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Week of Friday, September 13, 2019 | Vol. 7, No. 37

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Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

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Menu items change daily at The Lanai at The Shops at Kukuiula

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Executive Chef Blake Pascua changes menu items frequently

sphere combined with swank rustic décor is a pleasant surprise. Distressed Indonesian teak wood, tiki torches COCO ZICKOS and soft lighting are Pascua TGIFR!DAY among the many characteristics that put patrons at asual meets sophistication ease at this charming eatery. It’s at The Lanai, a chic Poipu the kind of trendy hot spot you’d restaurant and bar that expect to find in a bustling city, emulates the lanai of an elegant but instead, it’s discreetly tucked plantation home. inside The Shops at Kukuiula on Owners Howard Warner and the South Shore.

Jeff Sacchini came up with this This hip dining establishment, design concept that harmoniously which opened its doors in 2016 melds the quaint look of yesterand is attached to the gourmet year with contemporary fashion. grocery, Living Foods Market, not They wanted to offer people a luxurious place to unwind yet feel only delivers on its ambiance but comfortable in their T-shirts, shorts also on its menu. Its ever-evolving island cuisine boasts of eclectic and slippers. cultural flavors, thanks to the A relaxed open-air atmo-

culinary creativity of Executive Chef Blake Pascua. The Oahu native spent almost three decades in Louisville, Kentucky, where he worked his way up the food industry ladder to the Oakroom — the only AAA Five Diamond Restaurant in the southern state.

He went on to help open a number of restaurants, from the 300-seat Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse and Raw Bar to the Basa Restaurant, a former classic upscale Vietnamese/French establishment where he held the reins as chef de cuisine for three years.

Afterward, Pascua found his way to the Garden Isle, and eventually to The Lanai, where he has guided the kitchen for about two years. His first project was revamping the entire menu, and those who dined at the restaurant prior to his arrival will recognize the difference.

He kept a few of the mainstays, including the entrée, Loco Moco, a modern take on local comfort food created with braised short SATURDAY TUESDAY ribs soaked in Maui Brewery PLAYGROUND GRAND OPENING SEMINAR ON LOCAL HOUSING coconut porter and served over a 3 to 5 p.m. Anaina Hou Community MARKET mouth-watering truffle mushPark, Kilauea 9 a.m. to noon, Kauai Beach Resort room risotto topped with a fried Tour the completed playground and near Hanamaulu see the new additions. Tour, pule, egg and house-made gravy.

The Kauai Board of Realtors presents potluck.

What’s exciting, however, is the speakers on the local housing market in a gathering called “Road Blocks to new fare he adds to the menu SIERRA CLUB HIKE Affordability.” on a regular basis that uses local Maha‘ulepu coastline. elements as well as southern Moderate, 4-mile round-trip. Mild elFARMERS’ MARKET evation change on a rocky trail. Specingredients, from his Kentucky 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Historic County tacular coastal walk with breathtaking upbringing — something you’d Building, Rice Street, Lihue views along this magnificent coastline. be hard-pressed to find anywhere WEDNESDAY Leader: Lee Gately, 661-373-4834 else on Kauai.

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The Shaka Bowl is 48 ounces aflame that will set your taste buds on fire.

your meal right with one of the many pupu bound to throw a party in your mouth. Avocado croquettes are the perfect example, where avocados are deep-fried in spicy breading and accompanied with tantalizing extras like sweet soy glaze, tropical chutney and spicy aioli. Sounds simple, yet this dish is anything but in its unusual display of palate-pleasing flavors.

You also can’t go wrong with Hawaiian ceviche, made with the fresh, local catch of the day, such as opah, wild-caught shrimp, tomatoes, avocado and zesty pineapple salsa, served with a side of chips for scooping. Salads are always a refreshing option to kick start your meal as well, and every single one offers a splendid spread of seasonings.

And let’s not forget that this establishment is known for its playful selection of tropical signature cocktails garnished with Kauai-grown seasonal favorites.

What’s more, The Lanai has one of the best happy hours on island every day from 3 to 5 p.m. that includes $3 beers, $3 off signature drinks and wines by the glass,

as well as discounted lunch and dinner items.

So, pairing drinks with food is a mission that’s easily accomplished, especially when the options are made entirely from scratch using as many local and organic ingredients as possible.

The 48-ounce Shaka Bowl will set your taste buds on fire with its brew of Bacardi Coconut Rum, Funkin Passion Fruit Puree, strawberry puree, natural li hing powder, lemon and pineapple juice that arrives at your table complete with a “volcanic” flame.

Also, the Lanai Tai, a contemporary spin on the mai tai, is an indulgent drink consisting of a medley of Koloa Coconut and Gold rums (made on island), orange curacao, orgeat, lime juice, orange flower water and a float of Koloa Dark Rum. For those who enjoy a little heat, the Bad Influence is a fiery combo of lemon, spicy habanero vodka, fresh slices of jalapeño, and cooled off with mango and pineapple juice and honey, as well as a smoked ginger lime salt SEE LANAI, PAGE 3

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along the rim of the glass, to help ease the peppery flame.

With such a vast array of wine and spirits procured from around the world, it’s difficult to pick just one.

Even if you’re a wine con-

noisseur, your options are just as extensive, with vino imported from at least six countries around the world that can be ordered by the bottle or glass.

Make sure you save room for one of The Lanai’s sumptuous desserts, like the Crème Brulee Duo or cheesecake — each an ideal way to top off an elegant meal.

The Lanai is a great place to relax, where top-of-theline island food and drinks make the experience that much better. Perfect for a nightcap or a delectable treat after a “hard day” lounging at the beach, the menu differs from anything else on the Garden Isle, and the best part is that while local favorites stick around, the items are

consistently changing, so you never get bored no matter how many times you frequent here.

The Lanai’s high quality, sustainably grown and locally harvested dishes offer

flavorful diversity and are an amiable blend of cultural ingredients that will leave you wanting more.

The Lanai is open daily for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., happy hour from 3

to 5 p.m., and dinner from 5 to 9 p.m.

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The Lanai is an outdoor restaurant in Poipu that features an ample selection of handcrafted cocktails.

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HISTORY CHANNEL DROPS OUT OF PLANNED DILLINGER DOCUMENTARY

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JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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he History Channel has dropped out of a planned documentary on 1930s gangster John Dillinger that would have featured the proposed exhumation of his grave in Indianapolis sought by two relatives of the notorious criminal who question whether he’s truly buried there.

A&E Networks spokesman Dan Silberman said Wednesday that The History Channel is no longer involved in the documentary, but declined further comment, saying network officials “do not comment on why we aren’t moving forward with a project.”

Silberman said in early August that the Dil-

linger project had not gone into production.

Dillinger’s nephew, Michael C. Thompson, filed a lawsuit Aug. 14 against Crown Hill Cemetery, after cemetery officials objected to the proposed exhumation.

Thompson is one of two Dillinger relatives who sought a state permit to exhume the gravesite, saying they have evidence that Dillinger’s body may not be buried there and that he may not have been the man FBI agents fatally shot outside a Chicago theater on July 22, 1934. That permit was approved in July.

The FBI said in a statement in August that it was a “myth” that its agents didn’t kill Dillinger and that “a wealth of information supports Dillinger’s demise” including fingerprint matches.

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ishes and drinks inspired by wild pig and strawberry guava, apple snails and lilikoi, mango and Samoan crab will be on display at the Waipa Foundation’s third annual MAKANA: Eat The Invasives dinner on Saturday, Sept. 28.

World-class chefs will partner with hunters, fishermen and farmers to highlight cooking with invasive species and other ingredients sourced from Waipa and neighboring farms to create oneof-a-kind dishes. The event will honor Waipa Foundation’s mission of preserving the aina, community and local foods as examples of healthy interdependent relationships between people and earth’s natural resources.

And there’s beer, too.

Waipa Foundation is again partnering with Kona Brewing Company for the gathering, a pairing that’s been ongoing since 2016.

They’ve been partnering with Waipa Foundatin since 2016, when the Eat The Invasives event was hosted in connection with the launch of their Hanalei Island IPA — made with lilikoi and guava.

chef Adrian Marcelo of the Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas, chef Michael Young of Rumfire Poipu Beach, chef Chloe Soreyand of Truckin Delicious, private chef Jessica Lindman and the Waipa keiki, with signature libations by Cas Schwabe of Akamai Juice.

Practitioners involved include Paepae o He‘eia ‘Ohana (He‘eia, Oahu), The Chandler ‘Ohana, and Courtesy photos Waipa hunters and mahi‘ai.

ABOVE: Volunteers shell and slice invasive apple snails in preparation for the 2018 Waipa Eat the Invasive event.

The event also features a silent TOP RIGHT: Waipa Foundation is gearing up to host the third annual MAKANA: Eat The Invasives dinner on their auction and live entertainment lawn Saturday, Sept. 28. Here is an aerial view of some of the Waipa North Shore acreage. from Project Kuleana.

Cost for the MAKANA: Eat The April 2018 floods closed Kuhio cocktails, tilapia and pigs hunted In 2017, the partnership celeHighway for more than a year, and Invasives event is $80, $135 for VIP from Kauai’s mountains. brated the inaugural MAKANA: Waipa Foundation served as a hub Admission tickets. Table sponsorIn October 2018, just a few Eat The Invasives event, which ships are available. months after April floods devastat- for local families and farmers that evolved since its 2016 inception The gathering is Saturday, ed Kauai’s north shore, the MAKA- were trying to re-establish after when chef Michael Madigan Sept 28, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the property and crops were lost in NA: Eat The Invasives festival sold served a six-course meal to paWaipa Foundation grand lawn, out and raised more than $20,000 the floods. trons in the atrium outside Waipa just outside of Hanalei. Tickets are The 2019 festival features chef to go toward Waipa Foundation’s Foundation’s kitchen.

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‘HARRIET,’ THE FIRST FILM ABOUT TUBMAN, PREMIERES IN TORONTO Former slave was conductor of Underground Railroad

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ard as it may be to believe, “Harriet” is the first feature film about Harriet Tubman.

Kasi Lemmons’ movie about the Underground Railroad leader premiered Tuesday night at the Toronto International Film Festival where festival director Cameron Bailey, introducing the film, noted the cinematic injustice of Tubman only now making it to the big screen.

“There are 30 films about Gen. Custer,” said Bailey. “This is the first film about Harriet Tubman.”

“Harriet,” starring 32-year-old British actress Cynthia Erivo, presents a younger, more vibrant picture of Tubman, whose accomplishments have often been entombed in middle-school history books.

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was my inspiration. There was this very small, young woman who managed to do incredible soldiers on a gunboat raid in things.”

South Carolina. With Col. James Earlier this year, that previMontgomery, she rescued ously unknown photograph more than 700 slaves. Tubman of a more youthful Tubman, also became a noted suffragbelieved to be taken in the ette before dying in 1913.

1860s, was put on display at “Harriet,” which will be the Smithsonian’s National released in theaters on Nov. Museum of African Amer1, focuses on her escape from ican History and Culture in Maryland and, a year later, her Washington. Efforts to make returning raids. a movie about Tubman have “When we think of Harriet, been going on for several we kind of don’t see her wom- years, with Viola Davis (who anhood. That’s partly because Erivo co-starred with in Steve in the pictures we have of her, McQueen’s “Widows”) once in she’s an older woman,” said line to play the part. But the Lemmons, the “Eve’s Bayou” project came together around filmmaker. “There’s a picture Erivo, a casting choice some found fairly recently of Harriet have criticized because she as a young woman, and that isn’t American.

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Cynthia Erivo is Harriet Tubman in a scene from “Harriet.”

ance of Tubman, who was in her late 20s when she escaped from slavery and began going back South to help others to freedom, has largely been of her as an older woman.

“There are pictures of her that have been painted from the wrong time period almost,” said Erivo, the Tony-winning actress of the Broadway revival of “The Color Purple. “It’s important to know this was a really young woman who took a lot of risk in what she was

doing.”

Tubman, whose original name was Araminta Ross, was born into slavery in 1820 or 1821 on the eastern shore of Maryland. In 1849, she fled to Philadelphia, after which a reward for her recapture was posted. But Tubman returned to the South to lead other slaves to freedom, conducting more than 70 people through the Underground Railroad network of abolitionists.

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IN ‘HUSTLERS,’ JENNIFER LOPEZ STEALS MONEY, AND THE SHOW JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ustlers” is, in itself, a hustle.

It looks like a flashy, glamorous movie about strippers — all sparkle and skin and high-heels. And it is that. But the fleshy, dazzling surface of “Hustlers,” written and directed by Lorene Scafaria, cloaks an empowering feminist tale about a sisterhood of women who turn the tables on a male-controlled industry.

“People go into the movie expecting something because stripper is a word that has so many connotations and preconceived notions,” says Scafaria. “That’s the hustle. Hopefully we’re subverting expectations but subverting them in a way that has some nuance to it.”

“Hustlers,” opening in theaters this week following its well-received premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, stars Jennifer Lopez as Ramona, a veteran stripper in New York who takes a young dancer (Constance Wu) under her wing. Ramona organizes a scam to drug Wall Street guys and max out their credit cards. It’s loosely based on a true story, chronicled in a 2015 New York magazine article, and set in the years after the 2008 financial crisis — when far greater, white-collar swindles went largely unprosecuted.

The transactional world of strip clubs — so commonly depicted from a male viewpoint in movies — has seldom been viewed through a female gaze like it is in “Hustlers.” It’s a microcosm, Lopez says, of America.

“It’s all a strip club,” says Lopez.

“You have people tossing the money and people doing the dance.

“This film says something about the inequality that we’ve been yelling and screaming about for

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From left, Lili Reinhart, Jennifer Lopez, Keke Palmer and Constance Wu are hustlers in a scene from “Hustlers.”

entrepreneur from the Bronx. She instantly identified with the role, even if the stripping scenes gave her pause. a while now and kind of making “It was scary. I saw the script and some headway,” she adds. “And it wasn’t like boobs everywhere.

I hate saying that so broadly That wasn’t (Scafaria’s) thing,” says because I love men and there are so many great, supportive beautiful Lopez. “But I also knew I was playing a stripper and I’m a mom and men in the world. But there is this thing that exists that we can’t deny.” what does that all mean? But I felt “Hustlers” might be Lopez’s most good about how Lorene wanted to tell the story and that it was someradiant and regal screen perforthing I could be proud of it.” mance, too, since Steven SoderScafaria, the 41-year-old writer of bergh’s 1998 film “Out of Sight.”

“Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” obAs Ramona, she’s the matriarchal ringleader of an improvised family served how much training Lopez of strippers-turned-hustlers. (Cardi put into the part. As experienced a dancer as she is, pole-dancing B makes her big-screen debut, alongside a cast including Lili Rein- was something else entirely. Lopez’ resplendent entrance in the movie hart and Keke Palmer.) is a stage dance set to Fiona Apple’s Lopez is, like Ramona, an ••• MOVIE REVIEW

“Criminal” while being showered with bills.

“It was like acrobatics. I had to start lifting more weights. I had to change my body,” says Lopez. “I told her, ‘I have to change my body if I do this.’”

“And I was like, ‘Please don’t.

I don’t know what we’re talking about,’” retorts Scafaria, laughing.

In just the past two years, Lopez has released new Spanish-language tracks, launched a cosmetic line, got engaged to former baseball player Alex Rodriguez and recently concluded a 38-concert tour. Time Magazine has ranked her among the 100 most influential people in the world. “Second Act,” released in 2018, proved movie audiences still love her. It grossed

$72.2 million worldwide. She’s also a producer on “Hustlers.”

“People think ‘Oh, she’s not a serious recording artist.’ Or, ‘she’s not really a serious actress,’ or ‘She’s not really a serious entrepreneur.’ No, I’m very serious about all of them.

That’s why I’ve spent most of my life doing as many of those things as possible,” says Lopez. “Because I do all those things, I don’t get the credit at times — which is fine, I don’t care. I love what I do. I have the most amazing life. I feel good about my life. I feel good about where I am.

“But I’ve had to kind of give myself that pat on my back: ‘You’re doing good,’” she says. “Once I started doing that, my whole life changed.”

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Homecoming King Joshua Galiza, Homecoming Queen Hillary Carlos

Miss Victory Waileia Edwards

Class of 2023 representative Zarah “Hema” Naka‘ahiki-Young, Class of 2022 representative Holly Taguma

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Kauai High School girls paddling

Miss Football Miya Reese

Miss Spirit Rebekah Corpuz

Miss Raider Anna Burkman

Class of 2010 representative Cassidy Yamauchi, Class of 2021 representative Xarika Casticimo

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he Kauai High School Homecoming Celebration overflowed onto Kukui Grove Center when its Leadership committee with Kaeo Esposo and Holly Taguma planned to share the festivities with the community through a Homecoming Rally at the mall.

The celebration started with a parade around the mall featuring its homecoming royalty, led by Homecoming King Joshua Galiza and Homecoming Queen Hillary Carlos, the school’s administration with Principal Marlene Leary, the football team that overflowed into escort duty, various school organizations, and a special appearance by the Wilcox Elementary School Creative Arts Program.

The rally featured music by the Kauai High School band led by Darryl Miyasato that performed during the Friday night halftime homecoming celebration with Drum Major Shanel Erorita and Assistant Director Nina Saraos.

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BIG SEAN, HALSEY, MIGOS ROCK RIHANNA’S LINGERIE FASHION SHOW

‘Nobody does fashion week quite like Rihanna’ LEANNE ITALIE AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER

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ig Sean, A$ap Ferg, Halsey and Migos rocked Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty crowd Tuesday from a color-saturated stage at the Barclays Center as Normani and Laverne Cox joined an army of supermodels and dancers in a showcase of her latest loungewear and lingerie.

But don’t look for the juicy new collection on social media, at least not in a big way. The curated audience heavy on young influencers had their phones locked in cases for the New York Fashion Week show, which was filmed for streaming Sept. 20 exclusively on Amazon Prime.

Rule-breakers spent the rest of the evening posting blurry and dimly lit clips taken with sneaked-in phones.

Do look for an opening dancer number featuring Rihanna herself, in black surrounded by fellow dancers.

No, she didn’t sing.

“The easier choice was just to watch from backstage,” she told The Associated Press. “I had to make everybody make an outfit and time and glam but I wanted to do it. I just feel like I haven’t been on stage for a long time. It’s my show, my fans would love it. Even though it’s not a new song from the new album but it’s like, this is what I love and I love performing. It doesn’t matter what it looks like or what it feels like or what aspect of performance it is. I enjoy it.”

Rihanna did right by her fans by putting her latest teddies and other lacy pieces immediately on sale, at Amazon, and by setting up photo

Photos by Evan Agostini / Invision via AP

ABOVE: Actress Dascha Polanco attends the Spring/Summer 2020 Savage X Fenty show, presented by Amazon Prime, at the Barclays Center on Tuesday in New York. RIGHT: Singer Halsey makes her entrance.

booths outside the Brooklyn stadium after the 40-minute show.

On stage, her white, multilevel backdrop evoked a European piazza bathed in purple, yellow and red light. Her legion strutted and danced on platforms and in large windows as she dressed some of the biggest names in modeling, sisters Bella and Gigi Hadid included, harem-style in looks of pink and yellow. She also enlisted 21 Savage as a model and Fat Joe and Tierra Whack to perform.

At one point during the show, a small simulated water pool at center stage rippled as Migos moved. At another point, the crowd threw up their arms as DJ Khaled instructed.

Plus-size model Paloma Elsesser joined the Hadids, Joan Smalls, Alek Wek and Cara Delevingne for Rihanna’s second fashion week foray

of her fledgling brand, this collection for fall-winter. Like her models and dancers, her line ranges in sizes 32A-42H in bras and XS-3X for the rest of the body.

Fashion, dance, music, makeup: Rihanna has done it all.

“All of those things, all of those elements mean the world to me.

They’re all a part of being creative,” she said. “They’re all outlets of my creative journey and doing a fashion show I will never neglect any of those aspects of my creativity or who I am as a performer, entertainer.

I come with a lot. I started with one but I come with a lot now and I will never neglect any of those aspects.”

Move over, Victoria’s Secret, a brand known for its splashy TV specials. This year’s is to be determined.

Nobody does fashion week quite like Rihanna.