TGIFr!day by The Garden Island Newspaper

Week of Friday, July 8, 2016 | Vol. 4, No. 28

Koloa Plantation Days

Planting the Seeds that Nourish the Soul

Save the Date!

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

July 22-31, 2016

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LocoCoco Shave Ice

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JOAN OSBORNE Hits Kauai for single show on July 29

Weekly at KCC Campus! Elmer’s Farm

SATURDAYS 9:30am–1pm

Myrna Francisco & Ailyn Viernes “Got Tomatoes! Chili Peppers! Papaya! from Elmer’s farm at Kilohana.”

From Farmers Market to Farm Fair The Kauai County Farm Bureau Supports Agriculture

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IN THIS ISSUE: 2. OUT & ABOUT:

Top picks for the week

3. ENTERTAINMENT:

Joan Osborne

4-5. DINING OUT KAUAI:

- LocoCoco Shave Ice - Banandi Creperie

6. BOOK REVIEW:

‘Hawaiian Birth Signs’

7. CHECK DA SCENE:

OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK TODAY LOVE NOTES 7 P.M., CSL KAUAI An evening of cabaret starring Rita Andriello and Patrick Feren. Pupus and beverages will be served. Advance tickets only $45, www. cslkauai.org. BON DANCE 7:30 P.M., KAPAA HONGWANJI MISSION ‘JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH’ 7 P.M., KCC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Hawaii Children’s Theatre’s Summer Stars program presents “James and the Giant Peach JR.” $10 advance, $12 door. 246-8985

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MAEVA TAHITI 4:30 TO 6:30 P.M., POIPU BEACH ATHLETIC CLUB South Shore Tahiti-Kauai celebration featuring Toa Huhina/O Tahiti E, Halau Hula Ka lei Mokihana o Leinaala. There will be art vendors, door prizes. $20 HULA TRIBUTE 5:30 TO 7 P.M., KAUAI MARRIOTT RESORT AND BEACH CLUB, GRAND BALLROOM Performances by Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinaala, K Ipu HaŒa Œo Kekauilani, and Halau Hula Na Lei Kupua O Kauai.

Kauai Community Market

ARTISAN FAIR 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M., POIPU BEACH HOOHUI CONCERT 5 P.M., SHERATON KAUAI RESORT, LUAU LAWN

Performances by The Kamaainas, Hoku Zuttermeister and Weldon Kekauoha and the halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leina’ala. $15 REGIONAL CONVENTION 9:20 A.M., KAUAI WAR MEMORIAL CONVENTION HALL Jehovah’s Witnesses annual regional convention. Learn what the book of Job teaches about remaining loyal despite intense suffering.

‘JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH’ 7 P.M., KCC PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Hawaii Children’s Theatre’s Summer Stars program presents “James and the Giant Peach JR.” $10 advance, $12 door. 246-8985 OCEANS 6:30 P.M., HANAPEPE LIBRARY Oceans4Peace is having a free movie showing of “Oceans.” This is apart of their RIMPAC impact film series. STREET FAIR 5 TO 9 P.M., CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL

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88 SHRINES LAWAI INTERNATIONAL CENTER Take a walk on the path of the 88 Shrines. Tours are 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m., Donations appreciated.

EAST COAST SWING 7 P.M., KILAUEA NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Five week series beginning East Coast Swing. $5, class or $20 series.

BALLROOM DANCE CLUB 7 TO 8 P.M., HANAPEPE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER Beginning dances are Rumba, Swing Hustle and Intermediate Tango. Classes are from 7 to 9 p.m. 335-3554

ANOTHER PARADISE 5:30 TO 6:30 P.M., PRINCEVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY Kalasara Setsaya went to Antarctica on a whale research trip.

‘CHOICES’ 4 TO 5:15 P.M., LYDGATE BEACH PARK CSL Kauai, a spiritual community is reaching out to teens ages 13 through 17 with their youth program “Choices.”

DAVID CROSBY IN CONCERT 6:30 P.M., KAUAI BEACH RESORT, JASMINE BALLROOM $70-80, www.ghostfingerproductions.com.

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HEART AND SOUL

Joan Osborne hits Kauai July 29 for show at KCC

rowing up in the small town of Anchorage, Kentucky, multi-platinum recording artist Joan Osborne would spend her summers wandering in the woods and singing to the birds. Osborne, who’s know for her hit song, “One of Us,” will wander into another small town community this summer and perform her beautiful and popular hits. “I have never been to Kauai, but I’ve heard so much about it over the years, so I’m very excited,” Osborne said. Osborne will perform an acoustic show with piano player Keith Cotton at Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center on July 29. “It’s going to be a beautiful night of music — Keith and I will give a 100 percent of our heart and soul,” Osborne said. “I’ve been told by many of my fans the music has real healing power and that it lifts people up and gives them courage and it’s also really fun.” The show will highlight piano arrangements of Osborne’s music

Shops, Restaurants & Services at Ching Young Village:

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Aloha from Hanalei

Hanalei Strings

Na Pali Properties

Aloha Juice Bar

Honua Engineering

On the Road to Hanalei

Banandi Creperie

Hot Rocket

Pedal and Paddle

Big Save

Hula Moon Gifts of Hanalei

Reside Kauai LLC

Bouchons

Jo-Jo Shave Ice

Spinning Dolphin

Blue Tiki Tattoo

Kalypso

Styles Studio Hanalei

Chocolat Hanalei

Kauai Nut Roasters

The General Store of Hanalei

DeCamp Construction

Kauai Vacation Rentals

Tresor Rare

Divine Planet

Kayak Hanalei

Timeshare Resales

Chicken in a Barrel BBQ

Kokonut Kids

Village Snack & Bakery

Hanalei Bay Pizzeria

L&L Hawaiian BBQ

Village Variety

Hanalei River Healing

Lee Acupuncture

Hanalei Surf Backdoor

Na Pali Catamaran

Joan Osborne will perform on Kauai for the first time

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ICE AND COCONUTS MO’ BETTA’

DENNIS FUJIMOTO TGIFR!DAY

LocoCoco open in Poipu

li Carone was enjoying her first day of work at the LocoCoco Shave Ice trailer parked outside the Kukuiula Store in Poipu. “Ice and coconut mo’ betta,’” she said with a smile that comes with the excitement from the first day of work. Thomas Oliver is the owner of LocoCoco Shave Ice, a custom-made trailer that dispenses local style shave ice in an assortment of flavors, a special LocoCoco in a coconut half shell, cold coconuts, as well as non-shave ice Lip Bliss and Blessed Bee Honey.

“The syrups are all natural,” Oliver said. “I use natural fruit purees, organic sugar, or Kauai Blessed Bee honey. I always wanted to sell something which was 100 percent natural, and now, I have a product I can be proud of.” The regular shave ice comes in a recycleable paper cup with a choice of flavors that includes mango, strawberry, lychee, guava, blood orange, mandarin orange, kalamansi, raspberry, or lime. Ice cream is available as an add-on. Shave ice is also available in a coconut half shell for

additional cost. “We get plenty coconuts,” Oliver said. “I climb for my own coconuts, and there is a lot out there.” Hours for the shave ice truck are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week. Oliver said he likes being parked in front of Kukuiula Store. “I was born near here and Photo by Dennis Fujimoto we know the Kuribayashi Thomas Oliver of LocoCoco Shave Ice grinds out an order inside his trailer parked in front of family from the time we the Kukuiula Store. were growing up,” he said. “My brother Matthew has two locations! Makai Sushi inside the store, and Daniel Hertado of Da Enjoy a complimentary basket of fresh Crack is our good friend. We hot chips and a cup of salsa per table. all grew up together.”

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COOKING UP CREPES

JENNA CARPENTER TGIFR!DAY

Banandi Creperie opens shop at Ching Young Village in Hanalei

hen Kyrylo Babenko moved to Kauai in 2014, he wanted to bring something beautiful to the island. That’s why, last year, he opened Banandi Creperie, an eatery that serves sweet and savory crepes, along with specialty coffee drinks. Babenko moved to the island from Ukraine and brought in professionals from Europe and the Mainland. The business started as a food

truck near the Hanalei Liquor Store. Business grew, and as part of an expansion plan, Babenko recently opened up a brick and mortar location in Ching Young Village in front of the shopping center. He employs four Babenko cooks and four Baristas. “We hired people without experience and helped them to get experience,” he said. “We try

to practice with them a bit to see how the person fits with us.” Popular crepes are the bacon and scrambled egg and the strawberry and banana with Nutella, Babenko said. Ingredients are fresh, organic and come from local farmers. Babenko hopes to expand Banandi Creperie, perhaps in Poipu. “The nearest plan is to open another location on this island and then have one on each of the other islands,” he said.

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Music Continued from page 3

I just wanted to have a different kind of show where we can take the tunes that people were used to hearing in a full-band setting and just kind of distilled down to their essence.” Joan Osborne Multi-platinum recording artist

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aspects of them, too,” she said. Osborne and Cotton will perform songs from the 2012 album “Bring it on Home,” which was nominated for a Grammy for blues album of the year. “We’ll be taking the songs from the full band versions and kind of presenting them in this very essential kind of way,” she said. “It’s a mix of the different original music I put out and some of the cover albums I put out.” Tickets for the show are $45 for general admission and $65 for gold circle and may be purchased at www.lazarbearproductions.com/t/joan-osborne. Doors open at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.

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he Kauai Community Market, a partnership between the Kauai County Farm Bureau and the Kauai Community College is a place to get farmbased products from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. Melissa McFerrin-Warrack, market coordinator, said there are two goals for the market — to be a gathering place, and a place where the community, students, and farmers can talk story. “You mean, we’re doing this and don’t know it?”

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