Letters for Dec. 15, 2015 ‘Inherit the Wind’ a don’t miss Last night, I saw Kauai Performing Arts Center’s (KPAC) production of “Inherit The Wind.” It was presented in an intimate venue (music room R-3) on the backside of Kauai
Letters for Dec. 15, 2015
‘Inherit the Wind’ a don’t miss
Last night, I saw Kauai Performing Arts Center’s (KPAC) production of “Inherit The Wind.” It was presented in an intimate venue (music room R-3) on the backside of Kauai High School. The room was the perfect size for a play of this intensity. This show is based on the Scopes 1925 Monkey trial that took place in Tennessee, and is a fast-moving, two-hours that is timely, well-acted and well-scripted. Today, when religious persecution is at the forefront of our the daily news, it was no surprise to me that these high school students, from all three public schools, tackled this subject with grace. It was acted with commanding presence by the leads and the supporting cast under the direction of longtime teacher, Dennis McGraw.
The audience was packed opening night and filled the air with silence, laughter and applause as the trial unfolded. When I walked away, I realized that this play presented in its most basic storyline that we are all free-thinking Americans but deeper than that, we are all people no matter what our differing beliefs.
Please don’t miss this show! I have seen many KPAC Fall plays and this one is at the top of my list. “Inherit The Wind” runs Dec. 11-13 and 18-20. Fridays/Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. $10 (cash only) at the door. Call 651-2417 for details.
Lisa Pollak
Wailua
Bring back airline coupon books
With all the justified complaints about ridiculous interisland airfares, I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the coupon books we all used to purchase for flights. While I don’t remember the exact dollar amount, it was a book of 10 (12?) coupons, each good for one-way travel between islands. This would be a wonderful way to bring back discounted interisland air tickets for permanent (Hawaii taxpaying) residents.
Hawaiian Airlines … are you listening? How about showing residents some aloha?
Elaine LaSota
Kapaa
Who poisoned hens, babies?
To the courageous soul that took it upon theirself to poison the hens and babies at the Kilauea Post Office. Just wondering, what did those thugs do to warrant the death penalty? Steal your mail, break into your car, threaten you, sell drugs in the parking lot? After your deed, so as not to have the carnage visible on the grounds and to P.O. customers, you actually spent time to go around and pick up the dead bodies and dispose of them like garbage in back of the parking lot. Are we all to feel safer knowing there is someone of your mentality out there, that is capable of poisoning mama hens and their babies? Why? What possessed you to do such an inhumane thing? Malama all life!
Mika Ashley-Hollinger
Kilauea
