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SATURDAY

• Americans for Democratic Action, Hawai'i chapter, public reorganization meeting and election of officers, 10 a.m., Lutheran Church of Hawai'i, 1730 Punahou St. Speaker: Dan Dodds on "World Health Care." Information: 946-3476.

• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLEARINGHOUSE annual fund-raiser, "Chipping Away at Domestic Violence," 5:30 p.m., at Hilton Hawaiian Village, with live and silent auctions, entertainment, dinner, awards ceremony and program. Speaker: former Attorney General Margery Bronster, former chairwoman of the state's Violence Against Women Advisory Committee. Information: 534-0040.

FEB. 4

• "THE BRIGHTEST EXPLOSIONS IN THE UNIVERSE," lecture by astronomy researcher, Shrinivas "Shri" Kulkarni, on the gamma ray "cosmic fireballs," the first of a series of W.M. Keck Observatory, Hualalai Wing Lecture Theatre events, 7 p.m., at the observatory headquarters, 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, Kamuela (Waimea), Big Island. Free. Information: Laura Kraft: (808) 885-7887.