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.

STAGE OPENING

"Aloha Las Vegas," comedy about a land-rich/cash-poor family as it prepares to move from Hawai'i to Las Vegas, 8 p.m., Kumu Kahua Theatre; repeats 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 3; $5-$16. 536-4441.

COMEDY

John Caponera, 8 p.m., Laugh Factory, Queen Kapi'olani Hotel; $15*. 931-4490.

FILMS

"Roman Holiday" (1953), 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m., Movie Museum; $5*. 735-8771.

"Power and Terror," documentary on the the work of Noam Chomsky, 7 p.m., UH-Manoa, St. John Plant Science Laboratory; free. 956-8224;

NATURE

Birds and the Bees: Doing it with Flora, a primer on island pollination partnerships, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Lyon Arboretum; $20*. 988-0456.

MIXED BAG

Friends of the Library of Hawaii 56th Annual Book Sale, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., McKinley High School cafeteria; free admission. 536-4174.

Pigskin Pigout Block Party, sponsored by Murphy's Bar and Grill, 5:30-9 p.m., Merchant Street; free. 531-0422.

Truetone Songwriter's Series, featuring Michael Tannenbaum and Kevin Hughes, 7:30 p.m., The ARTS at Marks Garage; $10. 521-2903.

ONE-TIME GIGS

St. Patrick's Day Party, with James McCarthy, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Irish Rose Saloon. 924-7711.

Rock the Beach House, with Missing Dave, 6 p.m.-2 a.m., The Beach House, Pier 7, Aloha Tower Marketplace. 566-0644.

Jeff Said No!, blues, 7-8:30 p.m., Kapono's. 536-2161.

Chance and the Blues Daddies, blues, 9 p.m.-midnight, Kapono's. 536-2161.