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Week of Friday, February 14, 2020 | Vol. 8, No. 7

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TONIGHT: MELVIN SEALS & JERRY GARCIA’S BAND Elements of jazz, funk on tap at Anaina Hou

Community Park with Jerry Garcia Band. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and show starts at 7:00 p.m.

Seals took over the Jerry Garcia Band after Garcia’s death in 1995 and continues STEPHANIE SHINNO TGIFR!DAY the band’s legacy. Garcia was also well-known as the lead singer for the Grateful Dead.

ILAUEA– Melvin Seals Jerry Garcia Band formed and Jerry Garcia Band before Grateful Dead and pay tribute to the late continued to play during Jerry Garcia by traveling around the world and staying breaks in Grateful Dead’s schedule. true to the Garcia sound.

And tonight, Melvin Seals will be at Anaina Hou SEE GARCIA, PAGE 2

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Melvin Seals jammin’ on his keyboards.

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IMPORTANT ISSUES, IMPACTFUL FILMS

Anaina Hou hosts first Social Awareness Film Festival STEPHANIE SHINNO TGIFR!DAY

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naina Hou Community Park is shining light on social issues starting Monday, Feb. 17, at the inaugural Social Awareness Film Festival.

Set to run from Feb. 17 through Feb. 23, each evening will feature one of six films, all with themes relating to social awareness and social justice, according to Anaina Hou Executive Director Jill Lowry.

“Our Social Awareness Film Festival was envisioned as an opportunity to bring awareness to, and stimulate discussion on a myriad of issues including race, religion, immigration, art & culture, environment & climate change, geopolitical issues, or the specific issues that women or the LGBTQIA + community face,” Lowry said.

Films encompass themes like equality, courage, hard work, patience, commitment, love and hope. In addition to screenings, the SAFF brings filmmakers to

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Seals has been a powerhouse in the music industry for more than 30 years as a performer, recording artist and producer and is known for his soulful Hammond B-3 organ and keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band. With the help of Jerry Garcia, they

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Standing from left are Benjamin Bratt, Peter Bratt and Carlos Santana, with Dolores Huerta, subject of the movie “Dolores.”

the table for talk story sessions surrounding the movies.

“SAFF is not intended to be rooted in doom and gloom,” Lowry said in an announcement about the event. “While it understandably will cover serious issues and the sacrifice, anger, fear, grief these issues can cause, it is equally about courage, tenacity and hard work.”

were the founders of the jam band music era. They play blues, funk, rock, jazz and chop it up with some R & B and gospel, just to give it flavor.

Seals is excited to come to Kaua‘i because it will be his first time coming to this island. He has been to Big Island and Maui.

“I can’t wait to try the different foods, looking for

Some films feature global and national happenings. Others feature people and issues specific to Hawai‘i, like “Hawaiian,” the film set to kick off the festival, which tells the story of Eddie Aikau, big-wave surfer and lifeguard.

Other films on the docket include the Feb. 18 showing of “Moananuiakea,” a documentary

seafood you have and just get away,” he said.

He loves to fish, and wants to try the different dishes here on Kaua‘i that serve local favorites. On his off time, when he is not in the studio, he gets on one of his two boats and sails away for some fishing time.

Seals says Jerry’s music is different from R & B and his message for Kaua‘i folks who

nous peoples and immigration.

“The hope is that one or all of the movies you choose to watch will change your perspective, create an idea or solution, or in some other way give you something you did not have before you sat down,” said Lowry.

The final two films set to screen during the festival are “Dolores” and “Sweet Dreams;” the first will show on Saturday, Feb. 22 and features the story of Dolores Huerta, who went against 1950’s gender conventions and started the first farm worker’s union alongside Cesar Chavez.

Courtesy of Jill Lowry “Sweet Dreams” tells the story Huerta and Cesar Chavez are key of a group of Rwandan women subjects in the movie “Dolores.” who are on a journey to heal the wounds of the past. that celebrates the Malama Honua Films are set to run from 6:30 to worldwide voyage; the Feb. 19 9:30 p.m. from Feb. 17 through Feb. showing of “Tribal Justice,” which 22. The last film, “Sweet Dreams” looks at the plight of two Native is scheduled from 3 to 6 p.m. on American women who are workFeb. 23. ing to reduce incarceration rates Tickets are available for purand heal their people; and “Joseph chase at the Anaina Hou website Pulitzer,” a film about the dangers and tickets can be purchased for of suppression of news and the individual films. General Admisimportance of the freedom of the sion starts at $12 for adults, $8 for press. students. Cost for tickets that Lowry pointed out the inaugural cover filmmaker talkstory events year of the film festival is focused are $50 - $75 each. on highlighting topics of indigeInfo: anainahou.org

don’t know their music.

“If you haven’t heard of our music please check us out. I hope they walk away with one of the best shows they seen in a long time,” said Seals.

Seals is known for playing the organ different from anybody else and encourages everyone to listen to his music.

But, even with an exten-

sive library of songs he’s been part of, he says there are a lot of songs he wish he could have written.

“There were so many great songs I loved, that could make you happy or make you feel a certain way,” he said.

Seals had some advice for the upcoming generations that wanted to pursue music.

“If someone wants to pursue music, imagine a

song you love on the radio and wish you could write it, that’s the thought process of creating a new song,” he said. “But first, put in the time to be great at anything. Take time to study what you are going to share and dish out. If you have a heart you should feel it, if you feel it so will your listeners.”

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here are lots of guides to the flora and fauna of Hawai‘i. Bird guides.

Fish guides. Flower guides.

Tree guides. Wildlife guides.

Guides of all sorts, really. It seems that the individual guides are the vast majority of what is available, and for the person interested in the broader natural history & nature in general in Hawai‘i, options are limited, with most being out-of-print.

Thankfully, “Wind, Winds, and Waves: A Hawai‘i Nature Guide,” by Rick Soehren, helps fill to in the void.

While not a “field guide” per se, “Wind, Wings, & Waves” does a great job in covering many of the sought-after flora and fauna to be found in the island, featuring them with vivid color pictures along with generous descriptions.

However, what makes this book not a field guide is perhaps one of its even more interesting aspects. In place of a comprehensive encyclopedic picture reference, we instead get treated to a fascinating look into the history of what makes

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Hawai‘i the place we know it today. How did the islands come to exist? How did the birds settle here? What in the world are these enormous African snails doing all over the place?

Soehren’s writing style is immediately engaging, as if you were having an interesting conversation with someone. He tackles the wide-ranging subject that is Hawai‘i’s environment and climate, including all the life that lives in and around the islands. Even places like Hanapepe Salt Ponds and the Makauwahi Cave Reserve get fair and respectful

mentions in his book.

“Wind, Waves, and Waves” functions as nature guide, tour guide, and history book, all in one. Whether one is an eco-traveler looking for a good reference, or a resident who wants to delve more into the place they call home, Soehren has it covered for every reader.

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SCIENCE EQUALS FUN

Reese Wells, Sky Janssen-Jones

Wilcox Elementary School teacher Ronson Sahut works with a STEM student in applying the Kid in a Bag Challenge to Kilauea Elementary School student Mayah Cornell.

A Wilcox Elementary School STEM student explains the workings of an aquaponics set up.

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ore than 70 science projects in the Junior and Senior divisions attracted a big crowd to the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Center for the Kaua‘i Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

A bonus was the appearance of exhibitors, including the Wilcox Elementary School Science, Technology, Engineering and Math students who wow-ed the audience with their array of STEMbased activities, including the Kid Challenge, the potato gun, and CAD demonstrations that featured artifacts being distributed for donations benefiting the wildlife victims of the Australian brushfires.

Congratulations and mahalo to the many community supporters that enable the top five overall winners in each division to advance to the Hawai‘i Science and Engineering Fair, and the top winner in the Senior Division to attend the international fair in Anaheim, California.