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11TH ANNUAL ALL ANGELS JAZZ FESTIVAL 7-9 p.m., St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church Shows off the best of Hawaii’s jazz musicians.

This concert features Abe Lagrimas Jr. with Noel Okimoto, and Hot Club of Hulaville. Tickets, info: stmichaels-kauai.org or call St. Michael’s office at 245-3796.

SATURDAY KUKUIULA OUTRIGGER RECRUITING DAY 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kukuiula Harbor, Lawai Road Learn the art and culture of Hawaiian outrigger canoe paddling. Join us for paddling instruction, club information and refreshments.

Be part of a fun and active community of paddlers. Info: Fran McDonald, 635-0165.

FILM GARDENS OF GRACE Kauai: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Kukui Grove Cinema, free.

KAUAI HOSPICE BENEFIT 5 to 8 p.m. Paradise Beauty Salon and Spa in Kapaa Will donate 50 percent of proceeds from haircuts and make-up lessons to Kauai’s Hospice. Call for appointment: 821-0807.

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AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE LEVEL 1 CLASS Every Tuesday and Thursday 5:30 to 7 p.m. for six weeks at Kauai Community College.

Taught by Angie Molina, deaf instructor for 25 years. Registration: 245-8318.

PLANT PRESENTATION 5:30 p.m. Kauai Community College cafeteria David Lorence, director of science and conservation at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, will be speaking about his work collecting rare plants in Samoa.

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

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Speaker will be Dr. Keli‘i Akina, trustee-at-large, Office of Hawaiian Affairs and president/CEO of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii. General seating is $75. Buy tickets at eventbrite. Info: Yoder, 855-5503, or Sandi Sterker, 639-9631.

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or Alan Van Zee, there’s just something about jazz.

“It’s free spirited. It doesn’t follow the rules,” he said. “And there’s such an incredible wide spectrum of jazz music, so when you think you know it, you hear something new and you think ‘I haven’t heard it like that before.’”

Van Zee, music director for St. Michael and All Saints Episcopal Church, is in charge of organizing the church’s annual jazz festival, which began 11 years ago when Bill Miller was the pastor.

“He had done a previous festival at his church in Texas. He was always a big fan of jazz, so when he came to JENNA CARPENTER St. Michael’s, he brought the idea with him,” Miller said.

TGIFR!DAY “At the beginning, the artists came from the Hawaiian islands. Then, little by little, we started bringing in artists from the Mainland and other countries.”

While Van Zee has been involved with the festival since the beginning as part of the choir for the jazz Mass, this is his second year as organizer.

“I’m familiar with the festival, but that’s quite different from being in charge of it,” he said. “There were definitely times my first year of planning where I thought ‘what did I get myself into.’”

The festival has grown since its early days, attracting tourists and residents alike. Residents mark the festival on their calendar, and some people come year after year. About 800 to 1,000 are expected to watch this year.

“People tell me they plan their vacation to Kauai around the jazz festival,” Van Zee said.

For this year’s festival, Van Zee wanted to focus on Hawaiian jazz artists, bringing musicians from throughout the state.

“We decided to do a Hawaii all-stars event,” he said. “It’s wonderful because it reminds people how much world-class talent we have here.”

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Performers include the Hot Club of Hulaville, Abe Lagrimas Jr., Bruce Hamada, all of Honolulu, and Maggie Herron, of the Big Island.

Kauai musicians slated to perform include David Braun, Dennis McGraw, Karen Dickinson and David Yukimura.

Meeting musicians is one of Van Zee’s favorite parts of the festival.

“They’re all humble, regular people who just happen to have amazing talents,” he said.

During Sunday’s jazz Mass, Kauai keiki, Blade Kanekuni and Nialani Green will Photo courtesy Alan Van Zee be performing a tap Abe Lagrimas will be performing Saturday at St. Michaels and All dance routine.

Angels Episcopal Church for the 11th annual jazz festival.

An addition to the festival is a documentary called “Night Bird Song.” The film, filmed by Stephanie Castillo, of Kauai, documents the life of Thomas Chapin, a famous jazz musician.

The film is free and open to the public.

Van Zee said he enjoys being able to provide people with an outlet to discover jazz.

“It’s a great introduction for people who haven’t had a lot of exposure to jazz. There are people who never listened to jazz who come to the festival and they love it.”

The festival begins tonight and runs through Sunday. Tickets for Friday and Saturday night are $60.

Sunday’s events are free. There are two jazz masses — at 8:30 and 11 a.m. The showing of “Night Bird Song” starts at 7 p.m.

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Diners fill Japanese Grandma’s Cafe on Sunday night.

Keiko Napier’s restaurant adds flavor to Hanapepe

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hen one drives into Hanapepe, it’s pretty dark and quiet most nights. The majority of stores and restaurants are closed. The streets are free of traffic. People are scarce.

Until you loop through the town on Hanapepe Road. There, on the right, one storefront is bright. There are lights and there are people inside and cars parked outside.

It is Japanese Grandma’s Cafe.

On this Sunday night, owner Keiko Napier greets guests with a warm, friendly smile. Customers at tables are engrossed in their authentic Japanese cuisine and conversation. Many come for the sushi,

perhaps the most popular item on the dine in/take out menu.

Master Sushi Chef, Shinji Ueki, and Executive Chef, Tom Falchini, are behind the counter, skillfully slicing sashimi with insanely fast movements and still managing to talk story with enthralled customers.

Artwork decorates the white walls.

Napier and staff keep close tabs on guests there for a Japanese Kaiseki Dinner ($75), that features seven offerings, served one after the other, not too quickly, not too slowly. Just right.

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Chawanmushi, described as traditional savory hot custard with shrimp, chicken and vegetables. Next comes Sake Miso Yaki, (broiled salmon with miso glaze); Ebi Kakiyage (shrimp tempura and vegetables); Tako Sunomono (cooked octopus served with cucumber salad, lightly dressed in a Japanese vinaigrette); Unagi Roll with Dashiki Tomago (broiled eel served with a Japanese egg omelette); Goma Tofu (homemade sesame seed based tofu) and rice, miso and pickled vegetables.

The food, fresh and crisp and neatly arranged, is perfectly prepared. The service is just as good. While prices might seem a bit high, remember, this is no ordinary

dinner. It is Japanese cuisine at its finest.

It’s more than about food. It’s an experience. And Kaiseki Dinner is only offered a few times a month with two sittings each night. Reservations are required.

Since opening Japanese Grandpa’s Cafe and the retail store Blue Umi under one roof after an extensive remodel of the 1926 USO Club building at 3871 Hanpepe Road, Napier has been steadily building a strong, loyal following. She makes the rounds during dinner, chatting with customers and checking to be sure everyone is happy.

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SEE JAPANESE, PAGE 6 Keiko Napier, owner of Japanese Grandma’s Cafe, is joined by Executive Chef Tom Falchini and Master Sushi Chief Shinji Ueki

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It’s about time

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do our minds record time? What is it that we are actually experiencing?

Is the moment we are experiencing now actually “now?” Do children and infants experience time differently than adults? Why is it that the years seem to go by faster now than it did when we were kids?

By visiting with a host of numerous scientists ranging from physicists, psychologists, astrophysicist, and neuroscientists, his quest to learn all CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS that he can in order to unravel what SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY time is and how we experience it brings him all over the world. One of his travels brings him to stay up t is a commonly-used saying that in the Arctic, purposely to lose the all of us are familiar with. We use experience of the passing of the it in various contexts of how we day since the sun stays in the sky 24 experience life, such as “Time flies hours during the summer. when you’re having fun!” or “We have “Why Time Flies” provides us with to make the time.” or “Hurry up! Time’s an entertaining and witty up-toa-wastin!’”

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Everyone usually is.

“It’s becoming a destination dining place,” Napier said, taking a brief break on a busy night.

Operating a restaurant has its challenges, but Napier loves the creative dishes from Ueki and Falchini and bringing this line of food to Kauai.

“I just feel that the island needed a great Japanese restaurant,” she said.

Dinner sets range from Kurobuta Pork Tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet, shredded cabbage and seasonal veggies, $30), Unaju (broiled eel with rice and eel sauce, $36) and Beef Ribeye ($39).

Lunch includes Shrimp Tempura Bowl ($17), Organic Tofu Bowl ($11) and Pan Seared Organic Chicken Bowl.

Locals love it, too, many for that sushi mentioned earlier, with sets starting at $39.

While there are early bird prices, this is not the best place if you’re after cheap, fast food. It is a wonderful place if you are willing to pay for unique, delicious Japanese cuisine and professional service.

Napier and her chefs have big plans for Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14. The five-course meal, $75, will feature White Fish Carpaccio (seasonal white fish, ponzu, yuzu kosho, lobster Won Tons in porcini cream sauce); Braised Pork Belly and Roasted Pork Loin; Zuke Bowl (ahi tuna, sushi rice, ginger, wasabi) and Green Tea Panna Cotta.

It’s all served in a cozy, comfortable setting where smiles and laughter and delighted guests are the norm — which is just what Napier, born in Tokyo and raised in California, hoped when she pursued her lifelong dream to open a restaurant in honor of her father, a master Japanese chef who owned a Japanese restaurant.

She visited Kauai for the first time in about 20 years in 2015. Shortly afterward, when she became aware the building in Hanapepe was for sale, she didn’t hesitate to make the deal to buy it. It’s an investment she believes in.

“I’m happy we did it. It’s been the experience of a lifetime,” she said.

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