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Posted on: Friday, September 26, 2003

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It's Wayne's world at The Beach House

Fountains of Wayne (from left, Adam Schlesinger, Brian Young, Jody Porter and Chris Collingwood) headlines tonight's party at the Beach House. The music will be ska, rock and alt.

Joseph Cultice

Sure, you might still want to keep the guys from Fountains of Wayne a few zip codes safely away from dear old ma. But the New York-based quartet best known of late for that jangly confessional about one particular paramour's smokin' maternal figure, "Stacy's Mom," are more than fleeting punk-pop houndogs. FOW's recent CD, "Welcome Interstate Managers," is full of surprisingly witty, cleverly written ditties that sometimes venture into piano balladry and country, and often rising above the cutesy sophomorics of "Mom."

The band will headline "Heezy Fo Sheezy," a party of ska, rock and alternative sounds not unlike June's well-attended "Band Camp," also hosted at The Beach House at Aloha Tower Marketplace. There are eight more bands: Upstanding Youth, Pimpbot, Amplified, Go Jimmy Go, Linus, Woody, Speedlimit and Last In Line. 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. today, for 21 and older. Cover is $10 at the door. 566-0644.

It's a foamy kind of party

Jump into pina colada-scented bubbles of fun in a foam pit 5 feet deep at Mist Nightclub during efoamparty.com's latest Foam Party, 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. tonight. DJs Cruz and Jesse C., both of Los Angeles, keep the beat: Cruz gets it on with his hip-hop and drum 'n' bass sounds, while Jesse C. breaks it down with the club and progressive house scene. And there's the Miss Foam Hawaii Contest, too, with a grand prize of $100. Presale tickets to this all-ages party are $15, or pay $20 at the door. 947-2789. Note: Another foam party is planned for next Friday, too.

Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers on tour

Guitar slinger Jimmy Thackery and his band the Drivers head for the Islands next week as part of the Hawaii Blues/Rock Tour 2003. Thackery, known as a guitar pyrotechnician on the blues scene, is touring in support of his latest release, "True Stories," on TELARC Records.

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door for each show:

Wednesday at Hapa's in Kihei, Maui. Doors open at 7 p.m., show begins at 7:30. (808) 879-9001, (808) 870-8378.
Thursday at Hawaiian Hut in Honolulu. Doors open at 8:15 p.m., show begins at 8:30. 941-5205.
Oct. 3, at Ohana Keauhou Beach Resort in Kona. Doors open at 6 p.m., show begins at 7. (808) 322-3441.
Oct. 4, at Kilauea Military Camp's Ohia Room in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island. Doors open at 6 p.m., show begins at 7. (808) 896-4845, (808) 985-7167.

Emerson String Quartet in concert

Hailed as "America's greatest quartet" by Time magazine, the six-time Grammy-award winning Emerson String Quartet makes its way to the University of Hawai'i-Manoa campus for two concerts. The New York-based quartet is composed of Eugene Drucker on violin, Philip Setzer on violin, Lawrence Dutton on viola and David Finckel on cello.

The program Thursday includes Mendelssohn's "Andante and Scherzo," op. 81, and Haydn's "Seven Last Words of Christ," op. 51. The program on Oct. 3 includes Rorem Quartet No. 4 and Beethoven Quartet op. 130 in B-flat major ("Grosse Fugue").

The quartet plays in the Orvis Auditorium. Tickets are $24 general, $15 for students and Honolulu Symphony musicians.

Each concert is at 7:30 p.m., preceded by a free meet-the-artists session at 6:30 p.m. in the UH music building, room 36. 956-6878.

A taste of Taiwan

The 2003 Taiwanese Food Festival on Sunday will feature regional delicacies such as fried mochi, tea-leaf eggs, taro rice cake, crunchy meat balls and pan-fried rice noodles. Admission is free, but a $10 Taiwan Pass allows tastings of 12 food samples from various counties in Taiwan. After each sample, the pass will be stamped; after collecting all 12 stamps, the pass will be entered into the prize drawing. Other programs include an art demonstration by Taiwanese metal-mosaic artist Dar Far Hu, Chef Chang's dough figures and fruit carving, Lu Carol Corporation's jewel designs and free karaoke. It all takes place 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ala Moana Beach Park's McCoy Pavilion. 373-3828, 839-4371.

Music and dance of India

Lotus presents the annual cultural program "Rhythms of India" at 6 p.m. Saturday at the East-West Center's Keoni Auditorium. Professor Mohini Mohan Patnaik, above, starts off the concert with a solo performance on the 100-stringed santoor and bamboo flute. Jyoti Rout performs in a solo classical dance of spirituality and devotion, followed by a dance to music played by Patnaik. Tickets are

$15 adults, $10 students and seniors 60 and older, and free for children under 6. 395-1181, 988-9677.

A tribute to Kahauanu Lake

LAKE

It is time once again for the annual Huliau concert, 4 p.m. Sunday in the Hawai'i Theatre. Halau Hula Ka No'eau's annual summer concert will feature the music of composer, musician and 'ukulele virtuoso Kahauanu Lake. The Kahauanu Lake Singers perform, along with kumu hula Michael Pili Pang, left, from the Big Island and the dancers of Halau Hula Ka No'eau. The Kamehameha Alumni Glee Club also appears.

Tickets are $15-$25. 528-0506.

Hot salsa

The 14th Annual Hawaii International Latin-Salsa Music Festival tonight at the Ala Moana Hotel's Hibiscus Ballroom will feature Latin music of all styles to groove to: salsa, merengue, cha-cha, Latin, jazz, cumbia and tex mex. Enjoy the sounds of 13-piece headlining band Mystique, from the San Francisco Bay Area; and local bands Conjunto Tropical and Roland Sanchez and Salsa Hawaii. Other festival highlights: a salsa dance showcase by Hot Salsa Dancing Hawaii, led by Greg Henry; and appearances by Mrs. Hawaii 2003, Miss Hawaii 2003 and Miss Chinatown 2003.

Tickets for the 8:30 p.m. show (doors open at 8 p.m.) are $30 for those 21 and older, which includes two drinks. Tickets are $25 for those under 21. 342-0911.

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