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By Lois Ann Ell KEA Homeschool  Location: Wailua Homesteads Founded: 1985 Grades: 1-8 Student Population: 10-12 Focus: Developing skills that are essential and valuable in life: to read and comprehend well, to write coherently, math and its application to life, problem solving, knowledge and application of resources. To question thoughtfully, self-directed discipline, responsibility, and personal [...]

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Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Red Clay Jazz Festival 2013 is bringing this hot Jazz Swing band to Kaua`i  June 29 at the Marriott Kauai Lagoons in Lihue.  If you like retro 40-50 swing jazz, you have to see this show.  The event is from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Maui Jazz [...]

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Have a few must-sees on Kaua`i? Share them here in “Local Favorites.” We invite kama`aina to submit a list. It’s an anonymous column so that the writer can share candidly a few favorite things. This is a chance to plug a talented massage therapist, stylist, clothing designer or restaurateur. It can include an irresistible dessert, [...]

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Paradise Ride Kaua`i 2013 is a fully supported, two-day bike ride on the island of Kaua`i, August 3 and 4. It’s an amazing ride through some of Kaua`i’s most breathtaking scenery, along the ocean, through valleys, local neighborhoods and open countryside. The ride is produced by Mālama Pono Health Services, which began as a grass-roots [...]

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Healthy Hut in Kilauea isn’t your typical health food market. Founder and one of three business partners, Monique Dehne, has expanded her interpretation of conscious living to include empowerment of her employees and education of her community. “We’re a big networking center,” she said. “Everyone who shops here is our friend.” Customers fill the foyer [...]

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An Indian drum making workshop will be led by Chippewa artist, David Craig, in Wailua June 1, and Waimea, June 2. Participants will make a 12, 14 or 18-inch elk hide hand drum.  Materials used in making the drum will include a rosewood round, elk skin head with rawhide lacing and a beater. David will share his [...]

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Story and photo by Linda Ming Lee Hippocrates said “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” It turns out that it is not only what one eats but also when one eats that is one of the most fundamental ways to health and well-being.   There is joy to be had eating [...]

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Photo and story by Jan TenBruggencate In our age of headlong electronic wizardry, there is no better sign of our disrespect for the past than an abandoned graveyard. Kaua`i is littered with them. Leaning stones and weathering slabs on cracked foundations, lost in weeds, lifted over the decades by the roots of untended trees. What [...]

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Kaua`iMusicScene.com is Kaua`i’s only island-wide and up-to-date live music calendar where readers can find live music events, listen to bands and discover new artists on or coming to Kaua`i. Sign up for a free membership and follow venues and bands you love.  Support live music and the music community. Here is a small sampling of [...]

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Story and photos by Pam Woolway As many as 300 surf enthusiasts gather monthly for the Water Sports Swap Meet on the front lawn of the Hanalei Center, formerly the Old Hanalei School Building. Inspired by a similar sale on Maui, Hanalei Surf Company owner, Charlie Cowden, launched the swap meet 28 years ago. “After [...]

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