TGI Wednesday
Advertiser Staff
The indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; the * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members and/or children. Call the venue for details.
MUSIC
Royal Hawaiian Band, 1-2 p.m., Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center; free. 922-2299.
Swingin' Tradewinds Jass Band, swing and traditional jazz, 6 p.m., Officers' Club, Marine Corps Base Hawai'i Kane'ohe Bay; no cover charge; Mongolian barbecue available. 531-7511.
DANCE
Line Dancin' With Salome, 6 p.m. for beginners and 7:05 p.m. for intermediate dancers, Ala Wai Elementary School cafeteria; $4 per class. Register: 737-4596.
Modern Dance Class with Rachel Berman, 6:30-8 p.m., Kawaiaha'o Building, Mid-Pacific Institute; $10. 988-2420.
Swingtime in Honolulu, swing dance lessons, practice and pot luck, 6:45-9 p.m., Kapi'olani Park Bandstand; free dance lesson at 7:30 p.m.; $4. 236-4082.
Country Line Dance Lessons, 7-8 p.m., Pearlridge Center Downtown; free. 488-0981.
STAGE
"Smokey Joe's Cafe," 1995 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, 7:30 p.m., Manoa Valley Theatre; repeats at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Oct. 10-11, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and Oct. 12-14, and 4 p.m. Sunday and Oct. 14; $35*. (Buffet dinner available 90 minutes prior to curtain Wednesdays through Saturdays at an additional cost.) The final performance on Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. will be a benefit for Hawaii Community Foundation's September 11 Fund; $50. 988-6131.
Playreading of "King Kalakaua's Poker Game: A Romantic Comedy of Victorian Hawaii," by Alan Sutterfield, 7:30 p.m., Kumu Kahua Theatre; discussion and refreshments to follow; free. 536-4441.
FILM
"Narayama Bushi-ko" (1958, Japanese with English subtitles), directed by Keisuke Kinoshita; 7:30 p.m., UH-Manoa, Krauss Hall, Yukiyoshi Room 012, $3 donation. 956-3836.
MIXED BAG
'Iolani Palace Grand Tour, a 90-minute tour of the palace galleries and 'Iolani Barracks, beginning every 30 minutes between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; $20 * ($15* kama'aina). Galleries Tour only: $10*. 522-0832.
Mission Houses Museum Tours: Visitors Center and Ka Hale La'au at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Ka Hale Pa'i and Ka Hale Kamalani at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.; $10* ($9* kama'aina) per tour or $15* ($14* kama'aina) for double tours. 531-0481.
Behind-the-Scenes Tour at Bishop Museum, for ages 12 and up, 1:30-2:30 p.m.; $15 (plus $14.95* general museum admission). Register: 847-8243.
Box Car Racing, presented by American Box Car Racing International, 3-9 p.m., Pearl City Box Car Track; $6*. 947-3393.
Princess Ka'iulani Historical Tour, 4 p.m., Sheraton Princess Ka'iulani hotel; learn about Princess Victoria Ka'iulani and the 'Ainahau mansion where she once lived; meet in the hotel's main lobby; free. 922-5811.
CLUBS
Blue Tropix Restaurant & Nightclub, 944-0001, Ho'onu'a, contemporary Hawaiian, 9 p.m.
Chai's Island Bistro, Aloha Tower Marketplace, 585-0011, the Brothers Cazimero, contemporary and traditional Hawaiian, 7 p.m.
Dixie Grill i 'Aiea, 485-2722, J.P. Smoketrain, blues, 6-9 p.m.
Don Ho's Island Grill, Aloha Tower Marketplace, 528-0807, Byl Leonard, jazz, R&B and Hawaiian, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Donato's Restaurant, Manoa Marketplace, 988-2000, The Circle, alternative, 10:30 p.m.
Duc's Bistro, 531-6325, Rachel Gonzales, light jazz, 7-10 p.m.