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, Hawaiian with hula, noon-1 p.m., Centerstage, Ala Moana Center; free. 955-9517.
• Polynesian Cultural Center presents a torch-lighting ceremony and Polynesian music and dance, 6-6:45 p.m., Fountain Courtyard, Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center; free. 922-2299.
• Hawaiian Thistle Pipe Band, a bagpipe and drum band, 7-8 p.m., Kapi'olani Park Bandstand; free. 239-6609.
STAGE
• Hawaii Opera Theatre's "Aesop's Fables," with famous opera arias, 6:30-7 p.m., Salt Lake/Moanalua Public Library; for ages; free. 831-6831.
"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, 8 p.m. Oct. 12-14, and 4 p.m. Oct. 14; $35*. (Buffet dinner available 90 minutes before curtain Wednesday through Saturday at 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.
FILMS
• "Lumumba" (2001, French with English subtitles), 7:30 p.m., the Academy Theater; $5. 532-8700.
• "Ballad of Narayama" (1983, Japanese with English subtitles), directed by Shohei Imamura; 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.; repeats Tuesdays through Saturdays; $20 * ($15* kama'aina). Galleries Tour only: $10*. 522-0832.
"Color Play: Exploring the Art, Science and Culture of Color" exhibition, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Castle Memorial Building, Bishop Museum; continues daily (except Christmas) through Feb. 3; museum admission: $14.95* ($7.95* kama'aina). 848-4160.
"Hawai'i's Photography History," panel discussion by contributors to the Autumn 2001 issue of the London journal "History of Photography" which featured historical photography and essays on Hawai'i photographers, 7-8:30 p.m., Mission Houses Museum lawn; free. 531-0481.
A-Maze-In, 4-10 p.m., Aloun Farms in Kapolei; the corn maze is cut into a maze bearing an image of the late Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole; continues 4-10 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturdays and noon-5 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 28; $8*. 677-9412.
CLUBS
Ala Moana Hotel, 955-4811, Ginger Terrace, Jonny Kamai, contemporary and Hawaiian, 4:30-7:30 p.m. and in the Mahina Lounge, Paul Conrad, piano, 5-7 p.m. and Kit Samson, piano, 7-11 p.m.
Ocean Club, Restaurant Row, 531-8444, "A Night of Adventure," annual fund-raiser for the Venture Club of Honolulu, 5-10 p.m.; for 21 and older; $5; 524-5331.
Tiare's Sports Bar & Grill, 120 Hekili St., 230-8911, Live Blues Jam, 9 p.m.-midnight; bring your own instrument.
Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, 971-4345, Aloha Las Vegas Revue, impersonators, 8:20 p.m.; also Magic of Polynesia, 971-4321, featuring John Hirokawa, 6:20 p.m. and in the Hoku Hale Showroom, 923-3981, Don Ho Show, Hawaiian and Polynesian music and dance, 7 p.m.
