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Week of Friday, April 28, 2017 | Vol. 5, No. 17

Grinds & Da Kines For Your Weekend

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Musical opens tonight at Kalaheo Elementary School

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OUT & ABOUT: TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK FRIDAY

SPIRITUAL CINEMA, “THE KID�

6:30 p.m., Center for Spiritual Living Kauai, 4-1579 Kuhio Highway.

Popcorn is served and an optional group discussion follows the movie. Free.

Free ocean movies 7 p.m. Kapaa Public Library. “Mysterious Dolphins� focuses on extraordinary dolphin stories from rescuing humans to communicating with language (30 minutes).

Then “Ocean World� from the BBC series narrated by David Attenborough showcases the grandeur of the sea, revealing the power of the blue expanse that dominates Earth (45 minutes).

SATURDAY

MISS SOUTH PACIFIC BEAUTY AND THE SEA Free movie at the Waimea Theater, 6 p.m.

Presented by the Kauai Committee on the Status of Women. Q&A to follow with writer Teresa Tico “NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT!�

The Kauai Performing Arts Center musical is at 7 p.m. at War Memorial Convention Hall.

Tickets available at the door and from cast members.

ANNUAL WEST KAUAI CANOE CLUB LONG DISTANCE RACE 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Salt Pond Beach Park.

This is the seventh annual long-distance, six-person outrigger canoe race sponsored by

the West Kauai Canoe Club. The race will begin just outside of Salt Pond break, heading either east toward Poipu or west toward Waimea, depending on winds. Cost is $120 per six-person crew, including lunch and awards.

LIMAHULI PRESERVE HIKE AND WORK A rare opportunity to hike into the Limahuli Preserve (normally off limits to the public) in the mid-valley of the garden and tend to rare and endangered native plants. Moderate, two-mile hike. Info: Jane Schmitt 826-6105.

KILAUEA NIGHT MARKET AT ANAINA HOU 4 to 8 p.m. Music, artwork, food.

CREATE A INFOGRAPHIC RESUME 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kauai Community College, Art 2 Room 103 Creative Media Lab. Free. Learn Proven Graphic Design Elements & Principles: In this workshop, participants will learn key design principles and hands-on activities to create an eye-catching resume using Adobe Illustrator.

SUNDAY “NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT!�

The Kauai Performing Arts Center musical is at 2 p.m. at War Memorial Convention Hall.

Tickets available at the door and from cast members.

JAPANESE KYOGEN PERFORMANCE 4 p.m., Kauai Community College. “Power and Folly,� three plays in one. Medieval Japanese satire for the 21st century. Free.

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Musical is a celebration of being different and how we can help each other never had matinees before, but because a lot of the young people go to bed early, we wanted to give everyone an opportunity to enjoy the students’ talent.�

Madayag said she has been inspired by the KALAHEO — Tickets are on sale for students’ willingness to be brave and to take “Honk, Jr.� which opens 7 p.m. Friday chances with their acting. at Kalaheo Elementary School. “Honk, Jr. is a heartwarming celebration of The musical presentation is the being different,� Casillas said. “Ugly, played by fifth grade student Nyla Davis, looks quite difstory of the Ugly Duckling by the Kalaheo School Drama Club directed ferent than her brothers and sisters. The other farm animals are quick to notice and point

by Marly Madayag. out these differences as Ida, the mother duck played by fifth grade student Aubrey Bechard “These student actors — 38 for Honk, Jr. — is quick to protect Ugly.� are dedicated, hard-working, and passionate This leads to an adventure of self discovery about musical theater,� Madayag said. “They where Ugly outwits a very hungry cat played come during recess, after school, and on by fourth grade student Erin Hunt. weekends — to work.�

The Kalaheo School students invite everyHonk, Jr. will run on Friday, Saturday, and on one to see how being different is not a bad May 5 and May 6 starting at 7 p.m. in the Kala- thing. heo School cafetorium. Wendy Casillas, a stage The production crew encourages people mom, said there will be an additional Sunday to come early, enjoy the food booth and look matinee show on May 7 starting at 2 p.m. over the silent auction items. “This is new this year,� Casillas said. “We’ve Information: 332-6801

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TGIFR!DAY | April 28, 2017 | 3 OPPOSITE PAGE:Most of the 38-member cast of Honk Jr. perform ‘A Poultry Tale’ during black out rehearsal at the Kalaheo School cafetorium.

LEFT: Ida, played by Aubrey Bechard, cleans her clutch of eggs, including an oversized one during the black out rehearsal for Honk Jr. at the Kalaheo School cafetorium.

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rdering gluten-free pasta sans meat and then asking my server to hold any cheese usually ends one of two ways at a restaurant.

Either the server hands me a scantly populated gluten-free menu, or they provide me with a blank stare and a promise to check with the kitchen.

That’s when I secretly wonder if they know what gluten is, and start imagining the havoc a bit of flour or soy sauce would wreak in my

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Chef Mark Arriola puts macadamia nut crumble on top of a pizza at Merriman’s in Poipu.

body. But at Hukilau Lanai in Kapaa, the server not only knew the definition of my culinary nemesis, she told me if I had called ahead, the chef would have whipped up something like a quinoa-stuffed pumpkin.

I looked over the menu after she described a few options for me, and soaked in the restaurant’s ocean view and live music with my dinner companion. Another server dropped some bread on the table and he told me it wasn’t gluten-free before it touched the table.

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Chefs across Kauai can cater to celiacs, but it helps to call ahead I settled on spaghetti pasta with local vegetables and a red wine tomato sauce. It was the first thing I saw on the menu and instantly it inspired a craving for homemade, comfort food.

That’s what I got, but with a twist.

The base of the dish was an evenly cooked pile of pasta, with a light amount of sauce and diced tomato.

Roasted cauliflower, broccoli and peppers were sprinkled throughout; and it was topped with fresh, local sprouts.

A nostrum flower topped the dish.

I couldn’t help myself, I ate that first and it tasted like a radish.

Kapaa isn’t the only place on Kauai where I’ve found a gluten-free oasis;

JESSICA ELSE TGIFR!DAY there are actually dozens of restaurants on the island that can cater to celiac foodies.

Merriman’s Fish House in Poipu is another restaurant that will whip up something custom if their chefs have enough time in advance.

They work with local ingredients, have a fair amount of organic faire on their menu, and downstairs they serve a gluten-free pizza with a macadamia nut crumble that tastes like cheese.

The server at Merriman’s warned

me the thin, crispy crust of their pizza isn’t completely vegan — it has a hint of buttermilk.

Mushrooms and kale top are placed on top of a thin layer of red sauce and then the entire pizza is finished with a heavy scattering of their signature macadamia nut crumble.

For dinner prices, the vegan pizza, as it’s named at Merriman’s, costs right around $17 and Hukilau’s pasta comes with a price tag in the $25 range.

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READY FOR A FANTASTIC TALE? CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

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t our bookstore, people often recommend books to us.

Some we have heard of and there are many we have not (which we quickly order in for the store).

“The Girl Who Drank the Moon,” by Kelly Barnhill, was recommended to us by a customer (Thanks, E. L.!), and with its captivating tale, we knew this would be a good selection for our book review.

“The Girl Who Drank the Moon” is a multi-award-winning young adult fantasy story that reads like a classic

fairy tale of old. People have compared it to Harry Potter, Peter Pan, and even the Oz stories.

However, “Girl” is a magical tale very much of its own. In the Protectorate (the land where the story is set), there is a witch who does good that most everyone thinks is bad.

This good/bad witch however has made a mistake.

One of the children that the people of the Protectorate have put up for sacrifice (and as usual secretly saved by the same witch who instead fill the children with starlight and brings them elsewhere to families who will love them) has accidentally been filled with moonlight instead!

This error imbues the little child Xan with a palpable creative magic that sets her apart from most people.

The witch decides to raise Xan herself, and from there, Xan’s journey begins.

With companions like a sagely swamp creature and a flitting friendly petite dragon, Xan’s life opens up to help a world she herself has barely ever known, with perils yet unimag-

inable to her.

While this is written for middle-schoolers, people of all ages have become engrossed in the story’s world, the prose, and its numerous characters. It is an escape you will always remember!

Enjoy the magic!

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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (May 5) — Chris Pratt’s Star Lord and his band of misfits, including a toocute Baby Groot, return for some more intergalactic adventures — and heartfelt family drama — set to another toe-tapping mixtape.

“Risk” (May 5) — Laura Poitras takes on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a documentary that includes recent developments from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

“The Dinner” (May 5) — Laura Linney, Richard Gere, Steve Coogan and Rebecca Hall gather for a tense meal to discuss what their sons have done in this thriller.

“Chuck” (May 5) — Liev Schreiber plays the real man who inspired “Rocky” in this boxing drama.

“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” (May 12) — The classic Excalibur tale gets a kinetic reimagining from director Guy Ritchie, with Charlie Hunnam as Arthur.

“Snatched” (May 12) — A freewheeling daughter, Amy Schumer, and her uptight mother, Goldie Hawn, get kidnapped on vacation in this raucous comedy.

“The Wall” (May 12) — With an Iraqi sniper in shooting distance, two American soldiers try to survive. John Cena and Aaron Taylor-Johnson star in the Doug Liman pic.

“Paris Can Wait” (May 12) — A picturesque French travelogue starring Diane Lane and Alec Baldwin as a married couple on the rocks, from Eleanor Coppola.

“Alien: Covenant” (May 19) — Director Ridley Scott takes audiences on a new terrifying trip to space with Katherine Waterston and Michael Fassbender.

“Everything, Everything” (May 19) — A teen romance based on Nicola Yoon’s novel about a sick girl (Amandla Stenberg) unable to leave her home and her interested neighbor, Nick Robinson.

“Wakefield” (May 19) — An ordinary suburban man, Bryan Cranston, disappears suddenly, but continues observing the life and family he left. Based on an E.L. Doctorow short story.

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Lane Tokita, Charlene Navarro, Sydney Cervantes, Naia Manintin, Gregory Anderson

David Faidley, Aaron Arizo

Jae Mar Manuel, Alexis Tacsiat, Gabriel Balenzuela, Donovan Laborte

Melinda Correa, Nicole Garabilez, Judy St.Clair

Chey Fujii, Noelle Oyama Deven Kimoto, Jessica Tangonan, Cristhine Dasalla, Audree Catbagan, Shaelynn Erickson

Kendra Groth, Miles Arakaki, Chef Ken Lum, Arnold Gabriel, Michael Hidalgo, Riley Young

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eadline chefs Alan Wong, Vikram Garg, Chai Chaowasaree, DK Kodama, and George “Chef Mavro” Mavrothalassistis were joined by Kauai’s culinary talents when the Kauai Community College opened doors to the 15th annual Culinary Institute of the Pacific Spring Gourmet Gala at the college’s dining facility.

More than 300 people took advantage of the “epicurean adventure” of food and beverage pairings that provided opportunities for more than Kauai Community College culinary arts students. Proceeds are used to enhance the Kauai Community College culinary arts program.

Jocelyn Kishimoto, Gail Fukada, Mark Oyama, Emi Annino, Suzanne Fukumoto, Neal Fukumoto

Michelle Gibson, Shirley Moriguchi, Lynn Konishi, Rina Takata Catherine Morden, Merry Jane Alcones, Rose Girard

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