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Week of Friday, July 20, 2018 | Vol. 6, No. 29

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“CRIMES OF THE HEART” 7 p.m. WIT’s End Theater in Kukui Grove Center Tickets: womeintheatre.org or 635-3727 SATURDAY

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tudents at Kauai Film Academy were stoked when members of the “Jungle Cruise” production crew walked through their doors at Kukui Grove Center.

It was mid-swing in the Kauai production of the film, and KFA Directors Elliot Lucas and Edwin Sawyer said crewmembers took

the time to connect with the kids and check out their equipment.

“We were training and working with the editing team and the Disney guys just waked in,” Sawyer said.

He continued: “These are the guys that were involved in ‘Thor,’ ‘The Shallows,’ ‘Mars Attacks,’ ‘True Lies.’ It was unreal and we were all blown

away by how cool everyone was. They were really open, really nice.”

Crews told the students it was hard work and time that got most of them jobs in Hollywood, and gave tidbits of what it was like working on set during “Jungle Cruise,” much of which SEE PAU, PAGE 3

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was filmed at various Kauai locations.

“It showed them they were just regular guys,” Lucas said. “Just normal people who worked their way up in the industry.”

Randy Francisco, Kauai film commissioner, said forming those connections and inspiring future creative industry people is one of the benefits of having productions on Kauai.

An island-grown creative industry comprised of local professionals is the goal, and Francisco said Kauai people have the talent to make it happen.

“We have award-winning kids that are future film makers and creative writers.

They’re becoming versatile in technology to help grow our local industry for the next generation,” Francisco said. “That was the biggest payoff for me, having a production of this caliber gives the island and our youth the opportunity.”

Crocus Production, part of Disney, started pre-production of the project on Kauai in January and began filming in early May. Production ran through June and then Crocus picked up and moved to their next location in Atlanta.

The main set was built on the Kapaia Reservoir, which Francisco says was restored to “better than pristine” condition after the production finished.

Hundreds of Kauai people were involved in the production, Francisco said, from cast and crewmembers to construction workers and truck drivers,

‘Jungle Cruise’ was a shot in the arm for the island’s economy during the

has some “big projects” stepping into line for this fall, but couldn’t say any more about the matter.

He did say he was proud of how Kauai people got

involved with the production.

“Various places people would see these crews and they were curious but they were respectful,” he said.

••• Jessica Else, environment reporter, can be reached at 245-0452 or jelse@thegardenisland. com.-

traditionally slower season. There were tons of businesses that benefited from things like bringing in materials for the road and feeding people.”

Mark Perriello President, Kauai Chamber of Commerce

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chefs and caterers, security teams and portable toilet companies.

“There were tons of businesses that benefited from things like bringing in materials for the road and feeding people. They were feeding hundreds of meals a day,” Francisco said.

Mark Perriello, Kauai Chamber of Commerce president, said he’s heard positive reports from rental car agencies and hotels that the “Jungle Cruise” production kept them busy. “’Jungle Cruise’ was a shot in the arm for the island’s economy during the traditionally slower season,” Perriello said.

Sue Kanoho, executive director of Kauai Visitors Bureau, said she received positive feedback about the production’s economic impact as well, but that’s just the beginning.

Filming parts of a Disney movie on Kauai introduces people to the island and provides opportunities to build the island’s profile.

KVB is celebrating the 25th anniversary of “Jurassic Park” this fall and after “Pi-

rates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” was filmed, the crew released a video that identified Kauai before the movie came out.

They also did a book called “The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” that included Kauai photos.

Other films that have made a big impact for Kauai were “South Pacific” and “Blue Hawaii.”

Kauai production of a film like “Jungle Cruise” also provides marketing opportunities. Helicopter companies worked with Francisco to adjust flights back to the airport because the normal pathway was directly over the set.

“They were extremely respectful and it took a while to get a pattern worked out, but over time it worked,” Francisco said.

“They understood that down the road they’d be able to add the segment on their tours and say ‘this is where it was filmed.’”

Francisco said his goal is to have a seamless stream of productions using Kauai as a location, and that he

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‘ENJOY YOUR FOOD’

Kauai’s first gastropub opens in Kapaa

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ABOVE: The Avalon Gastropub’s scotch egg is a soft-boiled egg wrapped with house-made pork belly sausage, breaded and fried. It is served with arugula and chipotle dijon-aise. RIGHT: Casey Swanson, Alison Avalon and Gabe Avalon, from left, stop for a photo in front of the kitchen at Avalon Gastropub, the family’s newly opened restaurant in Kapaa.

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cotch eggs, pub steak and a smattering of beer-battered bites line the menu at one of Kauai’s newest restaurants, and the island’s first gastro-

pub.

Avalon Gastropub in Kapaa also boasts burgers and fried brussel sprouts, fried mac ‘n’ cheese and a quinoa salad with roasted Okinawan sweet potato, piquillo peppers, red onion, kale and roasted butternut

squash.

Located along the Coconut Coast in the Kinipopo Shopping Village, at Avalon Gastropub you can grab a margarita, one of a few beers on tap, or a can of Underwood wine inside at the bar or at a table, or eat

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“A lot of this is stuff that we’ve always made and wanted to share,” said owner and chef Gabe Avalon.

“Like the jalapeno poppers, we have them at all our barbecues and parties at our house.”

Avalon opened the gastropub with his wife Alison in mid-May over a busy graduation weekend while simultaneously celebrating one of their three sons’ commencement at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

“It took us 25 days to get in,” Alison said. “We flew over to UH and then back home and opened right away.”

It’s the first restaurant the couple has opened and the result of both of their longtime careers in the food industry and their goal to run a family-friendly

We have a smoker and eatery with an emphasis on the food and alcohol on smoke everything in-house,” the side.

Alison said.

Gabe Avalon is grillmasFor those with food ter of the gastropub. allergies, Avalon Gastropub He grinds meats in-house is a haven, as the owners for sausages and hamhave a firm understanding burgers while Alison slings of cross-contamination and deserts like lilikoi crème preparation for things like brule — made from scratch shellfish allergies and those in-house. with celiac disease.

“We use local ingredients Their French and sweet as much as possible. Right potato fries aren’t breaded, now we’re using Makaweli and they have gluten-free beef,” Alison said. “Basically, bread and a dedicated we like to make comfort gluten-free fryer. food and upscale it.”

“Just tell us you have an Gastropubs are tradiallergy and it’s easy for us to tionally places for culinary accommodate,” Alison said. creativity with fare a step Plant-based options above cold-cut pub grub, include salads, and also The and Alison said that’s reBeyond Burger, which is a flected in their menu, which plant-based burger marketchanges with the seasons ed to taste like a traditional and with inspiration. beef burger.

“The food is all fresh, Prices range from $8 to made from scratch; all of our sauces and everything. SEE GASTROPUB, PAGE 5

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AHI TEMPURA Made with sushi grade ahi, tempura battered and lightly fried.

Topped with wasabi aioli, salmon roe and unagi reduction.

Perfection.

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ABOVE: The pub steak at Avalon Gastropub is an eight-ounce tenderloin sliced and served with chipotle butter and a choice of french fries, garlic mashed potatoes or white rice. BELOW: Alison Avalon talks with bartender and server David McCann just after opening the doors for dinner at Avalon Gastropub in Kapaa.

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$18 for small plates like truffle fries, beer-battered fish tacos and poke nachos; $12 to $22 for main dishes like The Avalon Burger and the pub steak; and $10 to $12 for dessert like bread pudding and cheesecake.

Beers are in the $6-to-$8 range for bottles and cans, mules and margaritas are $12, and wine is between $8 and $11.

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The emphasis, however, will always be on the food at Avalon Gastropub.

“We’re a fun, family-friendly place, where we

want you to enjoy your food,” Gabe said.

••• Jessica Else, environment writer, can be reached at 245-0452 or jelse@ thegardenisland.com.-

MINNESOTA HELPS 13-YEAR-OLD BOY KEEP HIS HOT DOG BUSINESS ASSOCIATED PRESS

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13-year-old entrepreneur who was reported for operating a hot dog stand without a license is still in business thanks to Minnesota officials who could’ve shut him down.

The Minnesota Department of Health received a complaint this summer about the hot dog stand that Jaequan Faulkner had set up outside his Minneapolis home. He called the operation Mr. Faulkner’s Old-Fashioned Hot Dogs.

But instead of closing down the operation, the agency decided to help — health inspectors even pitched in to pay for the $87 permit, Minnesota Public Radio reported.

Daniel Huff, the department’s environmental health director, said the agency was excited to help a young man with such drive. Huff also contacted the Northside Economic Opportunity Network, which gave Jaequan some pointers on running a business and keeping his stand clean.

Jaequan said he’s thinking about donating some of earnings to charities that help people with depression.

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FAR OUT! TAKE A PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEY CYNTHIA LYNN & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

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ichael Pollan, author of the enormously popular “Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “In Defense of Food,” has

taken a surprise turn from what we readers have known of his usual topics and ventured into a very controversial subject matter: psychedelics, and their use in modern medicine and psychotherapy.

While we ourselves do not condone the use of them recreationally, the effects and potential uses of psychedelics are being researched in a whole new scientific light. According to his newly released book “How to Change Your Mind,”

these drugs are beginning to be brought to the forefront as possible treatments for many conditions such as depression, anxiety and addiction with interesting findings and notable successes.

While not a lifelong advocate of these drugs, the author shares what his own skepticism was and takes us through his many studies and his own journey of discovery of what he found regarding psychedelics.

His 400-page book takes

us into his research, delving deeply into the latest studies in brain science, and also introducing many of us to the mostly-unknown world of “psychedelic therapists.”

Also, while it may seem controversial for a mainstream author, Pollan even relates his personal adventures into various altered states of consciousness, which is a surprising move and makes it a fascinating personal exploration as well.

Michael Pollan is the

author of seven previous New York Times best-selling books. He has been a longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine, and also teaches writing at Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley.

In 2010, TIME magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.

Many people who have already discovered “How to Change Your Mind” consider it a masterful piece of journalism, as well

as bold in his willingness to approach such a taboo subject.

••• Cynthia Lynn and Ed Justus are owners of The Bookstore in Hanapepe.

DENZEL WASHINGTON KILLS IN ‘THE EQUALIZER 2’ MARK KENNEDY ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ou won’t usually find Denzel Washington in a movie sequel. He just doesn’t do them. Something about not wanting to repeat himself. So there must be something special indeed for him to break his own rule for “The Equalizer 2.”

Fans of the first film will instantly know why Washington is drawn to the character of Robert McCall, a quiet middle-aged retired special-ops agent who fiercely believes in justice, likes to help others and dispenses the occasional lethal judgement for those deserving.

“We all have to pay for our sins,” he tells a group of very bad guys in the new, highly satisfying edition, before vowing to hunt each one dead. His only regret? He can kill them only once.

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Denzel Washington is on the hunt in a scene from “Equalizer 2.”

“The Equalizer 2 “ reconnects many of the people behind the 2014 debut alongside the always-vital Washington — Antoine Fuqua returns to direct, as does writer Richard Wenk, and actors Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo. McCall first appeared in the mid-1980s on TV with Edward

Woodward playing him as a bit of an English dandy. In the film series, Washington plays McCall as a tad obsessive-compulsive, but not consistently. He’s the kind of guy who brings his own tea bag to a restaurant in a neatly folded napkin and arranges the cutlery just so.

But, when prompted, his vision

suddenly becomes hyper-clear and he meticulously pre-plans every step in taking down a room of thugs, often without a gun. He’s like Monk crossed with Sherlock Holmes.

In the first film, a hooker with a heart of gold pulls McCall out of retirement when she is badly beaten by her pimp. By the end, McCall has blown up most of Boston’s waterfront, exposed a nest of corrupt local cops and systematically executed every member of a Russian gang, even going to Moscow to finish the job.

The second film takes place sometime later, with McCall now a Lyft driver, selectively helping people he encounters. He’s kind to old people (a Holocaust survivor, for extra depth) and little kids, who adore him. He mentors a troubled teen (Ashton Sanders), hoping to steer him away from drug dealing

and toward art school. Few people could pull off this cheesy sainthood like Washington, oozing charisma and self-assured masculinity.

When a group of smarmy, cocky Wall Street types abuse an intern during a coke-fueled party, Washington drives her to the hospital and then returns to wreak vengeance, slicing one dude with his own luxury credit card and then taunting his bleeding victims with “I expect a five-star rating.” It takes him a scant 29 seconds to destroy the room full of rich snobs; he times it, naturally.

The film eventually lands on a critical thread — someone crucial to McCall’s murky past is murdered in Brussels and that reveals a barrel of bad government apples. Oh, there’s also a hurricane crashing up the East coast, timed for the climax, a little over the top if we’re being honest.

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GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL

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Jonathan, Ziva and Heather Pierson

Kalia Henderson, Zehava Velarde

Ella, Lisa, Eden and Ezra Ives

Jayda Prem Tumbaga, Justin Brun-Duque, Katie Mae, Jessica Kaleiohi, Kauinoe Brun-Hoskins

Victoria Kinkki, Savannah Hubbard, Maddison Hubbard, Tanner Hubbard

undreds of families got a head start on back to school by sharing in more than $18,000 in free school supplies distributed during the Back to School Bash at Kukui Grove Center.

Numerous community sponsors pooled their resources to help fund the load of supplies and collected to help with the distribution that took place under the canopy of a collection of keiki and youth resources, health geared toward active and fun lifestyles, and enhanced with special back-to-school offerings from the mall’s tenants.

Pau Hana Ts and the Bandwagon opened their doors for the first time, and Deja Vu Surf Hawaii enhanced their offerings with special guests like Clint Moncata, who represented Volcom and came in from Honolulu, and local artist Trysen Kaneshige, who did a custom air brush on select purchases.

The state Department of Education’s first day of school is Aug. 7 for many of its schools. Teachers return to classrooms, Aug. 1.

••• Dennis Fujimoto, staff writer and photographer, can be reached at 245-0453 or dfujimoto@thegardenisland. com.

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