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Out of the (very distant) past

Creatures from another time and place will inhabit the Bishop Museum beginning Saturday. The traveling exhibit "Life Through Time: From T. rex to Sabretooth" features robotic dinosaurs and mammals dating from 60 million to 3 million years ago, including this Tyrannosaurus rex centerpiece. The museum is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Admission is $14.95 general, $11.95 for youngsters 4-14, free for kids 3 and younger; kama'aina and military rates also are offered. 847-3511. The exhibit continues through May 12.

Dance in an ancient tradition

Megan Stewart Black will perform Kathak dance in a concert that also includes storytelling and North Indian classical music, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Orvis Auditorium. Kathak is a dance form with origins in ancient tribal culture in northern India, with elements of Hindu, Islam and classical Persian tradition. Tickets/donations are suggested at $10 general, $6 seniors and students with ID; the concert benefits a rural village school in Lumbini, Nepal. 263-3383.

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A taste of Africa

The 10th annual African Cultural Safari, in celebration of Black History Month, gets under way 1-4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Among the activities will be drumming with Sango and Friends; African dance and history with Gwendolyn Hill; storytelling by Nyla Ching-Fujii and music by Jeffery Steven Babb; hands-on arts and crafts activities; an African-inspired fashion show; games, prizes and refreshments. And you can try on African clothing and have your photo taken for $1. Admission to the safari is $1, free for museum members and children under 12. 532-8726.

New steps from students

Christine Berwin, Andrew Sakaguchi and Trisha Lee will take part in "Winter Footholds," the annual dance concert that showcases student works, at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa's Earle Ernst Lab Theatre. The concerts take place at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Feb. 22-23, and at 2 p.m. Feb. 24. Tickets are $9 general, $7 students, seniors, military, UH faculty/staff, $3 UHM students with valid ID. 956-7655.

Ready, set, get fit!

Whether or not you're among the thousands in The Great Aloha Run/Walk, the annual benefit event that takes place early on Presidents Day, you can still learn a lot about the fitness lifestyle. The Great Aloha Run Health Fitness & Sports Expo, a prelude to the run/walk, offers three days of demonstrations, diagnostic testing, food samples, contests, exhibits of the latest in sports gear and prizes at the Blaisdell Center. Hours are 4-10 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $4 general, $3 seniors, military and children 7-12, free for kids younger than 7 accompanied by a paying adult or senior. Entrants in the Great Aloha Run/Walk will be admitted free to pick up their race packets. 945-3594.

Arts and culture of Japan

Japanese food, music, dance, crafts and more will be part of the Cherry Blossom Festival Heritage Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Kapi'olani Park Bandstand. Demonstrations of koto, taiko and obon will take place throughout the day; "extreme fun" inflatables will be there to entertain the keiki. Admission is free. 627-8522.

A concert of chamber music

Soloists I Bei Lin on cello, Richard Hotoke on bassoon, Stephanie Rolfe on violin and Craig Young on viola will take the spotlight in a Hawaii Chamber Orchestra concert, 7:30 p.m. Thursday at The Church of the Crossroads. The program will include works by Albinoni, Burrill Phillips, Haydn, Elgar and Mozart. Tickets are $15 general, $10 seniors, $5 students, free for children under 12. 734-0397. The next Hawaii Chamber Orchestra concert is scheduled for March 21.

Two for the musical hall of fame

Island musical legends Gabby Pahinui, left, and Ray Kinney, will be inducted into the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame during the seventh annual "Ho'ohanohano" — "to honor" — concert, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Hawai'i Theatre. Pahinui was the slack-key guitar icon whose musical progeny continue to enchant listeners. Kinney, from the "Hawaii Calls" era of the 1930s and '40s, was a singer, composer and orchestra leader. Among the performers Wednesday will be the Kahauanu Lake Singers, Pahinui's sons, Peter Moon and Haunani Apoliona. Tickets are $15, $20 and $25. 528-0506.

Immersion schools to benefit

Robi Kahakalau, Kilinahe, Snowbird Bento, Keahiwai, Weldon Kekauoha, Na Keiki O Na Punana Leo, Na Keiki O Na Kula Kaiapuni, and Kekuhi Kumukahi and her Hawaiian Sweethearts will perform at Ho'omau 2002, a concert benefiting O'ahu Hawaiian immersion schools. It begins at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Waikiki Shell; gates open at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 general, $18 reserved, $8 for keiki 5-8, free for keiki 4 and younger. 834-1697.