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Week of Friday, October 13, 2017 | Vol. 5, No. 41

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REGGAE’S AMBASSADORS Black Uhuru to perform on Kauai

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HAMMERS N’ ALES 2 to 6 p.m. Poipu Beach Athletic Club Food, music, beer. $55 online, $65 at the door. Fundraiser for Kauai Habitat for Humanity. Tickets: kauaihabitat.org. 29TH ANNUAL EO E EMALANI I ALAKAI FESTIVAL 9 to 4 p.m. Kokee State Park – Kanaloahuluhulu Meadow Queen Emma will enter the meadow on horseback at 11 a.m. Exhibits, food and craft vendors, silent auction, music. PADDLE SPORTS SALE AND SWAP MEET 9 a.m. to noon, Hanalei Canoe Club BOOK SALE Friends of the Kapaa Public Library have a book and bake sale at the library 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

HALLOWEEN PARTY AND COSTUME CONTEST FOR DOGS 1 p.m. Petco. Prizes, ribbons. Free. WALK TO FIGHT SUICIDE 8 a.m. at Waimea Canyon Park Community walk brought to Kauai by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. SUNDAY SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF OHANA MASS 11:30 a.m. St. Raphael Church, Koloa. The Rev. Emerson “Boyet” Delos Reyes will present at Mass. Potluck fellowship afterward. CHURCH ON THE BEACH 100TH SERVICE CELEBRATION 9 a.m. Salt Pond Beach Park Music, ministry message, food, prizes. MONDAY

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Grammy Award-winning reggae band brings original sounds to Poipu Athletic Club ognized and prolific reggae bands for half a century, with Simpson remaining the one consistent member. here’s a reggae party “Been doing that from going on all night when I was about 15,” Simpnext door. son said. “Inspiration comes Grammy Award-winning from within. You write artist Black Uhuru will perabout what you see and form on Kauai for the first what you live. What you time next Friday at Poipu learn, that’s where inspiraBeach Athletic Club. tion comes from.” “The message is in the In 2013, Simpson was music,” said Black Uhuru awarded a lifetime achievefounding member, Derrick ment award from the “Duckie” Simpson. “When International Reggae and we get to Hawaii, then we’ll World Music Awards. Aug. spread the message.” 31 is now officially recogBlues Bear Hawaii will nized as “Black Uhuru Day” present the reggae superin Las Vegas. stars on their three-island “I have to give thanks Skankin’ on da’ Rock “Jamstill, because a lot of guys min’ Roots Reggae Dance are not around for so long,” Party” 2017 tour from Oct. Simpson said. “It’s the work 20-22. you know. I’ve put in some The legendary band is good work, some real origione of the most popular nal stuff. So that’s what take successful reggae groups us through all these years.” to come out of Jamaica. Black Uhuru continues to These “Ambassadors of tour and perform at a host Reggae” won the inaugural of international festivals, Reggae Grammy Award for with Simpson leading the Best Reggae Album with group alongside singer their groundbreaking 1984 Oneil “Andrew Bees” Beckalbum “Anthem.” ford and their seven-piece Since forming in 1972, band. Black Uhuru has been “Right now, we’re touring nominated for five Gramthe US,” Simpson said. my Awards and is the only “We’re doing five weeks reggae group to have won and 33 shows, something the Diamonds Awards of Photo courtesy of Black Uhuru like that, and then coming Excellence in 1994. Black Uhuru’s Derrick “Duckie” Simpson to Hawaii. Then we’re going “The music is unique, to be doing New Zealand because it’s original,” Simpand then Zimbabwe.” Sly Dunbar, bassist Robbie age from it.” son said. “That’s where the With 14 full-length, seven Shakespeare and singers Working with many uniqueness comes from. dub, and four live-show alDon Carlos and Michael accomplished musicians The sound is original, and Rose, the group has contin- bums, Black Uhuru has the once you’re stuff is original, and producers over the ued as one of the most rec- second-highest album sales then you get a lot of lever- years, including drummer JOHN STEINHORST TGIFR!DAY

behind Bob Marley. “Music is like any other job,” Simpson said. “Whatever you put in is what you get out. You put in a lot of work, whatever you’re doing music or what, it’s the amount of work you put in. That’s what you get out. Aspiring musicians, they just got to do what they got to do and be original.” Black Uhuru is working on a new album to be released by May 2018 and is touring behind their new single “Jah Guide.” “I just take music as a job,” Simpson said. “You get up, you work, you earn, you live. But I’m not into giving people ideas how to live or go about their way of life. Each person lives the way they want to live.” The band’s name originated from the Swahili word Uhuru, which means freedom. “Can’t you see what’s happening in the world now?” Simpson asked. “When you reach my years you will understand the chemistry with world leaders and countries and politics and all that mumbo jumbo,” he said. The band’s positive lyrics and signature vocals are sure to uplift and get people dancing. Their unique sound features deep bass rhythms, snare drum slaps, sharp keyboards, and heavy guitar riffs dubbed with long instrumentals full of background echo effects.

Opening their shows will be the multi-talented Tina Sureda Castello, also known as Onesty. The Belgian-born artist’s songs are a mixture of reggae, soul and R&B. Since 2007 she has come together with her own musicians, touring Europe to a well-received audience welcoming her fresh new sound. The Blues Bear Hawaii Production hopes to keep the music live by bringing even more world-recognized artists to entertain on Hawaii, like Rita Coolidge and Judy Collins, in addition to local artists from each island. “We are coming, we’re getting our stuff together to be there in Hawaii,” Simpson said. “Bless up, I’ll be there to give thanks.” Black Uhuru will perform on Kauai before performing on Big Island and Maui. Onesty will be the opening act, along with Kauai bands, Revival and KA HA. Concert starts at 6 p.m. at Poipu Beach Athletic Club, 2290 Poipu Road, Koloa. General tickets are $45; and VIP admission is $69. All ages are welcome. Ticket outlets include Kauai Music & Sound in Kapaa, Hanalei Music & Strings in Hanalei, Scotty’s Music in Lihue, Progressive Expressions in Koloa, plus Bad Hats and Jacqueline On Kauai in Hanapepe. Info: www.bluesbearhawaii.com or call 896-4845.

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ood beer is one way to attract people to a party. Plenty of great food helps. Add in a nonprofit, and you’ve got the perfect combination for a wonderful fundraiser. Hammers N‘ Ales to benefit the Kauai Habitat

Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island Kauai Beer Co. crew Larry Feinstein, Mirriam Victor, Kim Wright and Alika Youn show oﬀ the Hammers N’ Ales caps they got from Chris Young, Thursday for the Kauai Habitat for Humanity Oktoberfest-style fundraiser to be held Saturday at the Poipu Beach Athletic Club.

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Saturday fundraiser for Kauai Habitat for Humanity to feature beer, food, music — and good times for all will have a wonderful time,” said Chris Young, one of the organizers. Kauai Habitat’s Hammers N’ Ales Oktoberfest will feature great food, beers, and music. Food and drink are included in ticket price, plus a logo tasting glass. There will be food by The Kitchen at Papayas, Lava Lava Beach Club, Mark’s Place, Kauai Island Brewery & Grill, Merriman’s Fish House, Keoki’s Paradise, and DGreen BBQ. Plus, there will be more than two dozen beers to sample and music will be provided by Homestead, Cruz Control, and Not My First Rodeo. “We’ve got a terrific lineup,” Young said. A similar fundraiser in June for Junior Achievement and the Kauai Humane Society, the first annual Dog House Beer Fest, sold more than 600 tickets and raised about $70,000, which the organizations shared.

Music, games, food and brews were the centerpiece of that party, which took place on the Sheraton Kauai Resort lawn under large tents in the afternoon sunshine. The success of the beer festival in part led to the creation of Hammers n’ Ales. “Who wouldn’t like beer, food and music to benefit a great organization like Habitat for Humanity,” Young said. Young, past president of the Poipu Bay Rotary Club and Habitat for Humanity board member, has been active in raising money and recruiting volunteers for many nonprofits. He knows well of the good work of Habitat for Humanity and wanted to do what he could to help more families get into homes. It didn’t take long to build support and momentum. Since 1992, Kauai Habitat has built about 135 affordable homes and made critical

repairs to 29 existing homes for families whose household income is between 30 to 80 percent of the median Kauai income. Early this year, Kauai Habitat for Humanity celebrated the groundbreaking for 59 buildable lots at the Phase IIB of the Eleele Iluna subdivision. The Eleele Iluna project will eventually provide 107 affordable housing units to families with the first dozen families already occupying the first phase. Leona Sa McDermott, a Habitat homeowner and board secretary, said she hopes Hammers N’ Ales raises funds to help families get into homes, and raises awareness of the need for affordable housing on Kauai. “We are looking forward to this,” she said. She became a homeowner through Habitat for Humanity. It requires sacrifice and commitment and overcoming hurdles,

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she said, but it is worth it, especially when you get the keys to your home and realize you own it. “I feel I can, with my experience and my journey, I can help hopefully get into a homeowner’s head, ‘You guys can do it, I did,’” McDermott said. Peter Wiederoder, president of the Kauai Habitat board, said such projects get family, friends and neighbors involved. ““Because of all the people involved in getting the home built, we build communities,” he said. Kauai Habitat for Humanity plans to start as many as 30 new homes in the next few months in cooperation with the Department of Hawaiian Homes. Tickets are $55 online through today and $65 at the door. Info: www.kauaihabitat.org

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ALOHA READERS, IT’S ‘TIKI’ TIME CYNTHIA & ED JUSTUS SPECIAL TO TGIFR!DAY

iki drinks and tiki-bars have become an immediate association when the phrase “tropical paradise” is mentioned.

The uniquely Polynesian design of the tiki statues, while in the past were used as symbols of ancient ancestors or to mark specifically important or sacred sites, are unmistakable even in today’s time. But how did the tiki iconography become associated with tropical cocktail drinks, and when did that movement begin? “Smuggler’s Cove: Exotic Cocktails, Rum, and the Cult of Tiki”, by Martin and Rebec-

ca Cate (owners of the nationally-famous “Smuggler’s Cove tiki bar), is an exciting, well-researched history of the tiki-bar phenomenon plus an intriguing recipe book for even the most savvy professional/amateur mixologists! With over 300 pages worth of information, presented with truly outstanding graphic design full of vivid pictures, interesting images, and superb colors, in our opinion, this is perhaps one of the best books created on tropi-

cal drinks and their history. “Mocktails” or “cocktails”, learning about the history of each of these iconic drinks alone is worth picking this book up. The authors do an excellent job explaining the slow gradual rise of interest in the tiki designs and their alcoholic counterparts from the 1920s, through their peak in the 1950s and 60s, and up to today’s resurgence of enthusiasm for the “tiki bar”. If you are wanting to recreate that tropical lounge feel

back at home, “Smuggler’s Cove” has many hints and tips to help you recapture those essences right away— even how to set up your own “tiki bar”! This book is a sturdy hardcover, built to last in your book collection, coffee table, or on your own tiki-bar! Having recently discovered this newly-released title, we ••• are thrilled to have a beautiful book to feature for both Ed and Cynthia Justus the tiki enthusiasts and the are owners of The Bookcocktail connoisseurs! store in Hanapepe.

Review: In ‘Marshall,’ a young Thurgood in Connecticut

hurgood Marshall, a titan of 20th-century law and a civil rights pioneer, has until now largely eluded Hollywood’s notice. Despite its title, “Marshall,” too, is wary of taking on the Supreme Court justice in full, sticking to a minor case from Marshall’s early career as counsel for the

JAKE COYLE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAACP. That makes, for better and worse, a sometimes slight, sometimes serious courtroom drama, shot through with bright certainty in the coming triumphs for Marshall and the civil rights movement. It’s a

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superhero-style origin story: Thurgood, pre-”Brown v. Board of Education,” pre-black robe. And there’s something bulletproof about Marshall, as played by Chadwick Boseman, in Reginald Hudlin’s film. Boseman has launched himself as a leading man with an ambitious trio of historical African-American figures: Jackie Robinson, James Brown and now Marshall. His gift isn’t in connecting deeply to these characters but in capturing an innate and unstoppable swagger. His icons are forward-moving forces of talent and charisma that no bigotry could hope to contain. In “Marshall,” the attorney is sent to Bridgeport, Con-

necticut, to represent a black chauffer, Joseph Spell (Sterling K. Brown), who has been accused by his wealthy, white Greenwich socialite employer (Kate Hudson) of rape and attempted murder. Marshall, then 33, is an out-of-state attorney who needs a local lawyer to help try the case, turning to the reluctant insurance lawyer Sam Friedman (Josh Gad). The suburban New England setting differs greatly from the Southern terrain where most civil-rights battles were fought, and where Marshall tried many of his early landmark cases. But it roils with much of the same racism. Marshall is barred from speaking in court by a judge (James Cromwell) little

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good,” which James Earl Jones performed on the stage and Laurence Fishburne on the screen. There’s a light comic interplay between Boseman and Gad. Marshall sorts the case out without cracking a book or breaking a sweat. And, well, Connecticut has never exactly had the dramatic pull of other, more explosive states when it comes to civil rights battles or, well, most anything else. Currently in development is a film adaptation of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner “Devil in the Grove,” which chronicles a 1949 case of Marshall’s in Groveland, Florida. That, perhaps, will be a richer, more evocative tale. But not all civil-rights battles need to carry the weight of the world on their shoulders. That will fall to future installments of Marshall’s exploits — and upcoming films for Boseman, who’ll soon star as the Marvel hero in “Black Panther.” “Marshall,” an Open Road release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America.

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enny Yukimura has been a cancer survivor for at least 50 years. She was joined by her daughter, JoAnn Yukimura, and scores of other people during the 5th annual Samuel Mahelona Hospital Breast Cancer Walk on Ke Ala Hele Makalae fronting the Kapaa Neighborhood Center. The Mahelona Hospital cancer walk is one of several events celebrating October as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, bringing awareness of breast cancer (yes, even men get diagnosed with breast cancer) and the importance of early detection and getting annual checks done. Other visible examples of cancer awareness observances included the Paint the Town Pink walk presented by the Kauai Committee on the Status of Women, Party in Pink zumbathons hosted by several Kauai zumba groups, including the upcoming Oct. 18 event hosted by Troy Lazaro and the Rockstars at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center starting at 5 p.m.

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