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Week of Friday, August 28, 2015 | Vol. 3, No. 35

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Japanese Festival KAUAI MUSEUM CELEBRATES CULTURE SATURDAY

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. CULTURAL FESTIVAL:

Japanese Festival

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: Pink’s Creamery

6. BOOK REVIEW:

‘The Better Angels’

7. CHECK DA SCENE: Relay for Life

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY SATURDAY ‘GHOST OF THE SINCLAIR PLANTATION’ 6:30 TO 9:30 P.M., COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT Tropicbird Entertainment presents a dinner theatre production of Ghost of the Sinclair Plantation, written and directed by Nadya Wynd. A spirited evening of ghostly appearances, murder and mystery on a 1888 Kauai sugar plantation. Solve the mystery and you could win a prize. $75, $65 kamaaina, 212-7731 ‘DOLPHIN TALE 2’ 7 P.M., KAPAA LIBRARY Free movie “Dolphin Tale 2.”

HOT KAUAINIGHTS 5 TO 10 P.M., VIDINHA STADIUM, SOCCER FIELD

Two-day fundraising event to celebrate the end of summer. There will be dancing, music, drumming and food booths. 634-7498

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BOOK SIGNING 5 TO 9 P.M., TALK STORY BOOKSTORE New York Times Bestselling author Jill Marie Landis will be talking with readers and signing her book “Tiki Goddess Mysteries.”

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD 5:30 TO 8 P.M., BREATH OF LIFE CHURCH Wonders of Operation Christmas Child fundraiser with entertainment, food, live auction and more. $15 donation, 651-4371

SIERRA CLUB HIKE Join the Sierra Club on a sunset to moonlight walk along Mahaulepu.

3.5 miles, (413) 522-3734

PHOTO EXHIBIT COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT Learn about the plantation life through this photo exhibit from the Victorian Era presented by Kauai Historical Society and Tropicbird Entertainment.

HAPPY HOUR 6 TO 8 P.M., THE SPECIFIC CHIROPRACTIC CENTER A fundraiser for business and community professionals to benefit Hawaii Children’s Theatre. Ticket includes a studio headshot session, pupus, drinks and a raffle ticket. $75.

‘BEE MOVIE’ 7 P.M., ANAINA HOU COMMUNITY PARK Free movie night with refreshments and dinner.

JAPANESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL 10 A.M. TO 1 P.M., KAUAI MUSEUM Celebrate the Japanese culture with food, entertainment, crafts, games, healing, flower arrangements and more.

SIERRA CLUB HIKE Join the Sierra Club on a sunset to full moon coastal walk along Kuna Bay. 4.5 miles, 246-9067

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S 7 A.M., KUKUI GROVE CENTER Support the cure for alzheimer’s during the annual Walk To End Alzheimer’s. Registration kicks off the event, with walking to begin at 8 a.m. To join a team visit www.alz. org/walk or 651-2372 RETIREMENT OPTIONS 1:30 TO 4:30 P.M., COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, CHART ROOM Free workshop to learn about retirement options sponsored by AARP. 1-877-926-8300 KEIKI DAY 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M., NA AINA KAI BOTANICAL GARDENS Play in Jack’s fountain, explore the jungle tree house, and many kid-friendly features of our Children’s Garden. $10, 828-0525

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POWER PLUS 8 A.M. TO 7 P.M., KAUAI VETERANS CENTER Power Plus Personal Training free instructional seminar with speakers and free body fat and fitness evaluations. This event benefits the Kauai Veterans Museum. 635-4447

HULA CLASS 5 P.M., HAWAIIAN CULTURAL CENTER, COCONUT MARKETPLACE Halau Hula O Leilani is having hula classes for ages 4 to 12 at 5 p.m. and teens and wahine at 6:30 p.m. 651-0682

WEIGHT WATCHERS 5:30 P.M., ST. JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH Weekly Weight Watchers meetings held same time on Tuesday.

A CALL TO ACTION 6 TO 8 P.M., NIUMALU CANOE CLUB HALE Climate change and a call to action featuring Dr. Kawika WInter and Dr. Kehau Watson-Sproat.

VA OUTREACH PROGRAM 9:30 A.M. TO 2 P.M., HANALEI COMMUNITY FAMILY CENTER, UNCLE JACKS PLACE Veterans now have the opportunity to come together and discuss topics, benefits or talk story.

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Konnichiwa Museum hosts Japanese celebration

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Kimono-clad children talk story during a previous Kauai Museum Japanese Festival.

hef Steven Nakata studied the delicate art of sushi-making under the guidance of Japanese master chefs.

On Saturday he will demonstrate how to make the perfect rolls at Kauai Museum’s Japanese cultural festival.

The authentic rolls Nakata will be preparing in the museum courtyard are only part of the festivities Saturday at the museum. Taiko drumming, a shakuhachi flute performance, classes in bon dance, hanafuda cards and origami are all part of the cultural offerings taking place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will also be a live auction.

“I grew up in a Japanese catering business,” said Nakata, who teaches culinary arts as a chef instructor at Kauai Community College. “My

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grandparents opened a catering business on Oahu and they were actually trained in Japan. When I learned Japanese cuisine, I was trained by master chefs from Japan and I quickly realized that I wasn’t a very good Japanese. You really don’t realize what the Japanese tradition is about when you’re brought up in Hawaii. The Japanese food is not cooked the same way here that it is there. It’s all Americanized.”

Sushi will be for sale at the event, while other activities

like origami and sand art will be free.

The annual event is usually attended by several hundred people. It is free for Kauai residents and visitors receive discounted admission.

The festival also coincides with a Japanese kimono exhibit in the museum’s new heritage gallery.

The museum’s mission is to perpetuate the island’s indigenous and immigrant cultures and every month the museum honors a dif-

BRITTANY LYTE TGIFR!DAY ferent cultural festival. Next month the museum will celebrate Hawaiian culture.

In October it will celebrate Niihauian culture.

Lyah Kama-Drake, event chair and museum education coordinator, said the goal of the Japanese festival is to feature one of the many cultures on Kauai. It is a great opportunity for people of all ages to learn and have fun.

“We want to share our cultures with our visitors as well as our community,” she said.

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Hanalei’s hidden secret: Pink’s Creamery

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ucked away in a small shopping plaza behind Tahiti Nui, Pink’s Creamery is easy to miss.

But even though it may still be largely a secret on Kauai, the tiny 360-squarefoot ice cream shop is winning over fans. Lines of tourists often stretch out the door during busy times, and Yahoo! recently ranked Pink’s as No. 14 on a list of the top 18 ice cream shops in America.

With 16 ice cream flavors, ranging from the decidedly Hawaiian such as Kona Mud Pie (Kona coffee ice cream with Oreo cookies and fudge), coconut, chocolate macadamia nut, and banana mac-nut brittle, to the more

Pink’s Creamery is located in Hanalei, behind Tahiti Nui.

traditional mint-chocolate chip, there are plenty of options.

The ice cream, made on Maui, is Roselani’s gourmet line, which cannot be bought in stores. What makes it gourmet? It has

a lot more butterfat in it (that’s the stuff that makes ice cream delicious) and it is slow churned.

A single scoop in a cup or plain cone is $3.95; it’s $5.95 for a double. Spring for the extra dollar to get

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RYAN KAZMIRZACK Pink’s has been in operTGIFR!DAY ation since 2009, but the original owner sold it in 2013 to Robert Prongay and his wife Joleen, both in their early 30s, after the two visited Kauai while on vacation and fell in love with the island.

Even though they’d never operated an ice cream shop before, they decided to make an offer to buy, and after a quick crash course on how to run the place they were in business.

When they started, their customers were mostly tourists.

“People who lived in Hanalei had no clue we were there,” Robert said. “Little by little, people tried it, they liked the ice cream, they liked the sandwiches, word got out.”

Robert is referring to their signature Hawaiian Grilled Cheese, made with kalua pork, pineapple and Muenster cheese on Hawaiian sweet bread, served with Photos by Ryan Kazmirzack Maui chips and a pickle for Ekaterina “Kat” Nikolaeva serves up a double scoop of banana $8.99. mac-nut brittle topped with mango ice cream.

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The shop does not currently have a gluten-free sandwich option, but they do have several options of 16 oz smoothies made with a half-pound of fruit – try the very berry – as well as frozen yogurt made in-house.

Other popular options include milkshakes, root beer floats, and a selection of sorbets made with local fruits, including mango banana, pineapple passion, lychee and watermelon.

“We like to highlight local tropical flavors, particularly whatever is in season,” Robert said.

As word spreads, business has been picking up, so much that Robert invited his brother-in-law and best-friend Victor Medori to

move from New Jersey to help manage the store.

Pink’s is working hard to be a member of the community; they frequently offer gift cards to schools and community groups to give out as prizes. And they offer a 10 percent kamaaina discount. Stop in regularly, and you won’t even have to show your driver’s license. The friendly staff will recognize you, and start making a double scoop of the Hanalei Sunrise (or whatever your personal favorite may be) without having to ask.

Pink’s Creamery is located at 4489 Aku Road in Hanalei. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The Hawaiian Grilled Cheese is made with kalua pork, pineapple and muenster cheese on Hawaiian sweet bread. The sandwich is popular with the lunchtime crowd and hungry beach goers.

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Yesterday wasn’t all that rosy

CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

”T

he Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined,”

by Steven Pinker, is one of those books that will positively change the way you view the world.

Despite the tales of horrors and sorrows from around the world that the media inundates us with everyday, we actually are living in the most peaceful, most tolerant, and least violent time in all the history of humanity.

Surprised?

Steven Pinker, a multi-award winning Harvard College professor of psychology, who has been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy’s

100 Global Thinkers, proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that we live in far better times than ever before.

Pinker has compiled an amazing array of research, statistics, and information that spans the entire breadth of human history from all societies.

Combined with the latest in neuro-

science and sociology, Better Angels presents undeniable facts in a way that is very easy to follow, along with an engaging sense of humor.

Here’s a few interesting tidbits — Did you know that even the most “peaceful” of primitive cultures had a higher death by violence rate than even the worst inner cities of the United States today?

Or that per capita the Mongolian Conquests were far deadlier than the entire Second World War? Or that you are far more likely to be struck by lightning (or killed by bees, deer, or an allergic reaction) than you are to be a victim of a terrorist incident? To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is an incredible achievement. Pinker’s research is impeccable, undeniable, and is by far one of the most important and vital books we have come across. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on the book after you’ve read it!

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The father-and-son Lindsey duo also performed at the Relay for Life ahead of their Saturday night performance at the Courtyard

by Marriott at the Coconut Beach where they benefited the Kapaa Middle School ukulele band and choir. They closed their all-charity Kauai tour Sunday at the Waimea Theater.

Donations to the American Cancer Society for the Relay for Life can still be made by visiting www. relayforlife.org, or calling 246-0695.

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nnabelle Kam, a survivor, lucked out Friday night during the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of the North Shore at Kauai Christian Academy in Kilauea.

Nominated for two Na Hoku Hanohano awards, Kam was unable to attend the Sunday concert where Keikilani and Leo Lindsey were performing to benefit Puni Patrick’s statue of Kaumualii. Keikilani presented a copy of Meleuhane, “The Garden” CD of mele paying tribute to Kauai to Kam.

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