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Week of Friday, November 21, 2014 | Vol. 2, No. 46

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

FEATURING THE WORKS OF LESLIE HAGEN AND MORE

WOMEN ARTISTS OF KAUAI

IKE MUSIC FESTIVAL • WHISKEY-O • THANKSGIVING DINNER OUT Island Calendar and much, much more!

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. TUNES:

Ike Aina Music Festival

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI:

Thanksgiving Dinner out

6-7. ART & THEATER: Women Artists of Kauai

8-9. CHECK DA SCENE: Koloa Fun Run

10. TUNES: Whiskey-O

11. FLICKS:

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OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRI SAT SUN ‘SHREK THE MUSICAL’ 7 P.M., KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Hawaii Children’s Theater presents “Shrek the Musical,” a Hawaii premiere of the hit Broadway musical. $12 advance, $15 door.

BUZZ ON BIZ 8 A.M. TO NOON KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OCET BUILDING What’s the Buzz on Biz: Avoid the Sting and Increase Profits with opening speakers: Jonathan Chun and Robert Goldberg.

INTERFAITH ROUNDTABLE NOON TO 1:30 P.M., LIHUE HONGWANJI TEMPLE WHISKEY-O 7 P.M., CHURCH OF THE PACIFIC World-renowned celtic harpist, Sylvia Woods, joins Whiskey-O for a concert. $12 advance, $15 door.

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CRAFT FAIR 8 A.M. TO 2 P.M. CHURCH OF THE PACIFIC 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 COLOR RELAY 6 A.M. PUAKEA GOLF COURSE Kapaa Middle School Choir and Ukulele Band second annual Color Relay Extravaganza. $20 adults, $10 students.

FASHION SHOW NOON TO 12:30 P.M., KUKUI GROVE CENTER Free Fashion Show highlighting Hawaii designers and artisans.

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GOLF TOURNAMENT 7 A.M. POIPU BAY GOLF COURSE KVMH 10th annual golf tournament benefiting Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital. 2-person scramble. $110 TURKEY LUNCH 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M. KAPAA BEACH PARK Ohana Christian Fellowship Church will have giveaways of clothing, shoes, household goods and more to anyone who is truly in need of them.

WOMAN’S EXPO 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M. KAUAI VETERANS CENTER

‘SHREK THE MUSICAL’ wraps up Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Kauai War Memorial Convention Center

MON TUE WED TAHITIAN DANCE KEIKI 3 TO 4 P.M. JOY OF MOVEMENT DANCE STUDIO IN THE DRAGON BUILDING Call (540) 798-9516 HULA CLASS 6 TO 7 P.M. KOLOA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Beginner female up to 12 years of age.

Class is weekly on Mondays. 645-1403 HULA CLASS 5 P.M. HAWAIIAN CULTURAL CENTER, COCONUT MARKETPLACE Halau Hula O Leilani is having hula classes. Call 651-0682

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THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON 10:30 A.M. SALVATION ARMY AEROBICS CLASSES 8:30 A.M. ALL SAINTS’ GYM Carol Yasutake is having aerobics classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Class fee is $12. 822-3817.

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THANKSGIVING DINNER 5:30 P.M. THE BHAKTI YOGA SHACK The evening starts with an uplifting meditation circle to live music, and then sharing a homemade vegan potluck dinner.

THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON 11 A.M. ALL SAINTS’ GYM Annual Kapaa Interfaith Association’s free Thanksgiving luncheon. Food will be prepared by Mark Oyama and his staff at Contemporary Flavors.

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The Quake.

KANUIKAPONO CHARTER SCHOOL TO HOST FIRST IKE AINA MUSIC FESTIVAL

‘The Quake’ to perform Saturday

Kanuikapono Public Charter School has educated Kauai’s youth since 1997.

On Saturday, it’ll try its hand at a new ring — jamming out.

The school will host the inaugural Ike Aina Music Festival with the help of the Rotary Club of Kauai. “I wanted to help Hawaiian youth; I wanted to help traditional Hawaiian values,� said James Norman, Rotary Club president who doubles as lead singer of the band, “The Quake.�

He said people should come to the festival just to support their community charter school and to support traditional Hawaiian education.

After Norman developed the idea with the help of school staff, it snowballed. “We thought this was a

good way to get exposure to the public and to show what the school is about,�

Norman said. “They don’t get as much funding from the government as much as the other schools do.�

Norman says the festivities will be a good way to help raise funds for the school, and the Kapaa Rotary Club will be donating $1,000.

The family friendly event will be from noon to 9 p.m. at the school, 4333 Kukuihale Road.

Entertainment will feature music by John Cruz, Papa’a Bay Boys, and The Quake as well as songs from the school’s music program. The festival will also include hula, comedic performances, a silent and live auction, and a waterslide for the kids.

Classes will have food beverage stands and will be selling refreshments including mamaki tea, lemonade, grilled chicken, and shave ice

at the Anahola Community commercial kitchen. “Throughout the event the school will be open to the public so the public can see what the school is doing,�

Norman said. “(The students) are also going to be doing tours of their sustainable garden. They’re creating their own garden and tree fair with native plants and trees and vegetables.�

All proceeds will help the school’s meal program and other campus needs.

A donation of a one gallon fruit tree for the school’s food forest guarantees its donor a two-for-one entry.

Tickets are $10 in advance, and $15 at the door. Children five and younger are free, while tickets for children 6 to 12 are $5. Tickets may also be purchased at the school’s main office, Larry’s Music, Scotty’s Music, Vicky’s Fabrics, and all Big Save locations.

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DINING OPTIONS FOR THANKSGIVING ON KAUAI

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his year, we have a cornucopia of choices when it comes to eating out on Thanksgiving Day. I’ve complied a list of specials that range from freshly made juice to cakes, pies

and traditional holiday meals.

On the West Side, G’s Juice BarinWaimeawillfeaturethree Thanksgiving specials: A juice made of organic red apples, organiccarrots,locallemonsand a hint of turmeric; a smoothie with almond milk, bananas, pumpkin puree, vanilla, dates, pumpkinspiceandcinnamon; and the Pilgrim Bowl, a blend of bananas, pumpkin puree, cinnamon, pumpkin spice and apple juice topped with home-baked granola, organic sliced apples, maple-glazed pecans, cinnamon sprinkle and honey. G’s Juice Bar will be

open for normal hours during Thanksgiving week and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Call 634-4112.

InKoloa,youcandineamong more than 1,200 orchids at Plantation Gardens and enjoy a Garden Isle Roast Turkey ($32.95) with house-made herb stuffing, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, candied yams, local green beans turkey gravy and pumpkin pie. Call 742-2121.

ThanksgivingatMerriman’sFish House ($68) features an ample four-coursedinnershowcasing locally sourced dishes. There Daniel Lane/Contributed photo

Tempura Ahi Roll ($17) at Jo2 is wrapped in soy paper and stuffed with tempura green bean, crab and spicy garlic sauce.

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are several selections for each course, which include Kauai Shrimp Sausage Cavatelli with LawaiValleyoystermushrooms, house-made ricotta and Kauai Fresh Farms tomato as well as roastedfresh,organicturkeywith whippedpotatoes,sausage-sage

stuffing, local carrots, green beans, pineapple-cranberry relish and natural gravy. Call 742-8385.

Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill offers a three-course menu ($45)featuringimuturkeywith Portuguese sausage stuffing,

roasted apples, cranberries, mashedpotatoesandcreamed spinach. Appetizer choices are lobsterbaconchowderorgreen beanarugulasaladwithglazed pork belly and shallot-corn vinaigrette. Desserts include a choice of ginger creme brûlée with apple sorbet, or apple crumble with salted caramel ice cream. Call 742-7117.

At Living Foods Market & Cafe, you can make your own turkey. Purchase uncooked Diestel free range turkeys ($7.14 per pound) and pair them with curried pumpkin soup with croutons ($11.95 perquart);mapleroastedyams and carrots ($15.95 per quart); Brussels sprouts with bacon lardons ($16.95 per quart); cranberry relish ($7.95 per pint);classicstuffingwithdried fruit, celery and sage ($11.95 per quart); olive oil mashed potatoes ($12 per quart); and traditionalMadeiragravy($12.95 per quart). Eight-inch classic pumpkinpies,walnuttartsand

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pumpkin cheesecakes are $16 each. Call 742-2323.

On the East Side, Ko Bakery’s ThanksgivingspecialisthepopularPumpkinCrunchfeaturing a moist, spiced pound cake sandwichedbetweenlayersof whippedcreamcheesefrosting andtoppedwithcandiedpecans.

Ifcheesecakeismoreyourstyle, try the pumpkin cheesecake made with Hula Baby Biscotti crust. Call 212-9437.

TheRightSlice,whichlocated in Puhi, will open a new store in KalaheointimeforThanksgiving.

Pie specials include pumpkin, pumpkin crunch, pumpkin pecan, pumpkin haupia, gluten-free pumpkin pake (cake meets pie), pumpkin pake, cranberry walnut pudding, chocolate chip pecan and rum pecan. Call 212-8320.

Papalani Gelato at Anchor CovewillbeopenThanksgiving Day serving Pumpkin Spice Breezes (milkshakes). Orders for Pumpkin Spice gelato pies or cakes need to be in by close of business on Sunday. Call 246-2060.

Hukilau Lanai in Kapaa will be serving a traditional turkey dinner($26adults,$13children) of roasted turkey, real mashed potatoes,Hamakuamushroom stuffing,purplesweetpotatoes, freshherbgravyandcranberry lilikoisauce.Gluten-freeturkey dinners are available upon

or Abuelita Spiced Chocolate Terrine with lavender flan, tarragon whipped cream and orange zest. Call 822-9332.

NewlyopenedJo2,Jean-Marie Josselin’s second restaurant, will offer a three-course menu ($45), with three appetizer choices including kalua turkey pot stickers with roasted pineapple curry vinaigrette.

The main course is a traditional roasted turkey with bacon biscuits and Portuguese sausage stuffing. For dessert, you can choose between pumpkin pie cannelloni with pistachio whippedcreamandcranberry ice cream or butterscotch pot de creme with espresso ice cream. Call 212-1627.

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Ko Bakery’s Pumpkin Crunch features a moist, spiced pound cake sandwiched between layers of whipped cream cheese frosting and topped with candied pecans. request. Dessert is pumpkin includes kiawe smoked oven custard on a crumbly buttery roasted turkey breast, haricot crustwithwhippedcream($8). verts, olive jalapeno stuffing Call 822-0600. and cranberry relish. Dessert OasisontheBeachisserving includesyourchoiceofkabocha a three-course Thanksgiving bread French toast with sage dinner ($65 per person, $30 gingerwhippedcream,candied with wine pairing) which rosettes and Salt Pond gelato,

Deliciouswillonlysellpiesfrom 10a.m.to2p.m.onThanksgiving Day, although you can order theminadvance.Flavorsinclude mango cobbler ($25), vanilla custard($20),pumpkincrunch ($25), cherry ($25), pumpkin cheesecake ($25), and apple cranberry cobbler ($25). Call 482-4101.

Makana Terrace will offer the St. Regis Signature Buffet ($95 adults, $35 children) with morethan30choicesincluding roastedgingerpoachedkabocha squash bisque with truffle croutonsandcoconutChantilly as well as citrus brined roasted turkey and Molokai purple potato hash. Call 826-9644.

Kauai Grill’s four-course Thanksgiving Tasting Menu

($85,$55winepairing)includes tuna carpaccio with truffle tapioca and soy vinaigrette; butternut squash soup with ginger and pumpkin seeds; Shimeji mushroom stuffed turkey with cranberry sauce, fall vegetables and parsnip puree.Dessertincludespumpkin crème brÝlÊe with garam masala spiced cookies. Call 826-9644.

From our family to yours, mahaloforreadingthiscolumn, and happy Thanksgiving! r .BSUB -BOF B ,BVBJ CBTFE food writer since 2010, offers food tours and is the author of “Tasting Kauai: Restaurants — An Insider’s Guide to Eating WellontheGardenIsland.�Info: TastingKauai.com.

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POWER THROUGH ART

Women Artists of Kauai express their passion

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or more than five years, the Women Artists of Kauai have expressed their thoughts through the beauty of art — using chisels, photos and especially paint.

For ocean artist Caylin Spear, painting has become not only a means of self-expression, but also a way to reach out to others.

“Painting has enabled me to express myself in a

positive way and has given me a sense of peace and joy,” said Spear. “I hope that what I’m doing inspires people to feel balance and to reach a positive meditational state in their own lives.”

Spear has been painting since she was 9. She began after a surgery that resulted in the amputation of her right leg.

“I was born missing my

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femur, so I’ve always had one leg,” said Spear. “My mom put me in art classes to ease the pain and that became a way for me to cope.”

Spear grew up on Kauai with her mother and continued her passion for art throughout high school and college. She then traveled across the world and began to teach her craft. She eventually returned to Kauai where she continues to paint,

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Sunrise Sea Animals Gather by Caylin Spear.

focusing on images of the sea.

“The ocean is where I feel the most balanced,” Spear said. “I wear an artificial leg, so physically I have a lot more freedom when I’m painting.”

Spear uses a wax encaustic medium mixed with oil paint along with sea shells, beach glass and driftwood in her works to show the realistic qualities of the ocean waves.

Sea creatures also appear in her paintings, reminding people to have respect for all beings in the chaos of the world.

Spear has dreams for her artwork, which she hopes to spread across the world.

“I would like it to be seen locally and I’d like for my work to be seen within the whole state as a representation of Hawaii art,” she said. “I would love to represent Hawaii in the international art world.”

Spear will be one of the featured artists at the Women Artists of Kauai’s sixth annual Fine Arts Festival on Nov. 29. The event, which will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hanapepe United Church of Christ, will feature live music and food along with viewing of original paintings, photography and more. The church is at 4481 Kona Road.

W.A.K. is a group of female artists who work to promote women artists on Kauai. In addition to expressing their ideas and emotions, the organization also provides supporting structure for the women.

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Stinky by Leslie Hagen.

“It’s more than about art shows and events,” said W.A.K. founder and artist Marionette Taboniar. “It’s about camaraderie and helping each other. It’s important because we support each other as a group of women.”

Another artist who will be featured at the upcoming event, and who also has found her passion in painting, is Polish artist Anna Skaradzinska.

“It’s something that I really love,” said Skaradzinska. “It allows you to focus really deeply; it’s a form of prayer. I couldn’t live without it.”

Born in Poland, Skaradzinska always had a passion for creating things on any surface.

“In high school, my freshman year I went to the art exhibition by the seniors,” said Skaradzinska. “I saw some of the artwork that they did and I thought, ‘I hope I can be that good someday.’ It really moved me; it made me want to explore.”

After graduating from high school, the artist attended

classes at St. John’s University in New York where she continued to develop her love for the arts. Skaradzinska also took Saturday classes and was especially moved by “imaginary art,” also known as fantasy art, that explores the imagination.

Skaradzinska worked as a commercial artist illustrator in product development in New York, but eventually began creating art for herself.

In 1995, she moved to Hawaii, and today her work is published by Banana Patch Studios and the Aloha Spice Company.

When asked how she would like people to feel when they look at her work, Skaradzinska responded, “I would like them to feel something. For my conceptual art, I want them to stop and see and feel and reflect something in themselves.”

Another artist who will be featured at the show is Donia Lilly, who has also explored the realm of paint and the other visual arts.

Growing up in a difficult household, Lilly found the visual arts at a young age. In college, she became an art major.

“For me, painting is sort of like my sanctuary,” said Lilly. “For me, it’s not an intellectual process.

It’s more of an emotional and spiritual one. I’m not seeing something and wanting to reproduce what I saw. I want to reflect the feelings that the experience or place had on me.”

Lilly’s mediums include mixed media, pastels and acrylics. In addition to using brushes, the artist also creates her works with her hands.

Although she has a love for painting, Lilly has found joy in many other arts, including dancing, singing and writing.

Music has also acted as an inspiration for the artist, as she gains visual impressions from songs.

Although painting has proven to be a large passion in Lilly’s life, there is no one craft that is better than others.

“Each one of the creative outlets allows me to engage in sort of a different dimension of my creative expression,” said Lilly. “They’re all different facets of that expression.”

Lilly has created works across the U.S., in New York and California, and has traveled to many countries in Europe. The artist has also been featured in “The Pastel Journal” and “The Pastel Artists of Hawaii.”

Although the power of paint has given peace and hope to Spear, Lilly and Skaradzinska, it’s the crafting of pottery that has done the same for sculptor Leslie Hagen.

As a hospice volunteer, Hagen aided an elderly woman who had once been an artist for Disney. As she drove the women to and from her pottery classes, and spent time in a ceramics lab, Hagen began to take an interest in clay and the three-dimensional process.

“It’s the great escape,” said Hagen about pottery. “It’s relaxing, it’s rewarding, it’s good

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Wired 1 by Anna Skaradzinska.

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for the soul.”

Hagen and incorporates a sense of humor into her work.

“I’m inspired by everything and everybody,” said Hagen.

“My work could be described as being whimsical, political satire, sometimes grotesque, sometimes beautiful. I’m happy when (people) get it. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they don’t.”

Hagen is even inspired by the news, as she feels she can bring the humor out of it and “make the world a little less depressing.”

The sculptor also finds inspiration from facial expressions, which she believes tell a story, and famous artists like Vincent van Gogh. And, she is always inspired by her fellow W.A.K. artists.

Hagen’s work has spread across the world, and has been featured in the U.S., Canada, China, Australia and the Netherlands. She has sold more than 1,300 art pieces.

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CHECK DA SCENE

The Au‘ Rai Fitness team celebrates after finishing the Old Koloa Sugar Mill run on Saturday. Front row from left, Kaela Wold, Jacob “Smilie” Punzal, Ashley Mier and Lisa Finch. Back row from left, Royden Yamamoto, Kara Yamamoto, Nalu Tacub, Erica Contrades, Ty Contrades, Richard Jim, Colette Akau and Glenn Akau.

Mark and Care Nelson are all smiles after Care took second in the half marathon and Mark won the 10K.

Basil Scott and Jacob Pembrook receive their awards for the 10K race.

Victor Huckell finishes the half marathon. Victor, 79, was the oldest finisher.

Darlene Dolan, Larry Dolan and Debbie Gunning celebrate after the Old Koloa Sugar Mill races on Saturday.

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Tess Pacol of Au Rai Fitness leads Adele Kamala to the finish line.

Adele Kamala, right, gets a hug from Lisa Finch after finishing the half marathon.

FUN RUNS IN KOLOA

Nearly 500 runners and walkers finish half marathon, 10K or 5K Nearly 450 runners and walkers took part in the 12th annual Old Koloa Sugar Mill Run that included a half marathon, a 10K and a 5K, put on by the Rotary Club of Kauai on Saturday.

Conditions were challenging on a hot and humid day with blue skies and sunshine, but runners enjoyed breakfast and awards afterward at Anne Knudsen Park.

Half marathoners ran on a new course that included some spectacular ocean views through Poipu. All races started and ended on the Koloa Bypass Road.

Local runners claimed first place in some of the distances.

Nicholas Clark of Kalaheo won the half marathon for the men for the second straight year, while Mary Castelanelli of Kilauea also defended her title in the half marathon.

Chelsea Smith-Wishard won the women’s 10K, defending her title, too. Kaeo Kruse, who grew up on Kauai and has family here but who attends Kamehameha Schools on Oahu, claimed the overall 5K title.

Proceeds from the fun runs are used by the Rotary Club of Kauai to benefit the community and fund scholarships.

BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY Sally Cravens of Koloa heads toward the finish line of the Old Koloa Sugar Mill half marathon on Saturday.

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A NIGHT OF IRISH MUSIC

Whiskey-O takes Princeville stage tonight LIHUE — The Emerald Isle meets the Garden Isle tonight when Kauai’s own Irish music band, Whiskey-O, performs with special guest Sylvia Woods, a world-class Celtic harpist for an evening of Irish music.

The bash starts at 7 p.m. in the Church of the Pacific in Princeville.

“It should be a really fantastic concert,” said John Gilleran of Whiskey-O. “We will do sing-a-longs, jigs, reels and some instrumental music with Sylvia.”

Whiskey-O formed three years ago with five musicians under the leadership of “Shanty” Bob Smith, a renowned concertina player (the Irish squeezebox). The band also includes accomplished musicians John Gilleran, the guitarist and singer; violinists Terra Jean Otto and Mario Boesl; and Don Forbes on the recorder.

“Bob pulled the band together after playing Irish music for 25 years,” said Gilleran.

Whiskey-O quickly grew in popularity while performing every other Sunday afternoon at the Feral Pig restaurant and Pub at Harbor Mall in Nawiliwili. The band provides traditional and modern Scotch-Irish songs, and includes sing-alongs and pirate songs.

Gilleran said they play lyrical Irish waltzes as well as exciting, foot-stomping music such as the kind played during the dancing scene in the movie “Titanic.”

In addition to the pub performances, Gilleran said Whiskey-O wanted to do something special, so the event will be a chance to perform at a venue with great acoustics and room for dancing.

“We definitely want people to participate,” he said.

Woods is considered to be among the 45 most influential harpists of the past century and won the All Ireland harp competition in 1980. She has performed on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” on film soundtracks under the direction of Maurice Jarre, and with the most famous Irish group of them all, The Chieftains.

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Acclaimed international harpist and Kauai resident Sylvia Woods.

Woods started her career playing with an Irish music band but said she hasn’t been part of that scene since 1980. She has since written more than 30 books on the harp and composes harp music for everything from Disney themes and Beatles songs to Christmas songs.

She caught a few performances of Whiskey-O and said it brought her back to her childhood.

“I met Bob when he was playing at events in Hanalei and he invited me to come play with the band,” Woods said. “I think it should be really fun.”

Sylvia Woods will perform with the band on some of their songs in addition to her harp solos. She selected works from her first album “The Harp of Brandiswhiere,” a suite for Celtic harp.

She will also play songs of Turlough O’Carolan, a blind 16th century harpist whose melodic pieces continue to be performed to this day. She will play his first and last

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Whiskey-O, from left, John Gilleran, guitarist singer, Terra Jean Otto, violin, Mario Boesl, Bob Smith and Don Forbes. compositions, and another about an island where it is always spring — which reminds her of Kauai.

The harp is a beautiful instrument that sounds good no matter how you play it, Woods said. Most people think of the concert harp, or pedal harp that they see in the orchestras but there is also a smaller folk harp, or Celtic harp.

“I specialize in the smaller folk or Celtic harp,” Woods said.

The harp is the national instrument of Ireland and appears on its currency and flag. After disappearing from music for nearly 300 years,

Woods said the smaller harps have enjoyed a renaissance since the 1970s.

Woods has performed at benefit concerts for the Waldorf School in Kilauea. Recently, she brought eight harps to an Island School art day and gave students a lesson.

Woods started coming to Kauai in the 1980s and lived part time in Hanalei before becoming a full-time resident this year in Princeville.

Tickets are $12 in advance at Kauai Music and Sound or $15 at the door.

Info: Smith at 651-5819 or email shantybob@yahoo.com.

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REVIEW ASSOCIATED PRESS LINDSEY BAHR

‘Dumb and Dumber To’ lives up to its title Comedy is all about timing.

The dimwitted Lloyd (Jim Carrey) reminds the audience of that simple fact minutes into “Dumb and Dumber To” and the sentiment echoes throughout the disappointing return. Twenty years have passed since audiences first met and improbably fell for Lloyd and Harry (Jeff Daniels), and the boys are up to their same old stunts, which is the fundamental problem: They’ve stayed the same. We’ve changed.

“Dumb and Dumber” was received favorably enough by critics when it was released in late 1994 — back when Jim Carrey seemed like he had the potential to be the next Jerry Lewis. But no one could have foreseen the effect this ridiculous tale of a couple of idiots traveling cross country to

return a briefcase would have on the culture in the coming decades.

Lloyd and Harry’s antics and one-off lines penetrated our collective imaginations and managed to do that thing that all comedies dream of — get better, or at least more beloved, with time. The ill-conceived sequel, however, is so uninspired that it could retroactively tarnish our affection for the original.

This next chapter technically picks up where we left off, at least in terms of Lloyd and Harry’s relationship. Lloyd has been pretending to be comatose for 20 years, all for the sake of a gotcha moment, which Harry fully enjoys.

Anyway, Harry soon reveals that he’s in dire need of a new kidney. The story is set in motion when he discovers he might be

the father of a daughter, Penny (Rachel Melvin), and they head off to find her. Plot is almost beside the point, but it does follow the beats of the first to a tee. There are road trips set to jaunty songs, straight men to annoy and a rich woman

with nefarious plans that they’ll inevitably screw up. Lloyd even has a new pretty young thing to dream about in Penny.

But, what may have been subversive and irreverent in 1994, now just seems vulgar, hateful and tone-deaf — from

their unabashedly misogynistic treatment of women (including Kathleen Turner as Penny’s mom) to their insidious racism. In the harsh light of 2014, their juvenile buffoonery looks embarrassing and lazy. It’s hard to imagine a new generation latching on to this brand of humor.

That’s not to say that the movie is entirely without merit, or laughs. Co-directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly adore their characters and are trying to give fans what they want: the nostalgic joy of an unfussy reunion, devoid of modern snark or meta commentary.

Stars Carrey and Daniels are clearly giving it their all, too, as energetic and vital as ever with their strikingly aged visages.

Carrey’s, in particular, has reached a peak of elastic malleability, giving him a grotesquely broad

palette to play with.

Also, Rob Riggle’s entry mid-movie adds a much-needed dynamism to the film by finally giving the guys a suitable comedian to play against. He’s responsible for most of the very few laughs and a visual gag so brilliant that some might even be compelled to see it again. But ultimately, it’s too little, too late.

Some things are just better left in the past. It’s a shame “Dumb and Dumber” wasn’t one of them.

“Dumb and Dumber To,” a Universal Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language and some drug references.” Running time: 110 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

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