Week of Friday, April 3, 2015 | Vol. 3, No. 14
Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend
COMMON KINGS BOOK REVIEW • THE BULL SHED • PRINCE KUHIO CELEBRATION Island Calendar and much, much more!
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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT: Top picks for the week
3. TUNES: Common Kings
4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: Bull Shed
6. BOOK REVIEW 7. CHECK DA SCENE: Prince Kuhio Celebration
OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRI SAT SUN ‘PRODIGAL FATHER’ 7 P.M. PUHI THEATRICAL PLAYHOUSE KAUAI COMMUNITY Players present “Prodigal Father.” $20 advance, $22 door. THE GOOD FRIDAY PROJECT 7 P.M. ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Eight performing artists respond to the crucifixion and the powerful themes of the day. SLACK KEY GUITAR 4 P.M. HANALEI FAMILY COMMUNITY CENTER $20 GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 7 P.M. KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL
OPEN HIKE Join the Sierra Club during a Mahaulepu Sunset to moonlight walk. 3.5 miles, 413-5223734 EASTER EVE JAZZ VIGIL 7 P.M. ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Candlelight jazz vespers with traditional chant KAUAI FASHION WEEKEND 7:30 P.M. KAUAI MARRIOTT RESORT AND BEACH CLUB, GRAND BALLROOM Dinner and show. $70 ROOTS ‘N SHOOTS 8 A.M. NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN South Shore Visitor Center. A 5k fundraising event. ‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST’ 2 P.M. KAUAI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER A preview event for “Beauty and the Beast” with songs and meet and greet.
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‘PRODIGAL FATHER’ 7 P.M. PUHI THEATRICAL PLAYHOUSE KAUAI COMMUNITY Players present “Prodigal Father.” $20 advance, $22 door. EASTER SUNDAY 8 AND 10 A.M. ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Celebration service with the St. Michael’s Choir directed by Randy Leonard, brass, and vocalist Karen Dickinson. Brunch following each service. SLACK KEY GUITAR 3 P.M. HANALEI FAMILY COMMUNITY CENTER $20
‘LIHUE: ROOT AND BRANCH OF A HAWAII TOWN’ 6 P.M. LIHUE PUBLIC LIBRARY, CONFERENCE ROOM
Presentation on “Lihue: Root and Branch of a Hawaii Town,” a new book by Pat L. Griffin. ‘PRODIGAL FATHER’ RUNS WEEKENDS THROUGH APRIL 19
MON TUE WED AEROBICS CLASSES 8:30 A.M. ALL SAINTS GYM Carol Yasutake leads aerobics classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Class fee is $12. 822-3817. HULA CLASS 6 TO 7 P.M. KOLOA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER 645-1403. HULA CLASS 5 P.M. HAWAIIAN CULTURAL CENTER COCONUT MARKETPLACE
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KAUAI BALLROOM DANCE CLUB 7 TO 8 P.M. HANAPEPE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. Classes begin April 14 and run each Tuesday. 335-3554 LIBRARY ANNIVERSARY 1 P.M. KAPAA PUBLIC LIBRARY Celebrate with cake, refreshments and entertainment. Keiki crafts will follow the event at 2:30 p.m.
AARP MEETING 11:30 A.M. PIIKOI BUILDING, CONFERENCE ROOM B Guest speaker Karen Liberman on Ear Coning. 651-1111 JOURNEY TO THE SOUTHERN OCEAN 6 P.M. PRINCEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY Ms. Elise Lockton will share about her journeys, and about the Southern Ocean.
KAUAI ART TOUR 5 TO 8 P.M. KSA GALLERY, KUKUI GROVE CENTER Meet all of Kauai Art Tour’s artists at the opening reception for the preview exhibit. JOB FAIR 9 A.M. TO NOON KAUAI COMMUNITY COLLEGE, ONE STOP CENTER.
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atch out, Kauai. Common Kings is heading to the island on April 17 to celebrate the pre-release of their new CD, “Hits and Mrs.� The CD release party will be at the Kauai Veterans Center with doors opening at 5 p.m. It will feature special guests Eli Mac, Revival and more. Common Kings are excited to be visiting Kauai. “We love the Garden Isle,� said lead guitar player Taumata Grey during a recent interview with The Garden Island. “Come and be prepared to have a good time. It’s a new show, it’s gonna be fun and have high energy.� “Hits and Mrs.� will be released soon. “This album has been in the works for the last two years,� Grey said. “It’s gonna
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show a good picture of who we are, where we been and where we are going.� Grey said his favorite song in the new album is “Awkward Romance.� “I love the way it came about. It’s something different, that’s what I love about it,� he said. Other members include Lui Kirimaua (Ivan) on bass, Sasualei Maliga (Junyer) lead singer, and Jerome Taito (Rome) drummer. The band has been together for about four years and describes itself as being “like close brothers.� “We have a special connection to the island: physically, spiritually, mentally. We love it there, we take good care of the island and they take good care of us,� Grey said. There will be food and vendor booths at the event,
and a beer garden for those 21 and over. Evan and Jena Gibson of Kamaile Events, a Kauai sound and lighting business, worked with Oahu promoter Aaron Shimabukuro to bring together the event. “Aaron works close with Common Kings and they are doing a few shows in the state. We were talking and decided to try to put together something more for the all ages aspect of the island, instead of having a club concert for 21 and over,� Jena Gibson said. “We wanted to find a nice outdoor venue where we could bring people of all ages — kids, adults, seniors — to come out and spend time together.� Proceeds will help benefit Kumano I Ke Ala Learning Center. Kaina Makua of the learning center brings high school and middle school
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students to his taro patch in Makaweli to teach them how to grow taro and make poi. “We thought since the learning center is a newly formed nonprofit, some funding would help,� Jena Gibson said. Proceeds will also benefit
Ori Uvira, a Tahitian dance school. In addition to working with Kamaile Events, Evan Gibson is also a drummer for Revival. It’s been about three years since Revival’s last big event, and he is excited the band will be together. “It’s gonna be the original
Revival,� he said. Tickets are $30 presale and are available at Jojo’s Anuenue, Progressive Expressions, Pictures Plus, Pono Market and Hanalei Strings. Children 10 and under are free. VIP tickets are $60. Info: kamaile.events@ gmail.com.
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Bull Shed restaurant sticks with what works: Steak, seafood, oceanview
The Bull Shed restaurant has been on Kauai more than 40 years, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Check it our for yourself. You can taste it and you can see it. If it’s steak and seafood you want, along with an unrivaled oceanview, and friendly, fast service, the Bull Shed is your place. And when you mix in a remodeling a year and a half ago that resulted in new furniture, paint, fans, carpeting, lighting and an elevated bar,
well, you’ve got a winning recipe. There is one item, however, that remains untouched. “The prime rib we didn’t change because that’s been the same for many, many years,” said manager Robin Dame. The Bull Shed, 4-796 Kuhio Highway, is open only for dinner, 5-9 p.m., so it makes sure diners leave happy, satisfied and full. They don’t fool around at the Bull Shed, where it’s casual dining in a relaxed,
comfortable atmosphere. It’s big portions for a fair price. The mouth-watering menu includes favorites like prime rib, New York steak, lobster, rack of lamb and seared ahi. Its popular prime rib used to come in what can best be described as a giant slab of meat. These days, it comes in two sizes, the Bull Shed Cut (with bone) 26 to BILL BULEY 28 ounces for $37, and the TGIFR!DAY regular cut (no bone) (12 ounces) $29. The smaller, one, Dame said, is “for Emerson Amorin fires up steaks at The Bull Shed. people who don’t need a
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caveman portion.” Increasing menu options was something Dame did when he joined the Bull Shed as manager two years ago. Rack of lamb, for instance, used to come only in the full rack size, which is a monstrous portion. The menu now includes a half rack for $29. “Not everybody wants to eat two pounds,” he said. The menu also includes a catch of the day, which is locally caught opah, swordfish or mahi mahi. The Bull Shed offers surf and turf items, baby back ribs and teriyaki chicken breast. There’s crab night
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twice a week. Appetizers include waipouli scallops ($15), potato skins ($8) and artichoke dip ($9). There’s live entertainment Wednesday, Friday and
Saturday. Besides the food and a friendly, efficient crew of about 40 that strongly believes in hospitality and making guests happy,
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there’s another main attraction for the Bull Shed: The view. And for that, get there early because the window tables — and there are a lot
of them — go quickly. Seating, just so you know, starts at 5 p.m. And happy hour at the bar starts at 4:30 p.m. “There’s usually a pretty good lineup because they
want window seats,” Dame said. Even if you miss out on one of the premier spots, the elevated dining tables and seats offer an equally wonderful view of the ocean. On nights you add in a full moon rising, it can be mesmerizing. Some evenings, green sea turtles swim right off the shoreline. “It’s pretty spectacular,” Dame said. The Bull Shed is so close to the ocean, in fact, that on days of high surf, waves splash on the building. “You’ve got to shut the window or you will get wet,” he said.
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he Man Who Walked Backward Down the Na Pali Coast,� is by former Kauai resident Stephen McMillin. When we met Stephen we were struck by his passion for Kauai and his subtle, but distinct, sense of humor. His wonderful novel is told from the perspective of his character Peter, an out-of-work but wellknown photographer on the Mainland. With nothing better to do than wait for the mail to arrive, Peter one day receives $15,000 in an anonymous envelope, accompanied with only a note that states a date, time and place to be. Intrigued, and having no other prospects on the
throughout his final film, which was still in production when he died. Fast-moving fight scenes, Like its predecessors, the outrageous auto antics and seventh installment of the a sprinkling of ridiculous hit franchise features a mulone-liners make “Furious 7� ticultural cast, international a campy, crowd-pleasing settings and a dazzling array escape. of cars. Never mind that the The story is just a framefilm repeatedly presents work for car chases and fight the impossible, fans of the scenes. Dom (Vin Diesel) and franchise know to suspend his crew are acclimating to disbelief at the door. With life on the right side of the nonstop action from start to law when they’re attacked finish, it’s easy to go along by Shaw (Statham), bent on for the high-speed ride. avenging the death of his Reality intrudes at the end: brother, who was killed in The film is dedicated to Paul “Fast & Furious 6.� Walker, who died in a car When the characters aren’t crash in 2013, and concludes in their cars, they’re fist-fightwith a montage of images ing, and Wan’s shooting style of the actor from his five makes those scenes appear previous “Fast and Furious� illuminated by strobe light. appearances. Walker’s brothIt all adds up to an overers acted as stand-ins and the-top escapist romp, special effects were used which is exactly what “Fast & to maintain his presence Furious� fans expect. SANDY COHEN ASSOCIATED PRESS
ley as this unconventional journey unfolds. The novel’s pacing is like hearing a good campfire tale, making one eager to know what happens next. In addition to learning CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS some of Kauai’s legends SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY and myths, his descriptions horizon, Peter flies to Kauai of flora, fauna and vistas and meets John (the “Man� give the sense of actually being there. of the book title). A wildly Many of the real-life eccentric self-proclaimed personalities who reside in guru, John (or TMWWBKalalau Valley are depicted DTNC as he prefers to call himself ) is the one who has wonderfully through his characters. hired Peter to photograph The authors’ parallels behim walking backwards tween times past and today down the Na Pali Coast. Along with John’s cult of are also compelling. Men and women equally have zany followers and scriptures of nonsense, they set enjoyed this book. I only stopped reading it long off toward the Kalalau Val-
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POIPU — Lovey Britton of the Koloa Landing, a Wyndham Grand Resort, said the area being occupied by the resort in Poipu was the playground where Prince Kuhio grew up. “He played in this area,” Britton said. “We used to do fundraising luau for the canoe clubs celebrating Prince Kuhio in the Prince Kuhio Park before the houses came in.” Britton said the Prince Kuhio Celebration Luau
featuring Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner Weldon Kekauoha was a fundraiser for the Kawaikini New Century Public Charter School whose students, staff and parent volunteers did a lot of the work for the event. “This is the first time for Kawaikini,” Britton said. “This is the first time for Koloa Landing to host an event like this. We hope it works out because the owners like events where they can learn about community.”
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