Week of Friday, October 24, 2014 | Vol. 2, No. 43
Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend
GRINDS: The Story of Food in Hawaii
HTY brings musical to KCC COSTUME BALL • LA SPEZIA • ‘GONE GIRL’ Island Calendar and much, much more!
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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:
Top picks for the week
3. CRAFTS:
Senior Craft Fair
4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: La Spezia
6. FLICKS:
‘Gone GIrl’
7. THEATER:
‘Shrek The Musical’
8-9. CHECK DA SCENE: Na Lima Hana
11. TUNES:
‘Na Mele O Kaumualii’
11. THEATER:
‘Grinds’ & Costume Ball
OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRI SAT SUN SLACK KEY 4 TO 6 P.M. HANALEI COMMUNITY CENTER Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and ukulele concert. $20 ‘GRINDS’ 7 P.M. KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Honolulu Theatre for Youth will tour its hit show “Grinds: The Story of Food in Hawaii.” $20 WHALE MOVIE 7 P.M. KAPAA PUBLIC LIBRARY Kingdom of the Blue Whale, narrated by Tom Selleck. 337-9977 FALL FESTIVAL 4 TO 9 P.M. KAUAI CHRISTIAN ACADEMY Enjoy family fun in a carnival atmosphere, with food booths, games, corn maze, petting zoo, pony rides, hay rides, silent auction and more.
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FUN-RAISER 8:30 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL Craft fair with rummage sale and School-Kine Cookie pick up. MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY 7:30 A.M. TO NOON, LYDGATE PARK Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park is having a clean up day. RICE FESTIVAL 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. RICE SHOPPING CENTER The free festival will include entertainment including Taiko Drum, ukelele groups and Tahitian music and dancing. There will also be cooking demonstrations including Chef Sam Choy in addition to a musubi eating contest and mochi contest. NEON NIGHTS FUN RUN/WALK 5 P.M. PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY 3-mile fun run with a Halloween-themed course filled with lights, music and neon glow paint. $25
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CLASSIC CAR SUNDAY 3 TO 7 P.M. KAUAI CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, POIPU Featuring dozens of vehicles, as well as other classic icons of the 50s and early 60s. SLACK KEY 3 TO 5 P.M. HANALEI COMMUNITY CENTER Traditional Hawaiian slack key guitar and ukulele concert. $20 COLLIE BUDDZ 5 P.M. KILOHANA PLANATION Bamp Project presents Collie Buddz with special guest Stick Figure. $28, advance, $33 at door. This is a 21 and older event. www. colliebuddz.com TAIKO DRUMMING WORKSHOP 11:30 A.M. LAWAI INTERNATIONAL CENTER
JOHN CRUZ 5 P.M. LYDGATE PAVILION Enjoy live entertainment from John Cruz and a talk story with Kauai County Council candidate Felicia Cowden.
Bamp Project presents Collie Buddz with special guest Stick Figure 5 p.m. Sunday at Kilohana Plantation.
MON TUE WED LOVE AND RESPECT 6:30 TO 8 P.M. ST. THERESA PARISH HALL Free marriage relationship building classes. 332-7406 NORTH SHORE POLITICAL FORUM 6 TO 9 P.M. PRINCEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER, ALOHA ROOM. County Council Candidates, State House of Representatives District 15 Candidates. Sponsored by Kauai Chamber of Commerce and Princeville Community Association.
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PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP 5 P.M. REGENCY AT PUAKEA The Kauai Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will have a presentation by Senior Medicare Patrol on Medicare fraud. 212-1250 PLANNING MEETING 6:30 P.M. KAPAA HIGH SCHOOL, JROTC ROOM The public is welcome to attend a planning meeting for the JV and varsity football championship luau. 652-2409
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LOVE AND RESPECT 7:30 TO 8:30 P.M. KAUAI BIBLE CHURCH Free marriage relationship building classes. Call 332-406 NUTRITION PROGRAM 7 P.M. KAUAI ATHLETE CLUB, KAPAA Short film followed by samples, talk with certified-nutritional adviser Jane Riley. Free. GLOW SHOW AND PUMPKIN PATCH PARTY 5:30 TO 8:30 P.M. ELEELE BEHIND BIG SAVE Costume contest, games, bouncer, candy, Glow in the Dark puppet show. Sponsored by King’s Chapel. 335-6845
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Don’t be late for kupuna’s fair
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Joyce Takayama, JoAnn Robinson and Lorraine Kawane of the Hanapepe Senior Center go through a rehearsal of “Hanagasa Ondo� using kasa they created at the center.
f there is one piece of advice for Saturday, it is, “Don’t be late!� Doors to the annual Kauai Senior Food and Craft Fair open promptly at 9 a.m., and close at 1 p.m. at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall in Lihue. Each year, seniors from the neighborhood centers — from Kekaha through Kilauea — come together, excited to showcase their skills in cooking, sewing, singing, dancing and more.
“Did you ever see tai chi hula?� asked Marilyn Matsumoto of the Lihue Senior Center. “I called Uncle Alan Hom, the tai chi instructor, and Kathy Stack, the yoga instructor. They said they will each be doing something different, Uncle Alan saying he will be doing tai chi hula.� Seniors taking classes from Aiko Nakaya, known in the community for her expertise in Japanese dance and culture, will be showcasing their achievements: The
Hanapepe seniors will do a folk song from the Yamagata Prefecture, “Hanagasa Ondo,� utilizing gear they created in class. Nakaya said she also helps the Kekaha Senior Center and the Waimea Senior Center, where they learn different Japanese crafts. In addition to the homemade food and craft products, Matsumoto will do the calling honors for lucky prizes which have been generously contributed by
community businesses and organizations. Admission is free. Items on sale will include traditional ethnic foods, original handcrafted items and a plethora of door prizes. Entertainment is provided by the various senior centers around the island. The Kauai Senior Food and Craft Fair is sponsored by the County of Kauai, Department of Parks and Recreation in collaboration with Na Kupuna Council.
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Approachable fine dining at La Spezia in Koloa
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a Spezia has exceeded my expectations since we opened in October 2013,” says Mia Foley, bartender and daughter of co-owner Elizabeth Foley. “When we opened, we didn’t want to be an establishment where people would go out to dinner once a year on their anniversary.
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La Spezia Chef della Cucina Megan Handke (left) with Sous Chef Rosanna Clapp. We wanted to be the place friendly faces.” This approachable concept where it’s a Wednesday night and you don’t want to cook so extends beyond a convivial you go to La Spezia and see atmosphere in an elegant yet
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homey environment, to solid Italian food and reasonable prices. A wine cellar holds more than 600 bottles and 1920’s jazz plays over the stereo system. The walls are adorned with black-and-white family photographs that were taken near Via Spezia, or Spice Road, which is in Rome near the home of Elizabeth’s family. Wine flights make it possible to sample three types of white wine ($13), red wine ($12) or Italian wine ($12). A cheese plate ($15) includes sweet house-pickled mustard seeds, crostini, fresh fruit and three Italian cheeses. There’s also a plate of three Italian cured meats ($15) and antipasti ($18 for two) includes all the cheeses and meats plus olives, eggplant caponata and artichokes. If you read my column regularly, you know I’m not one for proclamations. But La Spezia has two dishes on my “Best of” list. The first is French toast, which is available during breakfast and Sunday brunch. I’m also not generally a French toast person, but La Spezia has managed to elevate the humble dish to rich and custardy heights. In the Brie French toast ($12), pillows of Hawaiian sweet bread cloak a whisper of raspberry jam, melted brie cheese and smoky
Pan-Roasted Chicken with olive oil mashed potatoes, basil oil, mushroom jus and roasted Brussels sprouts. Right: Kale Salad ($12) includes a crisp poached egg and pork belly vinaigrette.
bacon. On Sunday, you can enjoy it with a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice and French press coffee, or a house-made Bloody Mary ($5). Dressings for the Classic Caesar ($7) and House ($7) salads are easily made from scratch, but the Kale Salad ($12) vinaigrette takes two days to make. La Spezia Chef della Cucina, Megan Handke, starts by braising cubes of pork belly in balsamic vinegar and tossing it with roasted shallots. The plate is piled high with a variety of baby kale from Kailani Farm in Kilauea and topped with a deep-fried poached egg. Pan-Roasted Chicken ($22) is
at the top of my “Best Chicken Dish Ever” list. An 8-ounce free-range chicken breast, with one wing still delicately attached, is pan-seared skin side down and finished in the oven. The flavorful breast rests on a cushion of mashed potatoes blended with extra virgin olive oil. Basil oil and mushroom jus pool around the potatoes and roasted Brussels sprouts that have been tossed in a sweet herb butter are scattered on top. It’s refined comfort food and after one bite, I slink into contentment. “All Italian food is comfort food,” says Elizabeth. “In Italy, creating the meal, eating it
and sharing it with friends and family is an everyday event.”
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‘Gone Girl’ delicious suburban noir
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he predominant image throughout David Fincher’s films, from the uncovered horrors of “Se7en” to the Machiavellian maneuverings of “House of Cards,” has been a flashlight beam cutting through the dark. In his latest, the Gillian Flynn adaptation “Gone Girl,” he shines it into the deepest depths of not a serial killer’s mind or a schizophrenic’s madness, but on a far more terrifying psychological minefield: Marriage. In “Gone Girl,” Fincher has crafted a portrait of a couple rivaled in toxicity only by “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and one with just as much — if more subtle — roleplaying. The results are a mixed bag of matrimony mayhem, but an engrossing, wonderfully wicked one. Despite its perspective-shifting, “Gone Girl” may be too male in its viewpoint. And the schematic setup of Flynn’s
screenplay does sap some of its force. But in good times and bad, in sickness and in health, “Gone Girl” is delicious suburban noir. It begins with Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) caressing the head of his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), and wondering to himself, “What are you thinking?” It’s the film’s unsolvable mystery: the unknowingness of another, even one who shares your bed. On a regular morning in North Carthage, Missouri, albeit one begun with an early drink of whiskey at Nick’s bar with his bartender twin sister, Margo (an excellent Carrie Coon as the movie’s voice of reason), Nick returns home to find Amy missing and scenes of a struggle. Even as she cheerfully pledges help, Detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens) sticks post-it notes around the house, marking areas of suspicion.
As the investigation turns toward Nick, and the high-wattage glare of the TV media finds his concern unconvincing, we get an autopsy on the Dunnes’ marriage. In flashbacks narrated by Amy’s journal, she recalls their fairy tale beginnings and — despite earnest intentions to avoid becoming “that couple” — their gradual dissolution. Nick is laid off from his magazine writing job. They move
from New York to Missouri to be near his family. Amy, the cool New York daughter of a publicity-savvy literary couple who based their bestselling children’s book series “Amazing Amy” on her, recoils at her Midwest McMansion nightmare, finding herself wed to a videogame-playing frat boy who, after a loveless afternoon tryst, suggests the Outback for dinner. She seethes: “I drank
canned beer and watched Adam Sandler movies,” and an ocean of empathy washes from Nick to her. This is the mischievous game of the movie, which hopes to sway your sympathies with each twist in the story. Their bland suburban house becomes a prison to Nick, its windows lit up with the strobelight flashes of the swarming media. The manipulation of image, both in public opinion and in private relationships, shapes the story, with Tyler Perry (in a spectacular performance that ought to, by its own strength, incinerate his Madea costume) swooping in as the narrative-controlling defense attorney Tanner Bolt. When Nick pledges the truth will be his defense, Bolt grins with cynical perfection. Pike, in the fullest performance of her career, struggles to make Amy more than an opaque
femme fatale. But — and it’s a big one — she does lead the film to its staggering climax, a blood-curdling sex scene: the movie’s piece de resistance, the consummation of its noir nuptials. Fincher’s sinister slickness and dimly-lit precision has sometimes been considered a double-edged sword, a complaint that strikes me as missing the point. Mastery isn’t a negative. “Gone Girl” doesn’t give the director the material that the propulsive “The Social Network” did. But you can feel him — aided by the shadowy cinematography of Jeff Cronenweth and the creepy score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross — moving closer to the disturbed intimacies of Roman Polanski. So, despite its imperfections, let us clink our glasses and throw rice on “Gone Girl.”
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Donkey, Shrek and Fiona! Hawaii Premiere of ‘Shrek The Musical’ coming to Kauai soon
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awaii Children’s Theatre is proud to announce the fall Broadway musical production of “Shrek The Musical,” a Hawaii premiere. Fresh off Broadway and a national tour, Shrek will be performed from Nov. 14 to Nov. 23 at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. Performances will be for only two weekends. There will be two shows each Saturday. Show times will be Fridays, Nov. 14 and Nov. 21 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 15 and Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 16 and Nov. 23 at 4 pm. Based on the beloved Dreamworks animated film, Shrek the Musical was nominated for and won numerous Tony and Drama Desk awards. All ages will enjoy this fun and funny show filled with fantastic costumes, sets, special effects and a full orchestra. The production team is led by Director Marly Madayag (Peter Pan, Sound of Music), who also directs the Kalaheo Elementary school musicals, and Kauai’s Teacher of the Year for 2014. She is assisted by stage manager Bailey Hutton. Preparing the cast in all their musical numbers and conducting the orchestra is musical director Nina Saraos and “Broadway-style” dancing by choreographer Carol Culver. In her third production with HCT, costumer Kathy Leonard is busy creating the costumes with Alexandria Taogoshi designing the specialty hair and makeup. Sets, puppets, dragons and technical effects are being created by Brooke Morgan, Esther Manning, Brenda Biehler, Jarhett Gaines, Steve Whitney,
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The Shrek cast and crew includes: Back Row from left: Dolly Kanekuni, Ross Martineau, Patric Knight, Colton Moore, Isaac Worth, Kameron Fort, Erik Hagen, Tara Randol, Logan Babtiste, Tirah Brings and Robert Carrasco. Second row from back from left: Nina Saroas, Shanda Saraos Rego, Darlyne McLeod, Laura Leonard, Mitchell Ouye, Georgia Degracia, Jace Turville, Stacy Ramos and Kathy Leonard. Third from back: Kristen Miyasaki, Chloe Rudinoff, Kaylee Russell, Blake Kanekuni, Athena Alexander, Julie Goldberg, Sydney Agudong, Emma Schneck, Ethan Whatmore and Kilinoe Garcia. Fourth from back: Christian Core, Kane Casillas, Manu Trujillo, Napua Canales, Sabryn Rudinoff, Callie Yavinsky, India Davies , Jaden April and Director Marly Madayag Seated: Sean Randol (with Gingy), Charles O’Neill, Tanner Hubbard, Jeremiah Garcia, Savannah Hubbard, Maddison Hubbard and Mia Thompson. Not pictured are Jennifer Down, Sara Carrasco, Erin Gaines, Lolli Hagen, John and Jonah Cabello, Bailey Hutton and Carol Culver. Arnoud Teersteg and a host of volunteers. The leading roles of Shrek, Donkey, Fiona and Farquaad are in the hands of Robert Carrasco, Isaac Worth, Jennifer Downs and Ross Martineau. Darlene McLeod voices Dragon. The cast, all of whom take on a variety of singing and dancing roles, include Sydney Agudong, Athena Alexander, Jaden April, Logan Baptiste,
Tirah Brings, John and Jonah Cabello, Napua Canales, Sarah Carrasco, Kane Casillas, Christian Core, India Davies, Georgia Degracia, Kameron Fort, Erin Gaines, Jeremiah Garcia, Kilinoe Garcia, Julie Goldberg, Erik and Lolli Hagen, Maddison, Savannah and Tanner Hubbard, Blade and Dolly Kanekuni, Patric Knight, Laura Leonard, Kristen Miyasaki, Colton Moore, Charles O’Neill, Mitchell Ouye, Stacy
Ramos, Sean and Tara Randol, Shanda Rego, Chloe and Sabryn Rudinoff, Kaylee Russell, Emma Schneck, Mia Thompson, Manulea Trujillo, Jace Turville, Jayda Wakilina, Ethan Whatmore and Callie Yavinsky. Tickets will be available from the cast at discounted prices, at outlets around the island and on line at the HCT website, www. hawaiichildrenstheatre.com. “Creating a big Broadway
style musical requires a lot of help and we would welcome the support of anyone who might like to support the production by volunteering,” according to a press release. Financial support can be given with the purchase an ad in the playbill, donation of prizes for the raffle drawing and/ or sponsorship of a set piece. Call HCT at 246-8985 or Debra Blachowiak at 639-2437.
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CHECK DA SCENE Carol Manera Texeira, Chantal Zarbaugh
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Vanessa Louis, Madi Jimenez, Annette Hashimoto
Ronson, Kamealoha Sahut, Brandee Kahalekoma, Penny Anakalea
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Hands work together
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any hands working is the translation of Na Lima Hana, a series of Hawaiian cultural educational events, food events, and culture-based entertainment. “Every day my umeki fills up and I have something to share,” is how Ernell Gonzales, sales assistant at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa described the late Aunty Stella Burgess philosophy of sharing culture during the blessing of Mala Maluhia, or the Garden of Tranquility, situated right outside of the Grand Ballroom. Sandy Kato-Klutke of the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association, Kauai Branch, said Burgess was a key to getting Na Lima Hana off the ground 10 years ago. “We went to a conference where we saw this in action,” Kato-Klutke said. “But we can’t fly everyone there, so we brought it, here.”
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Kauai’s king honored
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ears flowed down Aletha Kaohi’s cheeks while she held a pair of scissors to the tapa. “The voice kept encouraging, ‘Cut. Cut. Cut,’” Kaohi said. “But the tears didn’t stop and I finally cut the piece which was presented to the Endeavour during its visit here in November 1999. That piece is now part of the Endeavour’s collection.” The tapa, a remnant from the Endeavour’s piece, holds a place in Kaohi’s purse. “This tapa, part of a five-sheet set, was used to wrap King Kaumualii’s child,” said Kaohi, a sixth-generation descendant by marriage. “It was last used to wrap my father when he was born.” During a trip to Maui, Kaohi fell ill, a victim of twisted intestines. While in the hospital, a voice — could it have been the same one who guided her with the Endeavour project — spoke to her about a “tool” she had in her purse. Rummaging through the bag in her illness, she fished out a bag of Hawaiian salt and the remnant piece of tapa. “Which one,” she pondered. “I just got back from Oklahoma for a presentation and the salt was part of that. And, there was the tapa.” She asked Stanley Lum to place it on her forehead, the closest point to where she is connected to her ancestors, and pray. In her stupor, Kaohi said she heard voices talking, discussing, and when everything was clear, the intestines had “miraculously” untwisted. This started her on a journey to raise awareness about King Kaumualii, best known as the last reigning monarch for Kauai, the effort giving rise to the Friends of King Kaumualii in 2004 with the purpose of honoring the last
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Aletha Kaohi, director of the West Kauai Visitor Center, adjusts a piece of tapa which wrapped King Kaumualii’s child. In the background is a rendition of the Kauai’s last reigning monarch. king of Kauai and perpetuate down through Kaohi’s lineage of a three-act play which was this tradition,” she said. the king and Kauai’s history. through marriage. presented in February.” There will be craft booths, “The tapa dates to after 1810 The tapa will be on display Kaohi said this year, there are but no food booths. Instead, when King Kaumualii ceded when Kaohi and the Friends of seven students from Kula Aupuni she encourages people to Kauai to King Kamehameha to Kaumualii host the Festival of Niihau A Kahelelani Aloha (KANA- come early and enjoy the avoid bloodshed from his peoStars, “Na Mele O Kaumualii,” and KA) Public Charter School who weekend specials created by ple,” Kaohi said. “It was after he Flavors of Waimea from noon to wrote songs under the direction Waimea town food outlets while ceded the island that he found 5 p.m. Saturday at the Hofgaard of kumu Dana “Kauaiki” Yadao enjoying a self-guided walking a girl with whom he established Park across from Ishihara Market and will perform them Saturday. tour of the town utilizing the a relationship and a child was and the First Hawaiian Bank. It is not a competition, Kaohi storyboards along Kaumualii born.” “This is the second year we’re said. Highway (named after the King), This child, named Kainoahou, holding this event centered “Music is always a nice way returning to Hofgaard Park to or translated to mean “the sea around King Kaumualii,” Kaohi to learn about history and is enjoy the mele. is free” because Kaumualii did said. “Last year, we had eight enjoyable for both children and “We are partners in this ennot have to watch the sea for entries in the songwriting adults. King Kaumualii was loved deavor,” Kaohi said. “A ohe hana invading forces, was wrapped in contest about Kaumualii. One of by his people, and by supportnui ke alu ia — no task is too big the tapa which has been handed them resulted in the production ing the community, we continue when done together by all.”
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A feast for the senses
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HTY brings GRINDS musical to KCC
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hy do we eat what we eat? Where do we grow what we eat? Why does that even matter? The Honolulu Theatre for Youth answers those questions in its hit multi-media musical, “GRINDS: The Story of Food in Hawaii.” “GRINDS represents HTY’s belief in using performance as a tool to connect the myriad different groups and issues in Hawaii: food, culture, health, diversity, the benefits of trying something new, the importance of keeping things close to the source,” Artistic Director Eric Johnson said. “All of this comes together in one incredibly energetic, hilarious, insightful piece that we hope will get children and families thinking
in new ways about the food that nourishes us.” A Kauai performance of the musical begins at 7 tonight at the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center in Puhi. GRINDS is an HTY company-created piece focusing on everyone’s favorite subject — food in Hawaii. Starting in ancient times, traveling through plantation days, and ending up right here in the present, HTY actors guide audiences through an epic food journey featuring music, video and humor. They’ll meet Hāloanakalaukapalili, the first kalo plant, explore what it means to “chance ‘um” with some goofy plantation workers, and take a trip to Ecuador with a very
The Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents “GRINDS: The Story of Food in Hawaii,” beginning at 7 tonight at the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center in Puhi. busy banana. Tickets cost $10 for all ages and are available at www.htyweb.org, by
calling (808) 839-9885 ext. 720, or at the door. GRINDS actors include Alvin Chan, Maile Holck,
Lavour Addison and Junior Tesoro. Set, props and light design is by David Gerke, video design is by
Soirée to highlight Visayan history
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or most people, the Halloween season is a time to let loose, take on a new character donning a creative costume or even share a few new talents with others. This year, Kauai Visayan Club is incorporating all of it into their International Costume Ball on Saturday, which will also commemorate the organization’s 29th anniversary. “What they’ll learn about is the Visayan heritage and a little bit of the culture,” said Sandra Estenzo, publicity chair of the costume ball. “I’m hoping that people will learn a little about who we are.” The biennial event, repre-
senting the 20th one held since 1989, will be held in the Kauai Marriott Resort’s Grand Ballroom and feature a short play, called “Lapu-lapu,” that was written and directed by Virgie Cruzada, the club’s current president, choir director and dance choreographer. The play will depict “who the Visayans are and what they are all about” through one of their own heroes, Lapu-lapu Dimantag, who was responsible for the death of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer who discovered the Philippines on March 16, 1521. The role of this Visayan hero
will be portrayed by his real descendant, Rodilio (Elot) Baring of Omao. The play will also feature Sinulog, a cultural dance which originated from the Visayas, honoring the image of the Santo Nino (Child Jesus), which was given to the Queen of Cebu by Magellan when she converted to Christianity and was baptized into the faith. A buffet dinner, along with music provided by the Ohana Band, will also be provided for attendees, who many enter into the ball’s Parade of Costumes, a competition for best international costumes. To be eligible to enter into
the contest, which features three judging categories (children, individual adults and couples), participants must represent a particular country. “It’s not only for Visayans, and is open to all nationalities and ethnicities — because it’s an International Costume
Chesley Cannon, costume design is by Sandra Payne and sound design is by Max Louie. Show sponsors are the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Omidyar Foundation, the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, the Kokua Hawaii Foundation and the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation. Honolulu Theatre for Youth is Hawaii’s nonprofit professional theatre company providing theatre and drama education programs that make a difference in the lives of Hawaii’s young people and families. Founded in 1955, HTY is recognized as one of America’s most honored theatres.
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Ball, we welcome all ethnicities to join in,” Estenzo said. “The costume contest is an international one, so they can represent any culture or country.” Doors open at 6 p.m. No-host cocktails and pre-judging for the International Costume Contest will
begin at 5:30 p.m. with the buffet dinner and program starting afterward. Tickets are $65 for adults and $35 for children who are 6 to 12 years old. Admission is free for children 5 years old or younger. About $2,000 was raised during last year’s event and donated to the Kauai Philippine Cultural Center, which is slated to break ground by the end of this year. Part of the proceeds this year will benefit Kauai Habitat for Humanity. For more information, call Evelyn Basnillo at 652-4259; Aurea Laymon at 822-7322; and Eve Baring at 346-2154.
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