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OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY KAI OCEAN ART SHOW Historic Ching Young Store in Hanalei First day of month-long show. Kauai artist Patrick Ching has developed an unusually progressive art show concept with great success.

Many people actually get to paint on Ching’s originals and others watch on live streaming video as he works on them. The online auction format raises money for its beneficiary, the Kilauea Point Natural History Association.

DAVID PENHALLOW SCOTT BOOK SIGNING 6 to 9 p.m, The Bookstore in Hanapepe Scott will be signing and selling copies of his latest book, “Murder at the Coco Palms Hotel.”

GOING HOME 7 p.m., Puhi Theatrical Warehouse Play by David Penhallow Scott. Sold out.

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MARINE DEBRIS RECYCLING CELEBRATION 9 to 11:30 a.m. Restore Kauai, Hanapepe Kapaa Surfrider Foundation Kauai Chapter will be loading two, 40-foot containers of ocean debris to be sent off-island for recycling.

SUNDAY 31ST ANNUAL AMERICAN CULINARY FEDERATION, KAUAI CHAPTER BREAKFAST 7 to 11 a.m., Kauai Community College All-you-can-eat menu. Eggs benedict, scrambled eggs, Portuguese sausage, ham, steamed rice, hash browns, pancakes, pastries and the made-to-order omelets, coffee, juice. Art for sale, music. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.

MANA TIME TRIAL 9 a.m. MacArthur Beach Park, Kekaha 10.8-mile bike race is part of Waimea Town Celebration. $20, $25 on day of race. Register at www.pedaltothemeadow.com. After the race, there will be a fun group ride up to Waimea Canyon intersection. Volunteers needed for timing, safety. Info: p2mkauai@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, FEB. 23 GOING HOME 7 p.m., Puhi Theatrical Warehouse Play by David Penhallow Scott. $20. Buy tickets at kauaicommunityplayers.org

Erin Gaines as Peggy Whitney, center, rehearses a scene from Going Home with Jennifer Cullen as Eudora Whitney and Jarhett Gaines as Lowry Whitney.

WAR IN TIMES OF PEACE

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“Eudora’s husband passed away and she’s planning on moving to Kauai where she lived before and has rekindled an old relationship with a man named Hank Wong,” said director Steve Whitney.

“There’s a number of themes that run throughout the show.

Bigotry, selfishness, changing of society as the soldiers come home from war. The sugar plantation workers are unionizing, change is coming Photos by David McCracken / The Garden Island to Hawaii.”

Ron Wood as Hank Wong, rights, speaks to Jarhett Gaines as Kauai Community Players Lowry Whitney and Jennifer Cullen as Eudora Whitney during is putting on another fine a Tuesday rehearsal for “Going Home.” show with an impressive cast II. It’s really opened my eyes to the history of featuring Jennifer Cullen, Fredan Alfonso, Hawaii,” she said.

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Playing the role of Eudora is Jennifer Cullen, too much about the play, Whitney smiled and who is reprising this role from “Matilda’s Waltz,” told The Garden Island that the audience will be very immersed into the play and anxious to two years ago. know what happens next. “(Eudora) is sad, she’s a complex and comNot only is the play different from some plicated character,” Cullen said. “I’ve gotten to know her better, in a deeper way through this past KCP shows, seeing as it’s a straight play role, She’s had kind of a rough life, there’s been with no dancing or singing, the look of the theater is also getting a bit of a facelift to give a lot of turmoil and heartache in her life. This the audience a new vantage point. play is about Eudora, hopefully, finding her “It’s much more powerful when the audiway back home to Kauai.”

Having played the role before, Cullen knows ence is right there. It’s really important for a how to get in the mind of the character. How- story like this for the audience to be immersed in it so that they really feel what’s going on ever, she has learned more about Hawaiian with the characters,” Whitney said. history and life after World War II which she The audience will be just a few feet from used to work on her acting, to make Eudora the action, and that’s if you’re sitting in one of a more frustrated, anxious and sympathetic the back rows. The front row seats are practicharacter. cally in the living room, inches away from the “It’s been a really rich experience. I’ve learned a lot more about this era of World War actors.

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“Basically, we wanted to invite them into the living room and watch everything unfold.

Just the nature of this space, much of the audience is further away from the action, but I wanted to audience to feel like they’re in the room with the characters,” Whitney said.

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“I’m proud to be part of such a great team,” Hildorfer says of chefs Steven Nakata and Mark Oyama, along with Duane Miyasato and Melanie Bacio.

Now in its 31st year, the ACF Breakfast has become an island institution, growing from 400 guests back in 1986 to its present 2,000.

“In addition to the hard work of our faculty and staff, the Kauai chapter of the American Culinary Federation has been just wonderful,” she says. “They support our program and help prepare our students for employment by working side-by-side with them during the

food prep for the breakfast.”

Money raised from the breakfast goes to scholarships, kitchen equipment, and professional development for the faculty.

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“It’s wonderful to be part of something that involves so many people,” Hildorfer says. “In fact, one local resident told me that the breakfast is the highlight of his year.”

Sunday’s ACF Breakfast runs from 7 to 11 a.m. Tickets are $20 in advance for adults, $25 at the door. Children ages 5 through 12 are $5, and kids under 5 are free.

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iichi Fujii waited patiently for the clock to strike 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

“This is dinner,” Fujii said as he loaded his reusable shopping bag with plates of food from the Project Grad menu of pasteles stew or laulau plate at the Waimea Carnival, hosted by the Waimea Alumni And Friends.

Proceeds from the carnival benefit the school’s operations, the PTSA, and the WAFF Foundation which provides scholarships to graduating seniors among its list of contributions to benefit Waimea High School and acknowledge the accomplishments of its alumni.

The signature community event drew people from around the island to enjoy the offerings, many being unique to Waimea High School including the baked goods from the school’s cafeteria, and the fresh micro vegetables by the school’s agriculture students harvested to order in the country store.

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