Sugar! Oh, Sugar!’ Today, Saturday, Sunday KAPA Theatre, Puhi Kaua‘i Community Players presents, “Sugar! Oh, Sugar!” at 7 p.m. tonight at KAPA Theatre Warehouse in Puhi. Set during the height of plantation days on Kaua‘i, playwright Wil Welsh created a
Sugar! Oh, Sugar!’
Today, Saturday, Sunday
KAPA Theatre, Puhi
Kaua‘i Community Players presents, “Sugar! Oh, Sugar!” at 7 p.m. tonight at KAPA Theatre Warehouse in Puhi.
Set during the height of plantation days on Kaua‘i, playwright Wil Welsh created a musical melodrama sporting a villain (or two), a hero and a sweet innocent as primary characters. Gregg Nickerson plays the dastardly Dudley Fartsworth and Jacyn Fain, the sweet Lilly White Heart. Other primary characters are Jeff Marshall (Smokey), Morgan Liddell (The Pastor), Delia Valentin (Granny), Dottie Bekeart (Madame Rosey Lips) and love interest/hero, Ralph Guest (Doug Deeper). Musical direction is by Sam Alfiler.
Show times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 4 p.m. Sundays with just one 7 p.m. Thursday show June 4. KAPA Theatre Warehouse seats 40 so space is limited and reservations required. Call 245-7700.
Tickets are $20, adults; $15, seniors, KCP members and students. The theatre is located in Puhi across the street from Kaua‘i Community College and 100 yards behind the Harley Davidson Store. The show runs weekends through June 14.
Ho‘oulu Hawaiian lecture series
6 to 7:30 p.m. today; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday
Parish Hall, Kïlauea
Rarely discussed cultural philosophies and processes of creating special lei associated with sacred rituals and rites of passage will be shared in this month’s Ho‘oulu Hawaiian lecture series. This is the seventh presentation and workshop on the Hawaiian lei as an intermediary and metaphorical link for channeling mana. Using paradigms of ancient mo‘olelo (myths and legends), along with knowledge acquired through the cultural and religious practices of hula, the goal is to propagate an organic and holistic awareness of lei as an important facet of healing and spirituality. Today attend the lecture “Lei Ana Ka Mana‘o, Spiritual Intentions of the Hawaiian Lei” presented by Kumu Hula, Kehaulani Kekua Halau Palaihiwa O Kaipuwai. Free admission, donations welcome. Saturday is the workshop “Infusing Spirit: The Ancient Art of Lei Making.” Special guest instruction by multi-award winning master lei maker Kaleiokamakahala Cadawas.
Fee is $45 and includes a four-hour workshop featuring chants and lei making instruction, handouts, materials for two styles of lei hili. Advance registration required. Space is limited. Register on-line at kaieie.org
Kaua‘i Society of Artists accepting entries
2 to 6 p.m. Saturday
Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall
All adult Kaua‘i artists may submit up to five works, no larger than 60 inches in any dimension to “Byte Me 2,” a digital art exhibition. All work must be entirely or partially created using digital technology, which includes digital painting, photography, video, fractals, manipulations of traditional art forms, animation and 3D work with digital additions. “Giclee” reproductions of existing artworks without substantial manipulation are not allowed. This is a semi-juried exhibit, with at least one piece per artist accepted. Juror for the exhibit will be Scott Groeniger, digital artist and Assistant Professor of Digital Imaging at University of Hawai‘i, Manoa. The exhibition opens with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m., May 30. For more information visit kauaisocietyofartists.org or e-mail ksa@kauaisocietyofartists.org
Kaua‘i Society of
Artists lecture
5:30 p.m. Sunday
Kukui Grove Exhibition Hall
This free lecture is with Kirsten Rae Simonsen titled “Luxury Playtime: Welcome to the New Lifestyle.” Simonsen is a lecturer in drawing and graphic design at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Her work combines traditional and digital processes and is concerned with transgression and debasement, the sadness of the suburbs, the oppression of the small town and a child-like fear of (and desire for) the unknown. Dutch and English colonial schoolbooks, Victorian children’s stories and women’s magazines from the 1950s to 1970s serve as her inspiration.
Sierra Club outing
Sunday
Jewel of Koke‘e — hike a spectacular trek through the forest of Koke‘e, Black Pipe Trail, Canyon Trail and Po’omau Canyon Lookout. Cross over Waipo‘o Falls for a view of Waimea Canyon to the ocean. This is a strenuous seven-mile loop. Call Neil Brosnahan, 346-8460.
Health forum
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday
Kaua‘i Marriott Resort, Kona Room
The planning committee for this event is composed of members from the Kaua‘i Service Area Board who realized the need to empower mental health consumers who wish to participate in their treatment decisions during a crisis. This forum is funded by a federal grant through the Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant (MHTSIG). Registration is one food item to be donated to the Kaua‘i Food Bank. Presenting is Ron S. Honberg, National Director for Policy and Legal Affairs for NAMI. A member of the Maryland Bar, he also holds a masters degree in counseling from the University of Maryland and is a former president of the Maryland Rehabilitation Counselor’s Association.
To register contact Dr. Angela Correale, 645-7066. A complimentary lunch is provided.
‘Hawai‘i’s Last Queen’
7 p.m. May 31
Kapa‘a Neighborhood Center auditorium
It’s the truth about the overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy and the forces behind it.
After the showing there will be a grassroots discussion about what happened and what can be done about it. This free event is sponsored by Manaoha.
For more information call 634-0469 or contact ben@manaoha.org
