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Week of Friday, November 7, 2014 | Vol. 2, No. 44

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

pato banton GROVE FARM LUAU • ALDRINE GUERRERO • NA PALI IN CONCERT Island Calendar and much, much more!

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. TUNES:

Aldrine Guerrero

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI:

Jo2

6. FLICKS:

‘Big Hero 6’

7. TUNES:

Pato Banton

8-9. CHECK DA SCENE: Halloween

10. CONCERT:

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

VETERANS DAY PARADE 10 TO 2 P.M. KAPAA TOWN Parade to begin at 10 a.m. with activities to follow.

FINE ARTS EXHIBIT PRINCEVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER Princeville Community Fine Arts Exhibit artists submission date, open to all North Shore artists.

Art submission 9 to 11 a.m. followed by opening reception 4 to 8 p.m. 826-6687

LIVING TREASURE LUNCHEON 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M. KAUAI BEACH RESORT $50

Na Pali

11. CELEBRATE: Grove Farm luau

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ART NIGHT 6 TO 9 P.M. HANAPEPE TOWN Meet local artists and gallery owners, enjoy live music and food.

BAZAAR 7 A.M. TO NOON KALAHEO PARISH HALL Baked goods, crafts and prizes.

CRAFT FAIR 8:30 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL Craft fair with food trucks and zumba with Troy Lazaro and Rockstar Fitness.

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SLACK KEY GUITAR FESTIVAL NOON TO 6 P.M. KAUAI BEACH RESORT $10 FUN DAY 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. HANAPEPE STADIUM The Hanapepe Pop Warner Association is having a fun day fundraiser to generate funds for re-conditioning equipment and to help defray cost for the junior midget cheer squad traveling to Orlando, Florida to compete at national cheer and dance competition.

‘BEYOND THERAPY’ 3 TO 5 P.M. KAPAA LIBRARY Women in Theatre announces auditions for Christopher Durang1s comedy “Beyond Therapy,” a play about the search for a meaningful relationship in an insane world that will make you laugh like mad.

Honor the veterans 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday during the annual Veterans Day parade in Kapaa town.

MON TUE WED ‘BEYOND THERAPY’ 6 TO 8 P.M. KAPAA LIBRARY Women in Theatre announces auditions for Christopher Durang’s razor-sharp comedy “Beyond Therapy,” a play about the search for a meaningful relationship in an insane world that will make you laugh like mad.

SALSA CLASS 7 TO 8:30 P.M. KILAUEA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Salsa class with Julia Owens. $5

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HULA CLASS 4 P.M. KOLOA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Halau Hula O Leilani is having hula classes for ages 4 to 12.

651-0682 JOE & BLAINE KANEHOLANI 4 TO 6 P.M. ROB’S GOOD TIMES BAR AND GRILL FARMER’S MARKET 8 A.M. TO NOON COCONUT MARKETPLACE.

FASHION SHOW 6:30 P.M. KUKUIULA VILLAGE Free fashion show highlighting Kauai designers and artisans.

TALK STORY 5 P.M. CHRIST MEMORIAL PARISH HALL Kumu Kehaulani Kekua will present lecture, hula and songs, highlighting the history and experiences of Queen Lili’uokalani, King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma.

AQUAPONICS WORKSHOP 1 TO 3 P.M. LIHUE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Free event aims to equip aspiring new aquaponics farmers with knowledge in key areas, including wholesaler feedback. 483-7104 NUTRITION PROGRAM 7 P.M. KAUAI ATHLETE CLUB, KAPAA Short film followed by samples, talk with certified-nutritional adviser Jane Riley. Free.

BASKET WEAVING 3 P.M. KAUAI MUSEUM 90-minute basket weaving classes with Uncle Onio weekly on Thursdays. Class fee is $25 which includes admission to museum. Reservations required. 245-6931

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Aldrine Guerrero to play at Scotty’s Music

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usician Aldrine Guerrero has created a name for himself in the music business as one of the most well-known ukulele players in the world.

It’s a road he embarked down thanks to his upbringing. “I started playing music because my family was involved in church,� said Guerrero, who will perform at Scotty’s Music House In Lihue on Saturday. “They are the inspiration for my music.�

The free concert will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 3-3319 Kuhio Highway across from Walmart.

Guests will be greeted with a potluck dinner, although no alcohol is permitted as the performance is a family event. Guests are also welcomed to bring their own lawn chairs to watch the performance.Â

Having played music for 17 years, Guerrero has experience in many different genres, including jazz, flamingo, pop, reggae and classical. He has released three albums including the popular “Suite 409,� and “I’m a Dreamer,� with 90 percent of the songs being his original work. “He has become one of the greatest ukulele players in the world,� said Scott Shapiro, owner of Scotty’s Music. “It’s a community event that we are honored to have him play, and hopefully it helps the community.�

Guerrero has also performed in the U.S., Canada, Japan, Thailand and Korea.

He plays clarinet, saxophone, bass and guitar and some of his work has been featured on radio, television and in the animated movie, “Hotel Transylvania.� “Playing ukulele is a pretty happy feeling,� said Guerrero said. “It’s always a positive experience.�

Wanting to teach others to play the ukulele, Guerrero created the website www. ukuleleunderground.com, with the help of his friends Aaron Nakumura and Ryan Esaki. It features a video tutorial library with instructions on how to play the instrument, a song lesson library with diagrams to help students learn different parts of songs to strengthen their skills, and improvement systems to help students. “We wanted to grow the next generation of ukulele players,â€? Guerrero said.Â

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Photos by Daniel Lane

Jean-Marie Josselin and Mia Gaines in the open kitchen.

Artichoke Minestrone luau infused gnocchi, rounds of summer squash, peeled grape tomatoes, green beans and a zesty pistou.

Tom Corson-Knowles and his wife Lori Lim are the first diners to Jo2 on a Monday night.

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with a handful of others, all quietly cooking beautiful food layered with texture and flavor. It’s clearly a place where patrons can relax while a regional legend takes care of them.

When Josselin began his career, he teamed up with MARTA LANE 11 other chefs from around the state and defined Hawaii Regional Cuisine. The late John Heckathorn, editor and ean-Marie Josselin is a legendary chef in Hawaii food writer for HONOLULU magazine, named Josselin who, in the early 1980s, the most creative chef of the helped pioneer the state’s group. food identity. You wouldn’t Josselin opened his first know this if you watched restaurant, A Pacific Café, in him cook at his new Kapaa 1990, which was located in restaurant.

He’s the leader, tucked be- Kapaa. In 1992, his cookbook hind a small granite-topped “A Taste of Hawaii: New Cooking from the Crossbar, which is open to the roads of the Pacific” was cozy, art-deco dining room that seats 40. Sous Chef Mia released. Later, he opened seven more restaurants, all Gaines is at his side along

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of which closed by 2008.

In May 2011, he opened Josselin’s Tapas Bar & Grill in Poipu, which serves small plates of food inspired by global flavors. On Oct. 24, he opened his second restaurant Jo2 (pronounced Jay oh two) which, according to Josselin, is nothing like the popular A Pacific Café.

“If I try to recreate what we did for 15 years in Kapaa, I would be going backwards,” says Josselin. “It’s not what I do anymore. I have to stay fresh and always bring new ideas. When I started it 25 years ago, it was extremely creative and ahead of its time. That’s what I’m trying to do with this restaurant.”

It’s hard to categorize Jo2.

It’s certainly fine dining, but it’s also comfortable and accessible. If Jo2 were a dish,

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it’d have to be the Domoyojiko Rice Congee ($17), which is complex, comforting and surprising. It’s earthy and beautiful yet fiercely flavored and warm and soft.

The sweet rice is boiled, dried and broken into about thirds, and quickly becomes creamy when added to a spicy crab broth. Vegetables and lemon confit are tossed through and it’s topped with long strips of tempura crab legs and whispers of fresh ginger.

Jo2 promises a traditional menu of “natural cuisine” in which fresh (and local when possible) ingredients are transformed by modern cooking techniques into luscious vegetable-based

dishes. Even though there’s a playful feeling about the food that’s served on rustic dishes evoking crystalline oceans and rocky cliffs, there’s a deeper calling.

“America’s food chain is not safe enough for people to trust,” says Josselin explaining why he works with local farmers to source heirloom produce. “Everyone is tired of getting sick from their food. In Japan or France, they take their food chain very, very seriously and they trust it tremendously.”

There are more than 100 small family farms on Kauai, but they cannot grow everything. When this is the case, Josselin purchases the best ingredients he can

Seared ‘Hunan’ style rack of lamb with chipotle truffle sauce.

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find. Quality is evident in the wholesome and inviting Artichoke Minestrone ($12).

Artichokes are peeled to their tender hearts, mixed with thyme and olive oil and cooked sous vide. Three of them float in a light broth made with fresh tomatoes that are roasted and handsqueezed. Underneath, an artful swipe of silky garlic puree makes its way into every bite. On top, a tangle of luau (taro leaves) infused gnocchi, rounds of summer squash, peeled grape tomatoes and green beans are sprinkled with zesty pistou.

Concentrated flavor explodes in your mouth from one bite of Onion Soup Bao ($9). Soft steamed buns are filled with caramelized onions, onion juice powder and tiny shards of ham hocks.

It’s served with an airy cube of fried ham and cheese sandwich — inspired by the French croquet-monsieur — and a pool of black vinegar reduction, as well as bacon lardons tossed in a spicy house-made XO sauce.

Binchotan Grilled Leeks ($9) are a study in combining rich, refreshing and creamy. Josselin starts by grilling organic leeks over Binchotan charcoal, which

Onion Soup Bao with a small croquet-monsieur, black vinegar reduction and XO bacon.

doesn’t smoke. What does get smoked is a cool pool of buttermilk underneath. A nob of creamy goat cheese and XO bacon make the dish irresistible.

Seared “Hunan” style rack of lamb ($31) is immensely satisfying. Mint oil is drizzled over Colorado lamb, which is tender, juicy and robust.

Not a hint of gamy flavor

mucks up the meat, which sits on a bed of black rice, tender carrots, fingerling potatoes, baby bok choy and artichoke hearts all tossed in a savory chipotle and truffle sauce.

“I’m always trying to be ahead of the curve without being too weird,” says Josselin. “It’s not Pacific Rim cuisine. It’s not Hawaii Regional Cuisine. It’s my cuisine.” rrr Marta Lane, a Kauai-based food writer since 2010, offers food tours and is the author of “Tasting Kauai: Restaurants — An Insider’s Guide to Eating Well on the Garden Island.”

For more information, visit TastingKauai.com.

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In ‘Big Hero 6,’ Disney does Marvel

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s the Disney-Marvel mash-up “Big Hero 6” moves toward its big-action finale, the images will look strikingly familiar. A supervillain wreaks havoc. A portal to another dimension looms. A showdown goes airborne over a metropolis.

It could be the finale of a dozen superhero films, with one difference: “Big Hero 6” is animated. But the majority of comic-book films are also computer-generated, particularly their large set pieces. Never has that been clearer than witnessing just how similar such scenes look as out-and-out cartoons. It’s a little like seeing that the superhero has no clothes.

The 3-D “Big Hero 6” is loosely based on a little-known Marvel comic about a team of superheros.

Crafting a more kid-friendly version, Disney (which owns Marvel) has focused on one of the heroes, the

aptly named Hiro Hamada (voiced by Ryan Potter).

With his older brother, Tadashi (Daniel Henney) and their aunt Cass (Maya Rudolph), the 14-year-old Hiro lives in San Fransokyo, a beautifully rendered fusion of Tokyo and San Francisco, full of both nighttime neon and steep-hilled, Bay-area panoramas.

Hiro, whose parents died when he was a toddler, is an avid gamer happy to use his technical wizardry hustling unwitting competitors in underground “bot fights.” His tiny, gingerbread man-sized robot makes mincemeat of more hulking machines.

Tadashi disapproves but doesn’t lecture Hiro, instead casually exposing him to his college, San Fransokyo Tech. Though Hiro initially dismisses it as “nerd school,” he discovers it to be a vibrant breeding ground of invention.

He’s wowed by Tadashi’s

schoolmates — Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.), Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez), Gogo (Jamie Chung) and Fred (T.J. Miller) — and their gizmos.

None is more impressive than Tadashi’s robot, a marshmallow balloon “personal health care consultant” named Baymax (Scott Adsit), created with a “non-threatening, huggable” design. He’s like an Obamacare dream, had the president drifted off during a Michelin commercial.

With a quick scan, he can

diagnose any ailment. Looking Hiro over and detecting mood swings, he pronounces: “Diagnosis: Puberty.”

When his battery life wanes, he loses air pressure and begins to drunkenly slur his speech.

In short, he’s an irresistible Disney supporting player, one who will give Groot, the soulful treelike alien of “Guardians of the Galaxy,” a run for sidekick-of-the-year.

After a mysterious fiery accident at an invention showcase, Hiro and Baymax set off on an adventure

a kid grow up without flying up?

Directed by Don Hall (“Winnie the Pooh”) and Chris Williams (“Bolt”), “Big Hero 6” is a fine blend of sweetness and spectacle, East and West. The meeting of Disney and Marvel sensibilities, though, is a more mixed union. When the young Hiro and the lovable Baymax strap on the body that will gradually gather armor, girding for battle, the all the expected superhero movie’s charms are camouconventions, slowly drainflaged. ing the movie’s innovative “Big Hero 6” is preceded Silicon Valley spirit. by a lovely little short, “Feast,” So buoyant is the first half a tale of a Boston Terrier’s of “Big Hero 6” and so coldevotion to his owner, told orful is its bright, Japanese exclusively, and cleverly, anime-inspired palette, that through mealtime. It makes the film’s slide into familiar for a tasty appetizer. comic book-movie ruts “Big Hero 6,” a Disney comes as a disappointment. release, is rated PG by the Could it not have stayed Motion Picture Association in its rich robotics world of America for “action and as a high-tech high-school peril, some rude humor and tale? Are such Earth-bound thematic elements.” Running stories no longer possible for time: 95 minutes. Two and a big-studio animation? Can’t half stars out of four.

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Time for ‘The Now Generation’

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Uncle Isaac Kamaile, Jr.

Violet Asuncion

nown for his energetic and uplifting reggae music, artist Pato Banton’s has touched people through his songs.

It’s an honor the England native doesn’t take for granted.

“Music, personally reggae music, has inspired and educated me over the years and it has allowed me to travel the world and inspire other people,” said Banton, who will perform with his band, “The Now Generation” Saturday at The Courtyard Marriott. “Firstly, as a black child growing up in England, which was a very racist environment, reggae music allowed me to have some self-worth. It taught me about where I came from.

It taught me about my history and God.” Originally born under the name Patrick Murray in London, Banton discovered his musical talent working as a door man for his stepfather, who hosted parties for the local community and was a DJ. As a teenager, Banton began to use his stepfather’s sound system and practiced his talents on the microphone.

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Pato Banton

His stepfather gave him the nickname “Pato” in honor of the Jamaican night owl, which howls “patoo, patoo.” As he continued to practice, Banton received offers from different sound systems and became the No.1 emcee in Birmingham. He formed “The Now Generation” when he moved to California seven years ago with the help of his friend Antoinette.

“I met Antoinette who is my keyboard player and she

told me she was a big fan and that she would really love to play music for me one day,” said Banton. “She suggested that she would like to help me create that band and find musicians.

She helped bring the band together.”

The concert starts at 8:30 p.m, but doors will open at 4 p.m.

“We’re so excited,” said Katherine Brocklehurst, a concert organizer. “You know

the island loves reggae and we feel really honored that he’s coming to Kauai.”

The festivities will open with performances from ukulele players, Violet Asuncion, and Sashamon Makai Spiller-Reiff at 6 p.m, and will conclude at 10 p.m.

Tickets are $35 and may be purchased at Papayas, Hawaiian Music Kiosk, Kauai Music & Sound, Progressive Expressions, and at www. popokimusic.com.

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rom keiki to kupuna, Kauai celebrated Halloween last week, an event that evolved from the Celtic holiday of Samhain.

The Celts, so it is said, used the date to transition from

the end of the harvest season and the start of winter, the transition of seasons becoming a bridge to the world of the dead.

From the North Shore to the Westside, costumed characters

emerged to share in the merriment of the day.

With candies and sweets overflowing from trick-or-treat bags, the ghosts, ghouls and monsters traversed through the night.

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Na Pali band members perform at an event.

Kilauea Theater to host Na Pali Concert

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ince the roaring ‘20s, the Kilauea Theater has entertained the people of Kauai with movies, plays and concerts.

Next up at the historic venue will the slack key guitar band, Na Pali, who will perform Saturday.

“We like slack key guitar,” said musician and band member Pancho Graham. “We want people to see how different slack key guitar can be and what a personal music style is.”

“Na Pali,” also plays ukuleles

and base guitars. Its members include Carlos Andrade and Pat Crockett.

According to Graham, Andrade and Crocket have been writing their own songs since they met, and co-wrote the song “Moonlit Lady,” which was recorded in the 1970s on the “Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band, vol 1.”

“Pat and Carlos grew up on Kauai and started playing together when they were both going to Kamehameha school on Oahu,”

said Graham, adding he met them when he came from his home on Kailua, Oahu to visit Kauai in the in the 1970s.

As the three became friends, they formed Na Pali in the 1980s with Fred Lunt and recorded two albums: “Pacific Tunings” in 1987 and “Na Pali” in 2005. Lunt passed away in 2012. Despite his death, Na Pali continues to play their music.

“The concert will feature all original songs by the band mem-

bers.” Graham said. “Our interest in slack key guitar, Hawaiian music and songwriting reflects our love for our island home and its people.”

When they were younger, Crocket and Andrade were inspired by the Hawaiian choral style they learned as they attended Kamehameha School.

Although Graham came into the band as a bass player, all three of the artists switch off on guitar, bass and ukulele, and all

members sing.

“Music is a lifestyle and it’s how I spend a lot of my time” Pancho said. “People who have an interest in Hawaiian music and slack key guitar should definitely come.”

Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert runs from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at The Hawaiian Music Store, kiosks at Princevile Center, Coconut Market Place and at the door.

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Paulo returns with three carloads of passengers during The Grove Farm Museum’s free train day.

A cannon barrel lies ominously on a knoll fronting a cottage at the Grove Farm Homesteads Museum.

Grove Farm hits 150

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n 1864, a young man named George Wilcox bought a desolate piece of land in Nawiliwili and transformed the barren earth into a successful sugar plantation.

One hundred and fifty years later, Kauai will celebrate his contributions to the island at the upcoming Grove Farm Luau.

“I think it is a wonderful celebration of Mr. Wilcox’s attempts to create a sugar plantation,” said Robert Shleck, Grove Farm museum director. “But also it’s a great opportunity for everyone who worked on the plantation to celebrate their contribution to its success.”

The luau will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday and feature performances from Melveen Leed and Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina’ala.

“It’s a great time for everyone to come together,” Shleck said.

Born to Abner Wilcox & Lucy Eliza Heart in 1839, Wilcox originally lived in Hilo but came

to Kauai in 1846 with his parents who moved to teach at a school in Hanalei. After attending Yale University for civil engineering, Wilcox returned to Kauai and was leased Grove Farm by its owner at the time, Hermann A. Wideman, in 1864.

Although he was only 24 years old at the time, Wilcox engineered the first irrigation system for Grove Farm, which brought water from the mountains to the plantation’s lower lands. Others had tried before Wilcox, but their efforts proved fruitless.

“He had to work hard and be innovative in putting it together,” Shleck said. “He had to be a good farmer and a good businessman.”

Wilcox’s plantation helped sugar become one of Hawaii’s most successful ventures. The product was in all the more demand on the Mainland because the Civil War had ravaged agriculture in the South. In addition,

Luau on Saturday will honor contributions of George Wilcox

A bronzed bell anchors the view of the automobile drive-through at the end of the mansion at the Grove Farm Homesteads Museum.

the Hawaiian Monarchy benefited from the sugar as it brought income for the kingdom. During its run, the 220,000-acre plantation produced 1.1 million tons of raw sugar each year.

The plantation’s prosperity also created much-needed work for immigrants across the island.

“The success (of the plantation) not only improved Mr. Wilcox’s life but the lives of everyone who came to Hawaii,”

Shleck said. “It offered a future to those who were struggling in their home land and success for every generation that followed.”

Throughout his life, Wilcox proved to be a philanthropist, establishing churches, schools and the well-known G.N. Wilcox Memorial Hospital which still exists today.

After Wilcox died in 1933, the plantation was passed on to his children.

In 1974, Grover Farm’s sugar operations stopped and its cane was leased to neighboring plantations. It is now made up of three plantations, Grove Farm itself, and Koloa and Lihue Plantation, with the properties collectively known as Grove Farm. Today, the plantation is preserved with a historical museum that offers educational tours.

“It’s important to honor what the plantation provided; what George Wilcox meant to the community,” said Shleck.

“His is a legacy of caring and giving.”

Tickets for the party are $150 for couples, $75 for individuals and $25 for children 12 and under. They may be purchased at Picture’s Plus in Lihue, Kauai Music and Sound in Kapaa, Island Soap and Candle Works in Koloa, Magic Dragon in Princeville, Waioli Mission House in Hanalei and Talk Story Books in Hanapepe.

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*Restrictions Apply Your savings federally insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.

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Field of Membership (FOM) – Federal, State and County Employees, Select Employer Groups (SEG’s) and their immediate families.