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Week of Friday, May 18, 2018 | Vol. 6, No. 20

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BIKE TO WORK DAY 6 a.m. from Kapaa Neighborhood Center, 6:45 a.m. from Puhi Park, to Lihue Civic Center KAUAI CHORALE CONCERT 7:30 p.m. Aqua Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu The centerpiece of the spring concerts is Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” featuring the Kauai Chorale String Ensemble and an orchestra.

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ISLAND SINGERS SHOWCASE 7 p.m. All Saints Church gym, Kapaa The group presents tunes from raucous and soulful blues to cool bossa novas, sizzling sambas, marvelous merengues and more. Free.

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They’re not the Rockettes, but members of the Kauai Chorale will perform a kick line to the classic tune “New York, New York,” at the Kauai Chorale concerts today and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort near Hanamaulu. Tickets are available at the door.

LOIS, THIS ONE’S FOR YOU

Kauai Chorale offers final performances under the direction of Lois Ricciardi BILL BULEY TGIFR!DAY

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IHUE — After nearly 30 years directing Kauai Chorale, it’s down to two performances for Lois Ricciardi: tonight and Saturday, both at the Kauai Aqua Beach Resort.

These shows are not to be missed, said Wes Cronk, Kauai Chorale president who is also leaving the

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“It’s going to be good,” he said.

Perhaps even spectacular if you want to brag. For sure, this will be music to remember.

“Anyone out there who wants to come to a musical presentation that will grip your heart the moment they hear it, it will warm you, it will lift you up,” Cronk said. “And the final closing

songs that we’re singing. It will just speak to the heart.”

Kauai Chorale promises to deliver a performance everyone will enjoy, vowing to pay tribute to Ricciardi.

“It will be a beautiful expression,” Cronk said.

The spring shows are at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom of Aqua Kauai Beach Resort in Wailua.

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ing the music culture on the island.

She was pleasantly Continued from page 2 surprised to find an array of talent at many levels, from Cronk and others say you vocal groups to orchestras. don’t want to miss these “Kauai has such endearing performances of “Carmina and quality levels of music,” Burana,” Carl Orff ’s most Alderete said. famous choral work, and She urges people to featuring accompaniments attend Kauai Chorale’s final

by KCC and other school shows under Ricciardi. instrumental ensembles.

Ricciardi “This is just an amazing Dr. Jonathan Griffi th, “The piece has excited opportunity to see the artistic director and principal audiences around the conductor for Distinguished quality of singing, the quality world with its thrilling of musicianship, the quality Concerts International and constantly changing of music education here on New York City, said: “The rhythms, dramatic, soaring the island that starts young,” Kauai Chorale received this solos, whimsical, mystical, Alderete said. invitation because of the and mischievous to serious Cronk said Ricciardi “makes quality and high level of moments,” a press release musicianship demonstrated music fun.” said. “It offers challenges for He described her as warm by the singers as well as the the performers, as well, and Kauai Chorale is delighted to high quality of their audition and personable, someone who accepts anyone and recording. present this quintessential everyone. But she is also a “It is quite an honor just piece of choral music.” taskmaster who insists on to be invited to perform in Kauai Chorale, under the excellence and is not one New York, ” he said.

“These direction of Ricciardi, and the for wasting time. Come KCC instrumental ensembles, wonderful musicians not only represent a high quality prepared, be ready to work is under the baton of Sarah her common directive. of music and education, Tochiki, look forward to “She is matter of fact, but they also become presenting a few surprises, stands for what she believes ambassadors for the entire too, including a musical community. This is an event in,” Cronk said. tribute to “New York, New The two have become of extreme pride for everyYork” – their “theme song” good friends, he added, and body and deserving of the this semester.

Ricciardi will be missed, just community’s recognition “When we come togethas she will miss directing the and support. ” er, it’s just something else,” Christina Alderete, who is chorale.

Cronk said.

“It’s been her life,” Cronk replacing Cronk as chorale Other songs they’ll be said.

“When she hears us president, sings with the performing include “America group, as well. Her husband, sing, it’s part of her very the Beautiful,”“Let There Be framework.”

John, and son, Ethan, play Music,” and “You Raise Me A new director has been violin for them.

Up.” found, but the name is not Without any formal vocal Nearly 50 chorale memyet being officially released. training, Alderete joined the bers will be headed off to “The chorale is not stopchorale and had a wonderful The Big Apple to perform time, finding it very welcom- ping. It’s going forward,” he “Carmina Burana” at the said. ing.

Lincoln Center in New York Cronk, too, will miss being “What’s great about this on May 28. part of the chorale, which particular group is you can Ricciardi will be watching, has become very close to walk right in and if you love not directing, this time. him after all these years. It’s to sing, then you can come “It’s a pretty exciting and personal, too.

A pastor, Cronk sing, ” she said. a wonderful way to end visits, cares for and prays for The Alderetes moved to this many years of working the group’s members.

Kauai about a year ago and with a wonderful group of “I love every one of them,” Christina said she didn’t people,” she said. he said. know what to expect regardYes, it’s a big deal.

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Tickets to this weekend’s shows can be purchased at Lappert’s Ice Cream in the Princeville Shopping Center and at Kukuiula Shopping Center; North Shore Pharma-

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They will also be available at the door or from any Kauai Chorale member. Student tickets are $5, regular adult tickets in advance are $12 and will be $15 at the door.

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MODERN PIANO CONCERT SET

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IHUE — A star pianist will perform at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Sunday.

This is a return engagement by composer Robert Pollock, executive director and founder of Ebb & Flow Art, which returns with its presentation of “Introduction to Modern Piano Music.”

“I am thrilled to return to Kauai for a second time after many years,” said Pollock.

The free concert program will span the mid-20th century to the recent 21st century. Most of the works are Kauai premiers.

Composers include Henry Cowell, Shinhee Park, Lou Harrison, Edward Cone, Darius Milhaud, Roger Sessions and Pollock.

Pollock studied music and co-founded the New York Guild of Composers in

1975. Now he directs the contemporary music and arts presenting organization, Ebb & Flow Arts, Inc., in Hawaii.

“Ebb & Flow Arts has a statewide mission,” Pollock said. “So it is very important that we fulfill our objective on Kauai, to present and inform about modern music.”

As pianist Pollock has premiered over 100 compositions by composers from around the world.

Some of his more than 130 compositions have received performances in Israel, Moscow, Russia, Japan and South Korea.

The show starts at 3 p.m. with a pre-concert discussion at 2 p.m. Besides the actual performances, the event will include explanations of the pieces, their composers and the development of revolutionary compositional approaches in the 20th century. There will be ample time for

Pollock questions and answers; and donations will be accepted.

This concert is part of the annual, multi-day, multi-site, international North South East West Festival 2018.

Ebb & Flow Arts, a presenter of modern music and multi media events, was founded in 1999. The nonprofit aims to build bridges between the arts and connect artistic expressions and cultures, creating a global sound board and mirror for music and art in Hawaii.

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APAA — Kauai Island Singers Showcase will present Latin and the blues concert 7 p.m. Saturday at All Saints Church gym, 1065 Kuhio Highway.

The line up of songs ranges from raucous, soulful and boogie-woogie blues to cool bossa novas, sizzling sambas, marvelous mambos, and much more!

The concertn will feature vocalists: Lee Miller, Mary Ellen Kopitzke, Dhyana

Dunville, Melissa Mojo, Siri Shabad, Diana Leone and newcomers Augusto Leal, Phil Zeidner and Susan Higgins.

Musicians include Hank Curtis on piano, Roger Jacobs on bass, Marty Leonard on drums and Laine Griffith on sax and flute.

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READY FOR THE NEXT ‘STAR WARS’ FLICK? A scoundrel is born in ‘Solo’ LINDSEY BAHR ASSOCIATED PRESS

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f there’s one takeaway from “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” it’s that our favorite scoundrel had been through a lot before he ever met up with Luke, ObiWan and Leia.

Sure, he’d talked up his Kessel Run time and out-maneuvering Imperial ships, but this film contains at least three epic set-pieces, involving a job atop a high-speed train careening around a snowy mountain, a fiery space showdown with a squid-like super monster and an explosion-filled shootout, that are so spectacular that they have the effect of making what Han ends up going through in “Episode IV” and beyond seem suspiciously tame by comparison.

Bigger, louder, and more, more, more seem to be the guiding principles of the film and while on their own they might make a pleasurable romp, it’s dubious

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Alden Ehrenreich is Han Solo, and Joonas Suotamo is Chewbacca in a scene from “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”

as to whether or not these pre-Skywalker adventures have really added anything of value to the character.

There’s an argument to be made that it might even undermine his hero’s arc in the first film.

It’s the overriding issue with “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” which had baggage from the get-go. Unlike a character from a book or a play, Han Solo didn’t

exist outside of Harrison Ford, and the two are now linked by over 40 years of goodwill and nostalgia.

Although no character is so precious that they can’t break from the actor who made them memorable — even Indiana Jones had two younger versions of himself — it’s still not an enviable position to be in.

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You’re at a disadvantage before you start.

The man who took the job, Alden Ehrenreich, does not look or sound like Ford, and it’s difficult to adjust at the beginning. You can’t help but scrutinize every gesture, every smirk, every aside as you try to get used to him. Eventually you do, and the talented Ehrenreich wins you over with his execution, capturing Han’s spirit, his sarcasm, egotism and charm with apparent ease.

Co-written by Star Wars royalty Lawrence Kasdan and his son Jonathan Kasdan, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” introduces Han on his home planet of Corellia, where he serves under a local mob boss and dreams of fleeing, becoming a pilot and owning a ship.

The early scenes are incredibly dark, literally. Shot by cinematographer Bradford Young, it’s an interesting aesthetic choice, likely meant to lend a vintage vibe, but also distracting as though you’re watching a worn VHS copy of “Episode IV,” where faces are only clear in extreme close-up and even then it’s still through a thick layer of fog and gauze (it clears up eventually).

Young Han is scrappy and overconfident and makes things up as he goes along, unafraid to lie or trust his gut. It’s how he ends up not only getting out, but escaping military service and hooking up with a band of outlaws led by Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson), who functions as mentor and possible cautionary tale

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Emilia Clarke is Qi’ra in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”

for the impressionable Han. “Do you have any idea what it’s like to live with a price on your head?” Beckett asks. It’s one of the many unsubtle references to things to come, and a fallback refrain in “Solo” where some of the most memorable and pleasing moments are winking references to future memorable lines.

They’ll soon meet up with the man Beckett is working for, Dryden Vos (Paul Bettany), and encounter Han’s old friend from Corellia, Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) before taking off on a dangerous smuggling mission.

There’s a lot for fans to digest as the film speeds through a check-list of Han’s origin components, like how he meets Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) and how he comes across the Millennium Falcon. There are other key elements that probably are best left to the experience.

And that experience, in director Ron Howard’s very capable hands, is a largely enjoyable one. You can’t help but wonder what the end result would have been if Phil Lord and Christopher

Miller, who were fired deep into production, had gotten to see their project through to the end, or what it would have been like had Howard been involved since the beginning, but there are no obvious cracks or seams.

“Solo” is a straightforward piece of pulpy entertainment with some very agreeable performances from Ehrenreich and Glover, who seems to be having the most fun of all the actors in playing up Lando’s suave demeanor, and fun classic Western flourishes, despite the excessively big action sequences.

The best moments in “Solo” are the simpler ones: The romance, the friendships, the clashing egos.

Perhaps a lesson for the inevitable sequel.

“Solo: A Star Wars Story,” A Walt Disney Studios release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for “sequences of sci-fi action/violence.” Running time: 135 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

MPAA Definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned.

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

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JUST TRYING TO FIT IN AND NOT LOOK LOST CYNTHIA LYNN & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

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ife can get heavy… and sometimes we just need something to lighten the mood!

Behold! The wisdom of Lord Birthday: a tiny mustachioed king who is as insightful as he is ridiculous.

His bite-sized illustrations capture the inherent comedy of being human, and his guidance appeals to anyone who is striving against the odds, believing in both the absurdity and necessity of hope.

And lucky for us, Lord Birthday’s insights come in this wonderfully compact composite form of glue,

ink, and pressed wood pulp planes (i.e. a book), entitled “How to Appear Normal at Social Events: And Other Essential Wisdom.”

It is quite unlike anything you’ve ever read before.

Smart, raunchy, uproarious, soul-crushing, and uplifting, yet paradoxically relatable and quirky too. Lord Birthday is a silly, down-to-earth author who manages to be moving, politically relevant, lighthearted, and humorous at the same time somehow.

This book might even restore your faith in humanity!

As people who grew up hooked on “Far Side,” we really appreciate its uniqueness. Each page is delightfully illustrated, and includes also lists that are playful, satirical, ironic, and even darkly comical. Lord Birthday attempts to put some order into the chaos of the world through the guise of lists and absurdity.

Contained in its pages are an emotional instruction

manual for the capably dysfunctional, guiding us through a Wilderness of Metaphorical Circumstances that you are Most Likely to Encounter, whether you step out the door this morning, or seek refuge beneath a pile of couch cushions on the living room floor.

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Unusual enough? See, you probably forgot all about whatever was going on today, didn’t you?

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The world might just look a whole lot better!

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‘BOOK CLUB’ IS A CORNY BUT SWEET LOOK AT SEX AND AGING JOCELYN NOVECK ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ane Fonda said recently that “Book Club” was the most fun she’s ever had making a movie. She was ostensibly talking about getting to know her castmates — namely Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen — but may also have been referring to the wine.

There is lots and lots of fine wine in “Book Club” — in fact, it seems

like nobody’s allowed to have a conversation after 4 p.m. without an oversized glass of Chardonnay.

And come to think of it, that’s not a bad idea for the viewer as well. If you have access to wine while you’re seeing this film, go for it — it’ll smooth out the rough edges. “Book Club” has a script that’s often so heavy on the corn — make that corn syrup — that it strains credulity and leaves you groaning. But then, darn it, suddenly it makes you tearful,

with an unexpectedly genuine moment, or laugh out loud. It’s a credit to the cast, and the cast only — how many decades of top-level acting experience do we have here?

Vivian, Diane, Sharon and Carol are old friends, with a book club that’s been meeting for 40 years.

They’re all in a different sort of rut (what they share is being white, older and well-off.) Vivian (Fonda) is a steely, auburn-haired vision of corporate success, a hotel owner

with plenty of spice in her life — but only in the afternoons, no strings attached. Diane (Keaton) is a widow, with adult daughters who worry about her to an absurd degree, and no love life.

Carol (Steenburgen) is comfortably married, but her husband is more interested in lubing up and riding his old motorbikes (cue the eye-rolling sex-bike puns) than in his marriage. As for Sharon (Bergen), she’s a federal judge, and defiantly single. “I haven’t had sex

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The intersecting storylines follow entertaining and sometimes very silly paths. Among the more ridiculous elements in the script, by director Bill Holderman and co-writer Erin Simms: the extent to which Diane’s adult daughters (Alicia Silverstone and Katie Aselton, in thankless parts) treat her like a child, unable to care for herself.

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IHUE — About 2,200 people took advantage of clear weather to raise $350,000 for Kauai nonprofits at the 40th annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk hosted by the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association.

This year’s walk took place at the North Vidinha soccer fields to accomodate the additional vendors offering breakfast following the walk. The expanded space also allowed the 60 beneficiary nonprofit organizations an opportunity to become involved in the festivities.

Lillian Watari took the Golden Slippah award for the fifth consecutive year as the top individual fundraiser, helping her employer resort — Hanalei Bay Resort — top the field of visitor industry facilities contributions.

Chip Bahouth, general manager of the Sheraton Kauai Resort, and Christina Gabriel, general manager of Marriott’s Waiohai Beach Club, served as co-chairs for this year’s walk.

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