Community viewing of Alakai A long-awaited Superferry viewing on Kaua‘i is scheduled for Aug. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Nawiliwili Ferry Terminal at Pier 2. Guests will be invited to tour the ship’s passenger decks and
Community viewing of Alakai
A long-awaited Superferry viewing on Kaua‘i is scheduled for Aug. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Nawiliwili Ferry Terminal at Pier 2.
Guests will be invited to tour the ship’s passenger decks and check out its amenities before service officially begins.
All attendees must pre-register for the event online at www.hawaiisuperferry.com with the names of everyone in their party. Reservations will not be accepted via e-mail or phone, and name changes and additions will not be permitted the day-of.
A shuttle will provide transportation to the ferry from the Kaua‘i Veterans Center parking lot on Kapule Highway every 15 minutes from 10:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. No parking will be available at Pier 2 of the Nawiliwili Ferry Terminal, except for handicapped vehicles.
Adults 18 and older must show a government-issued picture ID. Attendees under age 18 without ID must be accompanied by an adult.
Superferry officials have yet to announce the first official voyage, citing a date “later this summer.”
County offers character-building classes
Representatives of state and county agencies and local businesses will serve as facilitators for Parent Project classes for teens.
Classes on the Westside will take place at the Waimea Canyon School Library, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., starting Aug. 23. Serving as facilitators will be Euala Ta‘ala and Susan Togioka.
The cost of attending the 10-week sessions are $30 per person. Scholarships are available for all classes.
Sponsors of the parenting classes include the county’s Anti-drug Office, state Department of Education, Kaua‘i Police Department and the U.S. Department of Justice.
For more information, please contact county Information Specialist Moana Ta‘a at 241-6392.
Hanalei gallery hosts
‘Children Across America’ exhibit
Art and Soul Gallery of Hanalei will host an 20th anniversary exhibition of photography called “Children Across America” from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15.
The opening reception will take place from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Aug. 18.
Known for his trademark flowery style, Damian Miles brings two decades of highly stylized portrait photography of children and their parents from across the country, states a press release.
Miles will also exhibit prints as well as a slide show featuring a debut of surreal still lifes by Miles’ daughter and muse, Amber.
The subjects of her unique perspective are the window mannequins of the NYC Macys Flower Show, “Flower Amazons of 5th Avenue.”
Miles, a summer/winter resident of Kaua‘i said in the release that “every child deserves a beautiful image of themselves from their childhood, one that reflects how they are cherished.”
For more information, call Art and Soul Gallery at 826-1717 or e-mail info@maza-art.com
New hires about town
The following individuals were recently appointed to a leadership position in the business community:
• Jennifer Smallwood was named wedding coordinator for the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa. She hails from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and has worked in the hotel industry in Bora Bora, French Polynesia, Thailand and Brazil.
• Chelsea Abbott also joins the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa as assistant concierge manager. Abbott, a Colorado native, has been traveling to Kaua‘i for 10 years.
• Sean Combs was appointed to the Kaua‘i sales team with Brookfield Homes Hawai‘i as an associate for Nihilani at Princeville. He brings 15 years of experience in sales and marketing.
• L.J.C. (Linda) Shimoda was named gallery director and education outreach coordinator for Kauai Museum. She will aid the museum in its mission to be the cultural sanctuary for the art and artifacts of Native Hawaiians, and to nurture the creative spirit of today’s artists.
