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Week of Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 | Vol. 5, No. 6

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‘BROADWAY IN LOVE’

Infatuation, intrigue, comedy and heartbreak will take the stage Sunday - Story, photo, Page 2,3

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

2-3. MUSIC:

‘Broadway in Love’

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: Kenji

6. BOOK REVIEW: ‘“Sidewalk Oracles: Playing with Signs, Symbols and Synchronicity in Everyday Life.”

7. CHECK DA SCENE Kapaa First Saturday

OUT & ABOUT TODAY ISLAND EARTH FILM 7 p.m. Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center Doors open at 6. Free. The film features many local and national people in the movement. The film is about everyone, and will help bring the story to the rest of the world.

SATURDAY

LINCOLN DAY DINNER 5:30 p.m. Smith’s Family Garden Luau Speaker will be Dr. Keli‘i Akina, trustee-at-large, Office of Hawaiian Affairs and president/CEO of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. Emcee will be Ed Ka‘ahea. There will be addresses by Fritz Rolfing, state Republican Party chair; Jack James, executive chair; and Steve Yoder, county chair. General seating is $75. With VIP reception, $100. VIP tables for six, $125 a seat. Buy tickets at eventbrite. Info: Steve Yoder, 855-5503, or Sandi Sterker, 639-9631.

SWEETS & SWEET THINGS 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lihue United Church Parish Hall, 4340 Nawiliwili Rd Valentine gifts, crafts, games for keiki, baked goods, shave ice and more. Proceeds benefit church property renovation projects. Info: 245-6253.

SPRING DOG CLASSES REGISTRATION 10 to 11 a.m., Kukui Grove Center Put on by Dog Fanciers of Kauai. $50 for 10 weeks. Info: 246-6889.

KAUAI ISLAND CRAFTERS FAIR 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Church of the Pacific, Princeville.

MONDAY

POIPU TOASTMASTERS KICKOFF 6:30 p.m. Kauai Christian Fellowship Build confidence, grow as a leader and improve communication skills? Kauai Toastmasters is hosting a special event open to anyone interested. Refreshments will be provided.

LOVE IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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nfatuation and intrigue, comedy and heartbreak, will take on a theatrical tone Sunday at the Courtyard Marriott in Kapaa, just in time for a Valentine’s Day date night.

“Broadway in Love” is a show featuring Kauai singers Jessika Montoya, Kurt Last, Daphne Sanchez, Erin Gaines and Bud Soria, among others, and is a chance to have a night out on the town with that special someone.

“It’s about love and it’s everybody friendly,” said producer Greg Shepherd.

Featuring some cast members from “South Pacific,” the hour-and-a-half show is comprised of vignettes, and boasts about 24 songs in full Broadway style.

“I was in ‘South Pacific’ for almost 13 years, and I played

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Their experience playing opposite Greg,” said Cindy Labrador, one of the singers and singing together has in the show. “A lot of us were made for a seamless show that oozes with chemistry. involved in that.”

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WEDNESDAY

AWARD-WINNING HUMPBACK WHALE MOVIE 5 p.m. Princeville Public Library Documentary produced by IMAX filmmaker MacGillivray Freeman Films. Features incredible photography, entertaining music, instructional narrative. Motivating and inspiring. 75 minutes. Free. Sponsored by Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary and Waimea Public Library.

Daphne Sanchez sings “Defying Gravity.”

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master of ceremonies Dickie Chang will offer a few traditional Hawaiian stories, as well as other stories and one-liners.

“It’s taken a lot of work to get to this point,” said pianist Monica Chung. “They’re so great to accompany, though; they make it easy.”

The troupe has been evolving over two years, according to Shepherd, and has been performing in an on-call basis for events at various venues around the island, including private homes.

“We’re still doing that and we’re still available,” ShepPhotos by Jessica Else / The Garden Island herd said.

Cindy Labrador (left) and Greg Shepherd perform “The Song On Sunday, the show will That Goes Like This” ” at the Broadway in Love show, opening be accompanied by a buffet Thursday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Wailua. dinner offering romaine salad with lilikoi vinaigrette from a vast repertoire.

They’ll “We all complement dressing, Molokai sweet be performing numbers each other and work well potato salad, roasted Kalua together,” said Labrador, who like “New York, New York,” pork, huli huli chicken, mahi also is the lead singer of the “On the Street Where You mahi with miso soy glaze, Live” and “Bali Hai,” as well country western band Not and a tofu and stir-fried vegas songs from the musicals My First Rodeo. “I get some etable dish with white rice. of the more sassy numbers.” “Rent,” “Chicago” and “Les Rice pudding and haupia Shepherd said the compa- Miserables.” will also be included as well In between numbers, ny chose the lineup of songs

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“This is a great space and it’s a great show celebrating love,” Shepherd said. “It’s a great night for a date night

or anniversary. It’s something romantic.”

Dinner is included in the ticket price. Tickets are $86 a person, with a kamaaina rate of $79 plus tax when purchased online in advance.

At the door, if seats are available, tickets are $91. Seats are limited to 150 people.

Tickets may be purchased at www.broadwaypacificsingers.com. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

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t’s not every day that you stumble upon a place that sells burgers with fries and sushi burritos. But Kenji Burger, located in Kapaa, is a treat for the tastebuds.

It can be difficult to decide what to have for lunch some days. That’s why when another reporter in the office told me about Kenji Burger, an Asian fusion restaurant, I had to give it a try.

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It took me a few minutes to decide what to order. The cashier was very paDiners fill Japanese Grandma’s Cafe on Sunday night. tient with me and even offered suggestions. Since I didn’t eat breakfast, I figured that I would order a couple of things off the menu and take whatever leftovers I had in a box. After all, what’s the point in trying out a new place if you don’t try different things?

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I ordered the Kenji Burger combo, which was a teriyaki burger with ponzu mayo, caramelized onions, cheddar cheese with tomato and fresh greens with a drink and fries, all for $13. Before I ordered the next item on my wishlist, the cashier asked if I wanted to upgrade to furikake fries.

For an extra $1.50, how could I say no?

At this point, my eyes were bigger than my stomach as I went on to order the Japanese Burrito, which is a sushi burrito with shrimp tempura, crab meat, spicy tuna, cucumber, avocado and kenji sauce for $12.

A total of $27.80, including tax, was the damage I had done before even taking a bite out of my lunch. The cashier swung by my table in a matter of minutes with a box that looked like it could’ve fit a child’s

LEFT: The Japanese Burrito is one of the most popular things on Kenji Burger’s menu, and it’s clear why.

RIGHT: The Kenji Burger with Furikake fries and the Japanese Burrito.

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birthday cake inside of it.

Instead, there was a mountain of food that I knew I had to bring back to the office.

In all honesty, the Japanese Burrito was among some of the best sushi I’ve ever had. Not only was the burrito full of crabmeat and tempura, but no flavor overpowered the other. I also appreciated how well wrapped the seaweed was, as so often I bite into a sushi roll or Spam musubi only to witness the nori wrapping tear and have all the rice fall out.

I ate half of the burrito knowing that I still had to eat the burger and fries. The burger could’ve fed a family of three due to sheer size. While every bite of the 100 percent Kauai grass-fed beef was a symphony of flavor, the sauce from the burger made it a bit messy to eat with your hands.

While I do recommend the burger, I would advise you to make sure that you have napkins nearby to clean up the mess.

As for the furikake fries, I could’ve eaten them all day if I didn’t have to go back to work.

As I wrapped up Made from 100 percent Kauai the rest of my fries grassfed beef, this burger is a real and burrito to put treat. back in the box to take back to the office to finish for another time, I sat back in my seat and closed my eyes for a second, knowing that the drive back to Lihue through the Kapaa crawl would be very challenging after such a satisfying meal.

The perfect dessert after Kenji Burger would be a nap, because it’s impossible to survive the kanak attack that soon came to fruition.

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he girls are out getting something to eat before the crowd gets here,” said Liz Fletcher of Paradise Beauty Salon and Spa in Kapaa.

The salon was offering Haircuts (and Makeup) for Hospice as part of the monthly First Saturday event hosted by the Kapaa Business Association in downtown Kapaa.

Steven Potter of Forest Grove, Oregon, said “It’s supposed to snow Sunday. We didn’t want to go through that so we just hopped a plane and came here. It’s not snowing.”

The Kapaa Business Association invites a number of community vendors and entertainers along sidewalks of business organizations during the first Saturday of each month from 5 to 9 p.m.

“We’re doing this as a part of a story on Kauai,” said Lei Ui Kaholokula, a newscaster from a Honolulu television station.

“This is exciting — coming home and being able to do a story about this.”

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