TGI Thursday

The indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full price is listed; the * denotes lower price for students, seniors, military, members and/or children. Call the venue for details.

DANCE

11th annual Hawaii Star Ball, ballroom dance competition, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Hawaii Ballroom, $30; also, gala evening with cocktails, dinner and evening competition, 6:30 p.m., $80. 955-3134.

STAGE

Poets Open Mike Night, hosted by Lopaka Kapanui, 7 p.m., The Haunt; free. 943-0371.

MIXED BAG

Sheraton Waikiki Hotel's Music Hall of Fame, inducting Moe Keale, 11 a.m., Sheraton Waikiki Hotel; free. 922-4422.

Hawaii Publishers Association Print Media Expo, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Hilton Hawaiian Village; free. 949-4321.

Tours on the visiting French ship PRAIRIAL, 2-5 p.m., Aloha Tower Marketplace, Pier 9; no children younger than 6; free. 547-5852, 547-5625.