand-up comedian is known as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour phenomenon.
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MAUI’S 20TH ANNUAL ART OF ALOHA - Captivating artists from around the world come together at the Lahaina Galleries in Wailea to show and discuss their work. The artists include Guy Buffet, Dario Campanile, Carrie Graber, Ronaldo Macedo, Robert Lyn Nelson, Michael Talbot, Steve Turnbull, and Donna Young.
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The England roots reggae band Steel Pulse performs at the MACC! The band was the first non-Jamaican act to win the Grammy for Best Reggae Album. Founded in 1975, the group creates music addressing racial injustice and human rights on a global scale.
Don’t forget to register for the legendary two-day surfing event. Registration closes March 31. Divisions include: Open Men, Open Women, Open Longboard, Girls U14, Girls 14-15, Boys U12, Boys 12-13, Boys 14-15, and Boys 16-17.
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JEFF PETERSON - Listen to the transcendent voice of slack key guitar virtuoso Jeff Paterson. As the son of a paniolo at Haleakala Ranch, Jeff is one of Hawaiʻi’s most versatile musicians, being deeply rooted in the traditions of Hawaiian music intertwined with classical and jazz flair.
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MAPA returns to the stage with the hilarious three-person show “Ahi Wrap” sharing laughter, crazy antics, and the true meaning of ʻohana. Guaranteeing a lot of laughs, the local soap opera is MAPA’s first production with a live audience since the pandemic. You don’t want to miss this show.
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2022 - On exhibit until March 19. Cast your vote for your favorite artwork at the triennial portrait challenge! Tour the Schaefer gallery to see 48 works by 47 artists from the islands of Hawai‘i, Maui, Lana‘i, O‘ahu, and Kaua‘i that capture Hawai‘i’s extraordinary spirit. The winner will be announced on March 13.
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Ongoing Mondays-Fridays. Get a unique and immersive look into the world of honeybees. Explore the internal workings of honeybee hives with an experienced beekeeper and taste honey directly from the hives.
Three generations: Mikey, Wai‘oli, Kolu, and Eunice, “Mama,” Lind sell fresh and dried fish, eggs, sausage, and fruit from their farm in Kipahulu at the Hana farmers market.
How the Hana farmers market became the piko of the town, reinvigorating self-reliance and kokua in East Maui as food security waned throughout the county.
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Story and photos by Viola Gaskell
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Nearly half of Hawai‘i’s families with children reported being food insecure in a study by the University of Hawai‘i earlier this year.
Leina‘ala Perry, 46, and her daughters Tyra-Li, 17, and Pristine, 15, helped set up the scrip program through their community initiative Project Ho‘omana.
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Savanah Sandate went from baking 24 loaves for the first market to baking 50 loaves and 25 baguettes plus bagels and a rotating cast of sourdough treats that sell out most weeks.
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East Maui farmers Kemei and Steve Gold sell fresh produce and quail eggs at the Hana
Bananas,market.papayas,
and soursop from the Lind’s farm in Kipahulu for sale at the Hana market.
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“The gratification that we receive from selling fish to our community at some of the cheapest prices in the state was way beyond any financial gain we'd make selling it outside.”
JANUARY ISSUE 2022 15 More‘ Farmers & Markets Events see page 40-42. NEWS AND EVENTS Maui Food Bank volunteers pack food boxes ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at their warehouse in Kahului. MFB started using a second warehouse during the pandemic to meet rising demand. Experience and Support Local Business Part of Lahaina’s Famous Front Street for Over 40 Years TheWharfShops.com | 808.661.8748 | 658 Front Street in Lahaina Parking Directly Behind the Shopping Center HAPPY NEW YEAR! Coffee • Snacks • Shave Ice & More - Maui’s Most Loved Local RestaurantsFOOD, FUN, SHOPPING FOR EVERYONE! Jewelry • Fashion • Souvenirs • Hammocks • Hawaiian Gifts -REGENCY THEATRES- LIVE MUSIC BY MAUI’S FAVORITE, UA ALOHA MAGIEvery Monday - Thursday 5-7pm in our open air courtyard! Maui’s newest cinema brings box-office films to Lahaina in 2022!
Along the way, he rubbed elbows with some of baseball’s alltime greats.
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Both clubs are defunct (at present there are no professional baseball teams at any level in Hawai’i). But their legacies are worth remembering.
It was an opportunity for these players to hone and showcase their skills. And it was an opportunity for Hawai’i to audition for a role as a legitimate professional baseball destination.“Wecarried a vision that went beyond baseball,” said Duane Kirisu, who served as owner of the Maui Stingrays, in a December 2020 MLB. com retrospective. “We felt that our role could be to develop the tools of aloha, which included characterisMaui’ MemoriesDiamonds
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and summer sport––designed to be played in the sunshine or under the lights on a warm August night. Maui and Hawai’i are an exception to that rule. While much of the Mainland battles torrential rain and swirling blizzards this time of year, Maui provides year-round baseball weather.
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Since opening in 1973, the park has been the site of countless indelible baseball memories, mostly for high school and youth teams. It has also served as home to both of Maui’s professional baseball teams––the Maui Stingrays of the Major League Baseball-affiliated Hawaii Winter Baseball league,
and Na Koa Ikaika Maui, an independent pro team.
As a 1996 Maui County Council resolution honoring Maehara’s legacy noted, “Mr. Maehara has demonstrated his Aloha Spirit in many ways, including hosting baseball Hall of Famers Bob Feller, Pee Wee Reese, Yogi Berra, Robin Roberst, Duke Snider, Enos Slaughter, Johnny Mize and Bob Lemon at hisThehome.”most tangible piece of his legacy is the ballpark that bears his name: Maehara Stadium in Wailuku. (The park is often and erroneously referred to as War Memorial Stadi-
On ballfields across the island, ballplayers of all ages keep swinging, sliding, and tossing regardless of what the calendar says.
From Stingrays to Mighty Warriors to pioneering pro female pitchers Hower
‘A Vision...Beyond Baseball’
By Jacob Shafer
In most of the country, baseball recedes in the winter. It’s a spring
n Maui, they called him “Mr.BornBaseball.”in1909in Pu’unene, Ichiro “Iron” Maehara spent his life steeped in the game: as a player for Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s company team and in exhibitions against military clubs and traveling pros; as a coach and tireless advocate for youth baseball; as Maui’s parks director; and as a big league scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers for three decades (he retired in 1997 at age 87 and died the following year).
That endless summer allure is what led, in part, to the creation of the Hawaii Winter Baseball (HWB) league. Founded in 1993, the league drew prospects from MLB, as well as top players from Japan and Korea.
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Na Koa Ikaika brought professional baseball back to the Valley Isle.
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tics like trust, confidence, character, and community.”
“MLB and Asian baseball has great synergistic opportunities that can help bridge political and economic boundaries,” said Kirisu. “With HWB it was not MLB versus Japan versus Korea. The players from different countries were mixed and played together for their adopted cities in Hawai’i.”
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in the league, sometimes coming close to filling or even exceeding Maehara Stadium’s 1,500-seat capacity. (At one point, to the crowd’s delight, the umpires wore aloha shirts instead of their traditional blues, though the league put the squeeze on that particular experiment.)
Initially, the league consisted of four teams: the Honolulu Sharks, the Hilo Stars, the Maui Stingrays, and the Kaua’i Emeralds. Soon, other teams would join (though Maui remained a one-club island).
It was also, according to Kirisu, an opportunity to bring cultures together, to use baseball as a connecting thread.
Instead,involved.NaKoa Ikaika (translated from Hawaiian as “the mighty warriors”) arrived under the banner of the Golden Baseball League, a regional collection of clubs based mostly out of California.
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The Stingrays lasted until 1997. During that time, they won a pair of league championships. Their most exciting season was 1995, when they went on a 16-8 run in their final 24 games, culminating with a doubleheader sweep of the Honolulu Sharks.
Despite its growing popularity––attendance rose each season and peaked at 136,270 league-wide in 1997––the costs associated with
The Mighty Warriors
Two years after the second iteration of HWB went under, pro baseball returned to the Valley Isle. This time, MLB and the Korean and Japanese professional leagues weren’t
The Stingrays were generally a hit. Reports at the time indicated they drew the largest crowds of any team
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“Do you know how hard it is to draw a stingray holding a baseball?” asked Low.
Like the Stingrays, Na Koa Ikaika moved into Maehara Stadium. In its inaugural season, Na Koa went 56-26, good for a first-place finish, though they lost the championship series three games to none to the Chico outlaws. Despite the loss, crowds for those games were large Mighty Warriors fashion.
Even their logo was beloved, though the man who made it––de-
signer Alan Low––said it was no easy task, according to Don Chapman’s book, “Boys of Winter.”
running the league became burdensome for MLB, and HWB folded after just five seasons. It returned for a second run from 2006-08, sans the Stingrays. December 17, 2021 marks the 13-year anniversary of HWB’s demise.
But coach Aaron patiently taught us the fundamentals. Catch the ball. Throw the ball. Hit the ball.
Gil Keith-Agaran is the Hawai'i state Senator from District 5.
But my Yankees had little resemblance to the Big League Club.
’m a San Francisco Giants fan.
Growingoutfield.up, my grandfather told me baseball was the Philippines pastime, introduced by American servicemen. Sometime after independence in 1946 basketball became the national sport. But Papa came to Hawaii in 1928 so he remained a baseball man. He liked the San Francisco Giants in a town besotted with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
When local television showed University of Hawaii games without pay-per-view, Papa would religiously watch those Les Murakami baseball teams. He introduced me to vigorous cheering and yelling at the players and umpires. He loved home runs, a good double play, and always laughed at swing and miss strikeouts. He kept waiting for the Rainbows to return to the College World Series.
We were never Murderers Row by any stretch. The best kids from Paia, Kuau and Makawao actually played for other little league teams. In my memory, we won as many games as Charlie Brown’s team.
This past season was just an unexpected bonus. No one predicted the Giants would top the NL West, let alone win 107 games and hold off the dodgers. Like any fan, I would have preferred San Francisco winning it all. But there’s always next year.
When I moved home, I would take my grandfather to Maui Stingrays games at War Memorial Stadium. He enjoyed being with me but he confided he preferred televised games for the close ups and replays. I actually liked being out at the ballpark.
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But I have to confess I was a Yankee as a kid.
A Paia Yankee, that is.
My dad never struck me as a sports fan. But he did splurge for some cleats and a nice Wilson glove for this little Yankee.
I played some intramural softball in college and law school, as well as with the Jaycees and Lawyers’ League. I was never more than adequate in either the field or at the plate, but I certainly appreciated my friends who excelled.
Maui had one Little League in those days and all games were played at the Wailuku War MemorialForfields.those of us with HC&S dads who often worked six days a week, we’d travel to games piled into the back of a coach’s pick up. Sometimes we ended up at fields without fences so you’d have to run quite a bit if the ball got past you in the
That was the extent of my personal diamond career. No colt league. And certainly no high school. The Maui Interscholastic League had four schools— Maui High, Baldwin, St. Anthony and Lahainaluna— and I knew which kids from Little League or AJA summer would make the varsity squads.
Kaiser grad Sid Fernandez joined the Mets rotation, I had at least two reasons to cheer on the Mets in the 1986 World Series.
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During law school, I possibly spent too time at both Candlestick to watch the Giants and Oakland Alameda to see the A’s. But those were the early years of those Will Clark and Robby Thompson teams and the promise of the bash brothers Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. So I would argue I had cause.
But I’m a Giants fan so I was disappointed by the A’s sweeping the Giants in the 1989 Bay Bridge/ Earthquake World Series. I remain bitter that my Giants could win 103 games in 1993 and still miss the post-season. I still don’t recognize what happened after the top of the 7th inning of the sixth game of the 2002 World Series. So I was never spoiled by San Francisco finally winning titles in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
I didn’t see my first live professional game or professional stadium until college. Writing for my college paper, I finagled an assignment to cover an early start of an alum from my school,New York Mets pitcher Ron Darling at Shea Stadium. Darling was born in Hawaii before growing up in Massachusetts. Some years later, after
T hat season, in 2011, they hired former MLB All-Star Garry Templeton to manage the club. Watching the old middle infielder straddle the dugout’s top step was a reminder that Maehara Stadium is an ocean away from the highest levels of competition. The some-
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After the season, the Golden Baseball League disbanded due to financial hardships and Na Koa was picked up by the North American League.
and raucous, with groups spilling out from the bleachers and into the grass beside the field.
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times balky scoreboard; the bald patches of grass in the outfield. Still, for the guys in uniform, it was“It’sbaseball.mylife. I’ve been playing ever since I was five years old and I never missed a season,” 26-yearold Baldwin High graduate Gered “Moch” Mochizuki said at the time. “I want to represent what kind of talent we’ve got out here and definitely represent where I comeMochizukifrom.”
cited Valley Isle-born players who made it to the majors as inspiration (see sidebar).
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In September, Suzuki hinted he may retire after a decade and a half spent squatting behind the plate. He hasn’t made a public decision yet, however, which makes him Maui’s only active MLB player.
Born in Wailuku in 1897 to Portuguese immigrants, Antone “Tony” Rego came of age as baseball’s popularity was growing like sugarcane on Maui and across Hawaii.
officially retired at age 37 in 2018 (he played his fi nal MLB game in 2015), Victorino had compiled an impressive re sume: four Gold Gloves, two AllStar appearances, and two World Series rings.
He bounced around the minors and, in 1939, became general manager of a Class D team in Texas along with his wife, Lucille, who served an ahead-of-her-time role in the club’s front office. Rego died in Oklahoma at age 80 in 1978 and left an impressive Valley Isle legacy––after his debut in 1924, it took almost 80 years for another Mauiborn player to make the majors.
(a fellow Kula boy) and Victorino (who is Texiera’s cousin), he made it to the majors. That’s something 99.9 percent of ballplayers can’t honestly say.
In a pair of campaigns with Seattle and the Kansas City Roy als, Texiera allowed 86 hits and 35 earned runs over 67 innings. He held on for a few years in the minors before transitioning to coaching. In March, he was hired as manager of the Double-A Rome Braves (that’s Rome, Geor gia, not Italy).
Rego returned to the Browns the following season, raised his average to .406 and cut down 10 of 10 wouldbe base-stealers. But the Browns acquired a star switch-hitting catcher named Wally Schang and Rego was sent to the minor leagues.
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It turned out to be the right choice. After rising to Triple-A, Victorino was acquired by the San Diego Padres in 2003 and made his MLB debut. The Philadelphia Phillies picked him up in 2005.
Kula boy Kurt Suzuki followed the legacy of Rego by making The Show as a catcher.
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After graduating from Kame hameha High School on Oahu, Texiera was chosen in the 31st round of the 2004 MLB draft by the Milwaukee Brewers but opted to attend Saddleback College in California. He was drafted again in 2006––this time in the 22nd round––by the Chicago White Sox. He decided to go for it.
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quickly established a reputation as a solid and savvy defensive catcher who could also contribute in the batter’s box. He hit 13 or more home runs every season between 2009 and 2011. In 2014, he tallied 34 doubles and made the All-Star team with the Minnesota Twins.
Suzuki has hit .257 with 139 home runs in 15 seasons for five different clubs. He won a World Series with the Washington Nationals in 2019. In 2021, he joined the Los Angeles Angels and two-way Japanese phenom Shohei Ohtani, who won an MVP award by starring as both a pitcher and a slugger. The pair reportedly formed a close bond.
Kanekoa Texiera’s MLB career was shorter and less memorable than Suzuki’s or Victorino’s, as he played just two seasons with the Seattle Mariners and Kansas City
The son of Jocelyn Victorino and Maui Mayor Mike Victorino, Shane was a multi-sport athlete at St. Anthony’s in Wailuku. The Los Angeles Dodgers selected him out of high school in the sixth round of the 1999 MLB draft. Victorino eschewed an offer to play college ball at UH Manoa and entered the Dodgers’ minor league system.
years apart). Rather than diving into pro ball, Suzuki attended three years of college at Cal State Fullerton, where he hit .390. In 2004, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the
Four Maui-born players have reached the big leagues, dating back to 1924
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Nicknamed “The Flyin’ Hawaiian,” Shane Victorino is Maui’s most accomplished big leaguer.
Antone “Tony” Rego (MLB career: 1924-25)
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Listed at five-foot-four and 165 pounds, the diminutive catcher broke into the big leagues with the St. Louis Browns at age 26 in 1924 and hit a modest .220 in 24 games, though he did throw out seven of 10 would-be base-stealers.
The odds were against him––MLB doesn’t even have a 22nd round anymore. (The draft now goes only 20-deep and players chosen that low face an uphill battle.) But Texeira showed enough in the minor leagues to get a shot at the highest level in 2010.
A 2001 Baldwin High graduate, Suzuki went a different route than Vicotino, against whom he played in high school (they were two
By 2008, he was the Phillies’ everyday center fielder. He hit .293 with 14 home runs, stole 36 bases, won a Gold Glove, and guided Philadelphia to its first championship since 1980––the year Victorino wasWhenborn.he
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broke into the pros in Japan at age 16, posted an impressive 1.80 ERA in five innings for Na Koa in 2011 and logged 41.5 innings for Maui the following season. She, too, has a glove––and a bat––in Cooperstown.Ultimately,Na Koa Ikaika and the Stingrays shared a similar fate and faced the same stark reality: it may be impossible to sustain a professional baseball team on an island as small and isolated as Maui. The costs are simply too high.
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The Mighty Warriors went out in cinematic fashion. In their final
Croteau had a one-line role in 1994’s “A League of Their Own”––the story of the WWII-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League––and said she was inspired by the movie to blaze a trail in the sport. Her glove was ultimately enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in KnuckleballerCooperstown.
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The stories of Na Koa Ikaika and the Stingrays diverge in many ways. HWB was a league built on top-shelf MLB, Japanese, and Korean prospects. At one point, HWB counted legendary outfielder Ichiro Suzuki among its ranks, along with a firmament of other future big league stars. Na Koa, meanwhile, was a ragtag collection of twentysomethings clinging to a fading dream and never-quite-made-it veterans holding on as long as possible.
featuring female players. Two women, pitcher Lee Ann Ketcham and first baseman Julie Kroteau, logged time with the Stingrays, becoming the first females ever to play for an MLB-affiliated club.
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Baseball on Maui is about more than any single player or team.
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But the two leagues shared a lot as well. They each broke barriers by
“It was an opportunity for Hawai’i to audition for a role as a legitimate professional baseball destination.”
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Then again, who knows? Some other intrepid indie league may give it a go, or perhaps MLB will have a change of heart and try the winter league experiment again.
season––now playing in the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs––they finished in first place at 46-29 and defeated the San Rafael Pa cifics to win the league championship.
Na Koa finished the 2011 season a dismal 29-40, and was forced to end the year early for financial reasons. Still, the club returned in 2012 to post a more-respectable 36-30 record.
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Most tenants who are behind emergency assistance program, pre-screened by Catholic Charities then ushered through the county’s next round of “It
Maui’s Fight to Stave Off Evictions
Maui County was allotted $36 million in emergency rental assistance funds from the $46.5 billion in federal rental assistance set aside by Congress last winter. By Dec. 6, more than $16 million had been dispersed to nearly 2,400 applicants in Maui Nui. Another 277 applications were under review while 300 had been denied.
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Maui Mediation had received by mid-November, 60 of them have been “successfully mediated,” according to Bowers. However, specific outcomes are not tracked, meaning those 60 cases could have resulted in the tenant moving out without being evicted in court, or the tenant could have received federal rental assistance to pay owed rent, allowing them to retain housing. Of the other 200-plus cases, more than 40 have gone to court and over 160 are in process or have been resolved independently.
Before the pandemic, there were 296 eviction cases in Maui County and 2,422 in the state in all of 2019. However, as state judiciary spokeswoman Jan Kagehiro pointed out, the numbers do not offer an “apples-to-apples comparison,” because the state’s 2019 judicial data does not differentiate between eviction types, whereas the 42 post-moratorium lawsuits were filed specifically alleging that rent wasWhenowed.the moratorium expired, a brief surge in eviction lawsuits did ensue, but the worst of it seems to have passed as tenants gain access to emergency rental assistance. In September, 16 lawsuits were filed, followed by 20 in October, and six in OfNovember.the260cases
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Nearly half of the county ’ s $ 36 million dollar emergency rental assistance fund has been spent. Is it keeping Maui residents housed ?
In cases where the tenants are behind on rent, mediators and legal professionals try to stave off court-ordered evictions, which can make it exceedingly difficult to rent once they mar a tenant’s record— adding to the likelihood that he or
in social security while couples receive $1,191. Monthly payments will increase by 5.9 percent in 2022 to $841 and $1,261, the largest jump in nearly 40 years, but the increase pales in comparison with risingBeforerents.the pandemic, median rent was over $1,500 in Maui County. Even in the first half of 2021, studio listings hovered around $1,300 per month with one bedrooms close behind at $1,400 according to rentdata.org. In November, Craigslist was peppered with studios listed for upwards of $1,500 and one bedrooms exceeding $1,700.
In those cases, Murakami says negotiating more time is often the only antidote. “We’re trying to get everyone to have an open mind and be able to work together to come to a common solution so that we can preventMurakamihomelessness.”estimatesthat at least one in 10 of the tenants who come to Legal Aid Society for help are at risk of becoming homeless. Many of these clients are over 60 and largely rely on Social Security to pay rent. Elderly individuals in
Most tenants who are behind on rent qualify for the county’s emergency assistance program, but they have to be pre-screened by Catholic Charities then ushered through the county’s next round of the application process. “It might be a few weeks before they are able to get the funding,” Murakami said, “but usually we are able to negotiate the pause to help them prevent being evicted while that support is on its way.”
Act 57 into law, requiring landlords to enter a 15-day mediation process before filing an eviction lawsuit.
who do not owe outstanding rent have been given a 45-day notice of eviction, often because the property is being sold. “For those tenants, it is very, very hard,” Murakami said. “They understand that they need to get out, but the market is tighter, so it’s hard for them to find a new place even if they can afford something.”
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Jillian Okamoto of Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, the organization heading the emergency rental funds dispersal, said that the 292 applicants who were rejected either had an income higher than 80 percent
Murakami,owed.head of Maui’s Legal Aid Society office, said that many tenants
In those 15 days, mediators work with tenants to assess whether they qualify for emergency CARES Act funding to pay rent that is
she will experience homelessness.
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ince the statewide eviction moratorium ended in August, 42 eviction lawsuits have been filed against tenants in Maui County and more than 260 landlords have sought mediation (they are now required to do so by the State). It is unclear how many of those mediations and lawsuits have resulted in termination of housing, but Bevanne Bowers, Maui Mediation’s executive director, said that, “in most cases mediation is at least buying time so that we can keep these cases out of court and see if the parties can come up with their own solution.”
she will experience homelessness.
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McEntire, who is also a real estate agent, says he empathizes with anyone trying to partake in today’s housing market. “I was saving up for a down payment, but it’s a lot,” McEntire, himself a renter, said. “As the market kept moving, I felt like it was just out of reach, then just out of reach again, and I was trying to catch it before it was too far out of reach.” For now McEntire has decided to wait and see if there is a plateau somewhere on the horizon that might allow him to catch up with Maui’s million-dollar-median housing market. trying to get everyone to have an open mind and be able to work together to come to a common solution so that we can prevent homelessness.”
“What they don't understand is, yes there is money out there to pay rent for people who were COVID-affected, but we still have to be good stewards of it,” Cummings explained, adding that she had already been audited by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. “I’ve been audited and asked, ‘Why did you help this person when the data shows that they were getting unemployment of $600 a week for one person?’ If they are not getting the assistance, there’s a reason,” Cummings said.
Mediation may be keeping eviction cases out of court, presenting a seemingly low eviction rate, but in a state where data is not the government’s strong-suit, it is diffi-
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other hand, have been forced to bear the financial burdens of the moratoriums, an obligation that some are more equipped to handle than others. Kihei property manager Jordan McEntire filed an eviction lawsuit in September on behalf of a client who had not received rent for four months, despite having attempted to connect the tenants, an elderly, retired couple, with rental assistance programs. McEntire said that his client (a tenant himself on the Mainland) was paying the mortgage on his Kihei condo by renting it out, with hopes of moving to Maui when he reached retirement age.
“His hands were tied. He was trying to cover his rent and his mortgage on Maui on a teacher's salary and didn't know what to do. He was panicking,” McEntire recalled.
Maude Cummings, executive director of Maui’s Family Life Center, another organization tasked with assessing emergency rental assistance eligibility, said that though many applicants had been significantly affected by the pandemic, some had attempted to take advantage of the moratoriums and assistance programs. “Some people have just refused to pay rent,” Cummings said. “We just talked to someone that has $7,000 in income, so I said, ‘Why did you not pay your rent?’”
cult to know how many have been more quietly forced out of their homes. The U.S. Census American Housing Survey shows that for every tenant who is formally evicted, more than five are informally evicted (belongings are removed and locks changed, etc.).
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Okamoto confirmed that the demographic of Maui residents seeking emergency assistance was more broad than the usual pool of housing assistance applicants that Catholic Charities had dealt with before the pandemic.
Though she estimated that 95 percent of applicants were behind on rent, others sought to remedy their situation proactively, including middle-class families working in the tourism or restaurant industry who were looking for help transitioning into more affordable housing. “People who, before, had pretty good income coming in and could afford $2,500 or $3,000 a month rent, but with the economy slowly recovering, they wanted to find cheaper places to rent in case COVID doesn’t go away entirely,” said
Fortunately, the tenants in McEntire’s case were able to pay their arrears during the mediation process and move directly into new housing. However, the client had already listed the property for sale in order to mitigate his financial loss (approximately $17,000 at that point). When the tenants moved out, the property was sold to a new out-of-state owner. McEntire said he believes the new owners plan to take up residence in the condo; but if they don’t, the future of the condo could be tenuous. Perhaps it will be rented to other Maui residents in need of housing, or perhaps it will join South Kihei’s fleet of vacation rental listings and part-time-resident housing that sit empty half the year.
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In a rural county where many rental agreements are informal from the get-go, knowing how many people have been forced to leave their living situation to evade a flood, accommodate a sale, or make room for a growing family, is a daunting
area median income, had not been impacted by the pandemic, or often simply did not respond to phone calls and emails.
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A May 2021 op-ed in The Hill, co-authored by Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, cited the study’s figures on preventable deaths and explained its basic framework: H.R. 3 would limit the annual out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries to no more than $2,000, and establish a top negotiated price for drugs at no more than 120 percent of the average of six other wealthy nations.
At the time, they noted, “People yearned for a return to ‘normalcy,’ as then-presidential hopeful Warren G. Harding proclaimed.”
“The good news is that policy changes can curb the power of Big Pharma, resulting in far fewer avoidable deaths,” Stancil reported. “Medicare negotiation is projected to reduce drug prices and seniors’ cost-sharing, which could prevent nearly 94,000 seniors’ deaths annually and save $475.9 billion,” the study stated as one of its key findings. “As a model for policymakers, the study pointed specifically to the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3),” which passed the House in December 2019, but died in the Senate, Project Censored noted. It’s been reintroduced after President Joe Biden “declined to include Medicare negotiation in his $1.8 trillion American Families Plan proposal,” they explained.
All that said, the point of Project Censored has never been just to expose significant stories that have been ignored, but rather to expose them as portals to a wider landscape of understanding and action. In that spirit, here is our summary of this year’s Top 10 censored stories.
But it was not to be. “The desire for simpler times, however, was more a phantom than a reality, as millions of Americans ultimately had to adjust to an ever- and fast-changing world,” including a rapidly changing media landscape — most notably the explosion of radio. And we should expect much the same. Every major change in the media landscape has brought with it the promise of expanded horizons and democratic possibility — the potential for a broader, more inclusive public conversation — only to see many of the old patterns of division, exclusion and demonization recur in new ways as well as old, as recent revelations about Facebook vividly remind us.
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“SOARING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS HAVE been widely reported by corporate news outlets,” Project Censored notes, but they’ve utterly ignored the staggering resulting cost in human lives. More than 1.1 million seniors enrolled in Medicare programs could die prematurely in the next decade due to unaffordable prescription drugs, according to a November 2020 study reported on by Kenny Stancil for Common Dreams medicines become increasingly expensive, patients skip doses, ration prescriptions, or quit treatment altogether,” Project Censored explained, a phenomenon known as “cost-related nonadherence,” which will become “a leading cause of death in the U.S., ahead of diabetes, influenza, pneumonia, and kidney disease” by 2030, according to the study by the nonprofit West Health Policy Center and Xcenda, the research arm of Amerisource-Bergen, a drug distributor.
BY PAUL ROSENBERG Senior Editor, Project Censored Illustrations by Anson Stevens-Bollen Design by Dustin Glatz, Courtesy Colorado Springs Independent
The Top underreported10 news stories of the year
ROJECT CENSORED’S CO-DIRECTORS MICKEY Huff and Andy Lee Roth titled their introduction to this year’s edition of State of the Free Press, “A Return to News Normalcy?” drawing a direct parallel between our world today to that of post-World War I America. That was a time when the United States faced another raging pandemic and economic recession, with other sources of tumult as well: “The United States then had experienced a crackdown on civil liberties and free speech in the form of Espionage and Sedition Acts; racial tensions flared during the Red Summer of 1919 as violence erupted from Chicago to Tulsa; Prohibition was the law of the land; and the first wave of U.S. feminism ended with the passage of the 19th Amendment.”
1. Prescription drug costs set to become a leading cause of death for elderly americans
“[E]ven with Medicare insurance, what seniors pay is linked to a drug’s price,” the study explained, which allowed researchers “to model how cost-related nonadherence would change under policies that would reduce drug prices, such as Medicare negotiation.” The study focused on five medical conditions that “significantly affect seniors and for which effective pharmaceutical treatments are available,” including three types of heart disease, chronic kidney disease and type B diabetes.
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Project Censored isn’t alone in drawing parallels to a century ago, of course. The pandemic above all has expanded journalistic horizons, as a matter of necessity. To a lesser extent, the threat to American democracy — part of a worldwide trend of democratic backsliding — has done so as well. But though some have expanded their horizons, many more continue as if little or nothing has fundamentally changed. Day-to-day news stories perpetuate the fantasy that normal has already returned. And in one sense they’re right: The normal patterns of exclusion and suppression that Project Censored has been tracking for over 40 years continue to dominate, with even the latest wrinkles fitting into well-established, if evolving, broad patterns that are depressingly familiar.
These patterns are reflected in Project Censored’s Top 10 list, with stories about labor struggles, racism, threats to health, the environment and free speech.
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2. Journalists investigating financial crimes threatened by global elites
“The report found that legal threats are chief among the types of harassment facing journalists conducting financial investigations, and often seek to exploit a skewed balance of power between often-underfunded wrote.tions,”enterprisesreportingandthelegalmightofattorneyshiredbytheworld’swealthiestpeo-pleandcorpora-Woodman“Focusingon
Wildcat strikes occur when workers simply stop working, often in response to a specific incident, such as employer actions putting lives at risk by skimping on protective gear or attempting to cut workers’ health care. The situation was exacerbated by the Donald Trump administration’s failure to issue mandates requiring specific safety measures, as reported by Michael Sainato at The Guardian Furthermore, Elk noted that the 600 strikes in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement “is likely a severe underestimation as many non-union Black and Brown workers are now calling out en masse to attend Black Lives Matter protests without it ever being reported in the press or on social media.”
George Floyd protestors,” Project Censored noted. , Mike
As for legal threats, “Unlike Canada, Australia, and certain U.S. states (including Colorado), the United Kingdom has not passed anti-SLAPP legislation, making its courts an attractive venue for elites seeking to use the law to bully journalists into silence,” Project Censored noted, citing a May 8, 2021 Guardian column by Nick Cohen that described the U.K.’s court system as “the censorship capital of the democratic world.” Cohen in turn cited the case of financial reporter Catherine Belton, author of the 2020 book, Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West. “As Cohen explained, in response, a host of Putin’s super-wealthy associates are now bombarding Belton with one lawsuit after another,” Project Censored observed.
THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE GLOBAL NORTH are responsible for 92 percent of all the excess carbon dioxide emissions driving global warming, according to a study in the September issue of The Lancet Planetary Health. The U.S. alone was responsible for 40 percent, followed by Russia and Germany (8 percent each), the United Kingdom (7 percent), and Japan (5 percent).
In contrast, the study found that “most countries in the Global South were within their boundary fair shares, including India and China (although China will overshoot soon).” The leading climate creditors to date are India (34 percent of global “undershoots”), China (11 percent), Bangladesh and Indonesia (5 percent each) and Nigeria (4 percent).
FINANCIAL CRIMES OF GLOBAL ELITES, INVOLVING the flow of dirty money through some of the world’s most powerful banks, have made major headlines in recent years, most notably with the Panama Papers in 2016 and the FinSen Files in 2020. But we’d know a great deal more if not for the flood of threats faced by journalists doing this work — a major story that hasn’t been told in America’s corporate media, despite a detailed report from Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), “Unsafe for Scrutiny,” released in November 2020.
Project Censored noted Galizia’s murder along with that of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak, adding that “According to FPC’s report, an additional thirty reporters from Brazil, Russia, India, Ukraine, Mexico and other countries who were researching financial corruption have been murdered since 2017.”
a starting point for those seeking to silence reporters but threats, noting that Caruana Galizia had faced numermaking its courts an attractive venue for elites seeking column by Nick system censorship capital of the democratic world.” Cohen in have it. based of
At the labor news website Payday Report Elk created a continuously updated COVID-19 Strike Wave Interactive Map, which had identified “1,100 wildcat strikes as of March 24, 2021, many of which the corporate media have chosen to ignore,” according to Project Censored, including “more than 600 strikes or work stoppages by workers in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement,” in June 2020 alone, according to Elk.
“While local and regional newspapers and broadcast news outlets have reported on particular local actions, corporate news coverage failed to report the strike wave as a wave, at no time connecting the dots of all the individual, seemingly isolated work stoppages and walkouts to create a picture of the overarching trend,” Project Censored reported.
The report was based on a survey of 63 investigative journalists from 41 countries, which found that 71 percent had experienced threats and/or harassment while doing their investigations, with a large portion of those (73 percent) experiencing legal threats as well. Its findings were described by Spencer Woodman in an article for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
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4. ‘Climate debtor’ nations have ‘colonized’ the atmosphere
The results, he told In These Times, show that “the countries of the Global North have ‘stolen’ a big chunk of the atmospheric fairshares of poorer countries, and on top of that are responsible for the vast majority of excess emissions… [T]hey have effectively colonized the global atmospheric commons for the sake of their own industrial growth.”
Physical threats and online harassment were also a grave concern, but they were geographically uneven. “While no journalists surveyed in North America reported physical threats, 60 percent of respondents working in sub-Saharan Africa, and 50 percent of respondents from North Africa and the Middle East region reported threats of physical attack,” Woodman noted. Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bomb attack in Malta in October 2017, but Woodman added, “The report asserts that an assassination is often not a starting point for those seeking to silence reporters but instead a crime committed after a pattern of escalating threats, noting that Caruana Galizia had faced numerous legal threats and actions and that her family is still fighting 25 lawsuits over her reporting.”
“essential workers” when the U.S. went into lockdown in March 2020, thousands of wildcat strikes erupted to challenge dangerous working conditions and chronic low wages, exacerbated by refusal to protect against COVID-19 and cutting or sharply increasing the cost of medical insurance, for those who had it. A further strike surge was driven by “Black and Brown workers using digital technologies to organize collective actions as a way to press some of the demands for racial justice raised by Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protestors,” Project Censored noted.
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Elk also noted that “[M]any black workers interviewed by Payday Report say that, once again, white labor leaders are failing to understand non-traditional organizing that has developed from viral social media movements…. Instagram automation and similar automation on Facebook and Twitter help to build a huge following for grassroots movements, so something that had no following a month ago can suddenly go viral and reach millions of people within hours or even minutes.”
The study’s author, economic anthropologist Jason Hickel, told Sarah Lazare of In These Times that his research began from the premises that “the atmosphere is a common resource” and that “all people should have equal access” to a fair share of it. He calculated each nation’s fair share of a sustainable global carbon budget, based on population, along with an analysis of “territorial emissions from 1850 to 1969, and consumption-based emissions from 1970 to 2015.” In turn, this was used to calculate “the extent to which each country has overshot or undershot its fair share,” according to the study.
“High-income countries must not only reduce emissions to zero more quickly than other countries, but they must also pay down their climate debts,” the study said. “Just as many of these countries have relied on the appropriation of labour and resources from the Global South for their own economic growth, they have also relied on the appropriation of global atmospheric commons, with consequences that harm the Global South disproportionately.”
frivolous cases known as ‘strategic lawsuits against public participation,’ or SLAPPs, the report asserts that such actions ‘can create a similar chilling effect on media freedom to more overt violence or attack.’” Legal threats are often communicated via private letters, “and, if successful in achieving their aim, the public will never know,” the report said.
5. Microplastics and toxic chemicals increasingly prevalent in the world’s oceans
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“PFASs are probably detectable in ‘all major water
“This discovery worries scientists,” Project Censored explains, “because it means that PFAS can reach any body of water anywhere in the world and that such chemicals are likely present in our water supply.” This is concerning because, as Daniel Ross reported for Truthout, there are “Known human health impacts ... include certain cancers, liver damage, thyroid problems and increased risk of asthma. As endocrine disruptors, these chemicals have been linked to increased risk of severe COVID-19.”
Aside from The Guardian, “no major news outlet has paid attention to the topic of microplastics in seafood,” Project Censored noted, referring to an October 2020 story by Graham Readfearn, reporting on a new Australian study indicating that at least 14 million tons of microplastics are likely sitting on the ocean floor — “more than 30 times as much plastic at the bottom of the world’s ocean than there is floating at the surface.” However, the study’s co-author, Dr. Denise Hardesty, “said the amount of plastic on the ocean floor was relatively small compared to all the plastics being released, suggesting the deep-sea sediments were not currently a major resting place for plastics,” Readfearn reported. “Leaders from more than 70 countries signed a voluntary pledge in September to reverse biodiversity loss which included a goal to stop plastic entering the ocean by 2050,” he noted, but major countries including the United States, Brazil, China, Russia, India and Australia had not signed on.
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supplies’ in the U.S.,” according to an Environmental Working Group study, Ross reported. “What’s more, over 200 million Americans could be drinking water containing PFAS above a level EWG organization’saccordingbelievescientistsissafe,tothe most recent findings.”
The second study, in August 2020, also published in Environmental Science & Technology, came from researchers at the QUEX Institute, a partnership between the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland. They found microplastics (less than 5 millimeter, about the size of a sesame seed) in five seafood products sold in Australian markets: crabs, oysters, prawns, squid, and sardines — which had the highest concentration. According to the study’s lead author, as reported by Robby Berman in Medical News Today, a seafood eater with an average serving “could be exposed to … up to 30 mg of plastic when eating sardines” — about as much as a grain of rice. “We do not fully understand the risks to human health of ingesting plastic, but this new method [they used for detecting selected plastics] will make it easier for us to find out,” another co-author said. “Roughly 17% of the protein humans consume worldwide is seafood,” Berman noted. “The findings, therefore, suggest people who regularly eat seafood are also regularly eating plastic.”
ACCORDING TO A PAIR OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES published in the summer of 2020, microplastic particles and a family of toxic chemicals known as perand polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS have become more widespread in the world’s oceans than previously realized and have begun to contaminate the global seafood supply. The two problems are related because PFAS — a family of highly stable “forever chemicals” with more than 4,700 known members — can occur as microplastics, they can stick to microplastic particles in water, and are involved in the production of plastics.
Ross cited a number of other studies as well, noting that, “Emerging research suggests that one important pathway [for PFAS spreading] is through the air and in rainwater,” and that they had been widely detected in China, the U.S. and elsewhere.
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In July 2020, a German-American study published in the scholarly journal Environmental Science & Technology revealed that PFAS — which are used in a range of products including carpets, furniture, clothing, food packaging and nonstick coatings — have now been found in the Arctic Ocean.
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Finally, live music is back
the shows typically go from 7-9 p.m.
It would be months before any sense of normal life would return to the Valley Isle. And when restaurants were finally allowed to partially reopen, with strict occupancy limits enforced, many opted not to bring back bands since they could draw a virus-spreading crowd.
On the West Side, Fleetwood’s and Down the Hatch, having outdoor stages, were among the first to bring back the bands, with Cool Cat Cafe, Kimo’s, and The Dirty Monkey following suit. Now a drive down Front Street sounds like the perenni al party town that tourists long for.
riday, March 20, 2020, a dark day for Maui restau rateurs and bar owners, as Mayor Mike Victorino announced widespread Covid-re lated emergency rules that in cluded the indefinite closure of all indoor dining and bar facilities. Maui’s legendary live music scene, with all its vitality and variety, fell silent overnight.
One of the first places in Central Maui to bring back live music was Maui Coffee Attic, a cluttered room full of small tables and comfy, wellworn couches that local musicians adore. Early in the pandemic, they began hosting live-streamed virtual concerts periodically to help break up the monotony of life under quarantine.
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Maui Brewing Company’s expansive outdoor patio and breezy dining room at the mauka end of Lipoa Parkway provides one of the most Covid-friendly (or virus-unfriendly?) stages, thanks to vast social distancing made possible by the sheer size of the place. They were among the first local venues to bring back live music after the pandemic shutdown. Music is complimentary (with rare exceptions for well-known acts) and usually runs nightly.
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Ohana Seafood Bar and Grill, overlooking Kalama Beach Park across busy South Kihei Road, hosts nightly music on their front patio so the celebration spills out side on the street. Music starts at about 6 p.m. and continues until 9:30. It’s often their house band, the Ohana Band, putting on a good show. The scene is casual chaos yetNalu’skid-friendly.SouthShore Grill is another popular spot for live music in Kihei, with its open air bar on the makai side of Azeka Shopping Center. Popular acts draw an overflow crowd watching from the parking lot.
South Kihei residents are ex cited about a newcomer to the scene that just opened in early November called Da Green Coffee Bar. Located at South Maui Gar dens, it’s a sprawling nursery on Auhana Street. The grounds are a blissful oasis of tropical flowers and lush greenery. The house coffee is some of the best on the island. Artisanal breads from the Blue Door Bread Co. nearby and sweet treats from small, local vendors complement the coffee and tea. CBD infusions are also available. While the schedule is still in the works, owners Alison and Keith Barrera plan to host live music and comedy regularly.
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“Somebody called the cops on us and said we had 50 people in here,” John Henry, owner of the shop said. “When they showed up and there were only eight of us in the whole place, we all had a laugh. Now the cops come in all the time!”
on their spacious back deck in Kihei’s notorious “triangle.” Prac tically next door, you’ll find a sing er-songwriter strumming away most nights on the front porch at What Ales You. Monkeypod Kitch en in Wailea offers a more typi cal tourist experience with solo artists providing atmosphere at lunchtime from noon to 2 p.m. and again from 6-8 p.m.
While Kahului isn’t exactly a hotbed of nightlife, music lovers in “Dream City” will be happy to hear that Dairy Road taqueria Piñatas is now hosting “Sunday Sessions at Piñatas,” kicked off Dec. 5 by Andrew and Jay Molina. Owner, John Hargrove, breaks out his smoker and offers a very abbreviated food menu (typically three types of tacos to choose from) as well as his usual beer and wine selections. Tickets are inexpensive, but not free, and
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Hargrove has also turned some vacant offices behind the restaurant into a plush practice and perfor mance space called Backlit Buddha Studios. He and his partners, Tempe and Naor Nave of the band Soul Kitchen are building out an adjacent control room for recording music and video productions. The studio hosts Manao Radio’s free Manao@Home live-streamed virtual concert series.
Fleetwood’s rooftop bar, frequented by its namesake owner, Mick Fleetwood, has spectacular ocean views and cool trade winds as well as free musical accompaniment from 7:30-9:30 p.m. daily.
But necessity is the mother of invention. Maui’s watering holes have employed ingenuity to bring back live music. We are so glad they did:
22 Venues Bringing Back Live Music
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At Pa'ia Bay Coffee's cozy outdoor garden, musicians perform daily, including Randall Rospond.
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and water kefir shop on site and they plan to stay open for music nights, as well. And yes, permits and licenses are in the works for their locally-brewed hard kombucha.
has three performers daily, from 1-3 p.m, 4-6 p.m., and 7-9 p.m.
Haiku Town, proper, has a cool new music venue, too, but it’s not for the local vegans.
Most nights at Ohana Seafood Bar and Grill, diners can expect to find the house band, the Ohana Band, putting on a good show.
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It’s been six months since Dollies North Shore moved into the Pa‘ia property vacated in July 2020 by the closing of Rock & Brews, Hawai‘i’s only location of the 20-store fran chise founded by KISS band mem bers Gene Simmons and Paul Stan ley. Another victim of the pandemic, the rock n’ roll-themed watering hole closed after six years. Jim Ander son, Dollies’ owner, plans a grand opening ceremony on Jan. 28 to kick off Dollies’ weekly live music sched ule, with solo performers and small bands appearing Friday evenings from 5-8 p.m., overlapping with hap py hour, which runs from 3 to 6 p.m. and again from 9 p.m. to midnight.
Upstairs, Cool Cat Cafe adds music to the mix of their ‘50s-style Front Street diner Thursday through Sunday from 6:30 p.m. until about 8:30 p.m. The Dirty Monkey up the street brings in some talent for happy hour at 3 p.m and again from 7-9 p.m. in the evening, after which a DJ takes over.
In time, as the pandemic restrictions are loosened, other bars, night clubs, and restaurants will have the courage (or the money) to invite musicians back to the stage. But for now, why not take advantage of what’s already out there? Especially if it’s
For a more eclectic, local vibe, hit up Java Jazz and Soup Nutz near the Times Supermarket in Honokawai. This self-described “gallery, boutique, shave ice and bakery” has a cozy, cluttered, fun feel to it and they bring in live music from 7-10 p.m. daily with no cover. But they specify “Maui time” on the schedule, so give or take an hour.
At the airport end of Sprecklesville sits Stable Road, where the curious have already discovered a charming farmstand and food truck court situated in a shaded garden just off the Hana Highway. Flags and banners show the way to Taco Loco and Thai Farm Fresh, two food truck vendors permanently located here. Friday nights are the night to come and play, as they rope off part of the (ample) parking area and set up a stage for live music. The bands usually play from 6 p.m until 9 or 9:30, depending on the crowd, and squealing kids frolic under the glow of string lights.
Situated directly across from Lahaina’s famous giant banyan tree, Down the Hatch boasts that they haven’t had to check any vaccination records during the pandemic because their dining room and bar are entirely outdoors. Music starts early there to accompany breakfast from 8-10 a.m. daily and kicks off again from 8-10 p.m. in the evening. Just try not to fall into the water feature if you stay all day.
try our best to be as comprehensive as possible and double checked all information in this featureat press time. But please confirm with these venues before venturing out.
Also, if we missed any places to enjoy live and local music, please let us know.Email your music listings to shan@mauitimes.org
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Kimo’s isn’t exactly new, and the quality of the food there has varied over the years, but the view from their back deck, built on pilings over the water, is hard to beat. Music, usually by a solo artist, is offered from 6-8 p.m. daily and the sunsets areSimilarly,spectacular.Kimo’s sister restaurant, the Hula Grill in Ka‘anapali’s Whaler’s Village shopping center, offers musical accompaniment at their Barefoot Bar and Grill, where you can kick off your shoes and stick your toes in the warm sand. Live music plays from 2-4 p.m. and 6:309 p.m. daily, and their Thai chicken pizza is a local favorite. Monkeypod’s West Side location, next door,
Pa‘ia Bay Coffee has a lovely cov ered outdoor garden space where musicians perform daily from 5-7 p.m. It’s a bit hard to find, hidden be hind surf and bikini shops at the foot of Baldwin Avenue. But the payoff is that they’re not just a coffee shop. (Shhhh!) They have a full bar, too.
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Over on the North Shore, Pa‘ia Town is still reeling from the demise of the beloved honkytonk, Charley’s Saloon. A victim of entropy as much as Coronavirus, the town’s most famous old haunt shut down for good in July. But you’ll find a few places nearby, trying to pick up the slack.
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Toohey’s Butchery and Bistro is a full-service butcher shop, first and foremost, however, their attached bistro boasts live music every night they’re open, Wednesday through Saturday, from 6-9 p.m. Doobie Brothers’ offspring Pat Simmons Jr. is a regular draw.
Friday nights at the charming food trucks on Stable Road, performers like Shauna McCoy and Alan Stevens of Awkward Conversations come out to play.
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A similar scene manifests weekly at Aloha Aina BBQ, another food truck located on Hana Highway, by mile marker 10.5 just east of Maliko Gulch, further towards Haiku. Chef Chewy Cereceres, who cut his teeth managing Merriman’s kitchen, hires a musician or small band to enter tain on Friday or Saturday nights from 5:30-7:30 p.m. while he dishes up delicious grilled and smoked bar becue platters. Pauwela Beverage Company is opening up a kombucha
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Ahi Wrap
into the entanglement of comical family relationships on Maui.
Running for three weekends at the ‘Iao Theater, Jan. 28-Feb. 13, “Ahi Wrap” is a two-part show. Part one is showing Jan. 28-30. Audiences return the following weekend for part two, which is on stage Feb. 4-6. During the final weekend, part one returns from Feb. 11-12 and part two runs Feb. 1213. Two tickets need to be purchased to see both parts.
On$25-45stage at the Historic ‘Iao Theater 68 N Market St, Wailuku, HI 9679
But after a two-year hiatus, the or ganization is returning to the stage with a knock-out act, “Ahi Wrap.”
weekend. Nakagawa, Tau’a, and Johnston reunite once again to create the playful script. “Getting to write together was a thrill. It was like a roller coaster getting to go again,” Nakagawa said.
This time around, the Ahi crew recruited the actress and KAOI radio icon Kathy Collins. Instantly recognizable for her voice and alter ego Tita, Collins also dials into numerous characters, using her vast experience from her own one-woman shows. She shapeshifts into the uber-macho Bang Bang Macadangdang and then to your quintessential
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Working with artistic director David Johnston, “Lesser Ahi” was written and performed by Derek Nakagawa and Francis Tau’a. Inspired by the comedy “Greater Tuna,” a two-man show about small-town life set in the fiction al town of Tuna, Texas, “Lesser Ahi” captured the spirit of island life with humor and warmth. In the local two-man show, Nakaga wa and Tau’a demonstrated their acting range through multiple characters. The actors played es tranged fraternal twins, Andrew and Anden Ahi, as well as all of the supporting characters—both male and female.
Ahi Wrap, a big, bold, and boisterous performance comes to the Historic ‘Iao Theater.
or nearly a half-century, Maui Academy of Per forming Arts’ thespians, singers, and dancers have entertained and enriched ourBustlingcommunity.withperformers running between dance classes and dress rehearsals in MAPA’s studios, the organization offered an abundance of lessons for creatives of all ages to hone their talents and explore the stage. The nonprofit also dispersed troupes of performers and teachers to classrooms across Maui and neighboring islands, reaching 40,000 students each year, until Covid shuttered their operation.
Tickets on sale Dec. 13
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Part 2: Feb. 4-6 and Feb. 12-13
KAOI radio icon Kathy Collins joins the cast of "Ahi Wrap." She shapeshifts into numerous characters including Bang Bang Macadangdang.
Playwrights Derek Nakagawa and Francis Tau'a reunite for "Ahi Wrap," the sequel to their 2012 two-man show "Lesser Ahi." Along with Kathy Collins, they play all the characters—both male and female.
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The wild antics of the Ahi brothers continue in the sequel “Ahi Wrap,” a two-part show. Audiences attend part one and return to the theater for part two the following
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A the laugh-out-loud sequel to the 2012 production “Lesser Ahi.”
“It’sauntie.bigger than life—not just a slice of life,” Johnston said. “But it’s still authentic.” With a colorful cast of characters, “Ahi Wrap” is an entertaining, local soap opera, in which locals will recognize a relative, friend, teacher, or neighbor on stage. For visitors, it is a window
Part 1: Jan. 28-30 and Feb. 11-12
For showtimes and tickets: mauiacademy.org
The Curtains Rise Once Again for MAPA
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Looking Forward with Makawao ’ s Maui Cookie Lady
very keiki deserves a trip to the Maui Cookie Lady shop in Makawao, where owner and baker Mitzi Toro has created a Willy Wonka-esque dream squeezed into 326 square feet. The animatronic puppies playing in the Christmas window display set the stage for the confection of fun contained inside, just beyond the giant woodland fantasy tree at the door.
The Maui Cookie Lady commercial kitchen is in one of the oldest buildings in Makawao Town, which happens to be the old family home of the Tam family (Eddie Tam may ring a bell). I met Toro there early in the morning and she shared that the building was built 30 years before St. Joseph’s Church. “The front of the house was over here, and this olive tree was hand-carried from overseas by the patriarch of the family and planted in the front yard,” Toro pointed out.
dained cookie destiny as the owners of our shop had grown up on the property where our commercial kitchen is. We will make one year of being open on Dec. 22. Seeing the way we have evolved in the last year is Alongsideexciting.”her Maui Cookie Lady cookies, gift bags and boxes, Toro sells sweet treats made throughout Hawai ‘ i. She carries ice cream from Pa ‘ ia Artisan and 808 Delights, as well as Grandpa Joe’s cotton candy, Kilohana honey, gluten free mochi waffles, local jams, jellies, and“Itpopcorn.wasan opportunity to bring in other vendors—that was im portant to me,” Toro said “I love caramel apples, and one of my most exciting finds were these caramel apples made on Maui called The Good Apple. I was the first wholesale account for many of these vendors.”
Maui Cookie Lady
“We call ourselves the cookie elves,” Toro said. “When the kids come in, their eyes get big and they get so excited. I tell them when we go home they bake the cookies in the elf tree.”
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“I have been lucky,” said Toro. “I have such a strong team. When you own your own business, it’s not a nine-to-five. It’s from when you wake up, till you go to sleep. I can really rely on my team. We have
She jokes about elves, but the Maui Cookie Lady operation is truly a testament to Toro’s hard work since creating her business in 2012. Always a lover of baking and sweets, Toro was a full-time teacher when she started the busi ness as a side hustle. Toro origi nally began baking for the nurses who cared for her father, a passion that eventually blossomed into her Maui cookie empire.
three full time managers and 12 people, and everybody is so solid.”
Toro tells me she has developed more than 220 flavors of cookies over the years but the top five cus tomer-favorites are White Choco late Mac Nut, Da Half Baked, Kona Coffee Espresso, Birthday Cake, and Anuhea Upcountry Breeze,
During the holidays, Toro admits she finds the most creativity. This December’s seasonal flavors are Eggnog Rumchata, It’s a Wonder ful Whiskey Life (crushed candy cane, velvet cocoa, and Jameson Whiskey scratch made fudge), and “Scrooged” Stuck-At-Home. Scrooged (butter pecan truffle cen ter, candied pecans, Hawaiian sea salt flakes topped with a Kahlua chocolate drizzle) debuted during the pandemic holiday 2020 and she says the name alone made it an instant hit.
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made with Ali’i Kula lavender, Waihe’e mac nuts, local calaman si, and white chocolate truffle (a creation by Hawaiian award win ning musician Anuhea Jams). Toro keeps the best sellers on the menu and rotates with three to four addi tional flavors each season.
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“Everything just fell into place,” recalled Toro. “It was a bit of preor-
Mitzi Toro's cookie empire's brick-and-mortar shop is one of the oldest buildings in Makawao Town.
The Maui Cookie Lady shop, decorated as a woodland fantasy, also featuresa variety of sweet treats from other local businesses.
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Toro had been looking in earnest for a location to have a Maui Cook ie Lady shop. The business was growing, and she had just finished an overhaul of the website, which kept her in the game during Covid shutdowns. “That instrumental business move saved us when the shutdown happened. We were a food business and considered es sential so we were still able to ship fromSheMaui.”signed letters of intent for a few storefronts, but didn’t follow through on acquiring a brick-andmortar storefront until she found the perfect little spot in Makawao with an antique clock hanging outside.
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BILL MAHERS' 10TH ANNIVERSARY NEW YEAR'S SHOW - DEC 30. Bill Maher will be ringing in the New Year on Maui, marking his 10th anniversary. To mark the special occasion, he will be joined by special guests Nikki Glaser and Christopher KID Reid. With sold-out shows for the past nine years, Maher continues to make good on his promise to be the “Don Ho of New Year’s.” 8pm. Maui Arts & Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242-SHOW; Mauiarts.org
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SONNY LIM - JAN 19. Introduced to ki hoʻalu as a child, Sonny has performed with the greats and nominated for Grammy awards. $35$60. Doors: 6pm: Show: 6:30pm. The Napili Kai Beach Resort Aloha Pavilion (5900 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Rd., Napili); 808-669-3858; Slackkeyshow.com
JEFF PETERSON - JAN 26. Live Stream: $35; General Admission: $40; Reserved Priority Seating: $60. 6:30-8:15pm. The Napili Kai Beach Resort Aloha Pavilion (5900 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Rd., Napili); 808-6693858; Slackkeyshow.com
POLYNESIAN SHOW - JAN 4, ONGOING TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS. Watch a graceful Hawaiian hula performance as well as
Celebrate music from Broadway and beyond with Morgan James and Ben Davis as they join the Maui Pops Orchestra. 3pm. Maui Arts & Cultural
CANE & CANOE NEW YEAR’S EVE HOLIDAY MENU - DEC 31. Chef de cuisine, Ryan Ferguson and his culinary team create a special endof-year menu. Offering a 5-course prix fixe dinner and optional wine pairing. Reservations required by phone. $225. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 808-662-6681; Montagehotels.com
beautiful dances of Polynesia. 5:306:30pm. The Shops at Wailea (3750 Wailea Alanui Dr.); Theshopsatwailea.com808-891-6770;
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THEATER CLASSES - JAN 6, ONGOING THURSDAYS. Offering classes: Intermediate/Advanced Drama, 4-5pm; Fit For Broadway; and Intro To Breakdance, 5-6pm. Theatre Theatre Maui (505 Front St., Lāhainā); 661-1168; Ttmwestmaui.org
AN EVENING WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON - JAN 28. The true music legend makes his Maui debut. Spend an evening with the acclaimed performer as Robinson treats you to four decades of hits. 7:30pm. Maui Arts & Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242-SHOW; Mauiarts.org
SCHAEFER PORTRAIT CHALLENGE 2022 - ON EXHIBIT UNTIL MARCH 19. Gallery Open: Tue-Sat, 10am4pm. Maui Arts & Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242SHOW; Mauiarts.org
BRENTON KEITH’S MAGIC SHOWJAN 6, ONGOING THURSDAYS. Be amused and amazed by Brenton Keith and his Bag O’ Tricks. From two to one hundred and two, his high-energy comedy and magic is entertaining for the entire family. Kids: $5; Adults: $10. 5-8pm. Mulligans on the Blue (100 Kaukahi St., Wailea): Mulligansontheblue.com808-874-1131;
MAUI POPS ORCHESTRA’S BROADWAY POPS - JAN 23.
ERIC BIBB - FEB 10. Grammynominated blues singer-songwriter, Eric Bibb, returns to the MACC. He is widely known as one of the most imaginative modern musicians working within the blues tradition today. 7:30pm. Maui Arts & Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242-SHOW; Mauiarts.org
RON WHITE - FEB 3. 7:30pm. Maui Arts & Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242-SHOW; Mauiarts.org
NATHAN AWEAU - FEB 2. Known for his hauntingly beautiful vocals, Nathan is a winner of multiple Nā Hoku Hānohāno awards. $35-$60. Doors: 6pm: Show: 6:30pm. The Napili Kai Beach Resort Aloha Pavilion (5900 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Rd., Napili); 808669-3858; Slackkeyshow.com
Maui After Dark Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays 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 The Dirty Monkey 45 N. Market St., Lāhainā Trivia Night 8-10pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 8-10pm, (Weekly) Artist Showcase 5-10pm, (Jan. 14) 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) 9pm, (Jan 15) 9pm, (Jan 29) Brant Quick 8-10pm, (Weekly) Tripp Wilson 8-10pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 11pm-1am, (Weekly) BINGO 7-9pm, (Weekly) Will Newhouse 7-9pm, (Weekly) Jason Tepora, 7-9pm, (Weekly) Karaoke 9pm-12am, (Weekly) Levi Poasa 7-9pm, (Weekly) Live DJ 9pm, (Weekly) Live DJ 9pm, (Weekly) Live DJ 9pm, (Weekly)
HERB OTA JR. - FEB 10. As a master ʻukulele instrumentalist, Herb is certainly a vanguard of his generation. $35-$60. Doors: 6pm: Show: 6:30pm. The Napili Kai Beach Resort Aloha Pavilion (5900 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Rd., Napili); 808669-3858; Slackkeyshow.com
GLOW IN THE DARK CELEBRATION - DEC 31. Fun New Year’s Eve activity for children ages 5-12. Young guests enjoy the Ho‘olokahi Sunset Ceremony event with a paintbox leader. 48-hour advance reservation is required via phone. 5-9pm. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 808-662-66828; Montagehotels.com
LED KAAPANA - JAN 5. Led Kaapana is an extraordinary musical legend. Accompanying him is George Kahumoku Jr., Peter deAquino and Sterling Seaton. $35-$60. Doors: 6pm: Show: 6:30pm. The Napili Kai Beach Resort Aloha Pavilion (5900 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Rd., Napili); 808-669-3858; Slackkeyshow.com
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SEAN NAʻAUAO - JAN 12 & FEB 16. Sean joins the slack key show, from contemporary island music to heartfelt Hawaiian mele. $35-$60. Doors: 6pm: Show: 6:30pm. The Napili Kai Beach Resort Aloha Pavilion (5900 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Rd., Napili); 808-669-3858; Slackkeyshow.com
BIG GIGS
NOT NOW! A VINTAGE BURLESQUE - JAN 1. Cabaret & Cocktails is taking a stand against the passage of time. Forget about the present and the future, and join a journey back to simpler times. 7pm & 9:30pm. ProArts Playhouse (1280 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei); 808-463-6550; Proartsmaui.com
NEW YEAR’S EVE DINNER - DEC 31. Chef Alvin Savella’s pre-fixed holiday menu includes champagne, caviar, ‘ahi bruschetta, lamb dou, and egg salad. Second course choice of wagyu beef picanha, seared scallops or black truffle gnocchi. For dessert choose ube cheesecake or kuʻia chocolate mousse. Mala Tavern (1307 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-667-9394; Malatavern.com
NEW YEARS 2022
2022 SENTRY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS - JAN 5-9. This will be Maui’s 24th year hosting the championship golf event, featuring only winners from the PGA Tour. For ticket and event information, go online. The Plantation Course at Kapalua (200 Plantation Club Dr., Sentrytournamentofchampions.comLāhainā);
JOHN CRAIGIE - FEB 10. American singer-songwriter and storyteller, John is hailed as a “Modern-Day Troubadour.” Come and chuckle up at his comedic storytelling style show. 7:30pm. Maui Arts & Cultural Center (One Cameron Way, Kahului); 808-242SHOW; Mauiarts.org
ART NIGHT - JAN 7, ONGOING FRIDAYS. Celebrate Aloha Friday with art night! Walk through Lahaina’s Historic District to visit local galleries with live music and art demonstrations. Find all participating 20+ galleries online. 5-8pm. Lahaina Town, Lahainarestoration.org
SUNDAY BRUNCH AT KO - JAN 2, ONGOING SUNDAYS. Featuring plantation inspired local favorites with live music, mimosa flights, and Bloody Mary specials. $69. Kamaʻaina receive 25% off (limited time only Hawaiʻi ID required). Reservations required. 11am-2pm. Fairmont Kea Lani (4100 Wailea Alanui, Wailea); 808-875-4100; Korestaurant.com
ULTIMATE OPEN JUMP - OFFERED DAILY. Jump your heart out during open jump. $22-$40. Kama‘aina: $17-$35. Socks require or purchase for $2. SunThu: 12-6pm; Fri-Sat: 12-8pm. Ultimate Air Trampoline Park (21 La‘a St., Wailuku); 808-214-JUMP; Ultimateairmaui.com
TEXOTIC FRUIT ADVENTURE - JAN 3, ONGOING MONDAYS-FRIDAYS. Explore the farm aboard Kawasaki 4-WD “Mules.” Stop to pick and sample a variety of exotic fruit right from the tree. At the end of the tour, pack a large box of fruit to take home. Reservation required. $375. Ono Organic Farms (149 Hāna Hwy.); 808268-1784; Onofarms.com
MALA ‘TIL MIDNIGHT - JAN 7, ONGOING FRIDAY & SATURDAY. Indulge in the Kitchen Assassin Chef Alvin Savella’s raw fish & Wagyu menu. Plus select cocktails too! 10pm-12am. Mala Tavern (1307 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-667-9394; Malatavern.com
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SUNDAY BRUNCH - JAN 2, ONGOING SUNDAYS. Enjoy a 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
WILD FOODS HIKE - OFFERED DAILY. Internationally recognized wild food forager Sunny Savage has taught thousands about wild foods. She turns her observations of the natural world into storied solutions on personal hikes. Contact to schedule a hike.
50 SHADES OF BLUE: GODDESS RETREAT - JAN 20-23. Learn the latest, practical, and most effective psychological and spiritual tools to harmonize relationships with yourself and loved ones. 6pm. Napili Kai Beach Resort (5900 Lower Honoapiʻilani Rd., Lāhainā);
808-206-8882; Support@sunnysavage. com; Sunnysavage.com
MAUI’S 20TH ANNUAL ART OF ALOHA - JAN 30. 12-3pm. Lahaina Galleries, (3750 Wailea Alanui, Kīhei); 808-874-8583; Lahainagalleries.com
SUNDAY SUNSET RESTORATIVE YOGA + SOUND BOWLS - JAN 2, ONGOING SUNDAYS. Slow gentle movement to restore the body. Receive healing powers of the sound bowls reconnecting the body and mind. $20. 5pm. Wailea Healing Center (120 Kaukahi St., Kīhei); Eventbrite.com
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Spend an evening with Smokey Robinson at the MACC on Jan. 28.
safely navigate the hoop and how to properly build strength and flexibility. $180. Mondays: 5:30pm (teens); 6:30pm (adults). Body in Balance at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); 808661-1116; Bodybalancemaui.com
GO GREEN RECYCLING - JAN 15. Important service for West Maui residents to responsibly dispose of bulky-items like air conditioners, batteries (lead acid only), scrap metal, and electronics. Appointment-required. 9am-12pm. Behind Lāhainā District Court (1870 Honoapi‘ilani MalamaMauiNui.org/GoGreenHwy.);
AERIAL LYRA - 6 WEEK SERIESJAN 3-FEB 7. This series starts with an introduction to Aerial Hoop into a choreographed act. You’ll learn to
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ages welcome. BYOB. $20 At-The-Door. 8-11pm. Heritage Hall (401 Baldwin Ave., Pa‘ia); 808-243-0065; Heritagehall.com
LATIN NIGHTS - JAN 7, ONGOING FRIDAYS. 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
ART OF TRASH 2022: SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! - DEADLINE FEB 1. Mālama Maui Nui is accepting submissions to the Art of Trash and Trashion Show expected to open in April 2022. Pieces must be made from recycled and/or reused material. Go online for details. Malamamauinui.org/artoftrash
COMMUNITY
MIND BODY CYCLE - JAN 3, ONGOING MONDAYS, TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS. Join a beat based, fatburning, cardio blast ride in this full body workout. The classes get physical in a socially engaging and exciting atmosphere! All levels welcome. Mon & Tue: 5:30pm; Fri: 8:30am. Enjoy the Ride MAUI (Emerald Plaza, 118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); 808-667-7772; Enjoytheridemaui.com
BODY IN BALANCE CLASSESOFFERED DAILY. Barre Sculpting & Toning, Aerial Yoga Hammock, Functional Barre, Functional Flexibility and more. Contact for schedule. Body in Balance at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); Bodybalancemaui.com808-661-1116;
VIRTUAL STROKE SUPPORT GROUP - JAN 19. Ongoing every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Program provides education, encouragement, and helpful resources to individuals recovering from stroke or caregivers. Request link to meeting by emailing Mariah.Mossman@kp.org. 4-5pm. Maui Health (221 Mahalani St., Wailuku); 808-244-9056; Mauihealth.org
PANG’S POKE AT LUANA LOUNGE - JAN 2, ONGOING SUNDAYSFRIDAYS. 4-8pm. Fairmont Kea Lani (4100 Wailea Alanui, Wailea); 808-8754100; Fairmont-kea-lani.com
YOUTH ART CHALLENGEDEADLINE JAN 28. The Institute on Violence, Abuse & Trauma and the Hawai’i Planning Committee in conjunction with the 19th Hawaii International Summit on Preventing, Assessing & Treating Trauma across the Lifespan is requesting entries for the 9th Annual Youth Arts Challenge: promoting the development of healthy interpersonal relationships. Entry needs to be mailed or emailed by January 28 and the winning artwork will be displayed with awards presented, Mar 28-Apr 1, 2022. Go online for arts criteria and detailed Ivatcenters.org/hawaii-summitinformation:
Napili (4900 Honoapiʻilani, Lāhaina); Napilifarmersmarket.com
COCONUT HUSKING - JAN 4, ONGOING TUESDAYS. See demonstrations of traditional and modern methods in coconut husking. 2:30-3:30pm. The Shops at Wailea (3750 Wailea Alanui Dr.); 808-8916770; Theshopsatwailea.com
Upcountyfarmersmarket.com 4-7pm 2nd & 4th (Monthly) 7am-1pm (Weekly) 8am-4pm (Weekly) 8am-4pm (Weekly) 4-8pm (Weekly) 8am-4pm (Weekly) 8am-4pm (Weekly) 3-4:30pm (Weekly) 4-7pm 1st & 3rd (Monthly) 8am-4pm (Weekly) 8am-4pm (Weekly) 7-11am (Weekly)
Farmers Market
PAINTING FLOWERS IN WATERCOLOR - JAN 16. Oneday hands-on workshop focusing on spontaneous representation of flowers rather than careful realistic representation. Prerequisite: some previous watercolor painting instruction. Bring watercolor materials and flowers. Members: $104; Non-Members: $129. 10am-4pm. Hui No‘eau Visual Art (2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao); 808-5726560; Huinoeau.com
Sunset Market (100 Wailea Ike Dr., Kīhei); Waileavillage.com St., Pukalani);
LEI MAKING - JAN 5, ONGOING WEDNESDAYS. Learn the history of lei, a symbol of Aloha. A guide will identify ferns and plants for creating lei and teach the braiding method known as haku. 10am & 1pm. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 808-662-6681; Montagehotels.com
COCONUT FROND WEAVING - JAN 3, ONGOING MONDAYS. Kumu Thompson shares history and contemporary approach to frond weaving using coconut leaves. Supplies provided. Advance reservation via phone. 11am-12pm. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 808662-6600. Montagehotels.com
GLASSBLOWING WITH RYAN STAUB - JAN 4, ONGOING TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS & SATURDAYS. Learn the ancient art of glassblowing and make the perfect Maui trinket. In this class, the instructor carefully tailors lessons to you. Book online. $200+. Moana Glass (140 Hobron Ave., Ste M-1, Kahului); 808-763-6338; Info@ moanaglass.com; Moanaglass.com
ROLL AND RELEASE WORKSHOP - JAN 22. Feeling tight, sore, and overworked? This workshop is for you! Restore overall muscular and mental mobility using ART (Active Release Techniques). 12-2pm. Body in Balance at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); Bodybalancemaui.com808-661-1116;
COCONUT FROND WEAVING - JAN 6, ONGOING THURSDAYS. 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.); 808-8916770; Theshopsatwailea.com SAMBA DANCE CLASS - JAN 6, ONGOING THURSDAYS. Samba is a fun carnival street dance and a great workout. Class taught by international dancer, Natalina Monteiro. Maui Yoga & Dance Shala (381 Baldwin Ave., Pa‘ia); 808-283-4123; Maui-yoga.com
awareness of the endemic bird species and a lovely watercolor. Some painting, drawing experience is preferred, but not required. Members: $105; NonMembers: $125. 10am-3pm. Hui No‘eau Visual Art (2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao); 808-572-6560; Huinoeau.com
ʻUKULELE HAUʻOLI - JAN 4, ONGOING TUESDAYS & FRIDAYS. Learn the history of ʻukulele. Advance reservation via phone. 10am & 1pm. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 833779-7951; Montagehotels.com
MINDFUL DRAWING - JAN 15. Mindful drawing and meditation are mutually beneficial for physical, spiritual, and creative growth. Relax, have fun, and be present. Bring a watercolor brush #10 or #12 or a Chinese Calligraphy Brush. Members: $119; Non-Members: $144. Supply fee: $20. 10am-4pm. Hui No‘eau Visual Art (2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao); 808-572-6560; Huinoeau.com
Swap Meet (310 W. Kaʻahumanu
ART CLASSES - JAN 5, WEDNESDAYS-SUNDAYS.ONGOING Let your inner artist come out! A different theme is offered each day. Island Art Party (1279 S Kīhei Rd.); 808-419-6020; Islandartparty.com
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that can be worn on the head or around the neck. Lei making is open to both keiki and adults. Mon: 2:30-3:30pm; Wed: 1:30-2:30pm. The Shops at Wailea (3750 Wailea Alanui Dr.); 808891-6770; Theshopsatwailea.com
ULANA ʻIE: HĪNĀLEA FISH TRAP - JAN 22 & 23. Members: $115; Non-Members: $134. 9am-4pm. Hui No‘eau Visual Art (2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao); 808-5726560; Huinoeau.com
HULA LESSONS - JAN 6, ONGOING THURSDAYS. Hula has been used to show respect and share stories. Learn the history as well as basic hip, foot, and hand movements that accompany the meaningful words. 10am & 1pm. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 808662-6681; Montagehotels.com
LAUHALA WEAVING - JAN 8, ONGOING SATURDAYS. Create a beautiful keepsake bracelet using the lau (leaf) from a Hala tree. (Ages 12 and over). Advance reservation via phone. 10am & 1pm. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 808-662-6600. Montagehotels.com
COCONUT HUSKING - JAN 3, ONGOING MONDAYS. At Sunset Pavilion, learn history and benefits of the coconut while tasting its fresh milk and grated meat. Advance reservation via phone. 10-11am. Montage Kapalua Bay (1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 833-779-7951; Montagehotels.com
949-514-8065; Goddessevent.com
244-5911; Mauihui.org
SPIN REVOLUTION - JAN 7, ONGOING FRIDAYS. High intensity class followed by an fun military boot camp like segment! It’s where calorie blast meets sleek, sexy muscle building. Bring a yoga mat. 5:30pm. Enjoy the Ride MAUI at Emerald Plaza (118 Kupuohi St., Lāhainā); 808-667-7772; Enjoytheridemaui.com
PAPA HULA - JAN 7, ONGOING FRIDAYS. Discover the art of Hawaiian hula at this fun dance workshop. Lessons include an overview of the music, instruments, 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.); 808891-6770; Theshopsatwailea.com PAINTING INDIGENOUS HAWAIIAN BIRDS IN WATERCOLOR - JAN 8. Class focuses on the Hawaiian Honeycreeper. Students leave with
Farmers Markets Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays Hāna Farmers Market (Hāna Hwy.); Hanafarmersmarket.com Lāhainā Jodo Mission (12 Alamoana St., Lāhainā) Maui Fresh Produce Farmers Market (275 W. Kaʻahumanu, Kahului); Queenkaahumanu.com Maui Sunday Market (65 W. Kaʻahumanu, Kahului); Mauisundaymarket.org
LEI PO‘O MAKING - JAN 3, ONGOING MONDAYS & WEDNESDAY. Learn how to weave basic Ti leaf lei using flowers and ferns
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Maui Ave., Kahului); Mauihawaii.org
Poʻokela Farmers Market (200 Olinda Rd., Makawao); 808-419-1570
Upcountry Farmers Market (55 Kiopaa
CREATIVE GENIUSES ART CLASS - JAN 5, ONGOING WEDNESDAYS. Keiki 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-
JANUARY ISSUE 2022 41 FACEBOOK: (808)214-6581@WHATALESYOUKIHEI•1913S.KIHEIROAD CRAFT BEERS ON TAP • WINE & SELTZERS FEATURED MUSICIANS • DOOR DASH SUNDAY NFL FOOTBALL BREAKFAST HAPPY HOUR 2-5 Executive chef Ricardo Salinas came to Lava Rock in August of 2021 and immediately transformed the Argentinian Paradise cuisine to a dining destination one should not miss out on!! His immense experience is built upon decades of Hawaiian Flavor Restaurants spanned across the island. Lava Rock offers his delicious insight, so don’t miss out!808 - 727 - 2521 | www.lavarockhawaii.com 1945 S Kihei Rd (in the Triangle - Upstairs) Vaccinated or unvaccinated - we don’t discriminate! Open patio seating availailable. Seahawks fan?? Get your #12 Okole over here! Showing ALL NFL Games $2 Mimosas till 2 pm with Food Purchase $3 Nachos Every Sunday Signature Drinks • Lava Mary to die for - Made with Aloha (Bacon & Shrimp!) • Pog Painkiller with our house made toasted coconut rim HAPPY HOUR 3PM-6PM $5 drafts • wells • margaritas • mai tais • 1/2 off appetizers LAVA ROCK SHOWCASE Indoor & Outdoor Seating with Spectacular Sunsets! LIVE Sports Action! 470 Lipoa Pkwy | Kihei | 96753 808-868-0988 SUNDAY BREAKFAST MENU HAPPY HOUR 1PM-5PM EVERYDAY & ALL DAY SUNDAY Restaurant & Sports Bar at the Maui Nui Golf Club.
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MAUI COFFEE ATTIC - Contact for schedule. (59 Kanoa St., Wailuku); 808250-9555; Mauicoffeeattic.com
More events online at calendar@mauitimes.org
MAUI BEE TOUR - JAN 17, ONGOING MONDAYS-FRIDAYS. $65. Tour times: 9am, 11am & 1pm. The Maui Bee Tour and Lahaina Honey Co. (700 Punakea Lp., Lāhainā); 808-793-4660; Mauibeetour.com
SOUTH SHORE TIKI LOUNGE - SunSat: 4-6pm. (Kīhei Kalama Village, 1913 S. Kīhei Rd.); Southshoretiki.com808-874-6444;
MULLIGANS ON THE BLUE - Daily: 6-8pm. (100 Kaukahi St., Wailea): 808874-1131; Mulligansontheblue.com
Craft Fairs Sundays Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays Saturdays Hyatt Residence Club Maui (180 Nohea Kai Dr., Kaʻanapali); Mauisfinestcrattfairs.com Lāhainā Cannery Mall (1221 HI-30, Lāhainā); Lahainaarts.com Lāhainā Gateway Center (305 Keawa St., Lāhainā); Mauigiftandcraftfair.com Marriott's Maui Ocean Club (100 Nohea Kai Dr., Lāhainā); Mauisfinestcraftfair.com The Westin Kaʻanapali Ocean Resort (6 Kai Ala Dr., Lāhainā); Mauisfinestcraftfairs.com 9am-3pm (Weekly) 9am-2pm (Weekly) 9am-4pm (Weekly) 9am-3pm (Weekly) 9:30am-3pm (Weekly) 9am-3pm (Weekly) MAUI COUNTY EVENTS
PA‘IA BAY COFFEE BAR - Tue-Sat: 5-7pm. (115 Hāna Hwy., Pa‘ia); 808-578-3111; Paiabaycoffee.com
WEST
HUIHUI RESTAURANT - Daily: 2-5pm; 5:30-8:30pm & 6:30-7:30pm. 2525 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Lāhainā); 808-6670124; Huihuirestaurant.com
to COVID-19 events are subject to change. Contact venue or coordinator directly for most accurate information.
VOLUNTEER AT WAIHEʻE COASTAL DUNES & WETLAND REFUGE - JAN 7, ONGOING FRIDAYS. Connect with nature with the opportunity to huli ka lima i lalo (turn the hands down), and work the soil. Volunteers work on restoration and conservation projects. 8am-12pm. Waiheʻe Coastal Dunes Base Yard (Halewaiu Rd., Wailuku); 808-744-AINA; Hilt.org
DOWN THE HATCH - Mon-Sat: 8-10am & 3-5pm. (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808-661-4900; DTHmaui.com
INU POOL BAR - Sun-Wed: 3:305:30pm. (The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, 45 Kai Malina Pkwy., Ka‘anapali); 808-662-6300; Westinvacationclub.com
SUGAR MUSEUM TOUR - JAN 3, ONGOING MONDAYS-WEDNESDAYS. Home to a variety of exhibits, explore Maui’s sugar and plantation history. Exhibits depict 168 years of “King Sugar,” a chapter of history that impacted the island’s landscape and multiculturalism. 10am-2pm. Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum (3957 Hansen Rd, Kahului); Sugarmuseum.com
MONKEYPOD KITCHEN - Daily: 1pm, 4pm & 7pm. (2435 Ka‘anapali Pkwy., Lāhainā); Monkeypodkitchen.com808-878-6763;
FARM TOURS - JAN 8 & FEB 12. Meet friendly animals, see how food grows, and learn how to start a garden. Advance reservation required. 9-11am. The Maui Farm (100 Ike Dr., Makawao); 808-579-8271; Themauifarm.org
MONKEYPOD KITCHEN - Sun & Mon: 12-2pm. (10 Wailea Gateway Pl.); 808891-2322; Monkeypodkitchen.com
CANE & CANOE - Daily: 6-9pm. (Montage Kapalua Bay, 1 Bay Dr. Lāhainā); 808-662-6681; Montagehotels.com
DUKES BEACH HOUSE - Daily: 5:308pm.(130 Kai Malina Pkwy, Lāhainā); 808-662-2900; Dukesmaui.com
HULA GRILL - Daily: 2:30-4pm & 6:308pm. (2435 Ka‘anapali Pkwy., Lāhainā); 808-667-6636; Hulagrillkaanapali.com
VOLUNTEER AT WAIHEʻE COASTAL DUNES & WETLAND REFUGEJAN 15. Connect with nature with opportunity to huli ka lima i lalo (turn the hands down), and work the soil. Volunteers help with restoration and conservation projects, land stewardship. 8-11am. Waiheʻe Coastal Dunes Base Yard (Halewaiu Rd., Wailuku); 808-744-AINA; Hilt.org HSA HONOLUA SURF CO LEGENDS OF THE BAY - FEB 1. Sign-up and details online. Hawaii Surfing Association (Honolua Bay); Hsamaui.org
THE WHARF CINEMA - Mon-Thu: 5-7pm. (658 Front St., Lāhainā); 808661-8748; Thewharfshops.com
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WHAT ALES YOU - Wed: 6-8pm; Fri: 6:30-9pm. (Kīhei Kalama Village, 1913 S. Kīhei Rd.); Whatalesyoukihei.com808-214-6581;
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“PFIZER HAS ESSENTIALLY HELD LATIN AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS to ransom for access to its lifesaving COVID-19 vaccine,” Project Censored reports, the latest example of how it’s exerted undue influence to enrich itself at the expense of low- and middle-income nations.
8. Pfizer bullies South American governments over COVID-19 vaccine
The documents Motherboard reported on didn’t come from Google, but from two Seattle-based hospitals owned by Conifer Health Solutions, who hired IRI on the sly — a common practice.
While it’s normal for governments to provide some indemnity, “Pfizer asked for additional indemnity from civil cases, meaning that the company would not be held liable for rare adverse effects or for its own acts of negligence, fraud or malice,” BIJ reported.
Project Censored reported, “‘It’s the first thing that comes up when you Google my name, the claim that I’m a terrorist supporter and an extremist,’ one former activist on Palestinian issues told The Intercept.”
IN 2018, GOOGLE DROPPED ITS LONG-TIME slogan, “Don’t be evil” from its code of conduct. In 2019, Google hired IRI Consultants, a union avoidance firm, “amid a wave of unprecedented worker organizing at the company,” as Vice ’s Motherboard it in January 2021, while reporting on leaked files from IRI that provided a disturbing picture of how far Google may have strayed in its willingness sabotage its workers’ rights. The 1935 National Labor Relations Act makes it illegal for companies to spy on employees and guarantees workers the right to organize and engage in collective bargaining. “Nevertheless,” Project Censored noted, “companies like Google attempt to circumvent the law by hiring union avoidance firms like IRI Consultants as independent contractors to engage in surveillance and intimidation on their behalf.”
“Consultants specialize in operating in the gray areas of the law,” John Logan, a professor of Labor and Employment Studies at San Francisco State University told Gurley. “They’re not quite illegal but they’re sort of bending the law if they’re not breaking it.”
“Beyond Canary Mission,” Project Censored noted, “a variety of pro-Israel organizations that seek to suppress pro-Palestinian activism have pursued litigation against chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine,” as reported in The Nation by Lexi McMenamin. A highlighted example at UCLA demanded the release of the names of speakers at a national conference, whose identities had been protected “in order to prevent them from being put on no-fly lists, potentially denied entry to other countries, or contacted by the FBI over their organizing work.” In March 2021 a California judge rejected that demand, noting disclosure of their names “would violate their rights to freedom of association, anonymous speech, and privacy.” blacklists activists, speech
While the FBI told The Intercept it “only investigates activity which may constitute a federal crime or pose a threat to national security,” this didn’t match its actions. “If the FBI was concerned about criminal activity among the student activists, its agents made no indication of that in the interviews,” The Intercept reported. “They did, however, ask questions that echoed far-right propaganda about unproven links between pro-Palestine activist groups and militant groups.”
Its main targets are Palestinians, particularly activists involved with the global Boycott, Divest-
from being placed on the website.” Some have even received death threats.
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During negotiations, which began in June 2020, “the Argentinian government believed that, at the least, Pfizer ought to be accountable for acts of negligence on its part in the delivery and distribution of the vaccine, but, instead of offering any compromise, Pfizer ‘demanded more and more,’ according to one government negotiator,” Project Censored summarized. “That was when Pfizer called for Argentina to put up sovereign assets as collateral. Argentina broke off negotiations with Pfizer, leaving the nation’s leaders at that time without a vaccine supply for its people,” in December.
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The site, established in 2015, “seeks to publicly discredit critics of Israel as ‘terrorists’ and ‘anti-Semites,’” Project Censored noted, but its careless style of accusation has caused a backlash. “While some of those listed on the site are prominent activists, others are students who attended a single event, or even student government representatives suspected of voting for resolutions that are critical of Israel,” the Forward reported.
6. Canary Mission
7. Google’s union-busting methods revealed
“[E]mployers in the United States spend roughly $340 million on union avoidance consultants each year,” Lauren Kaori Gurley reported for Motherboard, but their practices are apparently so disreputable that IRI doesn’t identify its clients on its website “beyond saying the firm has been hired by universities, renewable energy companies, auto-makers, ‘the nation’s largest food manufacturers,’ and ‘several top ten worldwide retailers,’” she reported.
BEFORE THE “CRITICAL RACE THEORY” moral panic fueled a nationwide uprising to censor discussions of race in education, there was an opposite moral panic decrying “cancel culture” stifling certain people — especially in education. But even at the peak of the “cancel culture” panic, perhaps the most canceled people anywhere in America — pro-Palestinian activists and sympathizers — got virtually no attention. Even though a well-funded, secretly run blacklist website, known as Canary Mission, explicitly targeted thousands of individuals — overwhelmingly students — with dossiers expressly intended to ruin their careers before they even began, and which “have been used in interrogations by Israeli security officials,” according to the Forward, a Jewish publication. They’ve also been used by the FBI, as reported by The Intercept
ment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement that works to peacefully pressure Israel to obey international law and respect Palestinians’ human rights. As The Intercept reported in 2018, “While Canary Mission promotes itself as a group working against anti-Semitism, the blacklist’s effective goal is to clamp down on growing support for Palestine in the United States by intimidating and tarnishing Palestinian rights advocates with the brush of bigotry.”
“For many otherwise unknown activists, a Canary Mission profile is their most visible online presence,”
“The [leaked] documents show that the firm collected incredibly detailed information on 83 Seattle hospital employees, including their ‘personality, temperament, motivations, ethnicity, family background, spouses’ employment, finances, health issues, work ethic, job performance, disciplinary history, and involvement in union activity in the lead-up to a union election,’” Project Censored noted, “including descriptions of workers as ‘lazy,’ ‘impressionable,’ ‘money oriented,’ and ‘a single mother.’”
That same month, “In These Times’ Sarah Lazare filed a detailed report on the history of the pharmaceutical giant’s opposition to expanding vaccine access to poor countries, beginning in the mid-1980s during negotiations that eventually resulted in the establishment of the World Trade Organization in 1995. Both globally and domestically, Pfizer played an important role in promoting the idea that international trade should be contingent on strong intellectual property rules, while casting countries that do not follow U.S. intellectual property rules as engaging in ‘piracy,’” a view they promoted to multiple business networks, shielded from wider public debate. “It was not a given, at the time, that intellectual property would be included in trade negotiations,” she explained. “Many Third World countries resisted such inclusion, on the grounds that stronger intellectual property rules would protect the monopoly power of corporations and undermine domestic price controls.”
The list itself has had a chilling effect on First Amendment rights, another Intercept story reported. “A survey of over 60 people profiled on Canary Mission, conducted by the group Against Canary Mission, found that 43 percent of respondents said they toned down their activism because of the blacklist, while 42 percent said they suffered acute anxiety
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“Tracking the union avoidance firms behind anti-union campaigns is intentionally made difficult by firms that subcontract out work to other firms that hire independent contractors to avoid federal reporting requirements laid out by the Department of Labor and shield themselves from public scrutiny,” Motherboard explained, adding that the union organizing the workers had no idea of IRI’s involvement.
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As a result, “One could make a map of global poverty, lay it over a map of vaccine access, and it would be a virtual one-to-one match,” she wrote. “Once again majority Black and brown countries, by and large, are left to suffer and die.”
“Pfizer has been accused of ‘bullying’ Latin American governments in Covid vaccine negotiations and has asked some countries to put up sovereign assets, such as embassy buildings and military bases, as a guarantee against the cost of any future legal cases,” according to reporters at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
“It is difficult to think of a clearer case for suspending intellectual property laws than a global pandemic,” and “a swath of global activists, mainstream human rights groups and UN human rights experts have added their voices to the demand for a suspension of patent laws,” Lazare noted. But Pfizer was joined in its opposition by pharmaceutical trade groups and individual companies, such as Moderna, another COVID-19 vaccine maker.
Its main targets are Palestinians, particularly they toned down their activism because of the blackput
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• “Bites can cause life-altering injuries, even death. Dogs used in arrests are bred and trained to have a bite strong enough to punch through sheet metal.”
• “There’s little accountability or compensation for many bite victims,” for a wide range of reasons. “Even when victims can bring cases, lawyers say they struggle because jurors tend to love police dogs,” in what’s known as “the Lassie effect.”
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The history was more complicated than one might expect, Stern explained. “At first, sterilization programs targeted white men, expanding by the 1920s to affect the same number of women as men. The laws used broad and ever-changing disability labels like ‘feeblemindedness’ and ‘mental defective.’ Over time, though, women and people of color increasingly became the target, as eugenics amplified sexism and racism,” she wrote. “It is no coincidence that sterilization rates for Black women rose as desegregation got underway.”
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• Approximately 3,600 Americans annually end up the emergency room with severe police dog bites, which “can be more like shark attacks than nips.”
“During the height of this wave of eugenics by means of sterilization in the U.S., forced hysterectomies were so common in the Deep South that activist Fannie Lou Hamer coined the term ‘Mississippi Appendectomy’ to describe them,” Ray Levy Uyeda wrote in a YES! Magazine article titled “How Organizers are Fighting an American Legacy of Forced Sterilization,” which begins with the story of Kelli Dillon.
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“All forced sterilization campaigns, regardless of their time or place, have one thing in common. They involve dehumanizing a particular subset of the population deemed less worthy of reproduction and family formation,” Alexandra Minna Stern wrote at The Conversation. Stern directs the Sterilization and Social Justice Lab, where “Our interdisciplinary team explores the history of eugenics and sterilization in the U.S. using data and stories” — 35,000 of them so far captured from “historical records from North Carolina, California, Iowa and Michigan.”
Dillon was a California prison inmate in 2001 when she underwent a procedure to remove a potentially cancerous growth — and the surgeon simultaneously performed an unauthorized hysterectomy, one of 148 that year in California prisons, and one of 1,400 carried out between 1997 and 2010. Dillon began organizing inside the women’s prison, gathering testimonials from other victimized prisoners “and provided the personal accounts to staff at Justice Now that was laying the groundwork to petition for legislation that would ban the procedures in prisons,” Uyeda reported. Dillon sued the state of California for damages, and helped shape legislation to compensate victims (finally passed this year), a story told in the 2020 documentary film Belly of the Beast
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10. Activists call out legacy of racism and sexism in forced sterilization
FORCED STERILIZATION was deemed constitutional in a 1927 Supreme Court decision, Buck v. Bell, after which forced sterilizations increased dramatically, to at least 60,000 forced sterilizations in some 32 states during the 20th century, predominantly targeting women of color. And while state laws have been changed, it’s still constitutional, and still going on today — with at least five cases of women in ICE custody in Georgia in 2019 — while thousands of victims await restitution, as reports from The Conversation and YES! Magazine have documented.
Black people dates back to slavery, but it’s not ancient history, according to an investigative series of 13 linked reports titled “Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons,” coordinated by the Marshall Project in partnership with AL.com, IndyStar and the Invisible Institute. They found evidence that the pattern continues to this day, with disproportionate use of police dogs against people of color, often resulting in serious injury, with little or no justification.
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