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The Cinema Paradise Film Festival is still accepting entries from local filmmakers. The grand prize: a $5,000 Hawaii Filmmaker Award presented by the Movie Museum.

Any film or video project completed in Hawai'i after January 2001 is eligible. All genres and media are welcomed.

Work still in progress? Contact festival directors.

The entries are due by July 15, and the festival runs Sept. 19-25 at the Art House at Restaurant Row and other venues. Write info@cinemaparadise.org or sergio@cinemaparadise.org.

Dude, where's my art?

The combination Internet hangout/gallery/gift shop is hosting a reception 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday to celebrate the installation of 72-year-old Kaua'i artist Don Toschi's new project.

Toschi, a former restaurateur and president of the Kaua'i Airport Taxi Association, has made a name for himself as an artist with his black-and-white photography and Caribbean-inspired mobiles. His new mobile-style installation features Chinese lanterns, bamboo and "an inspired use of electrical tape," according to a news release from the Internet Hut. For more information, call (808) 822-3833.

Arty fun for families

ArtSpree, an annual event at The Contemporary Museum on Makiki Heights Drive is back, promising a fun-filled day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Art-related activities, demonstrations, performances of dance and music, and displays of works by local artists are planned, and Chef Noreen Lam has planned a special ArtSpree menu for the café. It's an event for the whole family with hands-on activities for children. The "Biennial Exhibition of Hawai'i Artists" is on display in the galleries (with docent guides standing by).

Admission and shuttle service are free. For more information, call 526-1322 or see www.tcmhi.org.

Correction: The "Tita Out" event on the Kapi'olani Community College campus took place last night. The wrong date was given in a previous version of this column.