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Week of Friday, June 14, 2019 | Vol. 7, No. 24

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SIERRA CLUB HIKE Sunset to Full Moon: Wailua to Nukoli‘i Beach Walk. East side.

Easy 1.5 miles. We’ll meet at Lydgate Beach Park in the late afternoon and set off on a lovely walk along a pristine beach with no development in sight for miles. Before setting off on our walk, we’ll have a picnic dinner (not a potluck – bring own food) at Lydgate. Leader: Judy Dalton, 482-1129 MISS KAUAI FILIPINA ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT 6 p.m. door open, Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall Tickets are $25. misskauaifilipina.com SUNDAY

SIERRA CLUB HIKE ‘Okolehao Trail Hike. North Shore Intermediate 5.5 miles / 1500 feet elevation gain. We will explore lovely panoramic views of the North Shore by following this ridge trail above the Hanalei Valley. Leader: Julio Magalhães 650-906-2594 MONDAY

HISTORIC HAWAII FOUNDATION SEMINAR 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Waimea Neighborhood Center Hear about successful preservation projects.

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Upcycling at Kauai Fashion Weekend DENNIS FUJIMOTO TGIFR!DAY

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he thigh-high outfit created by Christiane Love, and shown by model Natalia Alvarez would turn heads — not only on the catwalk, but on the everyday street.

“This is an upcycle,” Love said.

“It was created using a bed sheet that outlived its life in a resort.

Bed sheets are good material — they’re Egyptian and have a high thread count. The drawback of using new sheets is they are hard and too crisp. Once they have served in the resorts, they still have a lot of life. They don’t belong in the landfill.”

Love is one of three Kauai designers, labeled the Dynamic 3 by Marynel Valenzuela, the Kauai Fashion Weekend coordinator, who will be joining the field of the seventh annual Kauai

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Model Natalia Alvarez shows off the backside of a Christiane Love shawl that was upcycled.

Fashion Weekend when doors to the event open on June 22 at the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club.

The Celebrity Guest will Elizabeth Elias, best known for her lead role as Mia on the Nickelodeon series “Every Which Way.” She also has a music single, “At Night” with Flo Rida, and has music collaboration credits with Akon.

Elias will be among the field of international designers and performers showing off their work when registration for the Kauai Fashion Weekend opens at 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. followed by a VIP dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the fashion showcase starting at 7:30 p.m.

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TGIFR!DAY | June 14, 2019 | 3 TOP: Kauai designers Christiane Love of Silk and Cotton, Julie Lopez of Leiko, and Desiree Duclayan of Dezignz by Deziray will join other designers at the Kauai Fashion Weekend, July 22 at the Kauai Marriott Resort and Beach Club. MIDDLE: Christiane Love of Silk and Cotton shows off a kimono she upcycled during a practice session. BOTTOM: Julie Lopez of Leiko in Anahola looks into her bag at the Kukui Grove Center. Lopez’s outfit is of the 60s look created by upcycling materials she finds in the community.

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“I had two pieces — kimono — three years ago,” said Love, who owns Silk and Cotton out of Kekaha. “They were used as cover ups for bikini. This year, I’ve been privileged to have been asked to show six upcycled pieces. These pieces are entirely created by myself, including drafting, scaling, creating the artwork, dying, and even the accessories.”

Silk and Cotton has been a vendor at the KFW for at least three years. It is geared to inspire, showcase, and celebrate the creativity of Kauai in a signature red carpet event presented by Inkspot Printing Corp., and Ahmadcouture.

“The Kauai designer segment is themed upcycling,” said Julie Lopez of Leiko. “Everything I use I get from around the community — friends, family, online, and in thrift shops. I work out of a shipping container in Anahola and take pieces, some up to 50 years old, and remake it into something fashionable. Everybody’s doing it.”

Desiree Duclayan is the model coordinator for Kauai Fashion Weekend. She also is Dezignz by Deziray, who is the third of the “budding designers” that form the Kauai contingent of designers presenting upcycled material during the showcase.

“This is exciting,” Duclayan said. “I’ve been doing recycling work since 2004. It’s good to continue the work I’ve been doing for so long, and it’s exciting to have the opportuni-

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TIME FOR A TIKI BAR TRIP

Hilton Garden Inn Kauai debuts Mamahune’s TGIFR!DAY

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ilton Garden Inn Kauai Wailua Bay debuted Mamahune’s, a retro-inspired tiki bar and restaurant, on Sunday. Open daily from 11 a.m., Mamahune’s will offer contemporary Hawaiian cuisine, handcrafted cocktails, and picturesque views of Wailua Bay. The name Mamahune’s was inspired by a fictional character, Mama Menehune, whose children, the Menehune, ancient craftspeople of Hawaiian legend, built this tiki shack by the sea for her.

Mamahune’s encompasses classic tiki flair from the 50s, 60s, and 70s featuring a custom, hand-carved wooden bar, ample seating, and an erupting volcano in an inviting open-air space that welcomes visitors and locals alike to experience quintessential island vacation vibes year-round.

Mamahune’s menu highlights local ingredients prepared with a fresh vision.

Guests can enjoy Ahi Poke and Avocado Nachos with Hawaiian yellowfin tuna and crispy wontons; Crispy Rice Sliders with marinated Spam, topped with grilled pineapple salsa with nori and sesame mayo; Steamed Bao with Char Siu pork and spicy chili slaw; Shave Ice with a choice of pureed strawberry, mango, lilikoi, guava, or POG; Dole Whip Kona Coffee Ice Cream; and more.

Signature tropical libations abound including Mama-

hune’s Ali’i Tai, a delicious spin on the classic Mai Tai infused with guava, nectar, pineapple juice, lime, and coconut water; Mamahune Grog, a refreshing grapefruit cocktail with China China liquor finished with lime juice; and Shipwrecked, a twist on an old fashioned with Koloa aged rum, pineapple simple syrup, and Peychaud’s all smoked with island flavors.

Or you can try something on fire, literally – Da Very Sneaky Tiki. As the name would suggest – the ingredients are secret, but the drink is made to be shared.

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TOP: Outside seating at Mamahune’s. BOTTOM LEFT: Colorful drinks await at Mamahune’s.

BOTTOM RIGHT: The bar at Mamahune’s is well stocked.

Guests can gather at Mamahune’s to indulge in small bites of the island and sip on paradise invoking cocktails that set the tone for an unforgettable afternoon or evening.

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Wailua Bay boasts a beachfront location. Guests can embrace the aloha spirit while strolling through the hotel’s Garden Isle, relax in guestrooms and suites equipped mountain or garden views, and listen

to the sounds of the sea while lounging on lanais. On property, patrons can dine at the hotel’s casual restaurant, The Garden Grille. The hotel’s amenities include two outdoor pools, a whirlpool, and a fitness center.

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‘MEN IN BLACK’ RETURNS, A LITTLE WORSE FOR WEAR ••• MOVIE REVIEW

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mode of impending Armageddon to the more self-serious superhero rescues.

Here, it’s routine, happens for Smith and Jones are all the time, nothing much Tessa Thompson and Chris to worry about. The end of Hemsworth, who already the world is a breeze. tried out their rapport toAnd I also can’t get my gether in “Thor: Ragnarok.” ire up too much at a film The movie is, unsurprisingly, a pale reflection of the that gives ample room for first “Men in Black.” It’s bland Thompson and Hemsworth and nearly neuralyzer-level to be what they are: topnotch movie stars. “Men in forgettable. Its target market (international) is right Black: International” doesn’t there in the title. rekindle the original’s fun, But it has a few things but it makes for a minimally going for it. In the 22 years sufficient summer diversion since the original, the fate since it at least uses its flood of the world has, at the mul- of special-effects not to tiplex, hung in the balance drown out its leads but to roughly a billion times. But I still prefer the “Men in Black” SEE RETURNS, PAGE 6

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ould any fictional gadget be more coveted by Hollywood executives than the memory-erasing “Men in Black” neuralyzer? Imagine the lucrative benefits of being able to, with a single flash, make moviegoers forget the film they just saw.

Franchises would be endlessly renewable. IP could last forever.

Instead, we get film series perpetuated beyond their natural end with the hope that you remember them enough to get you in the door but not enough that you’re much bothered by regurgitated storylines. To be honest, I don’t recall much from the first three “Men in Black” films, all by Barry Sonnenfeld, except the original’s light wit, the fine chemistry between the leads, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, and the likable premise that aliens

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Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson in a scene from Columbia Pictures’ “Men in Black: International.”

walk among us.

The new “Men in Black: International” is the fourth film in the franchise and one of those reboot-sequel-spinoff hybrids. Exactly how it connects to the previous three movies is only

so relevant, I suspect, in the hearts of its makers. It’s just another one.

This time, F. Gary Gray, coming off another never-ending franchise (“The Fate of the Furious”), takes over as director. Subbing

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‘THE DESCENDANTS’ WILL HAVE YOU VISITING HANALEI BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of reviews of movies either shot in part on Kauai or connected to Kauai.

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here are many reasons to like “The Descendants”, starting with: ◗ Several scenes were filmed on Kauai. ◗ It shows my favorite restaurant and bar, Tahiti Nui, and the now-famous George Clooney seat. ◗ Speaking of Clooney, he runs on the beach at Hanalei Bay. ◗ Clooney also runs in a pair of flip-flops as he charges to confront friends about a family situation. ◗ Spoiler alert, in the end Clooney rejects a plan for major development on Kauai.

Now there’s much more to this 2011 film starring Clooney, Shailene Woodley and also includes Beau Bridges

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and some appearances by Kauai’s own Laird Hamilton.

It is based on the excellent novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings.

In a nutshell, it’s about a hard-working attorney on Oahu (Matt King played by Clooney) whose wife is in a coma after being injured in a skiing accident, so he must figure out how to relate to his two daughters. He also learns, via his oldest daughter, that his wife was cheating on him. He also learns, via the doctor, his wife will not come out of the coma. He’s also torn on whether his family should sell their land trust on Kauai which would bring in millions, but would change the landscape of this island because it would usher in a major development, bringing with it more people and more traffic (some things never change).

While there are light moments in the film, it’s not a comedy. Clooney’s Matt King character stands out as the

holdover from 2012’s “MIB3.”

An eager new recruit, dubbed Agent M, Molly Continued from page 6 quickly partners with one of the agency’s top men, elevate them.

Agent H (Hemsworth), an Thompson plays Molly, arrogant but decorated a young paranoid who has agent whose swoon-worbeen on the lookout for thiness extends to, it would alien life forms since she seem, all the species of was visited by a cuddly exthe universe. He’s the most traterrestrial as a child and managed to elude the neu- trusted agent of the organization overseen by High T ralyzer. Through cunning and pluck, she tracks down (Liam Neeson).

But the Men in Black have a Men in Black headquarters a mole, they soon learn, and and talks her way into a job after convincing Emma a strange new shape-shifting foe presently in the Thompson’s Agent O, a

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conflicted husband, father and the lawyer with final say over a major land trust decision. For someone who obviously has success with looks, money, career, home and family, he’s messed up.

His daughters have issues, his wife was going to leave him, his family wants to sell this land and get their money and he is wondering what the future holds. His emotions range from anger to disappointment to despair and of resignation that his life may not be what he wanted, but he has time to set a new course and by the end, you get the sense he will find that course and follow it.

One line early in the movie is telling. I repeat it, sans a profanity at the end: “My friends think just ing waves. Are they insane? because we live in Hawaii, Do they think we’re immune we live in paradise. We’re all just out here sipping Mai Tais, to life?”

We are not, but there is a shaking our hips and catch-

form of Laurent and Larry Bourgeois. For anyone who’s seen Beyoncé’s “Homecoming,” the dancing identical twins are suitably out-ofthis-world. They are lethal emissaries for an intergalactic force known as the Hive, even if the twins’ Queen B is sadly nowhere to be seen.

The action skips around between Paris and London and Marrakech, but the film gets a comic lift when Kumail Nanjiani enters as the voice of a strange little chess board creature named Pawny who pledges

dants. Overall, it’s a solid movie. Not great, but it’s good. It offers some nice looks of Kauai.

They drive by Kealia Beach and the Lihue Airport gets some attention. And there are views of the stunning scenery, particularly a shot of the South Shore (Kipu Ranch, I read somewhere) that shows where the proposed development would go (remember, this is fiction).

And once you watch it, you’ll have to visit Tahiti Nui and sit in the Clooney seat and have a beer and listen to music. You’ll have to run on the beach and you’ll have to peek over the hedges to look at the beachfront home used in the film. Yes, it’s still there (but don’t trespass to get a closer look).

This movie pretty much belongs to Clooney and he delivers a strong, believable lot to be said for sunshine performance. and beaches and aloha. It is a Now, go have that beer nice place to call home. at Tahiti Nui and run on the But back to the Descenbeach.

his devotion to Agent M. The plotting is clunky and haphazard. But when together, Thompson, Hemsworth and Nanjiani turn “Men In Black: International” into something funny and silly: a pleasant enough lark in formal wear.

“Men in Black: International,” a Sony Pictures release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sci-fi action, some language and suggestive material. Running time: Giles Keyte/Sony/Columbia Pictures via AP 120 minutes. Two stars out Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth in a scene from Columof four. bia Pictures’ “Men in Black: International.”

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he world that welcomed guests beyond the public call box sprawled out on the expanse of the ballroom at the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club.

About 1,100 guests attended the first Kauai comic convention coordinated by Aaron and Natsumi Yamasato.

Fans of comic books, gaming, and technology were treated to aisles of displays, demonstrations, and seminars featuring comic greats such as Ban Daisuke, known as Kikaida, Sifu Mimi Chan, a model for Disney’s Mulan, Carl Potts, the Marvel DC Comic creator, Night Darling, a Hawaii cosplay princess, and artists Hiroshi Hanatani and Derick Fabian.

Blogger Nicole Laeno led a dance workshop. The cosplay contest— for keiki and a separate one for adults — highlighted the day of fun and excitement in the fantasy world.

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