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Traditions of Okinawa

The classical music and dance of Okinawa take center stage in a concert at 8 p.m. Saturday at Orvis Auditorium at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. The concert will feature members of the Ryukyuan Uzagaku Ensemble and the Majikina Honryu Dance Company of Okinawa — a dozen musicians and dancers specializing in a classical repertoire. The second half of the program focuses on uzagaku, ancient court music, which has been reconstructed through the efforts of professor Etsuko Higa, a UH Music Department alumna. Tickets are $10 general, $8 students, seniors and military. 944-7584.

Three with a Gypsy touch

The trio Cerro Negro, specializing in a Gypsy-influenced fusion of flamenco guitar, Latin percussion and vocals, launches a tour of O'ahu with a free concert 5:30-6:30 p.m. today at Kapi'olani Bandstand. The group is composed of Dusty Brough on lead guitar, Frank Giordano on rhythm guitar and John Martin III on percussion. The rest of the tour:

• 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Windward Mall, Center Stage. Free.
• 7-9 p.m. Feb. 8, International Market Place, food court stage. Free.
• 8-11 a.m. Feb. 9, Perry and Price breakfast show, Hanohano Room, Sheraton Waikiki. Admission. 922-4422.
• 4-5:30 p.m. Feb. 10, Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center, Fountain Couryard Stage. Free.
• Noon-1 p.m. Feb. 11, Chaminade University cafeteria. Free.
• 6-8 p.m. Feb. 14, Restaurant Row's Valentine's Day Celebration, Center Courtyard. Free.
• 10:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 15, Kapi'olani Community College, Ohia Cafe. Free.
• 10 p.m. Feb. 15, Cafe Sistina. $7 cover charge.
• 7-8 p.m. Feb. 16, Mililani Town Center. Free.

524-8416.

Get ready for some punk

Pink Cadillac will be filled to overflowing with music as five punk bands — Lo$e Money, Potluck, Generic, The Sticklers and The Knumbskulls — join for a blowout. This will be the final show for The Knumbskulls, above — three members of the band are moving to the Mainland. The once-defunct Generic has regrouped for this show with three original members and the members of Potluck. The concert takes place 7-10 p.m. today; doors open 6 p.m. Pink Cadillac is at 478 'Ena Road, Waikiki. Tickets are $5 for this all-ages show. 488-7534.

Hawai'i musical favorite Na Leo Pilimehana goes on the road with a series of dance parties. Besides offering the trio's usual repertoire of hits, Angela Morales takes on a Tina Turner style, Nalani Choy sings the Temptations classic "Just My Imagination" and Lehua Heine does an inspired "I Will Survive." The opening band will be Kahua. Party time is 6-9:30 p.m. Saturday at Dot's Restaurant in Wahiawa. Tickets are $25 general, $20 advance; two-drink minimum. 621-6758. Note: The next party will be 6-9:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Manoa Grand Ballroom of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.

Tales of the coyote critter

Emily Alexander performs in "Coyote Tales," a production of Oregon's award-winning Tears of Joy Theatre. The show, which incorporates bunraku-style puppets and masks, with appeal for kids and adults alike, explores the age-old question: How did the coyote get his name? There's also the story "Coyote and the Cedar Tree," in which the creature is trapped in a tree and must find a way out. The show begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park. Admission is $5. 922-0459.

Carl Hurley, a humorist from Louisville, Ky., makes his Honolulu debut at "Comedy Night with the Hongos," 7:30 p.m. today at Kalihi Union Church, 2214 N. King St. It's a benefit for Gay and Randy Hongo's music school, the Hongo Music Center, which the couple hope to build in the next three years. Admission is free, but donations will be welcomed. The Hongos will sing a few songs, then Hurley, a yarn-spinner who focuses on life in his native Laurel County, Ky., takes over. Hurley is a veteran stand-up comic who performs about 150 shows a year, particularly in the Midwest and South. 834-1000.

• Saturday: A "Festival of Resistance" at the Campus Center and Art Auditorium, featuring a concert, performance art, interactive art and games, videos and documentaries, informational tables and a photo display, is sponsored by the Honolulu chapter of Refuse and Resist! It's billed as a celebration of dissent — of any kind, such as dissent against the war, the drilling of oil in the Arctic Refuge, military maneuvers in Makua, a woman's right to choose.

  The concert lineup at the Campus Center main stage: noon-3 p.m., acoustic, folk, drumming music, DJs, performance art; 3-6 p.m., reggae and rock with Cornerstone Rockers, Diversified Unity and others; 6-9 p.m., hip-hop and punk, with Impulse 306, Kite Festival, Pteradactyl and 86 List.

  At the Art Auditorium: noon-1:30 p.m., forum on the USA Patriot Act; 2:30-3:30 p.m., "The Golf War," a film on globalization and resistance in the Philippines; 3:30-4:30 p.m., "When the Company Came to Town," a film about logging in the Solomon Islands; 5-8 p.m., "Nurturing the Flame of Resistance," original poetry.

  Free. 598-4653.

  Two very different events will be taking place on the University of Hawai'i-Manoa campus this weekend:

• Today: "Manoa Coffeehouse: An Open Mic Event" makes its campus debut 7-10 p.m. at the Campus Center Ballroom. The session will feature free coffee, music, poetry and performances by UHM students, faculty, staff and alumni. It's sponsored by the Manoa's chancellor's office. 956-6145.

Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser

Amy J. Carle is one-third of the show in "The Vagina Monologues," which continues its run at the Hawai'i Theatre before traveling on to Maui. Also in the cast is Michele Shay, with Loretta Swit taking the lead. The show, written by Eve Ensler, is a cultural phenomenon that tackles issues of all kinds related to a woman's most private part. It repeats at 8 p.m. today, 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the Hawai'i Theatre. Tickets are $20-$45, with discounts for theater members, students, seniors and military; also $5 hana hou discount for those with ticket stubs from the first week's performances (subject to availability). 528-0506, 526-4400 (732-7733 group discounts). On Maui, Brooke Shields leads the cast.