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Week of Friday, January 23, 2015 | Vol. 3, No. 4

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

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CHIFFON AND SPICE GARDEN ISLAND BBQ & CHINESE RESTAURANT • TROY WAIALEALE • ‘WEDDING RINGER’ Island Calendar and much, much more!

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT: Top picks for the week

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRI SAT SUN FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside Hilo Hattie.

3. TUNES: Troy Waialeale

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: Garden Island BBQ & Chinese Restaurant

6. FLICKS: ‘Wedding Ringer’

7. ART: Poet Robert Burns

8-9. CHECK DA SCENE:

‘THE LAST FIVE YEARS’ 7 to 9 p.m., Puhi Theatrical Warehouse.

A performance by Kauai Community Players, a two-character musical that chronicles a complete cycle of a relationship. $15 to 25

Makahiki Games

10. ART: Photographer Phylis Schwartz

11. THEATER: ’Chiffon and Spice’

OCEAN MOVIE 7 p.m.

Kapaa Library Kohola Leo will be showing the film “Ocean Frontiers.”

BEACH CLEANUP 9 a.m. to noon Moloaa Beach.

Join the Sierra Club to remove litter at Moloaa Beach.

246-9067 CHIFFON AND SPICE 7 p.m.

Lihue Parish Hall a Soul Fire Productions.$25 advance, $35 door, $50 VIP. MOKUPUNI TO AHUPUA 2 to 4 p.m.

Kapaa Library The Wailua-Kapaa Neighborhood Association will feature Juan Wilson discussing the recent Kauai mapping project. 821-2837

‘PEACE ON YOUR WINGS’ 2 p.m.

Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center A new musical inspired by the story of Sadako Sasaki.

BELOVED BY GOD 9:45 a.m.

St. Michael’s and All Angels Church Kauai Voices will share songs about love.

JAZZ & BLUES 4 to 7 p.m.

Shutters Lounge, Kauai Beach Resort.

‘PEACE ON YOUR WINGS’ - 2 p.m, Sunday at Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center.

WED Jan 30 Jan 31 Feb 1 NUTRITIONAL PROGRAM 7 p.m Short film followed by samples, talk with certified-nutritional adviser Jane Riley. Free. 212-1451

WHISKEY-O 5:30 p.m.

Hanapepe United Church of Christ Celtic band with moroccan chicken dinner and birthday cake to celebrate the church’s 125th anniversary. $15, 332-8451

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FARMERS MARKET 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside Hilo Hattie.

PHOTOGRAPHY WITHOUT CAMERAS Noon to 3 p.m.

Na Aina Kai Botanical Gardens A formal tour and lumen printing workshop with Phyllis Schwartz, a visual artist from Vancouver, Canada. $15 advance, $20 door, limited to 20 participants.

CANOE CLUB 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Kukuiula Boat Harbor Kukuiula Outrigger Canoe Club is hosting a recruitment potluck.

KEIKI DAY 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Na Aina Kai Botanical Gardens Play in Jack’s fountain, explore the jungle tree house, and many kid-friendly features of our Children’s Garden. $10, 8280525

‘BEYOND THERAPY’ 5:30 p.m.

Hukilau Lanai Restaurant Women In Theatre presents a dinner theater production of Beyond Therapy

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A SOULFUL SOUND Troy Waialeale mixs musical flair and storytelling

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roy Waialeale doesn’t know life without melody.

Country, Hawaiian, classic rock, in a band or solo, the Puhi musician has been singing and stringing the ukulele for as song as he can remember.

And he wouldn’t want it any other way. “Music,� the 49-year-old said, “is basically a part of my soul.�

Waialeale comes from a long line of musicians.

His entire family sings or play instruments, and his great-grandfather’s sister was Lena Machado, the famous Hawaiian composer and entertainer known as “Hawaii’s Songbird,� who ruled the Hawaiian music scene in the 1930s and 1940s. “My father used to play with her as a young boy, and she baby sat me,� Waialeale said about the early influence on him. “I grew up watching musicians constantly.�

All genres, too. He likes a good cowboy tune as much as he likes belting opera around the house. “My mom’s from Houston and my dad is from Kauai,� he said. “My mom, coming from Texas, brought her country with her.�

His first introduction to country stretches back to

when Willie Nelson was young and clean cut. “I’m serious,� he said of his first Nelson album. “He had a crew cut on the cover.�

While busy playing weddings all year, Waialeale also performs from 7 to 9 every Friday night at the Bull Shed restaurant, 4-796 Kuhio Highway, in Kapaa.

He mixes his flair for all types of music with story telling and translating or explaining Hawaiian songs. “I try to inform people about our music,� he said. “They like the sound and the beat, but they don’t know what’s being said.�

Hawaiian songs are rich in history and each song carries more than one meaning.

A song about a beautiful flower? “It’s definitely about a

woman,� he said. “I’m secretly describing her as a flower.�

But the best part about playing music — and it’s been true his whole life — is seeing people react. It’s a rush, he said, watching them enjoy a show. “That’s the best feeling in the world,� he said. “I touched them in some way.

There’s no greater thrill than that.�

Not that Waialeale, who grew up in the Wailua Homesteads, needs a crowd to do what he loves to do.

Whether onstage or by himself, music is always a part of him. “I’m constantly singing throughout the day,� he said. “I’m singing anything, ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ it doesn’t matter. I’m all over the place. But I’m singing something.�

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GARDEN ISLAND BBQ & CHINESE RESTAURANT New owners look to add a personal touch

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favorite Lihue restaurant has new owners who want to keep the same quality menu and service but add their own personal touch from 25 years experience in the business.

Peter Wu and his spouse Lily Wang took over the Garden Island BBQ & Chinese Restaurant in early January.

Mr. Yang Jian and Mrs. Hong Jian, who started the restaurant 21 years ago, are retiring.

The original owners are cousins of Wang and are staying on to make sure the transition goes smoothly. The

Photos by Tom LaVenture / The Garden Island

Some of the Garden Island Barbecue & Chinese Restaurant staff, from left, Evelina Abalos, Lily Wang (owner), Estelita Balbin, Nad Corbillon, and Hazel Cabungan.

new owners said by keeping the eight chefs and a dozen or more part-time servers, they shouldn’t skip a beat.

“Customers have been coming here for a long time

and have certain expectations,” Wu said. “So far, so good.”

Another reason to maintain the status quo is because it is working and

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN THE HEART OF HANALEI BAY

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The rice and noodle dishes come with meat, seafood or vegetarian. $8.50

the restaurant is one of the most popular on the island.

Instead of making sudden changes, the couple is posting specials to gauge interest in new items.

For starters, they’ve posted Singapore noodle with roast pork, duck or seafood for $11.95; salt and pepper pork chops for $9.95; fried tofu with ginger and onion sauce for $9.95; and string beans with seafood, roast duck or

pork roast for $9.95.

“This is a popular restaurant with customers that come from all around the island,” Wu said. “We talk to the customers and listen to what they say.”

Garden Island BBQ is the place to find quality, quantity and cost without five-star prices. The “Best of Kauai” plaques that line the wall are validated with a dining room that stays full all day long

with guests and to-go orders.

With a menu featuring more than 100 items and customers packed in dining rooms, meals are served fresh and hot. A four-page menu offers appetizers, soup and sandwich specials and even burgers.

The local touch includes teri beef and mahi mahi, saimin and most meals still come with macaroni or rice.

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chicken wings were delightfully meaty and tender. They are prepared when ordered, as opposed to deep fried earlier in the day and left to sit on paper towels until reheated.

The house chop suey chow mein is a marvel of seafood, pork, chicken and vegetables with either soft or fried noodle for just $8.50.

The rice and noodle dishes come with meat, seafood or vegetarian.

“The duck and the pork items are very popular,” Wu said.

Anyone can enjoy being a vegetarian when there are a dozen options including bok choy garlic, Chinese peas,

tofu and straw mushrooms, or choi sum with bitter melon and black bean sauce, and all for just $7.95 each.

House favorites include the sizzling platters for $10.95. The chicken and duck menu is also great with unehei with nam ha or chili bean sauce.

The restaurant is popular for its expansive menu and service, Wang said. It is also a favorite of families for the dinner deals and the large to-go pan-sized portions at a great price.

The 11 soup items are meals all by themselves and rang $6.95 to $9.95. They include won ton, chicken, long rice egg drop, rainbow

tofu, for won ton mein or fun, scallop, abalone, or seafood chowder.

“If someone wants just a little something or a big meal, we have it all here,” he added.

As for the interior, the long and narrow dining room has its challenges with walkways.

They plan to soon bring in new tables and chairs to help with the layout and will eventually look at redecorating the eatery.

Wu and his brother also own the L & L Hawaiian Barbecue in Waimea.

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REVIEW ASSOCIATED PRESS JON FROSCH

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT IN THE ‘WEDDING RINGER’

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he first version of the script for “The Wedding Ringer,” a new comedy about a friendless schlub who rents a best man for his big day, was written back in 2002 — a fact that partly accounts for the whiff of stale leftovers that hangs over the movie from start to finish.

Several films have indeed been there, done that — or variations of that — in the 12 years since, including “Bridesmaids” and “The Hangover,” which all but redefined the pre-marriage debauchery sub-genre.

But a certain derivative, deja-vu quality isn’t the only sin this lazy, numbingly routine, very occasionally amusing comedy commits.

An odd-couple bromance spiked with gross-out humor of a mostly unimag-

inative sort, “The Wedding Ringer,” starring Kevin Hart, largely fails to accomplish its most basic mission: making us laugh.

Directed by Jeremy Garelick from a screenplay he wrote with Jay Lavender, “The Wedding Ringer” opens with Doug (Josh Gad) nervously cold calling potential best men in preparation for his upcoming nuptials to Gretchen (“The Big Bang Theory’s” Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting). Alas, Doug is soft-spoken and overweight, which, in testosterone-drunk comedies like this one, means that he has no friends. Soon enough, he’s employing professional best man Jimmy Callahan (Hart) and a rag-tag team of groomsmen, each of whom is an ostensibly yuk-worthy “type”: the Fat Guy (played

by Jorge Garcia of “Lost” fame), the Asian (Aaron Takahashi), the Redneck, the Beefcake (with a stutter — even funnier!), etc., etc.

As Doug and his homiesfor-hire get acquainted, we’re treated to a variety of gags, including a boy getting hit in the gut with a baseball and a man breaking his own arm for show, as well as jokes about rape, child molestation and testicular deformities.

Politically incorrect, lowest-common-denominator comedy and body horror humor can be sublime when the timing is sharp and the staging inspired. But here, almost everything feels anemic.

Garelick and Lavender consistently flirt with outrageousness without ever going all the way. Even

a bachelor party set piece in which the term “service dog” is given stomach-turning new meaning (peanut butter lovers, be warned) feels half-hearted and halfthought-out; you giggle because of the situation’s bullying perversity, not because the execution is actually funny.

Slightly more amusing are some of the interactions between Doug and his future in-laws, thanks in large part to the skill of good actors slumming for a paycheck: Ken Howard as Gretchen’s macho dad, Mimi Rogers as her tightly wound mom, Olivia Thirlby as her too-coolfor-school younger sister and a sadly underused Cloris Leachman as her loopy grandma. If the movie has a high point, it’s surely the family dinner sequence that

devolves into total chaos, culminating in Granny going up in flames. Moments like that one, as well as another that finds Doug and Jimmy hitting the dance floor at a wedding — breaking out moves ranging from hip hop to disco to Charleston with incongruous flair — momentarily breathe some much-needed comic life into “The Wedding Ringer.”

Too bad it’s not enough for Doug and Jimmy to have fun; they’re forced to learn something in the process, too, as suggested by the perfunctory heart-to-hearts the two have in the film’s third act, acoustic guitars strumming in the background.

Hart offers a more restrained spin on his usual high-pitched, high-strung persona, but the role is

essentially watered-down shtick. Meanwhile, Gad (who played a sex addict in “Thanks for Sharing”) isn’t given much to do except look dim and dejected, the neutered straight man to Hart’s neutered real-life cartoon.

The rather obvious lesson here is that in the age of Judd Apatow and smarter raunch, it takes more than fat dudes, penis jokes and dogs with wandering tongues to make us guffaw in spite of ourselves. Frankly, we’ve seen it all before.

“The Wedding Ringer,” a Sony Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for “for crude and sexual content, language throughout, some drug use and brief graphic nudity.” Running time: 101 minutes.

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POET PARTY

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Rotary Club to celebrate Robert Burns birthday

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uthor and poet Robert Burns is considered Scotland’s most influential writer. On Jan. 31, The Rotary Club of West Kauai will honor him at their 15th annual “Burns Supper.”

“He was a poet of the people and when I grew up I always sang his songs in school,” said Dave Walker, Rotarian and event coordinator. “He dazzled people with his wit and songs.”

The celebration to honor his memory and works will be held at Wrangler’s Restaurant in Waimea.

Doors open at 5 with pupus, no-host cocktails and a silent auction.

A Scottish dinner will be at 6 p.m. One of the dishes featured will be haggis, which is a traditional Scottish dish of sheep’s organs broiled with suet and onions in the sheep’s stomach. The event will conclude at 9 p.m. and also feature many savory desserts, entertainment and whiskey.

“It’s a nice event and we have some specific performances related to Burns,” Walker said. “We start of with a parade of pipers, who march along the main street of Waimea and they’re called the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii.”

Walker also said the Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii will feature a free concert at 5 p.m. Jan. 30 at Waimea in front of the Captain Cook statue.

Almost always celebrated on or close to Burns’ birthday, the Burns suppers are held across the world and range from quiet gatherings to thunderous nights of raves and drink.

Although all Burns suppers are celebrated differently, many feature individuals who will read some of Burns’ works.

Burns was born on Jan. 25, 1759, in the village Alloway, Scotland and grew to become a pioneer in the romantic movement through his enchanting folk music and lyrical writing.

Although Burns’ parents were humble farmers, they strived to provide their son with a strong education.

The works of Alexander Pope and Henry Mackenzie proved to be a great inspiration for the young writer in addition to his relationships with women. His poems eventually earned him the title of “The Ploughman Poet” as they appealed to the literary tastes for romantic writings. Some of the po-

ems Burns became famous for include “To a Louse,” “To a Mouse” and “The Cotter’s Saturday Night.”

Burns strong political opinions also helped him create a number of wellknown songs, poems and letters.

In 18 months, Burns spent a majority of the wealth he earned from his

published poetry and took a job as an excise officer in Dumfries.

Unfortunately, the requirements of his job and lifestyle caused Burns’ health to deteriorate and the poet died on July 21, 1796. Burns was buried with civil and military honors.

“He did poetry on all

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kinds of natural events; he was very well read,” Walker said. “His famous phrase was ‘a man is a man for a’ that.’ When it comes down to basics, a man is a man.

I think what he was trying to say was be yourself and recognize other people ... he just hoped the best for the human race.”

The Rotary Club of West

Kauai is a community service organization with five clubs on Kauai,” said Walker.

It takes on large and small projects, from helping students to assisting seniors.

“We’re all about international understanding,” Walker said.

Tickets for the event are $80 and may be purchased by calling Walker at (808) 652-0616.

Proceeds will be given to vocational technical students who graduate from Waimea High School. Last year, the Rotary Club gave away six scholarships.

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CHECK DA SCENE

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Selah Munoz-Kuwamura, June Munoz, Sean Chun, Tessa Belardo, Trudi Contrades

Kamalani Hopkins, Timmy Kanahele, Kaniela McCoriston, Kawika Rogers, Jerry Kaneholani

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Kaliko Santos, Katrine Muzik

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MAKAHIKI GAME EXPERIENCE DENNIS FUJIMOTO TGIFR!DAY

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resen Bisarra of Kapahi said he and his sister, Teresen, came to experience the Makahiki games Saturday at Ka Moku O Manokalanipo Paani Makahiki at Kapaa Beach Park.

Starting in late October — when the Pleiades cluster rose above the horizon — and continuing for four months, the Makahiki served as a period of rest when wars stopped, tributes were paid and competitive games were held in tribute of the god Lono.

The Makahiki games served not only as contests, where the strong and swift could attain recognition and rise in social classes, they also allowed warriors to stay fit during the period where peace was mandatory in reverence of Lono, states the Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation website.

Ka Moku O Manokalanipo Paani Makahiki served to bridge the gap between the ancient days and today. It was hosted by Ahahui Kiwila Hawaii O Moikeha.

Starting in Hanalei in 2014, and moving to Kapaa in 2015, the games will continue onward to the Anne Knudsen Park in Koloa in 2016.

DENNIS FUJIMOTO TGIFR!DAY Kaimanu Kinney, John Kaohelaulii, Kainoa Kinney

Storm Orsatelli, Beau Furumoto

Thomas Nizo, Sherri Huni Patrick

Natalia Acob, Tresen Bisarra

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ho says you need a camera to take a great picture?

In the world of lumen print images, almost anything will get you a print you want to display.

“You probably did it in the second and third grade,” said Nadine Schwartz, whose sister Phyllis Schwartz will lead a workshop on Lumen Printing next week in Kilauea.

The art form seems simple, but the results can be varied and complex.

To set the image, one takes any item and places it on paper. It can be anything, flowers, fruit, things you find on the side of the street. Af-

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Lumen print uses sun to create artistic images

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ter an hour sitting under the sun, the paper is bathed in photo chemicals. Produced is an artistic image that no camera can quite duplicate.

“You’re left with a burned image,” Nadine said. “Sometimes you can tell what the item was, sometimes you can’t.”

The workshop will be from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30 at Na ’Aina Kai Botanical Gardens and Sculpture Park.

It will focus on the concept of analogue photography as the pencil of nature.

Botanists use it as a method to document their fieldwork. Lumen prints are both photographic and X-ray like,

producing documentation of nature and artistic renderings of botanical specimens.

“In this hands-on workshop, participants will ... discover how they leave marks and traces on photosensitive paper; the work will look like colorful X-rays,” Phyllis said in a release announcing her first Kauai visit.

Phyllis Schwartz, who graduated from Emily Carr University, in Vancouver, Canada, was the recipient of the Canon Photography Award. Her photography has been exhibited and published across Canada and internationally, and her works are in both public and

private collections.

Items to place on the paper will be provided but people can bring their own.

Two 8 by 10 pieces of paper will be provided, as well as chemicals to finish the product. Participants can take the prints home, of course.

And don’t worry if it’s a gray, rainy day. You don’t need a blazing, hot sun to get the image and plexi glass protection will be offered.

“Just like you can get sunburned on a cloudy day,” said Nadine, whose lived in Princeville since 2003 and helped coordinate her sister’s visit. “You still get an

image burned on a paper.”

Cost is $15 and limited to 20 participants. Register through PayPal. http://sassamatt.com/workshop.html.

On site registration is $20, cash only. The workshop

includes a formal tour of the garden and sculpture park, 4101 Wailapa Road, Kilauea.

Directions can be found on Na ‘Aina Kai website. http:// naainakai.org/contact-us-1/ Info: (808) 212-9244

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SOUL FIRE PRESENTS ‘CHIFFON AND SPICE’ SATURDAY

Kauai — on the ground and in the air.

While d’Artois will be performing a few different acts, Elliott will join her for an aerial hoop duet.

She said the event offers a mix of different forms of dance, acrobatics and even singing, and that Soul Fire is really working hard to take multimedia performance to the next level here on Kauai.

The fundraising event will help Soul Fire continue to build its production company and spread high-quality enble evening, one featuring riginally, the idea was tertainment around the island, aerial silks and lyra, contorsimply to bring toaccording to Ea. tion, circus acts, stilt walking, gether and showcase In addition to performancburlesque, belly dancing, Kauai’s talented multimedia es, Chiffon and Spice will pole performance, costumed artists. feature a photo booth, raffle That extravaganza, however, characters, LED hoop, poi and and silent auction. Audience flow arts, live DJ and 3D visual has transformed into what members are encouraged to Soul Fire Productions’ Assistant projections. join the soiree by wearing “It’s going to be really fun,” Manager Raven Ea described 20s-style attire. she said. “Non-stop, one inas a theatrical play, with its Tickets cost $25 in advance, credible act after another.” own unique story. $35 at the door. Seating is limOne of Saturday’s stars “It’s an interesting twist on ited. VIP tickets are available kind of that mysterious cirque/ is aerial dancer Annabelle for $50 and include private d’Artois, who will perform carnival kind of feeling,” she said. “I can’t really give it more with Oahu-based dancer Beau lounge, pupus, gift box, frontrow seating and pictures with Elliott. than that. Definitely some“The two of them together, cast. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., thing for the imagination.” probably some of the best I’ve VIP doors at 6 p.m.

“Chiffon and Spice” begins To purchase tickets or for at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Lihue ever seen,” Ea said. more information, visit http:// d’Artois, who is originally Parish Hall. Soul Fire is calling www.soulfireproductions.com. from Montreal, said she met its production a delightful The Lihue Parish Hall is at 4340 Elliott on Oahu in the fall and “kaleidoscope of cirque burimmediately saw the potential. Nawiliwili Road, across from lesque live entertainment.”

Since then, the two have been Kukui Grove Cinema, next to Ea promises the audience performing both on Oahu and King Auto Center. an impressive and memora-

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