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Week of Friday, May 22, 2015 | Vol. 3, No. 21

NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

DANIEL FINCHUM

ISLAND CALENDAR • BOOK REVIEW • CHECK DA SCENE • MCS GRILL

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IN THIS ISSUE:

2. OUT & ABOUT: Top picks for the week

3. BOOK REVIEW:

‘Exploring Calvin and Hobbes — An Exhibition Catalogue’

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI: MCS Grill

6. ART & THEATER: Daniel Finchum

7. CHECK DA SCENE: Power Equipment Expo Contact Us: www.thegardenilsland.com facebook.com/TheGardenIsland @thegardenisland

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU ART EXHIBIT 6 to 9 p.m.

Kauai Society of Artists gallery space, Kukui Grove Center.

Local artist Daniel Finchum’s first solo exhibition.

CKMS CONCERT 7 p.m., Kukui Grove Center.

The Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Band Wind Ensemble and the Stevenson Middle School Band from Oahu to perform.

COASTAL WALK Join the Sierra Club and Surfrider at Kealia Beach cleanup. 246-9067 ‘WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINA WOOLF’ 7 p.m.

Puhi Theatrical Warehouse Kauai Community Players performance of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.�$20-25

PEDAL TO THE MEADOW 8 to 11 a.m.

Kekaha to Kokee Pedal to the Meadow is the official bicycle hill climb race on Kauai.

BANANA POKA ROUNDUP 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Kokee State Park.

Annual forest education fair with live music, craft workshops, kid fun, and displays by conservation groups.

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COMMUNITY YOGA 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Nawiliwili Yacht Club Hosted by the Kauai Sailing Association, weekly on Monday.

Bring your own yoga mat or towel.

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AARP SMART DRIVING CLASS 1 p.m.

Kapaa Neighborhood Center $15 members, $20 nonmembers, 822-0448 WEIGHT WATCHERS 5:30 p.m.

St. Johns Episcopal Church

BASKET WEAVING 8:30 a.m.

Kauai Museum 90-minute basket weaving classes with Uncle Onio weekly on Wednesday. Class fee is $25, which includes admission to museum. Reservations required. 245-6931

LBA MEETING 7:30 to 9 a.m.

Duke’s Canoe Club Sen. Kouchi and Representatives Kawakami, Morikawa and Tokioka will join the Lihue Business Association meeting to share their thoughts about this year’s session.

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hen chef Macklin Valenciano decided to open a restaurant, he knew he would need helping hands to make his dream a reality.

He got them. With the help of co-owners Chimes Lauama and Valenciano’s daughter, Shaylin, the MCS Grill came to life.

“It’s been a big step for me and I love every minute of it,” Lauama said. “We’re doing very good, very successful so far.”

Valenciano, Shaylin and Chimes opened their Hana-

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“I think we do a great family-style restaurant,” Lauama said. “We don’t serve any alcohol, we stay away, but we let people bring in their own alcohol but we like to just do the whole family appeal and I think that we have the customer service to match that.”

As a chef with 20 years of experience in the restaurant

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“I think it’s good for the kids, that’s the main thing,” Valenciano said. “It’s all family, it’s all fun and we like to take care of the locals.”

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n exhibition of Kapaa artist Daniel Finchum’s nature photography and land art — sculptures made of flowing water, drift wood, stones and other raw elements — will kick off at 6 tonight at the Kauai Society of Artists Gallery at Kukui Grove Center.

The event, Finchum’s first solo show, will feature more than 30 images of his unique works, each celebrating Kauai’s natural beauty. There will be live music and pupus and refreshments will be served. “I don’t do this for a living,� said Finchum, who manages the Air Force Station’s radar shop in Kokee. “I do this because it’s a complete passion. It’s my way of breaking away from everything, sort of like a meditation.�

Finchum’s foray into nature artistry began two short years ago when he first took interest in the ageold pastime of balancing rocks. The 54-year-old outdoorsman learned he has a knack for carefully arranging these little rock towers by the sea.

Over time, his newfound hobby grew to include more complex sculptures: a yellow flame hovering above spirals of driftwood collected from the Kealia Rivermouth, a careful, color-coded arrangement of pine tree needles set along the Sleeping Giant hiking trail, African tulip flowers

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The exhibition will also include Finchum’s landscape photography. He counts among his influences the works of Chip Phillips, Aaron Feinberg and Ansel Adams, as well as the dramatic lighting that is signature of the Hudson River School

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movement. “A lot of my pictures have a magical look, a kind of glow to them, and that’s because that’s how they make me feel when I’m creating them,� Finchum said. “And that’s the feeling I want the viewer to get when they take them in.�

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Finchum has chosen six works from which he will donate 100 percent of the profits to the Kauai chapter of Surfrider Foundation and the National Tropical Botanical Garden.

He will donate 10 percent of all other sales to the same organizations.

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